Building Thinking Classrooms 2025 Annual Conference: Full Schedule

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9:45am PDT

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

“Students are spending so much of their class time learning in groups that individual tests may be beginning to feel disingenuous” (Liljedahl, 2021 p.253). Join us for an in-depth exploration of team assessment strategies and what they mean for your teaching practice and your students. Gain a new outlook and walk away with strategies you can use in your classroom to make team assessments work for your students.

2025 Conference Presenters

Victoria Holt

CPM Classroom Teacher Specialist, Teays Valley LSD

Teays Valley’s rural setting serves about 4,420 students with 21% being students with disabilities and 38% economically disadvantaged. Its focus on supporting a diverse range of learners, provides a unique opportunity to implement equitable and inclusive practices like those emphasized... Read More →

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

Assessment Practices, Secondary

11:00am PDT

Terrace Talk - Playing with Structure then Naming it: Verbing Mathematics in a Building Thinking Classroom Framework

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

Bellevue I

How can we focus on the verbing of mathematics during the Launch, Body and Closing of a math lesson? Lets look at how we can craft hands-on experiences with the use of linear, set and area models within the building thinking classroom framework. We will chat about how we can center on change and motion while we play with structure and then name it in a Thinking Classroom.

2025 Conference Presenters

Kirk Keating

BTC Team Member, Canadian Consultant, Building Thinking Classrooms

Kirk Keating (he/him) is a middle school mathematics teacher in Truro, Nova Scotia who is implementing practices from the Building Thinking Classroom framework and seeing the positive impact these practices have on student learning and well being on a daily basis. Kirk had the opportunity... Read More →

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

Classroom Reflection, General

1:00pm PDT

Terrace Talks - Histematics: Using Black History to Teach Mathematics and Increase Student Engagement

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

Bellevue I

In this session I will both highlight and demonstrate the teaching methodology I call "Histematics" which is essentially the use of history to teach mathematics and the use of mathematics to teach history. This is an attempt to decompartmentalize academic disciplines and increase intrinsic student engagement with mathematics by adding cultural relevancy as well as a more interesting storytelling aspect to math instruction. Black History exemplars and events will be used to teach math topics.

2025 Conference Presenters

Akil Parker

Academic Coach/Specialist/Coordinator, CEO of All This Math, Philadelphia, PA

I serve students that attend public, charter and private schools from all over the country. We provide math tutoring and math instruction in different capacities in different geographic areas.

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

Connections to Equity and Access, General

2:15pm PDT

Terrace Talk - Nova Katz

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

Bellevue I

2025 Conference Presenters

Nova Katz

Pre-Conference: Leaders Supporting Building Thinking ClassroomsPrice: $125.00Registration Here - https://www.pdenroller.org/psesd/catalog/175011 Immerse yourself in the transformative journey of supporting Building Thinking Classrooms in this pre-workshop designed for educational leaders. Start by stepping into the role of a learner, experiencing the dynamic and engaging environment of a thinking classroom firsthand. Explore the 14 r... Read More →

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

3:30pm PDT

Terrace Talk - Social Justice through Mathematics Instruction

Monday June 30, 2025 3:30pm - 4:30pm PDT

Bellevue I

This session will provide participants with strategies and resources to integrate social justice and mathematics to provide equitable and culturally relevant instruction. Participants will be provided with resources to understand how social issues are historical, and reform involves problem-solving through mathematics. Participants can take what they learn to build community within their classrooms with their diverse student populations.

2025 Conference Presenters

Monique Harrison

Secondary Mathematics Specialist, Educational Consultant, K-20 Educator, Kent School District and Benjamin Banneker Association

Innovative instructional leader who collaborates to develop change-makers and lifelong learners. A daring leader with a solid understanding of cultural responsiveness and the heart it takes to lead brave work and tough conversations to ensure all students have the equitable opportunity... Read More →

Monday June 30, 2025 3:30pm - 4:30pm PDT
Bellevue I

Connections to Equity and Access, General