• NEW At the end of AERA 2011, our new board members took over their positions for the SIG. The new members are Junior Co-Chair, Eric Knuth; Electronics Board Member, Dan Battey; Events Board Member, Ann Ryu Edwards; Communications Board Member, Mary Quincannon Foote. Thanks to outgoing board members Arthur Powell (Senior Co-Chair), Indigo Esmonde (Electronics), Jeff Shih (Events) and Despina Stylianou (Communications).
• The Summer 2011 Newsletter is now available.
• The Membership Directory has been updated (May 2011). To update your contact information, please update your online profile with AERA. If you have questions about accessing the directory, please email Dan Battey.
• Check out the new job postings. Please remember to refresh your browser to make sure you have the latest job listings. Please email all post requests to: Dan Battey. If there are any problems with the website, please e-mail Dan as well.

Announcements/Calls for papers

1. Mathematics Teacher Educator - The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) and the Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators (AMTE) are excited to announce their new collaborative venture - a joint online journal: Mathematics Teacher Educator.  Mathematics Teacher Educator will contribute to building a professional knowledge base for mathematics teacher educators that stems from, develops, and strengthens practitioner knowledge. The journal will provide a means for practitioner knowledge related to the preparation and support of teachers of mathematics to be not only public, shared, and stored, but also verified and improved over time (Hiebert, Gallimore, and Stigler 2002).
   
   Mathematics Teacher Educator is a scholarly, peer-reviewed journal for practitioners. Initially, two issues of the journal will be published each year.
   
   The primary audience of Mathematics Teacher Educator is practitioners in mathematics teacher education, with practitioner broadly defined as anyone who contributes to the preparation and professional development of pre-K–12 pre-service and in-service teachers of mathematics. Mathematics teacher educators include mathematics educators, mathematicians, teacher leaders, school district mathematics experts, and others.
   
   A full call for manuscripts and the online submission and reviewer registration system can be found at http://www.nctm.org/mte
   

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2. Co-Editor of SERJ: The International Association for Statistical Education (IASE) is starting a search for the next co- editor of Statistics Education Research Journal (SERJ), its peer-reviewed electronic journal. The new editor will serve a four-year term starting 1 January 2012 and ending 31 December 2015. The new co- editor will replace Peter Petocz (Macquarie U., Australia), who is ending his four-year tenure in Dec 2011, and join Bob delMas (U. of Minnesota, USA), the continuing co-editor until Dec. 2013.  Click here for more information.
   

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3. The Developing Teaching Expertise @ Mathematics (Dev-TE@M) project at the University of Michigan School of Education is recruiting teacher educators who work with practicing elementary teachers to pilot our module, Representing and Comparing Fractions in Elementary Mathematics Teaching, during Winter 2012. Click here for more information.
   

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4. STaR Program - Applications being accepted for 2012 STaR Program. The STaR Program provides early career faculty in mathematics education support and opportunities to network with other new mathematics teacher educators. The program consists of a summer institute (July 15-20, 2012), academic year networking via electronic means, and a regroup session in conjunction with the annual meeting of the AMTE. The third cohort of STaR Fellows is being recruited. Eligibility is limited to faculty with a doctorate in mathematics education in their first or second year of an academic appointment as a mathematics educator at a U.S. institution of higher education. The faculty appointment may be in a department of mathematics or a school/college/department of education.
   To apply, see: http://matheddb.missouri.edu/star/index12.htm
   

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5. 3rd International Realistic Mathematics Education Conference: The Design and Use of Learning Progressions in Mathematics Education - We cordially invite you to join us September 23 – 25, 2011, in Boulder, Colorado, for the Third International Realistic Mathematics Education Conference (RME3), held at the University of Colorado at Boulder situated on campus in the scenic foothills of the Rocky Mountains. This three-day conference is sponsored by the University of Colorado School of Education and the Freudenthal Institute USA.Realistic Mathematics Education (RME), widely respected throughout the world as an exemplary approach to mathematics education, is a Dutch approach to design of curriculum, assessment and instruction that has evolved over the last 30 years out of the work of Hans Freudenthal and research faculty at the Freudenthal Institute. Click here for registration.

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6. Considering the Future of K-12 STEM Curricula and Instructional Design: Stimulating and Supporting Innovative Research and Development - The rapid growth in features and use of educational media (from e-books to applets) makes it possible to envision dramatic changes in the kinds of instructional materials and environments that can support STEM learning. Questions that emerge when the field considers new tools and technology-rich environments include:
   What will a high-impact, technology-intensive STEM learning environment look like in the near and long-term future?
   What materials development and research are required to make this vision possible?
   What design, development, and diffusion processes are most likely to produce new, effective approaches to STEM education?
   To address these questions, two workshops were convened to identify and analyze the needs and opportunities for innovative work. Participants included education futurists, researchers in the STEM content and education disciplines and specialists in instructional technology, cognitive psychology, policy, museum and educational media. Workshop discussions provided a rich source of ideas for examination by those interested in promoting and strengthening STEM learning. The Workshop Series report, Considering the Future of K-12 STEM Curricula and Instructional Design: Stimulating and Supporting Innovative Research and Development identifies critical research and development activities and calls upon funding agencies and the field to focus attention on these activities. The 50-page report is free and available for download at: http://www.mathcurriculumcenter.org/conferences/stem/index.php

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7. Travel Grants are available from the Association for Women in Mathematics. Deadlines: Feb 1, May 1, Oct 1, every year.