AGNES AZZOLINO
85 First Street, Keyport, NJ 077351503 www.mathnstuff.com
7327393951 Fax: 7327395292
EMPLOYMENT, OCCUPATION:
1997 present: WEBMASTER: www.mathnstuff.com
The site was once the virtual home of MATHEMATICAL CONCEPTS, inc., a company I owned. Mathematical Concepts introduced the Graphing with Manipulatives product line and publications including Exploring Functions through Manipulatives and Math Games for Adult and Child. Mathnstuff.com was used as the web support for in-service and staff development work.
Mathnstuff.com remains extensive and includes the entire math and arithmetic dictionary MATH SPOKEN HERE! as well as extensive algebra notes, a function library, many support pages on content in algebra, precalc, arithmetic, and calc, and materials for the parent or teacher.
May 2007- January 2008: Mathematics Teacher: Moshe Aaron Yeshiva H.S., South River, NJ
Spring 2006: Mathematics Teacher/Substitute: Holmdel H.S. & Holmdel Public Schools
May 2004 - January 2006: Office Manager & Bookkeeper, Vinik Marine, Keyport, NJ
1987 2006: PRESIDENT, AUTHOR, CONSULTANT: MATHEMATICAL CONCEPTS, inc.
9/8012/04: Assistant Professor of Mathematics, Middlesex County College, Edison, NJ
Prof. Azzolino taught arithmetic, algebra I and II, precalc, calc I, II, and III, statistics, and math courses for the liberal arts and technology majors. Her specialties were algebra for the learning disabled student and precalculus. Her methods included writing-to-learn, language-based presentations, calculator use, and manipulatives. She was recognized nationally for her professional work and abilities (see below).
9/759 /80: Mathematics Teacher, Piscataway HS, Piscataway, NJ;
9/736/75: Mathematics Teacher, Randolph HS, Randolph, NJ
9/726/73: Mathematics Teacher, Northern Valley Reg. HS, Old Tappan, NJ
Spring 1989: Graduate Assistant, Mathematics Department: Montclair State College
Fall 1988: Adjunct Mathematics Department Faculty: Rutgers, The State University
1985 GHOST WRITER: KirchoffWohlberg, New York, New York
10/77: Adult School Instructor: West Morris Central PS,
3/76: Adult School Instructor: Paramus Public Schools, Paramus, NJ
19711972: Graduate Assistant, School of Education: Montclair State College
CERTIFICATION
1971 Standard Math Teacher Certificate, State of New Jersey
1978 Supervisor Certificate, State of New Jersey
2006 USCG 25-Ton Captains License
EDUCATION
1977 Masters of Arts in Mathematics Education: Montclair State College
1971 Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics Education: Montclair State College
1/716/71 Student Teaching, Ridgewood Senior HS, Ridgewood, NJ;
1967 Diploma, Westwood HS, Westwood, NJ
Additional Course work at: Rutgers U; Jersey CSC; Teachers College, CU, Middlesex CC.
HONORS
1997 American Mathematical Association of Two-Year Colleges (AMATYC)
Award for Teaching Excellence, MidAtlantic Region Recipient
One of seven given nationally the first time the award was presented.
