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Skip Fennell via email.
Office: 410-857-2509
FAX: 410-857-2515
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lives in Westminster, Maryland. He and his wife have three children
and seven grandchildren. On his own time he enjoys running,
reading, and grandchildren.
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 Elementary
Mathematics Specialists and Teacher Leaders Project
McDaniel College's
Dr. Francis (Skip) Fennell has received grant funding
from the Brookhill Foundation and the Cisco
Learning Institute to develop a graduate program for
elementary mathematics teacher leaders, form a national
clearinghouse for mathematics specialist programs, develop
online interactive modules focused on leadership issues
for elementary mathematics specialists and teacher leaders,
support program initiatives to ensure the continuing professional
development and mentoring of a cadre of mathematics teacher-leaders
and elementary school mathematics specialists, and assess
the impact of such teaching specialists on student achievement
and school district improvement throughout the region.
"We need elementary school mathematics specialists,
elementary classroom teachers who know and understand
mathematics and can effectively mentor their colleagues.
Given the need for students with a mathematics and science
background and interest, this project is a first step
in that direction, with multiple national implications,"
states Dr. Fennell.
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Teaching |
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 Dr. Fennell is a Professor of Mathematics
Education at McDaniel
College in Westminster, Maryland.
"It is important that teachers know and care.
Know about what they teach (content) and care very
deeply about that knowledge and the children they
are teaching (pedagogy). This content and pedagogical
knowledge must be continually and consistently nurtured
and strengthened throughout one's career."
- Dr. Francis (Skip) Fennell
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National
Council of Teachers of Mathematics
On April 12, 2008 Fennell completed a 2-year term as president
of the National
Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM). He is Maryland's
first NCTM president.
Read a discussion (July 18, 2008) between Education
Week's Sean Cavanagh and Dr. Fennell.
Read
Skip's President's Messages
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National
Mathematics Advisory Panel
On April 18, 2006 President Bush created the National
Mathematics Advisory Panel. Dr. Fennell served as
a member of the panel.
The panel examined and summarized the scientific evidence
related to the teaching and learning of mathematics, with
a specific focus on preparation for and success in learning
algebra. Two reports containing policy recommendations
on how to improve mathematics achievement for all students
were issued. The final report was submitted to U.S. Secretary
of Education, Margaret Spellings.
Click here
to view a webcast that highlights the National
Mathematics Advisory Panel's findings. To view a webcast
featuring Dr. Fennell commenting on the work of the Panel,
click here.
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Recent Presentations & Downloads |
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 NCTM
Annual Meeting & Exposition - Washington, DC,
Featured Session: Coherence,
Connections and Communication and Fraction Sense
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Video (Apr. 24, 2009)
NCSM Annual Conference - Washington, DC, Featured
Session: Mathematics
Specialists Teacher Specialists & Coaches: Where
is this going? What do we know? (Apr.
22, 2009)
AMTE Annual Meeting - Orlando, FL:
Preparing
Elementary School Mathematics Teachers and Leaders
Issues to Consider (Feb. 6,
2009)
Associated
Teachers of Mathematics in Connecticut 2008 Conference
- Uncasville, CT, Keynote Presentation: Competitiveness,
Coherence, Communication & Choices: Challenges
for Mathematics Teaching and Learning (Dec.
1, 2008)
NCTM
Regional Conference & Exposition - Reno, Nevada,
Featured Session: Number
Sense and the National Math Panel: Crucial Foundations
for Mathematics Learning (Nov.
6, 2008)
Association of Independent Maryland Schools
(AIMS) - Baltimore, MD, Presentation: The
National Math Panel Report: Foundations for Success
- Learning more than just fractions!
(Nov.
3, 2008)
NCTM Regional Conference & Exposition
- Charleston, SC, Featured Session: Competitiveness,
Coherence & Communication Challenges for Mathematics
Teaching and Learning (Oct.
30, 2008)
MCTM Annual Conference - Baltimore, MD, Keynote
Session: Isues
for MD Mathematics, Then and Now: Next steps for
all of us (Oct.
17, 2008)
NCTM Regional Conference & Exposition - Oklahoma
City, OK, Featured Session: Number
Sense is a Critical Foundation: What does this mean,
and how do we get there? (Oct.
2008)
ICME 11 - Monterrey, Mexico, Featured Session: The
United States' National Mathematics Panel Recommendations,
Lessons Learned, What’s here for you? (July
2008)
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NCTM Annual Meeting
& Exposition - Salt Lake City, UT, Presidential
Address: What's
Next? Next steps for all of us in mathematics teaching
(Apr. 10, 2008)
ASCD Annual Conference - North
Carolina:
Every
Student Loving Math - Really: 4 C's for Consideration
(Feb. 8, 2008)
AMTE Annual Meeting
- Tulsa, OK, Special Presentation: Challenges
for Mathematics Teacher Education (Jan.
25, 2008)
NCTM Regional Conference & Exposition
- Houston, TX, Featured Session: Mathematics
Teaching & Learning: Issues to Energize!
(Nov. 29, 2007)
Association of Independent Maryland Schools
(AIMS) - Baltimore, MD, Presentation: Some
things about NCTM you may not know...NCTM's Curriculum
Focal Points: A Quest for Coherence (Nov.
5, 2007)
Bucknell University - "Thinking Mathematically
2007" - Lewisburg, PA, Keynote Presentation:
Competitiveness,
Coherence, Communication, and Choices: What should
we do? and Session: Number
Sense:
A Critical Foundation for Higher-Level
Mathematics (Oct. 15, 2007)
NCTM Regional Conference & Exposition - Richmond,
VA, Featured Session: What's
on the Horizon? Issues for All of Us
(Oct. 10-12, 2007)
2007 Conference for the Advancement of Mathematics
Teaching (CAMT) - San Antonio, TX, Featured Session:
What's
All This Mean--To Me? Curriculum Focal Points, National
Math Panel, and MY Classroom (June
28, 2007)
The City College of New York - CUNY, New
York, NY, Special Invited Presentation: Issues
in Teaching & Learning Mathematics: Things we
should all think about! (June 12, 2007)
Maryland's "Math For All" Leadership Conference
- Emmitsburg, MD, Keynote Session: Challenges
- Competitiveness; Math for All Students Everyday
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