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NCSM Past President

Linda M. Gojak

Director, CMSETT, John Carroll University

John Carroll University, CMSETT
20700 N Park Blvd
University Heights OH 44118

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Message from the Past President: In today's educational climate, NCSM must focus its vision on recognition and inclusion of mathematics leaders at all levels including schools, districts, college/university, state/provincial, and national. We are at a critical time in which we must ensure that all students have access to an excellent mathematics education from pre-kindergarten to beyond college. The best means of reaching this goal is to help teachers at all levels increase their expertise in teaching mathematics. That is the job of mathematics leaders.

When I think back to my time as a middle school teacher, I recall the excitement of learning more mathematics and discovering new ways to share mathematics so that it made sense to my students and later sharing these ideas with other teachers. What enabled me to do this the influence of leaders in the field who helped me to become a better teacher and begin to take on leadership roles.

NCSM serves its members in many ways. Through our conferences, journals, newsletters, publications, website and the leadership academy, NCSM offers the opportunity to learn from and network with other mathematics leaders in North America. The NCSM Board has set an agenda to continue and improve these services for its members. My goal as president will be to help the board to implement these plans and to continue to give NCSM the national presence needed to make our concerns and issues know to other organizations, to governmental agencies, and to mathematics leaders at all levels.

Professional Activities:

  • Board of Directors, NCTM 1997-2000
  • Vice President, National Council of Supervisors of Mathematics 2001-2003
  • President, Ohio Council of Teachers of Mathematics 1993-1995
  • President, Greater Cleveland Council of Teachers of Mathematics, 1988-1990
  • Member, Mathematical Sciences Education Board (MSEB) 1990 &emdash; 1992
  • Board Member, Ohio Mathematics Educational Leadership Council 2003-2005: Program Chair for various local, state, regional and national conferences including NCTM Annual Meeting Minneapolis MN
  • Member, Arithmetic Teacher Editorial Panel 1991-1993

Other Activities:

  • Recipient of the Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching, OH 1990
  • Recipient of Christofferson Fawcett Award for Leadership in the State of Ohio
  • Buck Martin Award (OCTM) for excellence in mathematics teaching
  • state and local awards for excellence in mathematics teaching
  • facilitator for PBS Mathline Elementary, Middle School and Algebraic Thinking Workshops
  • author of WGBH/Annenburg Process Standards online course
  • speaker and workshop provide for national, state and local mathematics conferences
  • participant in WestEd Leadership Academy Cohort 5

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