Building Thinking Classrooms 2025 Annual Conference

Pre-Conference: Building Thinking Classrooms 101 - B 1:30pm - 4:30pm

Pre-Conference: Building Thinking Classrooms 101 - C 1:30pm - 4:30pm

Early Registration Grand Stair Prefunction Area 12:30pm - 1:30pm

Pre-Conference: Building Thinking Classrooms 101 - A 1:30pm - 4:30pm

Pre-Conference: Leaders Supporting Building Thinking Classrooms 1:30pm - 4:30pm

BTC 2025 Social at Topgolf Renton 7:00pm - 9:00pm

Starting Strong: Building Inclusive Thinking Classrooms Together 9:45am - 10:45am

Beyond the Test: Assessment and Grading in the Thinking Classroo... 11:00am - 12:00pm

Building Thinking Classrooms: A Collaborative Conversation Acros... 2:15pm - 3:15pm

Making Moves to Reach all Learners: A Game Plan 9:45am - 10:45am

Teaching Data Science with the BTC Toolkits 11:00am - 12:00pm

Supporting a District Wide shift to BTC 1:00pm - 2:00pm

Building Thinking Classrooms: A Collaborative Conversation Acros... 2:15pm - 3:15pm

Terrace Talk - Team Focused Assessments 9:45am - 10:45am

Terrace Talk - Playing with Structure then Naming it: Verbing Ma... 11:00am - 12:00pm

Terrace Talks - Histematics: Using Black History to Teach Mathem... 1:00pm - 2:00pm

Terrace Talk - Social Justice through Mathematics Instruction 3:30pm - 4:30pm

Just a Phase You're Going Through. 9:45am - 10:45am

Empowering Student Rights through Hinge Points: A Framework for... 11:00am - 12:00pm

Bringing the Mathematical Practices to Life Through Rich Tasks i... 1:00pm - 2:00pm

Breaking Barriers with BTC: Practical Strategies for Diverse Cla... 2:15pm - 3:15pm

Equity in Action: Building Thinking Classrooms for Students Who... 3:30pm - 4:30pm

Welcome and Opening Keynote - From the Margins to the Center: Me... 7:30am - 8:30am

Peeling Back the Layers of Thin-Slicing for K-5 11:00am - 12:00pm

Do, Say, Think, Feel: Pulling the Curtain Back On Our Very Best... 1:00pm - 2:00pm

Using Thinking Tasks to Foster Student Engagement 2:15pm - 3:15pm

Year One Insights - Building a Thinking Classroom and School fro... 3:30pm - 4:30pm

From “One More Thing” to “Let’s Try:” Growing Building Thinking... 11:00am - 12:00pm

Shifting Assessment & Evaluation from “Who They Are” to “Where T... 1:00pm - 2:00pm

Non Curricular Tasks for the Thinker 2:15pm - 3:15pm

Designing Thin-Sliced Tasks: Fostering Conceptual Learning in BT... 3:30pm - 4:30pm

3..2..1..Launch 11:00am - 12:00pm

Navigating Discretionary Spaces: Cultivating Connection in a Thi... 1:00pm - 2:00pm

Measuring What Matters – Using Rubrics to Promote Cultural and M... 2:15pm - 3:15pm

How to Build a Community of Mathematical Thinkers in the Classro... 3:30pm - 4:30pm

How do I know what I know? Consolidating and Mapping Learning 11:00am - 12:00pm

Grading for Growth: How we Grade in a Thinking Classroom. 1:00pm - 2:00pm

BTC Practices + Core Curriculum = IMPACT 2:15pm - 3:15pm

Grading and Norming work at the Boards 3:30pm - 4:30pm

Meet Dr. Pamela Seda - Book signing 9:45am - 10:45am

Registration and Information Booth - Open at 6:30am 6:30am - 5:00pm

Word Study Tasks in the Thinking Classroom 9:45am - 10:45am

The Underrated Nuances of BTC: Small Moves, Big Gains 11:00am - 12:00pm

Let’s sketch diagrams to solve word problems! 1:00pm - 2:00pm

Empowering All Students with Thin Sliced Tasks Using Your Adopte... 2:15pm - 3:15pm

