Building Thinking Classrooms 2025 Annual Conference

TBA

Pike Place Market tour Woodinville Wine tour

12:30pm PDT

Early Registration Lake Washington Ballroom Prefunction Area Lake Washington Prefunction Area

1:30pm PDT

Pre-Conference: Building Thinking Classrooms 101 Bellevue IIDaniel Kent • Tamara Smith Pre-Conference: Building Thinking Classrooms 101 Bellevue IAndy Boyd • Toni Buechler • Cari Haug Pre-Conference: Building Thinking Classrooms 101 Lake Washington Ballroom IMonique Cabellon • Geoffery LaBrant Pre-Conference: Leaders Supporting Building Thinking Classrooms Lake Washington Ballroom IINova Katz • Chelsea McClellan

6:00pm PDT

Early Registration Lake Washington Ballroom Prefunction Area Lake Washington Prefunction Area

7:00am PDT

Registration and Information Booth - Open at 7:00am 1st Floor Grand Ballroom Prefunction

7:30am PDT

Welcome and Opening Keynote Grand BallroomPamela Seda

8:30am PDT

Morning Food and Beverage

8:45am PDT

Affinity Groups + Exhibitor Sessions + Exhibit Hall Open TBD

9:45am PDT

Lakeside Chat with Peter Liljedahl Lakeside Chat - Grand Ballroom 3-6-9Peter Liljedahl Terrace Talk - Team Focused Assessments Bellevue IVictoria Holt The Art of the Launch: How to Elevate the Quality of Mathematics Tasks SeattleLauren Sawyer Just a Phase You're Going Through. Bellevue IIJerrold Wiebe Word Study Tasks in the Thinking Classroom Lake Washington Ballroom IDiann Christensen Meet the BTC Partners Grand Prefunction Area One Size Fits EACH: Unit Planning and Lesson Planning for Thinking RainierChase Orton • Kim Rimbey Making Moves to Reach all Learners: A Game Plan BakerBethany Lightfield • Kylie Samko Co-Teaching Geometry for Emergent Multilingual West SeattleTricia Ferrari Starting Strong: Building Inclusive Thinking Classrooms Together AdamsBrian Durocher Numbers Aren't Always What They Seem - Launch To Close For K-12 Lake Washington Ballroom IIMichelle McCarron • Kyle Webb

11:00am PDT

BTC Topic Conversation with MidSchoolMath - TBD Grand Ballroom #8 Beyond the Test: Assessment and Grading in the Thinking Classroom SeattleWendy Moss-Doong 3..2..1..Launch Grand Ballroom #7Jared Sliger Picture This: Using Picture Books and Photographs to Ignite Literacy in the Thinking Classroom West SeattleHeidi Sabnani Teaching Data Science with the BTC Toolkits BakerAndy Boyd • Cari Haug Terrace Talk - Playing with Structure then Naming it: Verbing Mathematics in a Building Thinking Classroom Framework Bellevue IKirk Keating How do I know what I know? Consolidating and Mapping Learning Grand Ballroom #8Leslie Nielsen Let's Give Them Something to Talk About: Facilitating Meaningful Mathematical Discourse Lake Washington Ballroom IILatrenda Knighten Peeling Back the Layers of Thin-Slicing for K-5 Grand Ballroom #1Pierre Tranchemontagne The Underrated Nuances of BTC: Small Moves, Big Gains Lake Washington Ballroom IJudy Larsen Empowering Student Rights through Hinge Points: A Framework for Inclusive, Student-Centered Math Bellevue IICarly Epstein • Elizabeth Kielty Integrating Equity in Education: Accessible Strategies for Diverse Thinking Classrooms RainierMarla Hunter [Hooper] Lakeside Chat with Pamela Sade - TBD Lakeside Chat - Grand Ballroom 3-6-9Pamela Seda Meeting the needs of IEPs: CRRP in the Mathematics Classroom AdamsGerry Lewis From “One More Thing” to “Let’s Try:” Growing Building Thinking Classrooms Grand Ballroom #2Stephanie Eleck • Alicia Naleway

12:00pm PDT

Lunch - Break Lake Washington Terrace

1:00pm PDT

Grading for Growth: How we Grade in a Thinking Classroom. Grand Ballroom #8Melisa McCain • Amanda Ramey • Amanda Ray Shifting Assessment & Evaluation from “Who They Are” to “Where They Are” Grand Ballroom #2Kirk Keating • Michelle McCarron Bringing the Mathematical Practices to Life Through Rich Tasks in a Thinking Classroom Bellevue IIJudith Fabrega • Albert Vilalta BTC & Neurodiversity: Goes Together like PB&J SeattleJennifer Massey "Reveal"ing the Thinking K-5 Grand Ballroom #1Melisa McCain • Amanda Ramey Let’s sketch diagrams to solve word problems! Lake Washington Ballroom IFawn Nguyen AI as a Tool to Accommodate BTC for Neurodiversity RainierChristina McNicol Math Afterschool Enrichment West SeattleLaurie Ines Navigating Discretionary Spaces: Cultivating Connection in a Thinking Classroom Grand Ballroom #7Amy Chang • Aleda Klassen Terrace Talks - Histematics: Using Black History to Teach Mathematics and Increase Student Engagement Bellevue IAkil Parker BTC Coaching in Action: From Observation to Co-Teaching Lake Washington Ballroom IIKim Rimbey • April Strom Supporting a District Wide shift to BTC BakerMeghan Parenteau This is NOT a success story. It’s a story of moving the needle from resistors to “maybe I’ll try it” AdamsKatherine Holtz • Sean Nank

