Teachers are the primary presenters at MEAD, engaging colleagues in professional conversations. Effective sessions share great examples of an idea, strategy, or understanding that you are using in your classroom and would like to discuss further with other educators. 

*Call for Proposals in September!

MEAD is a HYBRID conference with both in-person and online components. This means that participants can attend either in-person or online through Zoom.

For 22 years, MEAD has welcomed thousands of teachers to Arizona's largest mathematics education event. With hundreds of sessions, door prizes, and a lovely keynote luncheon, MEAD both engages and appreciates educators.

Kevin Dykema

Kevin Dykema served as president of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) from 2022 to 2024.  He taught 8^th grade mathematics for over 25 years and is currently Director of Educational Policy at hand2mind (https://www.hand2mind.com). 

Dykema was actively involved with the Michigan Council of Teachers of Mathematics (MCTM) before serving a three-year term on the NCTM Board of Directors from 2016 to 2019.  He served as a regional director for MCTM and later as the organization’s conference chair for six years.  He also co-founded an annual conference focused on students with disabilities in mathematics, which he has co-chaired since 2015.  For his service he received MCTM’s Regional Directors Award in 2007 for outstanding contributions and leadership in mathematics education as well as the organization’s Service Award in 2014.

Dykema is a frequent speaker before mathematics education audiences and has co-authored Productive Math Struggle, published by Corwin.  He has also written several articles for Mathematics Teacher: Learning and Teaching PK-12.  Dykema loves working with others to help improve mathematics education for each and every student.