1999 MATHEMATIC ASSOCIATION OF TWO-YEAR COLLEGES OF NEW JERSEY (MATYCNJ)
Outstanding Service Award
OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
CHAIR: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, NCTM, Educational Materials Committee "How To" Series '85'87;
CHAIR: NCTM Task Force on Mathematical Literacy for Adults: 9/91 6/92;
CO-COORDINATOR: Women And Mathematics NY/NJ Region, 8/91 8/94. Speaker: '89 94;
FOUNDING EDITOR: American Federation of Teachers, AFT, Faculty in Focus, 3/948/96;
MATH LADY: Middlesex Day Care Center, Edison, NJ: 9/855/90
MEMBER: Mathematics Association of Two-Year Colleges of New Jersey, MATYCNJ '88, '90 Teacher of the Year Committee;
MEMBER: Editorial Panel The American Mathematical Association of Two-Year Colleges, AMATYC Review;
MEMBER: NCTM Educational Materials Committee '84'87;
NJ TEAM MEMBER: National Science Foundation, NSF, Algebra Symposium, Washington, DC, 5/2628/97
PARTICIPANT: NCTM Working Conf. on Adult Literacy, 3/94;
PARTICIPANT: NJ State Dept. of Ed. Forum on the Recruitment and Retention of Mathematics and Science Teachers, 10/28/02
PARTICIPANT: NJ State Dept. of Ed. / Educational Testing Service Conference on "Future Directions of Graduation Requirements in NJ High Schools," 11/1718/02
PRESIDENT: Mathematics Association of TwoYear Colleges of New Jersey, '86'87, '95'96;
PRESIDENT: Association of Mathematics Teachers of New Jersey, AMTNJ, 10/02 10/03;
REVIEW BOARD MEMBER: AMTNJ Mathematics Teacher: 5/98 10/03.
REVIEWER: NCTM Mathematics Teacher, Arithmetic Teacher, Journal for Research in Math. Ed;
SPEAKER: Mathematics Association of America – New Jersey, MAANJ Speakers Bureau: 9/86 9/96;
VP for TwoYear Colleges: MAANJ Section, 11/90 11/92;
WEBMASTER: www.amtnj.org: 7/00 1/02;
WEBMASTER: www.1940aft.org: 9/00 1/01.
PAID PRESENTATIONS MADE FOR MATHEMATICAL CONCEPTS
2005 1/17/05: Pascack Valley PreK-2 Full-Day Staff In-service “Heads to Hands to Heads”
2004 3/26/04: MATHEMATICAL CONCEPTS SEMINAR, DeVry University: “Teaching Math at the TwoYear,” Full-Day
9/24/04: MATHEMATICAL CONCEPTS SEMINAR, Jamesburg Holiday Inn:
“Middle School Math, Manipulatively for the Resource Room & Special Ed” Full-Day
11/2/04: Metuchen Middle & High School: Full-Day Seminar Full-Day
11/12/04: MATHEMATICAL CONCEPTS SEMINAR, Jamesburg Holiday Inn:
“Middle School Math, Manipulatively for the Resource Room & Special Ed” Full-Day
2003 Organizer, not Presenter: 5/17/03 MATHEMATICAL CONCEPTS SEMINAR:
“Mentoring & Motivation in the Professional Community with Carol S. Pearson” Full-Day
10/13/03 Pascack Valley Middle & High School Staff In-service Full-Day
2002 2/23/02: Indiana University Southeast (IUS), New Albany, Indiana: 2Day In-service:
“Assessment Inventory, 19+ Languages, Exploring Functions In-service”
2001 4/12/01: Clifton, NJ: In-service for PreK to 8 Teachers, Full-Day
5/15/01: Dale Avenue School, Paterson, NJ: 2-hour In-service, PreK 2nd Full-Day
10/8/01: In-service: Ewing Township Full-Day
2000 11/3/00: West New York, NJ: DayLong In-service to Middle & High School Teachers Full-Day
1999 1/11/99: Brookdale CC, Lincroft, NJ@ "Middle School Math" Full-Day
3/6/99: Plainfield, NJ: "TI82 Calculator In-service Workshop”
3/20/99: Plainfield, NJ: "TI82 Calculator In-service Workshop”
3/12/99: Berkley Twp., NJ:
"K2 Teacher In-service on Languagebased Math Games and Manipulatives" &
"36 Teacher In-service on Consider OpenEnded Questions and Writing in Mathematics”
9/1/99: Gloucester: In-service Full-Day
Additional Earlier Presentations Listed Upon Request.
