I-HEMTAC

The Iowa Higher Education Mathematics Transition Advisory Council will serve as a recommending body for the purpose of developing and issuing guidance on matters relating to the mathematics transitions students make from high school through college. The Advisory Council will promote collaboration among stakeholders and propose recommendations that take into account different stakeholder contexts. For this purpose, it shall be comprised of representatives from two- and four-year public and private institutions of higher education and representatives of high schools in Iowa. The charge of the Advisory Council shall be to examine the relevant research and related literature around mathematical transitions for the purpose of making recommendations and taking appropriate action steps to help achieve the following goal and objectives. 

Goals and Objectives:

• Align mathematics coursework with student needs, backgrounds, college and career options

• Offer more than the intensive-algebra-calculus pathway

• Provide flexible options after Algebra 1

• Expect successful completion of four years of mathematics, including in the senior year

• Emphasize pathways with flexibility and mathematical integrity, not tracking.

Resources:

• Do Your Students Know About Statistics—Today’s Hottest Career?

Group Members:

• Deidra Baker - HS Representative and Action Group Chair

• Jon Read - HS Representative

• Lori Robeson - CC Representative

• Stephanie Steins - Representative of Regent’s Institutions

• Wendy Weber - Representative of Private Institutions

• Marty Beck - Ex Officio, Math Pathways Representative

• Melissa Carlson - HS Representative 

• Angela Lamb - Representative of Regent’s Institutions

Goals and Objectives:

• Implement multiple-measures placement strategies for the first college math course.

• Offer opportunities for appropriate college courses or college credit in high school (concurrent enrollment, AP, IB, PSEO, etc.)

• Provides transition courses in high school for college readiness.

• Clearly articulate mathematics expectations from colleges and universities.

Group Members:

• John Hansen - CC representative and Action Group Chair

• Steve Butler - Representative of Regent’s Institutions

• Chelsy Doyle - CC Representative 

• Maryann Huey - Representative of Private Institutions

• Brad Benton - HS Representative

• Kelly Friesleben - Iowa Department of Education

• Olga Sokratova - Representative of Regent’s Institutions

• Doug Mupasiri - Regent Institution

Goals and Objectives:

• Support effective pathways leading into different programs of study

• Reduce the barrier of no-credit remedial mathematics courses

• Streamline prerequisites, especially regarding the issue of Algebra 2 (Intermediate Algebra) as an entrance requirement or prerequisite for college-credit math courses

• Promote a co-requisite model for STEM courses

• Redesign entry-level mathematics courses as appropriate

Group Members:

• Sergio Loch - CC Representative and Action Group Chair

• Kathy Rogotzke - CC Representative

• Eric Hart - Representative of Private Institutions

• Patrick Silvey - HS Representative

• Robert Keller - Representative of Private Institutions

• Eric Weber - Representative of Regent’s Institutions

• Oguz Durumeric - Representative of Regent’s Institutions

• Barb Foster - HS Representative

• Maryann Huey - Advisory Council Chair

• Marty Beck - AEA & Math Pathways Representative

• Eric Hart - Representative of Private Institutions & Math Pathways

• Robert Keller - Representative of Private Institutions & Math Pathways

• Deidra Baker - Action Group 1 Lead

• John Hansen - Action Group 2 Lead

• Sergio Loch - Action Group 3 Lead

Math Transition Discussion Paper 

Goals and Objectives:

• Support effective pathways leading into different programs of study

• Reduce the barrier of no-credit remedial mathematics courses

• Streamline prerequisites, especially regarding the issue of Algebra 2 (Intermediate Algebra) as an entrance requirement or prerequisite for college-credit math courses

• Promote a co-requisite model for STEM courses

• Redesign entry-level mathematics courses as appropriate

Group Members:

• Sergio Loch - CC Representative and Action Group Chair

• Kathy Rogotzke - CC Representative

• Eric Hart - Representative of Private Institutions

• Patrick Silvey - HS Representative

• Robert Keller - Representative of Private Institutions

• Eric Weber - Representative of Regent’s Institutions

• Oguz Durumeric - Representative of Regent’s Institutions

• Rachel Boon - Representative of Regent’s Institutions 

• Barb Foster - HS Representative