The California Teacher Advisory Council
Strengthening mathematics and science teaching by incorporating teachers in the policy process.

Cal TAC members are seen here with Senator Jack Scott who attended the first Cal TAC meeting in Sacramento

In 2005, twelve highly accomplished mathematics and science teachers were selected to serve as members of the California Teacher Advisory Council (Cal TAC), an effort by The Center for the Future of Teaching and Learning and the California Council on Science and Technology to strengthen mathematics and science instruction in California.

Modeled after the National Teacher Advisory Council, established by the National Academies of Science, Technology, Engineering and Medicine in 2002, Cal TAC was the first state-level chapter to be created. The goals of Cal TAC are to:

  1. Disseminate policy information impacting science and mathematics teaching and learning from the state level to teachers;
  2. Educate leaders from the education and policy communities on science and mathematics classroom practices;
  3. Provide feedback to and from the National Teacher Advisory Council (NTAC); and
  4. Become a proactive arm of the Center for the Future of Teaching and Learning and California Council on Science and Technology to strengthen science and mathematics teaching, K-18.

Cal TAC members include outstanding elementary, middle, and high school teachers noted for their skills in the specific areas of mathematics and science. (Click here for brief bios of Cal TAC members.) Cal TAC convenes several times a year to address the goals outlined above.

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