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Sunday, June 29
 

1:30pm PDT

Pre-Conference: Building Thinking Classrooms 101
Sunday June 29, 2025 1:30pm - 4:30pm PDT
Pre-Conference: Building Thinking Classrooms 101

This introductory pre-conference session is designed for newcomers to Building Thinking Classrooms. Participants of the main Building Thinking Classrooms Conference who are unfamiliar with the Building Thinking Classrooms (BTC) framework are highly encouraged to participate in this pre-conference session to fully access the content of the main conference sessions.
This pre-conference introductory session outlines some of the 14 practices outlined in the book Building Thinking Classrooms in Mathematics by Peter Liljedahl.
Participants will experience mathematics through a Thinking Classroom environment and learn how to implement their own Thinking Classroom, including how to launch the environment and build in additional strategies over time.
2025 Conference Presenters
avatar for Andy Boyd

Andy Boyd

WA Math Regional Coordinator, North Central Education Service District
Pre-Conference: Building Thinking Classrooms 101Price: $125.00Registration - https://www.pdenroller.org/psesd/catalog/175011This introductory pre-conference session is designed for newcomers to Building Thinking Classrooms. Participants of the main Building Thinking Classrooms Conference who are unfamiliar with the Building Thinking Classrooms (BTC) framework are highly encouraged to participate in this p... Read More →
avatar for Cari Haug

Cari Haug

Regional Science Coordinator, North Central Education Service District
I am the Regional Science Coordinator for North Central Educational Service District serving K-12 science educators. I have a passion for science, science education, and the outdoors. My career path has been steeped in these passions. I taught middle school science and math after... Read More →
avatar for Toni Buechler

Toni Buechler

Regional Math Coordinator, ESD123
Sunday June 29, 2025 1:30pm - 4:30pm PDT
Bellevue I
 
Monday, June 30
 

9:45am PDT

Terrace Talk - Team Focused Assessments
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
avatar for Victoria Holt

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

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
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
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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

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
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
avatar for Akil Parker

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

2:15pm PDT

Terrace Talk - Nova Katz
Monday June 30, 2025 2:15pm - 3:15pm PDT
2025 Conference Presenters
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Nova Katz

Pre-Conference: Leaders Supporting Building Thinking ClassroomsPrice: $125.00Registration Here - https://www.pdenroller.org/psesd/catalog/175011Immerse 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
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
avatar for Monique Harrison

Monique Harrison

Educational Consultant, K-20 Educator, Human Rights Award Recipient, Innovative Instructional Leader
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
 
Tuesday, July 1
 

8:00am PDT

Terrace Talk - Sparking Our Curiosity: Challenging Implicit Bias in a Thinking Classroom
Tuesday July 1, 2025 8:00am - 9:00am PDT
The 14 practices promote accessibility and equity in the classroom, but our own implicit biases, often influenced by institutional labels, can still get in the way of effectively enacting these practices.  In this session, we will explore how these biases can impact our perceptions of student capabilities.  Let’s think together about how we can shape the classroom environment to highlight students’ brilliance and spark our own genuine curiosity about students’ mathematical thinking.
2025 Conference Presenters
avatar for Amy Chang

Amy Chang

BTC Team Member, US Consultant, Building Thinking Classrooms
Amy Chang (they/them) is a K-12 math coach and an educational consultant specializing in helping educators turn their classrooms into thinking classrooms. They are a dynamic educator who has been cultivating curiosity, agency, and joy in students, educators, and leaders for over twenty... Read More →
Tuesday July 1, 2025 8:00am - 9:00am PDT
Bellevue I

9:15am PDT

Terrace Talk - Integrating Technology within a 6-12 Thinking Classroom
Tuesday July 1, 2025 9:15am - 10:15am PDT
Technology can serve as a powerful platform to greatly enhance students’ active learning experiences within a thinking classroom.  In addition to serving as an exploratory, computational, and coding tool, we will actively explore tasks through which technology can also help foster fluency, enhance discovery, and provide hints and extensions. Come with a device (larger than a phone) and experience what it can be like to take the role of a student within a technology-infused 6-12 mathematics thinking classroom!  
2025 Conference Presenters
avatar for Tim Brzezinski

Tim Brzezinski

Middle & High School Mathematics Teacher (New Haven, CT) & Independent MathEd Consultant, MS + HS Math Teacher; MathEd Consultant
Tuesday July 1, 2025 9:15am - 10:15am PDT
Bellevue I

11:00am PDT

The Nonsense of Numbers
Tuesday July 1, 2025 11:00am - 12:00pm PDT
As teachers, so much of what drives our assessment practices revolves around numbers. But do these numbers really tell us what we think they do? In this session, we will unpack our grading and reporting practices, interrogate their purpose and validity, and explore whether they truly serve all of our students. Together, we’ll challenge some of the assumptions we hold about numbers in our grade books and consider what might lie beyond them.
2025 Conference Presenters
avatar for Kyle Webb

Kyle Webb

BTC Team Member, Canadian Consultant, Building Thinking Classrooms
Kyle Webb (he/him) is a dedicated Mathematics Learning Consultant based in Regina, Saskatchewan with a passion for transforming mathematics education. Never satisfied with the status quo, he continuously seeks to improve educational practices, explore innovation, and connect with... Read More →
Tuesday July 1, 2025 11:00am - 12:00pm PDT
Bellevue I

2:15pm PDT

Terrace Talks - The Neverending Story: My Continual Journey Through Assessment
Tuesday July 1, 2025 2:15pm - 3:15pm PDT
Join Maegan Giroux, as she walks through how she and her grade 6/7 students' assessed a full unit, from start to finish. Maegan will share student work and comments on the assessment approach including the various ways the class chose to embed conversations, observations, and technology into the assessment. This session will include time for Q&A and open discussion around the unit was planned and assessed.
2025 Conference Presenters
avatar for Maegan Giroux

Maegan Giroux

BTC Team Member, Canadian Consultant, Building Thinking Classrooms
Maegan Giroux (she/her) is an passionate instructional coach, dedicated to empowering educators across all levels to excel in their teaching practice. With a specialized focus on literacy and numeracy, she walks alongside teachers as they implement dynamic initiatives to enhance student... Read More →
Tuesday July 1, 2025 2:15pm - 3:15pm PDT
Bellevue I
 
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