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<p><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">Friends and Colleagues:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">As <span style="color:black">
part of our ongoing system-wide effort to address our </span><a href="https://www.sbctc.edu/resources/documents/colleges-staff/programs-services/math/math-strategic-plan.pdf">Math Strategic Plan</a>, SBCTC offers the following events:<span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black"><a href="https://www.sbctc.edu/colleges-staff/programs-services/math/developing-or-expanding-your-math-pathways.aspx">Developing or Expanding Your Math Pathways
<span style="color:windowtext">I</span>nitiative</a> </span><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">I</span><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black">nstitution registration deadline<b> September 1, 2017</b></span><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black">If your college is interested in being part of a formal cohort of institutions working on their math pathways,
</span><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">submit <span style="color:black">
a letter of commitment and a draft action plan (both available at the page link above) by September 1, 2017.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black"><a href="https://www.sbctc.edu/colleges-staff/programs-services/math/designing-math-pathways-events.aspx">Designing Math Pathways
<span style="color:windowtext">F</span>all <span style="color:windowtext">E</span>vents</a></span><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">T<span style="color:black">eam registration deadline:
<b>September 25, 2017</b></span><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black">We are hosting 2 identical sessions--October 24 (Spokane) or October 26 (Seattle)--focused on implementing math pathways and led by experienced staff from the UT
Austin </span><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif""><a href="http://www.utdanacenter.org/higher-education/dcmp/">Charles Dana Center</a><span style="color:black">.</span></span><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">Want to Know More?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif""><span style="mso-list:Ignore">1.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">Listen to a student
<a href="https://youtu.be/6qKrMC2gHOI">reflect on her experience</a> as a student in math courses aligned with the
<a href="https://dcmathpathways.org/dcmp/dcmp-model">Dana Center Math Pathways model</a>!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif""><span style="mso-list:Ignore">2.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">Read a<span style="color:black"> research report of existing math pathways across the system</span> (attached)<span style="color:black">, done by Dr. Pat Averbeck, math faculty
at Edmonds Community College. Pat assembled this report based on web site reviews and conversations with key staff and math faculty around the state</span>.</span><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">Questions?</span></b><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">
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Contact <a href="mailto:bmoore@sbctc.edu">Bill Moore</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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State Board for Community & Technical Colleges<br>
360-704-4346<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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