About Us

The Illinois Council of Teachers of Mathematics (ICTM) began organizing in 1948 to create and foster greater interest in the teaching of mathematics at all grade levels. A small group of 90 interested mathematics teachers met in 1949 at the University of Illinois to determine the structure for a state mathematics association.

Mission Statement

Illinois Council of Teachers of Mathematics is a community of PreK through Post-graduate (PreK-20) educators promoting equitable, high-quality mathematics teaching and learning through leadership, collaboration, advocacy and professional development.

Vision

The Illinois Council of Teachers of Mathematics is the state leader in mathematics education. ICTM is committed to sound pedagogy, teacher collaboration, and professional development, ensuring student achievement through engagement in meaningful and rigorous instruction. As a respected leader in mathematics education at the school, district, state, and national levels, ICTM serves as a collaborative partner to promote the achievement of every student.

Purpose

The purposes of the Council shall be to encourage active interest in all areas of mathematics and mathematics education, to enhance the teaching and learning of mathematics and the role of mathematics in other disciplines, to promote research in the teaching and learning of mathematics, and to provide opportunities for the exchange of views regarding the teaching and learning of mathematics.

Presidents of ICTM

R.A. (Reuben) Baumgartner	1948-49
Helen Schneider	1949-50		Jerry Cummins	1979-80
C.N. Mills	1950-51		Phares O'Daffer	1980-81
Eugene Hellmich	1951-52		Shirley Przybylski	1981-82
Henry Swain	1952-53		Terry Popp	1982-83
Mildred Cole	1953-54		Paul Trafton	1983-84
Frank Allen	1954-55		John McConnell	1984-85
Glenn H. Ayre	1955-56		Paula Filliman	1985-86
Clarence Fugua	1956-57		Cathy Cook	1986-87
Donna Norton Holroyd	1957-58		Sandra Spalt-Fulte	1987-88
LeRoy Sachs	1958-59		Marvin Doubet	1988-89
Mary Louise Fisher	1959-60		Katherine Pedersen	1989-90
Francis Brown	1960-61		Dennis Filliman	1990-91
Jane Jaeger	1961-62		Linda Bailey	1991-92
Joseph Stipanowich	1962-63		Cheryl Hawker	1992-93
Houston Kirk	1963-64		John Hester	1993-94
Alice Hart	1964-65		Randy Pippen	1994-95
Charles Schulz	1965-66		Steven Viktora	1995-96
(Alphonso) DiPietro	1966-67		Richard Wyllie	1996-97
James Ulrich	1967-68		Sandra Dawson	1997-98
Jerry A. Shryock	1968-69		RB Thompson	1998-99
Delphine Dupee	1969-70		Mary Modene	1999-01
Richard Crumley	1970-71		Sue Pippen	2001-03
Ruth Anderson	1971-72		Robert Urbain	2003-05
John Schumaker	1972-73		Jackie Cox	2005-07
Donald R. Herrick	1973-74		Karen Holly	2007-09
Anne Griffin	1974-75		Fern Tribbey	2009-11
George Grisham	1975-76		Don Porzio	2011-13
Alan Foster	1976-77		Robert Mann	2013-15
Irene Jinks Norman Young	1977-78 1978-79		George Reese Jackie Murawska Annie Forest Adam Poetzel Craig Cullen	2015-17 2017-19 2019-21 2021-23 2023-25

Photo of past presidents taken at the Annual Conference on 10/7/23 in celebration of ICTM's 75th anniversary! Pictured from left to right: Steve Viktora, Linda Bailey, RB Thompson, Randy Pippen, Bob Mann, Sue Pippen, Craig Cullen, Annie Forest, Jackie Murawska, Adam Poetzel.