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AMATYC’s
Vision: Opening Doors through Mathematics
AMATYC's Core
Values
(Alphabetical Order)
Approved May 2006
Core Values represent core priorities, traits,
or qualities in the organization's culture that are considered worthwhile.
They are timeless and unchanging.
| Core Value: |
Operational Definition: |
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Academic Excellence
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Presenting a quality educational experience in mathematics
that is responsive to the needs of all students while recognizing
student achievement in mathematics as an essential life goal. |
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Access
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Acknowledging the right of all students to experience learning
mathematics in ways that maximize their individual potential.
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Collegiality
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Providing opportunities for networking and encouraging mutual
respect for other mathematics professionals for the betterment
of the mathematics teaching profession. |
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Innovation
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Creating, developing, implementing, and redefining successful
instructional strategies, curricula in mathematics, and classroom
practices based on the research of how students best learn mathematics
and how faculty best teach mathematics. |
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Integrity
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Safeguarding the qualities of honesty, sincerity, trustworthiness,
global consciousness, and a code of sound moral professional
principles. |
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Professional Development
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Building expertise and exhibiting leadership in the teaching
and learning of mathematics, enhancing personal growth, and
improving teaching methods and effectiveness as a personally
initiated life-long responsibility. |
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Teaching Excellence
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Designing and implementing a dynamic mathematics curriculum,
promoting the use of innovative and effective teaching strategies,
assessing student learning outcomes in mathematics with appropriate
methods, and creating a successful learning environment for
all students. |
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