A growing set of national reports calls for better preparation of the nation's mathematics teachers by mathematics faculty. To help meet this need, the Mathematical Association of America (MAA) has a multi-dimensional program: Preparing Mathematicians to Educate Teachers (PMET).

The PMET program has four major components:

1. Faculty Development - Workshops and minicourses help mathematicians to be better prepared to provide high-quality mathematical education to teachers.


2. Information and Resources - PMET will provide the mathematics community with information about the mathematical education of teachers by multiple means, including talks, articles, and websites with course resources.


3. Regional Networks - PMET will build an infrastructure of regional networks to help initiate, support and coordiante efforts at individual institutions to improve the mathematical education of teachers. Initially, PMET will concentrate activities in five states-- California, Nebraska, New York, North Carolina, and Ohio --in order to build model networks.


4. Mini-grants   - PMET will support efforts by mathematicians at individual institutions to improve their teacher education programs and to develp new instructional materials.