Professional Presentations
National Meeting Minicourses
American Mathematical Association of Two-Year Colleges:
“Writing to Learn Mathematics,” 10/89
MATHEMATICAL ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA:
“Writing to Learn Mathematics,” 8/90,
“Making Mathematics More Concrete: Manipulatives,” 8/91
Papers Presented at other International & National Meeting:
ICME7; NCTM, ATOMIC, NADE, MAASIAMAMS, NCSM
Local and State Papers
2006 3/17/06: Rutgers Precalculus: “Math Game & Other Stuff for Basic Math through Calc”
2005 10/1/05: MATYCNJ: “Making the Writing of Expressions and Equations More Concrete
by Using Term Tiles and Code.”
2003 3/21/03: Rutgers Precalculus: “Computer as a Lecture Tool in Precalculus”
5/12/03: AMTNJ Spring Regional, Montclair SU
“Languages of Algebra: ConcretePictorialSymbolicWrittenVerbal Point of View”
5/30/03: NJSSI: “Hands to Head, Head to Hands: Grades PreK2”
11/14/03 AMATYC Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, Utah
"If You Only ChalkTalk, Time Is Your Only Presentation Variable"
2002 3/02: Rutgers Precalculus: “Spreadsheets for Precalculus (Lab)”
4/13/02: Virginia MATYC, Alexandria, VA:
“19+ Languages of the Math Classroom” & “Select/Copy/Paste Lab for Beginners”
5/14/02: AMTNJ Montclair SU, Upper Montclair, NJ: “19+ Languages of the Math Class”
5/15/02: AMTNJ Rowan U, Glassboro, NJ: “19+ Languages of the Math Class”
10/18/02: Middlesex CC Texas Instruments – “Teaching Algebra w/Manipulatives”
10/28/02: College of NJ: Participant:
“Forum on the Recruitment and Retention of Mathematics and Science Teachers”
11/8/02: NJEA Teachers Convention, Atlantic City: “Concrete to Abstract”
11/15/02: NCTM Regional, Boston: “Hands to Head, Head to Hands, PreK to 2”
11/17-18/02: Participant, NJ State Dept. of Education, Educational Testing Service:
"Future Directions of Graduation Requirements in NJ High Schools"
11/30/02: AMTNJ: “Select/Copy/Paste: Build a Website”
2001 1/10/01: Nassau County Meeting, Nassau Co, NY: “MATH SPOKEN HERE!”
3/1516/01: Nassau County Math Meeting, SUNY Old Westbury, NY: “MATH SPOKEN HERE!”
3/17/01: Nassau County, SUNY Old Westbury, NY
4/57/01: NCTM Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL: “Exploring Functions”
5/16/01: AMTNJ, Montclair SU, Upper Montclair, NJ: “MATH SPOKEN HERE!”
5/17/01: AMTNJ, College of NJ: “MATH SPOKEN HERE!”
10/6/01: MATYCNJ Meeting, Atlantic CCC: Full Day Program “Web Page & Site Design”
10/25/01: AMTNJ Annual/NCTM Regional: “Exploring Functions”
10/26/01: AMTNJ Annual/NCTM Regional: “Math Games for Adult & Child”
11/16/01 AMATYC National, Toronto, Canada: “The Languages of the Math Classroom”
2000 3/17/00: Rutgers Precalc Meeting: Plenary Session "The Languages of the Math Class"
10/7/00: MATYCNJ Meeting, Raritan CC: "WebPage Writing"
10/13/00: NCTM Meeting, Philadelphia, PA: "Exploring Functions through Manipulatives"
10/24/00: AMTNJ Annual Meeting, Somerville, NJ: "Middle School Manipulatives"
10/27/00: AMTNYS, at the Nevelle: "Middle School Manipulatives" & "MATH SPOKEN HERE!"
1999 2/4/99: AMTNJ: "They Use Calculators on the Tests But I Don't Even Use Them in Class"
3/10/99: AMTNJ Montclair State U.: "Hands to Head: Manipulatives & Games for Pre-K 2"
3/13/99: Ocean County Math League Meeting
3/19/99: Rutgers Precalc: "Exploring Functions through the Use of Manipulatives"
6/15/99: Mendham Elementary School, Mendham, NJ: Made "Flexagons" with Classes
11/12/99: NJEA Teachers Convention: "Hands to Head: Manipulatives & Games for Pre-K 2"
12/2/99: AMTNJ: "Hands to Head: Manipulatives & Games for Pre-K 2"
ADDITIONAL EARLIER PRESENTATIONS LISTED UPON REQUEST.