DNA of Building Thinking Classrooms in Science 3:30pm - 4:30pm

Social Event! - Trivia Night 7:00pm - 9:00pm

Numbers Aren't Always What They Seem - Launch To Close For K-12 9:45am - 10:45am

Let's Give Them Something to Talk About: Facilitating Meaningful... 11:00am - 12:00pm

BTC Coaching in Action: From Observation to Co-Teaching 1:00pm - 2:00pm

Launching Strong, Landing Stronger: Storywork and the Bookends o... 2:15pm - 3:15pm

AI Meets Thinking Classrooms: Fostering Collaboration Across Gra... 3:30pm - 4:30pm

Social Event! - Game Night 7:00pm - 9:00pm

Lunch - Break 12:00pm - 1:00pm

Lakeside Chat with Pamela Seda - Brilliant by Design: Centering... 11:00am - 12:00pm

Lakeside Chat with Pamela Seda - Unleashing Brilliance: Creating... 2:15pm - 3:15pm

Social Event! - Urban Night Market 7:00pm - 9:00pm

One Size Fits EACH: Unit Planning and Lesson Planning for Thinki... 9:45am - 10:45am

Integrating Equity in Education: Accessible Strategies for Diver... 11:00am - 12:00pm

This is NOT a success story. It’s a story of moving the needle f... 1:00pm - 2:00pm

Think, Speak, Learn: Empowering Multilingual Learners in Social... 2:15pm - 3:15pm

Revolutionizing Social Studies Through Building Thinking Classro... 3:30pm - 4:30pm

The Art of the Launch: How to Elevate the Quality of Mathematics... 9:45am - 10:45am

Meeting the needs of IEPs: CRRP in the Mathematics Classroom 11:00am - 12:00pm

BTC & Neurodiversity: Goes Together like PB&J 1:00pm - 2:00pm

Pillars & Practices: A Framework for Cultivating Engagement and... 2:15pm - 3:15pm

Partnering to Prioritize Thinking Classrooms 3:30pm - 4:30pm

Affinity Groups + BTC Partners 8:45am - 9:30am

Co-Teaching Geometry for Emergent Multilingual 9:45am - 10:45am

Picture This: Using Picture Books and Photographs to Ignite Lite... 11:00am - 12:00pm

Math Afterschool Enrichment 1:00pm - 2:00pm

Leveraging a Lab Cohort as Job-Embedded Learning of BTC 2:15pm - 3:15pm

IB, BTC, MYP, OMG! 3:30pm - 4:30pm

Building Thinking Classrooms: A Collaborative Conversation Acros... 2:15pm - 3:15pm

Building Thinking Physicists (and we’re ALL born physicists!) 8:00am - 9:00am

Three Years and 12 Practices: How I Found Success with Navigatio... 9:15am - 10:15am

Story Problems For All: Instruction & Assessment with Structured... 11:00am - 12:00pm

Redefining Student Status in the Mathematics Classroom through A... 1:00pm - 2:00pm

Building Thinking Classrooms: A Collaborative Conversation Acros... 2:15pm - 3:15pm

Terrace Talk - Sparking Our Curiosity: Challenging Implicit Bias... 8:00am - 9:00am

Terrace Talk - Integrating Technology within a 6-12 Thinking Cla... 9:15am - 10:15am

The Nonsense of Numbers 11:00am - 12:00pm

Terrace Talks - The Neverending Story: My Continual Journey Thro... 2:15pm - 3:15pm

Active Consolidation: Centering Student Voice and Thinking 8:00am - 9:00am

BTC and Standards Based Grading: Our Journey towards Clarity 9:15am - 10:15am

Everything at the Boards: BTC Across the Curriculum in the Upper... 11:00am - 12:00pm

Meaning Making with Multiplication and Division of Fractions: Th... 1:00pm - 2:00pm

