Over thirty years ago, while attending a conference in the Redding area, Dr. William (Bill) Fisher of CSU, Chico, was struck by the idea that northern California deserved its own chapter representing professional groups such as NCTM and CMC.  Dr. Fisher went to work contacting fellow mathematicians he thought might be interested in forming the group and after extensive research on NCTM guidelines, a formal charter was drawn up and the Mount Lassen Math Council was born.

When planning the focus of the Council, it was agreed that an annual conference would be held to support the efforts of teachers seeking to improve instruction in their classrooms.  The annual conference is held alternately between Chico and Redding. Each year the focus has remained the same: to provide educators a local conference at which to gather new information and innovative ideas from speakers with expertise in mathematics content and pedagogy.

Today the Mount Lassen Math Council is still going strong with over 200 members.  It is located in the northernmost part of California and encompasses the nine rural counties known as Region 2, servicing Butte, Glenn, Lassen, Modoc, Plumas, Shasta, Siskiyou, Tehama, and Trinity.  

Over the years we have had many amazing keynote speakers at our annual conference. Speakers such as Jo Boaler, John Stevens, Andrew Stadel, Cathy Humphreys, Dan Meyer, David Foster, Steve Wyborney, John Sangiovanni and Peter Liljedahl to name a few. Teachers can earn hours toward the 15 hours needed to obtain a unit of credit by attending the conference. This unit of credit is available through CSU Chico.  We hope you will join us at this amazing and inexpensive conference.