NYSMATYC Resolutions
Throughout its history, the Association has taken a public position on several issues related to the improvement of mathematics education and to the welfare of the membership. At the 1972 annual business meeting, it was unanimously approved that the members of NYSMATYC authorize the Executive Board to take public positions on behalf of NYSMATYC on issues related to Mathematics Education. The following is a list of the most significant resolutions and actions taken by NYSMATYC:
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1972 |
NYSMATYC endorsed the American Association of University Professors Statement on Academic Freedom and Tenure. |
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1973 |
NYSMATYC supported the SUNY policy of giving preferential treatment in hiring to retrenched faculty members and recommended that its member institutions adopt this policy. |
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1973 |
NYSMATYC took a position of opposition to the New York Assembly Bill 11744 and to the appropriate New York Senate Bill. |
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1974 |
NYSMATYC supported the April 22, 1974 action of the new Board of Higher Education of City University of New York in rescinding the tenure quotas imposed by the previous Board of Higher Education on October 29, 1973. |
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1974 |
NYSMATYC recommended that the New York State Teacher Certification Board increase the number of hours for certification of high school mathematics teachers from 18 to 24 hours with the equivalent of one full year of calculus. |
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1977 |
NYSMATYC organized a combined effort with MAA, AMS, AMTNYS, and NCTM to appeal to the State Education Department of NYS to reconsider the minimum college mathematics requirements for both Elementary (K-6) and Junior High School (7-9) Teacher Certification. |
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1979 |
NYSMATYC called for improving the standards for statewide certification of elementary teachers by adding a mathematics requirement of at least six credit hours of college level mathematics. |
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1981 |
NYSMATYC endorsed the "Core Mathematics" definition as contained in the report entitled "Minimum Competency in Mathematics of Two-Year College Graduates" prepared by the Curriculum Committee of NYSMATYC (April 1981). |
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1982 |
Established NYSMATYC as an advisory source for state and city organizations responsible for mathematics-related issues in New York State. |
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1982 |
NYSMATYC endorsed the establishment of a comprehensive statewide program for the identification and education of mathematically gifted students. |
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1985 |
NYSMATYC passed a resolution recommending that mathematics courses offered at two-year colleges at a level below intermediate algebra (or Course III) be classified as remedial courses. |
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1988 |
NYSMATYC passed a resolution concerned with the offering of Calculus for college credit in high schools. |
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1988 |
NYSMATYC called for increasing the requirements for certification of elementary teachers of grades K-6, for elementary teachers wishing to be certified to teach mathematics in grades 7-9, and for secondary mathematics teachers, grades 7- 12. |
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1996 |
NYSMATYC endorsed a position statement on the hiring of part-time mathematics faculty at two-year colleges. |