Building Thinking Classrooms 2025 Annual Conference

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7:00am PDT

Registration and Information Booth - Open at 7:00am Grand Stair Prefunction AreaToni Buechler • Nova Katz • Tina Mott • Tamara Smith Morning Snack and Beverage Lake Washington TerraceMichelle Locke • Monique Pollitt

8:00am PDT

From Principles to Practice: Grading for Equity in Thinking Classrooms Lake Washington Ballroom IErin Wahler-Cleveland Building Thinking Physicists (and we’re ALL born physicists!) BakerDavid Weaver Building Thinking Writers: Making the English Classroom More Inclusive Grand Ballroom #1Sharelle Van Natten Leveraging AI: Adapting BTC Lessons with Intelligence and Intention Grand Ballroom #7Jeff Crawford • Chase Orton BTC for ADHD: Building Thinking Classrooms for Students Like Me Bellevue IIDaniel Henderson • Misty Nikula Sparking Our Curiosity: Challenging Implicit Bias in a Thinking Classroom Bellevue IAmy Chang Active Consolidation: Centering Student Voice and Thinking Grand Ballroom #8Anna Blinstein Staying Organized in the Chaos of a Thinking Classroom Grand Ballroom #2Jennifer Hubbs • Rebekah Metzler Demystifying the Art of Thin Slicing West SeattleChelsea McClellan How We Use Manipulatives in a K-8 Thinking Classroom Lake Washington Ballroom IIKim Rimbey BTC Buy-In and Book Clubs RainierLaura Tomas Lakeside Chat - Q&A with Peter Liljedahl Lakeside Chat - Grand Ballroom 3-6-9Peter Liljedahl

9:15am PDT

BTC and Standards Based Grading: Our Journey towards Clarity Bellevue IIAbigail Bates • Eric Vallecillo Three Years and 12 Practices: How I Found Success with Navigation Tools BakerMadison Butts Intro to BTC: A Beginner's Guide to Toolkit #1 and Beyond Lake Washington Ballroom IIJared Sliger • Jerrold Wiebe Adapting the Building Thinking Classrooms Framework for the English Classroom Grand Ballroom #7Aleda Klassen Integrating Technology within a 6-12 Thinking Classroom Bellevue ITim Brzezinski ReFraming a textbook lesson using BTC strategies RainierSharon Rendon Crafting Consolidation and Closure in a Secondary Thinking Classroom (6-12) West SeattleCarly Epstein • Elizabeth Kielty Building Thinking in Calculus: A Focus on the Post-Secondary Classroom SeattleApril Strom Integrating Fact Fluency in a Thinking Classroom Lake Washington Ballroom ICourtney Flessner Putting the puzzle pieces together: How to BTC on the Daily with Thin-Slicing Grand Ballroom #8Judy Larsen • Pierre Tranchemontagne Lakeside Chat with Pamela Seda & Peter Liljedahl - Rooted in Brilliance: Assessing in Ways That Honor Marginalized Math Learners Lakeside Chat - Grand Ballroom 3-6-9Peter Liljedahl • Pamela Seda Connecting Indigenous Ways of Learning: Capturing & Celebrating the Development of Problem Solvers Grand Ballroom #1Denise Smith Coaching in Action: Partnering for Meaningful Teaching Growth Grand Ballroom #2Michelle McCarron Think and Tinker Space Grand Stair Prefunction AreaMonique Pollitt • Laura Tomas • Kirby Schoephoerster

10:20am PDT

Affinity Groups Coaches, Admin, Leadership Bellevue IIChelsea McClellan • Laura Tomas Affinity Groups High School Adams Affinity Groups Intermediate 3-5 West Seattle Affinity Groups Middle School BakerJeff Crawford Affinity Groups Primary PreK-2 Lake Washington Ballroom ITammy McMorrow Affinity Groups Special Education Bellevue IJacquelyn Durfey Federal Way - District Team RainierMonique Pollitt Meet Dr. Pamela Seda - Book signing Grand Prefunction AreaPamela Seda

