Building Thinking Classrooms 2025 Annual Conference: Full Schedule

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8:45am PDT

Affinity Groups High School

Monday June 30, 2025 8:45am - 9:30am PDT

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Monday June 30, 2025 8:45am - 9:30am PDT
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Affinity Group, General

9:45am PDT

Co-Teaching Geometry for Emergent Multilingual

Monday June 30, 2025 9:45am - 10:45am PDT

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This session explores strategies for co-teaching a geometry class for emergent multilingual students, focusing on fostering critical thinking and equitable access to content and language. Participants will learn how to design engaging, thought-provoking tasks that promote deep thinking, transitioning from non-curricular to curriculum-based tasks. The session emphasizes the power of collaborative learning through random grouping, ensuring active participation and breaking down social barriers. Additionally, it introduces the use of vertical non-permanent surfaces (VNPSs) to transform the classroom into an interactive space, encouraging risk-taking and sustained engagement in mathematics for all students.

2025 Conference Presenters

Tricia Ferrari

Teacher PreK-12, Washoe County School District

North Valleys High School is part of the Washoe County School District in Reno, Nevada. We serve a diverse student population, including a growing number of emergent multilingual students, many of whom are newcomers to the United States. The school is home to a dedicated newcomer... Read More →

Monday June 30, 2025 9:45am - 10:45am PDT
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Connections to Equity and Access, Secondary

11:00am PDT

Empowering Student Rights through Hinge Points: A Framework for Inclusive, Student-Centered Math

Monday June 30, 2025 11:00am - 12:00pm PDT

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Participants will explore the concept of "Student Rights" as a framework for structuring learning environments in mathematics classrooms. They will apply these rights specifically to hinge points—key moments in the lesson where students demonstrate partial understanding or new insights that can benefit all students with purposeful observation and discussion. These hinge points provide a unique opportunity for teachers to support student thinking and keep the lesson moving in a productive, engaging direction.

2025 Conference Presenters

Carly Epstein

Director of Facilitators, All Learners Network

As the Director of Facilitators at All Learners Network I believe in the capacity and capabilities of all students, educators and leaders as productive mathematicians. I am passionate that kids should do the work. I believe that all students should be engaging in discourse, exploring... Read More →

Elizabeth Kielty

Facilitator/Professional Consultant, All Learners Network

As a facilitator with All Learners Network, I am passionate about helping educators implement effective, evidence-based instructional strategies that foster conceptual understanding and empower students to become confident, independent learners. With over 13 years of experience in... Read More →

Monday June 30, 2025 11:00am - 12:00pm PDT
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Connections to Equity and Access, Systems Leadership

1:00pm PDT

Think and Tinker Space - Conference Session

Monday June 30, 2025 1:00pm - 2:00pm PDT

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Conversations around kinesthetic learning best/promising practices, research behind movement-based learning and mathematics, and connection to the Think and Tinker Space.

PNW Team

Monique Pollitt

Regional Math Coordinator, ESD 121, Puget Sound ESD

Monique Cabellon (she/her)Math Program Manager Puget Sound Educational Service District | 800 Oakesdale Ave. SW | Renton, WA 98057P: (425) 917-7863 | www.psesd.org Subscribe to the Math Newsletter Book time to meet with Monique... Read More →

Sponsors

Kirby Schoephoerster

Program Director, National Math Foundation

Hi! I'm the Senior Program Director at the National Math Foundation (NMF). My years of educational leadership experience rest within the fields of grant and research management, professional learning design, and nonprofit administration. I also serve as a thought leader on the Math... Read More →

Monday June 30, 2025 1:00pm - 2:00pm PDT
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Classroom Reflection, General

2:15pm PDT

Building Thinking Classrooms: A Collaborative Conversation Across Assessment Areas

Monday June 30, 2025 2:15pm - 3:15pm PDT

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Session Description:
Join us for a collaborative conversation focused on how the Building Thinking Classrooms (BTC) framework intersects with various assessment practices. This session will provide an open space for educators to explore how thinking tasks, student voice, and non-traditional structures can inform both formative and summative assessment across content areas.

Monday June 30, 2025 2:15pm - 3:15pm PDT
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Assessment Practices, General

Building Thinking Classrooms 2025 Annual Conference

8:45am PDT

9:45am PDT

Tricia Ferrari

11:00am PDT

Carly Epstein

Elizabeth Kielty

1:00pm PDT

Monique Pollitt

Kirby Schoephoerster

2:15pm PDT

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