BTC Coaching Moves: Leveraging Reflective Thinking Classroom Pra... 2:15pm - 3:15pm

BTC 2025 Closing 3:30pm - 4:30pm

Building Thinking Writers: Making the English Classroom More Inc... 8:00am - 9:00am

Connecting Indigenous Ways of Learning: Capturing & Celebrating... 9:15am - 10:15am

How Digital Interactives Enhance a Thinking Classroom 11:00am - 12:00pm

Staying Organized in the Chaos of a Thinking Classroom 8:00am - 9:00am

Coaching in Action: Partnering for Meaningful Teaching Growth 9:15am - 10:15am

From Imperfect to Inspired – Becoming the Best Thinking Classroo... 11:00am - 12:00pm

Leveraging AI: Adapting BTC Lessons with Intelligence and Intent... 8:00am - 9:00am

Adapting the Building Thinking Classrooms Framework for the Engl... 9:15am - 10:15am

Armor Against Adversity: BTC & ACEs 11:00am - 12:00pm

Demystifying the Art of Thin Slicing 8:00am - 9:00am

Putting the puzzle pieces together: How to BTC on the Daily with... 9:15am - 10:15am

"Reveal"ing the Thinking K-5 11:00am - 12:00pm

Meet Dr. Pamela Seda - Book sign... 10:20am - 10:50am

Registration and Information Booth - Open at 7:00am 7:00am - 8:00am

From Principles to Practice: Grading for Equity in Thinking Clas... 8:00am - 9:00am

Integrating Fact Fluency in a Thinking Classroom 9:15am - 10:15am

Why Do We Flip It?: Using Tech With Intentionality to Make the A... 11:00am - 12:00pm

Leadership in Action: Transforming Professional Development with... 1:00pm - 2:00pm

Building Leadership for Thinking Classrooms Success 2:15pm - 3:15pm

How We Use Manipulatives in a K-8 Thinking Classroom 8:00am - 9:00am

Intro to BTC: A Beginner's Guide to Toolkit #1 and Beyond 9:15am - 10:15am

Balancing the Effective and the Efficient. Maximizing the Benefi... 11:00am - 12:00pm

How to Use BTC Grading Practices to Support Student Learning and... 1:00pm - 2:00pm

Building Thinking Lessons from Textbook-y Tasks 2:15pm - 3:15pm

Morning Food and Beverage 7:00am - 8:00am

Lunch 12:00pm - 1:00pm

Lakeside Chat with Pamela Seda & Peter Liljedahl - Rooted in Bri... 9:15am - 10:15am

BTC Buy-In and Book Clubs 8:00am - 9:00am

ReFraming a textbook lesson using BTC strategies 9:15am - 10:15am

MARTIAN MATH: A BTC Immersion Experience 11:00am - 12:00pm

BTC in the Social Studies Classroom: How I got my most off task... 1:00pm - 2:00pm

Reflections on a year of BTC implementation in Algebra 1 and in... 2:15pm - 3:15pm

"Making Mathematical Thinking Visible: A Title 1 Success Story" 8:00am - 9:00am

Building Thinking in Calculus: A Focus on the Post-Secondary Cla... 9:15am - 10:15am

Guiding Gallery Walks: Selecting, Sequencing, and Seeding a 3 Ac... 11:00am - 12:00pm

Strengthening Collaboration and Perseverance with SEL Practices... 1:00pm - 2:00pm

Creating Manipulative Based Thinking Tasks in the Thinking Class... 2:15pm - 3:15pm

BTC for ADHD: Building Thinking Classrooms for Students Like Me 8:00am - 9:00am

Crafting Consolidation and Closure in a Secondary Thinking Class... 9:15am - 10:15am

Leveraging Your Specialist Team to Implement Building Thinking C... 11:00am - 12:00pm

Getting to Scale: Using Educator Residencies to Launch BTC in a... 1:00pm - 2:00pm

Equitable Instruction in Action: The Cognitive Science Behind Bu... 2:15pm - 3:15pm