11:00am PDT

The Nonsense of Numbers Bellevue IKyle Webb Everything at the Boards: BTC Across the Curriculum in the Upper Elementary Classroom Bellevue IISamantha Lauderdale • Lourdes De Leon "Reveal"ing the Thinking K-5 Grand Ballroom #8Melisa McCain • Amanda Ramey Lakeside Chat with Peter Liljedahl + Innovamat: Estimation as a Robust Thinking Activity Lakeside Chat - Grand Ballroom 3-6-9Peter Liljedahl • Albert Vilalta Why Do We Flip It?: Using Tech With Intentionality to Make the Abstract Make Sense Lake Washington Ballroom IAmy Chang • Maegan Giroux From Imperfect to Inspired – Becoming the Best Thinking Classrooms Teacher You Can Be Grand Ballroom #2Chase Orton Balancing the Effective and the Efficient. Maximizing the Benefits and Use of Manipulatives in The Middle Years and Beyond Lake Washington Ballroom IIKirk Keating • Jerrold Wiebe Guiding Gallery Walks: Selecting, Sequencing, and Seeding a 3 Act Task SeattleChelsea McClellan How Digital Interactives Enhance a Thinking Classroom Grand Ballroom #1Robin Kubasiak MARTIAN MATH: A BTC Immersion Experience RainierPatty Stephens Story Problems For All: Instruction & Assessment with Structured Expressions BakerSurani Joshua Armor Against Adversity: BTC & ACEs Grand Ballroom #7Laura Streich Leveraging Your Specialist Team to Implement Building Thinking Classrooms Schoolwide West SeattleChelsea Kimbrough • Sharelle Van Natten Think and Tinker Space Grand Stair Prefunction AreaMonique Pollitt • Laura Tomas • Kirby Schoephoerster

12:00pm PDT

LGBTQ+ Lunch Date Bellevue II Lunch - Break (1st Floor Grand Ballroom Promenade & 3rd Floor) 1st Floor Grand Ballroom Promenade & 3rd FloorTina Mott • Monique Pollitt • Michelle Locke

1:00pm PDT

How to Use BTC Grading Practices to Support Student Learning and Interventions Lake Washington Ballroom IIAnna Colaric Strengthening Collaboration and Perseverance with SEL Practices and Collaborative Rubrics SeattleMargie Scherer Book Signing with Corwin Grand Prefunction AreaMaegan Giroux • Peter Liljedahl • Kyle Webb BTC in the Social Studies Classroom: How I got my most off task students to love learning about maps. RainierLauren Kulczycki Meaning Making with Multiplication and Division of Fractions: Thin Slicing our Way to Understanding Bellevue IIRyan Flessner Redefining Student Status in the Mathematics Classroom through A Building Thinking Classrooms Lens BakerClare Bunton • Dwaina Sookhoo Getting to Scale: Using Educator Residencies to Launch BTC in a Large Urban District West SeattleAmanda Grossi • Christian Ricci, • Asale Smith • Karyn Unger Leadership in Action: Transforming Professional Development with BTC Strategies Lake Washington Ballroom IMelisa McCain • Amanda Ramey Think and Tinker Space Grand Stair Prefunction AreaMonique Pollitt • Laura Tomas • Kirby Schoephoerster

2:15pm PDT

Q & A Session + Reflections - Grand Ballroom Grand Ballroom Building Thinking Classrooms: A Collaborative Conversation Across Assessment Areas Baker Terrace Talks - The Neverending Story: My Continual Journey Through Assessment Bellevue IMaegan Giroux Building Thinking Classrooms: A Collaborative Conversation Across Content Areas AdamsAndy Boyd Building Thinking Lessons from Textbook-y Tasks Lake Washington Ballroom IIJared Sliger • April Strom BTC Coaching Moves: Leveraging Reflective Thinking Classroom Practice with Interviews & Exit Tickets Bellevue IIAmy Chang • Tom Lewis Reflections on a year of BTC implementation in Algebra 1 and in IB Higher Level Mathematics RainierIan Maurer • Sarah Ward Creating Manipulative Based Thinking Tasks in the Thinking Classroom SeattleHeidi Sabnani • Molly Vokey Equitable Instruction in Action: The Cognitive Science Behind Building Thinking Classrooms West SeattleThomas Nobili Building Leadership for Thinking Classrooms Success Lake Washington Ballroom IJanel Marr • Marcie Sado

3:30pm PDT

BTC 2025 Closing Keynote - Building Thinking Classroom Students: Verbs vs. Nouns Grand BallroomPeter Liljedahl

4:30pm PDT

BTC Team Tear Down/Safety Meeting TBD