How to Write a Winning Proposal For AMATYC

Presented by: Honey Kirk – AMATYC Assistant Conference Coordinator Palo Alto College hkirk@alamo.edu Darlene Winnington – AMATYC Presider Chair Delaware Technical & CC dwinning@dtcc.edu Judy Williams – AMATYC Program Coordinator Tidewater CC jwilliams@tcc.edu

Who. You What. Present at the next conference Where Who? You What? Present at the next conference Where? Orlando, Florida When? November 15 – 18, 2018 Why? Share your great ideas with your colleagues

But First … … your proposal has to be submitted And reviewed by the program committee. When this webinar is over you should be able to write a winning proposal.

Who? Program Committee (regional/at-large members, academic Committee chairs, ANET Leaders, Darlene, Honey, Judy) What? Reviews your proposal Where? At their computers When? After February 1, 2018 Why? Evaluate for usefulness, practicality, potential, engagement of attendees

Who? Darlene, Honey, Judy What? Choose proposals – create program Where? Newark , DE When? March 9 - 13, 2018 Why? Create balance of topics (focus keys) to ensure an exciting program engaging all

How do I Create my proposal? Step by step instructions coming up next

Title 70 characters (including spaces and punctuation) Catch attention Avoid first person Consider using the conference theme, but…

Titles – good, bad, or ugly? 1) My Students Love Me But Hate Math 2) Lessons Learned from Learners Around the World: Adventures at the International Conference of Mathematics Education (ICME-13) in Hamburg, Germany in July 2016 3) Coasting along with a mouse on the main attractions looking for the mins maxes loops and cusps 4) Student Success with Connect Math Compared to WebAssign

50-word summary Printed in the program Fifty words – maximum! Create interest Avoid first person Entice people to attend

You Be the Reviewer Read the proposal titles and summaries Use the guidelines that have been discussed Vote – ACCEPT? Yes or No

1. Title: Strategies for Solving Application Problems Summary: Application problems are a constant source of frustration for both students and faculty. Come learn and take home several strategies that can help students get that “toe-hold” for approaching and solving these problems. Strategies focus on understanding what the problem is saying, getting organized, and interpreting the solution.

2 Title: How to Flip a Math Lesson Using MyWebSystem Summary: A flipped math lesson consists of students studying the lesson through watching a video, reading a text, or completing other activities at home, followed by exercise practice in class. See how use of MyWebSystem can be used to create a flipped lesson will be explored in detail watching several demonstrations on the Internet.

3. Title: Assessing the Efficacy, Feasibility, Practicality, Scaffolding, and Application of a Web-based Homework and Assessment System (HAS) for Raising Students’ Mathematical Studies to New Heights in Community Colleges to be continued….

Title: Assessing the Efficacy, Feasibility, Practicality, Scaffolding, and Application of a Web-based Homework and Assessment System (HAS) for Raising Students’ Mathematical Studies to New Heights in Community Colleges Summary A web-based homework and assessment system (HAS) can raise performance with features such as adaptive problem sets, instructional videos, and data-driving messages for instructors to use to monitor and assist students who have many need to address such as time management, poor preparation, not knowing how to study among many others that we can’t mention here but will discuss in our talk. If you want to adopt such a system, there are too many issues to be addressed but we will share our success story to help you get started. As time permits, there will be discussion centered around gaining a thorough understanding of how to measure the challenges and opportunities faced by community colleges instructors, students, and departments in adopting a HAS in the teaching of mathematics at our institutions.

Other items on the submission form Equipment Use of time How will you actively involve the attendees? Focus keys Workshop or session Be sure to justify the request for the two-hours

Second Year – Chat & Chew Who – a facilitator/discussion leader (may be partners) What – 15-minute discussion/activity at a table Attendees rotate tables after 15 minutes When – 8:00 am Friday, November 16 Why – to generate enthusiasm and engagement through innovation

New for Orlando – 25-minute mini sessions Two speakers will be paired by the committee Topics related Speakers are not expected to prepare together but will share one 50-minute time slot Possible ideas A teaching tip Project idea Other?

Submit no later than February 1, 2018 www.amatyc.org Ideas for a proposal Submit no later than February 1, 2018 www.amatyc.org

Questions?