PUBLICATIONS:
Exploring Functions through the Use of Manipulatives,
81994, Azzolino, MATHEMATICAL CONCEPTS, inc., MC,i.;
Math Spoken Here!, 81987, 81995, Azzolino, MC,i.;
Math Games for Adult and Child, 81993, Azzolino, MC,i.;
Graphing with Manipulatives, 81991, Azzolino, MC,i.;
How to Use Writing to Teach Mathematics, 81987, Azzolino, MC,i;
Math Games for the Young Child, 81985, Azzolino, MC,i.;
The Hundreds Board, 81997, Azzolino, MC,i
Flexagons and Kaleidocycles, 81997, Azzolino, MC, i.
The TI EightySomething and Teaching Mathematics: An In-service Manual, 81993, MC,i.;
Mathematics and Humor, Azzolino, Silvey, Hughes, 8 1978, NCTM;
"Pythagoras on Pyramids," Mathematics Teacher, NCTM, Vol. 74, No 7;
Many ConnecttheDots Puzzles in Summation, AMTNYC;
"Peer Teaching in a General Math Program," NJ Math Teacher, AMTNJ, Vol. 34, No 2;
"Our Winners," NJ Math Teacher, AMTNJ, Vol. 41, No 2;
"Suggestions," NJ Math Teacher, AMTNJ, Vol. 45, No 1;
"A Handy Adding Machine." Instructor, Vol. 88, No 3;
"Friendly," NJ Math Teacher, AMTNJ, Vol. 50, No 2;
"Under Cover", NJ Math Teacher, AMTNJ, Vol. 41, No 1 & 2, Vol. 42, No 1 & 2;
"It Worked!", NJ Math Teacher, AMTNJ, Vol. 32, No 2;
"Find the Circle," NYS Mathematics Teachers' Journal, Vol. 37, No 3;
Questionbooks: Using Writing to Learn Mathematics," The AMATYC Review Vol. 9, No 1, Winter '87;
"WRITING It's not just for English classes anymore," NJEA Review, NJEA, Vol. 62, No. 4;
"Writing in Mathematics," Poole, Barbara, Intermediate Algebra, 1989, PrenticeHall, Inc., xvxix;
"Writing as a Tool for Teaching Math: The Silent Revolution," NCTM 1990 Yearbook, NCTM, 1990;
Problem Solving Activities Made to NJoy, with others, 1980, AMTNJ;
"Dear Aggie: Letters to a Teacher," Innovations Abstract, 1991, NISOD, Vol. 13, No.28.
"A Journey with SelfAssessment as a Compass," The AMATYC Review Vol. 18, No 1, Fall '96.
"Two Heads and a Black Shoulder 'Verbalization,'" NJ Math Teacher, AMTNJ, Vol. 55, No 1
"Name: How to Handle Exponents" NJ Math Teacher, AMTNJ, Vol. 55, No 1.
"SemiEquation" NJ Math Teacher, AMTNJ, Vol. 56, No 1.
"The Languages of the Mathematic Classroom" the web page 8 1998
"MATH SPOKEN HERE & "Aunt Sally" A web page on CD A tutorial on Order of Operations, 81999
"Browsing on the Internet is Like Driving on the Interstate" NJ Math Teacher, AMTNJ, Vol. 57, No 1.
"Who Has" NJ Math Teacher, AMTNJ, Vol. 57, No 1.
"Page 49" of Opportunities for Excellence: Professionalism and the TwoYear College Mathematics Faculty AMATYC, 8 2002:
LIFE MEMBERSHIPS
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM)
American Mathematical Association of Two-Year Colleges (AMATYC)