Dr. Francis (Skip) Fennell is President (2006–2008) of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) and a professor of education at McDaniel College in Westminster, Maryland. He has had experience as a classroom teacher, principal, supervisor of instruction, and as a program offi cer at the National Science Foundation and Mathematical Sciences Education Board.

In addition to textbooks and professional manuscripts, he has completed a number of research and leadership projects related to K–8 mathematics education.

He has also served as a member of NCTM Board of Directors, President of the Research Council for Mathematics Learning and President of the Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators (AMTE).

He is one of the writers of the Principles and Standards for School Mathematics (NCTM, 2000) and of the Curriculum Focal Points for PreK–8 (NCTM, 2006).

Dr. Fennell is also a member of the National Math Panel, appointed by President Bush.

He has received numerous awards for his work, including the CASE Professor of the Year Award–Maryland and the Glenn Gilbert Award for Leadership from the National Council of Supervisors of Mathematics (NCSM).

He currently directs an Exxon/ Mobil project in elementary mathematics leadership.

He was an author of Scott Foresman - Addison Wesley Mathematics ©2008 and was also a member of the Silver Burdett Ginn Mathematics ©2000 author team. He is an author for Scott Foresman - Addison Wesley enVisionMATH ©2009.

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Topics include:

• Welcome Florida
• What excites him about enVsionMATH
• Developing Florida Standards & enVisio
• The enVsionMATH Team
• What enViosnMATH Florida Offers Teachers
• National Mathematics Advisory Panel Findings
• His Time as President of NCTM
• How Florida Math Standards Have Changed
• Florida & The National Mathematics Advisory Panel