2:15pm PDT

Lakeside Chat - Pamela Seda Lakeside Chat - Grand Ballroom 3-6-9Pamela Seda Terrace Talk - Nova Katz Bellevue INova Katz Measuring What Matters – Using Rubrics to Promote Cultural and Mathematical Competence Grand Ballroom #7Aleda Klassen • Chase Orton Non Curricular Tasks for the Thinker Grand Ballroom #2April Pickett • Hilda Wright Using Thinking Tasks to Foster Student Engagement Grand Ballroom #1Victoria Holt Think, Speak, Learn: Empowering Multilingual Learners in Social Studies RainierJoshua Lafleur Empowering All Students with Thin Sliced Tasks Using Your Adopted Curriculum and Online Resources Lake Washington Ballroom IMadison Butts • Margie Scherer Breaking Barriers with BTC: Practical Strategies for Diverse Classrooms Bellevue IIAbigail Bates • Eric Vallecillo Pillars & Practices: A Framework for Cultivating Engagement and Thinking in the Classroom SeattleNolan Fossum Launching Strong, Landing Stronger: Storywork and the Bookends of BTC Lake Washington Ballroom IIMaegan Giroux • Judy Larsen Leveraging a Lab Cohort as Job-Embedded Learning of BTC West SeattleCandice Frontiera • Kathleen Trifonovitch,

3:30pm PDT

Lakeside Chat with Peter Liljedahl + Magma Math Lakeside Chat - Grand Ballroom 3-6-9Peter Liljedahl Grading and Norming work at the Boards Grand Ballroom #8Nick Stevener Year One Insights - Building a Thinking Classroom and School from the Ground Up Grand Ballroom #1Laura Eidson, • Tricia Hukee • Sydnie Millie • Hannah Wentz, Elementary Teacher, DNA of Building Thinking Classrooms in Science Lake Washington Ballroom IPierre Tranchemontagne • Kyle Webb Revolutionizing Social Studies Through Building Thinking Classrooms RainierAmanda Ramey • Amanda Ray IB, BTC, MYP, OMG! West SeattleDavid Firestein • Katie Miller • Linh Phan • Gretchen Voskuhl AI Meets Thinking Classrooms: Fostering Collaboration Across Grades Lake Washington Ballroom IIJulie Broderick • Lisbeth Uribe Designing Thin-Sliced Tasks: Fostering Conceptual Learning in BTC Grand Ballroom #2Takuya Umeki Equity in Action: Building Thinking Classrooms for Students Who Struggle in Math Bellevue IILisa Amick • Bridget Gunn How to Build a Community of Mathematical Thinkers in the Classroom Grand Ballroom #7Robin Kubasiak Terrace Talk - Social Justice through Mathematics Instruction Bellevue IMonique Harrison Partnering to Prioritize Thinking Classrooms SeattleTara Bruhn • Arron Wilkins

7:00am PDT

Morning Food and Beverage Lake Washington Terrace

7:30am PDT

Registration and Information Booth - Open at 7:30am 1st Floor Grand Ballroom Prefunction

8:00am PDT

K - 5 BTC Session - Laura Tomas BakerLaura Tomas Lakeside Chat - Peter Liljedahl Lakeside Chat - Grand Ballroom 3-6-9Peter Liljedahl 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!) RainierDavid Weaver Building Thinking Writers: Making the English Classroom More Inclusive Grand Ballroom #1Sharelle Van Natten BTC for ADHD: Building Thinking Classrooms for Students Like Me West SeattleDaniel Henderson • Misty Nikula, Terrace Talk - Sparking Our Curiosity: Challenging Implicit Bias in a Thinking Classroom Bellevue IAmy Chang Active Consolidation: Centering Student Voice and Thinking Bellevue IIAnna Blinstein Staying Organized in the Chaos of a Thinking Classroom Grand Ballroom #2Jennifer Hubbs • Rebekah Metzler "Making Mathematical Thinking Visible: A Title 1 Success Story" SeattleDonna Squires Demystifying the Art of Thin Slicing Grand Ballroom #8Chelsea McClellan How We Use Manipulatives in a K-8 Thinking Classroom Lake Washington Ballroom IIKim Rimbey Redefining Student Status in the Mathematics Classroom through A Building Thinking Classrooms Lens Grand Ballroom #7Clare Bunton • Dwaina Sookhoo

9:15am PDT

BTC and Standards Based Grading: Our Journey towards Clarity Lake Washington Ballroom IAbigail 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 ReFraming a textbook lesson using BTC strategies RainierSharon Rendon Terrace Talk - Integrating Technology within a 6-12 Thinking Classroom Bellevue ITim Brzezinski Crafting Consolidation and Closure in a Secondary Thinking Classroom (6-12) Bellevue IICarly Epstein • Elizabeth Kielty Building Thinking in Calculus: A Focus on the Post-Secondary Classroom SeattleApril Strom Integrating Fact Fluency in a Thinking Classroom AdamsCourtney Flessner Putting the puzzle pieces together: How to BTC on the Daily with Thin-Slicing Grand Ballroom #8Judy Larsen • Pierre Tranchemontagne How Digital Interactives Enhance a Thinking Classroom West SeattleRobin Kubasiak Lakeside Chat - Pamela Seda + Peter Liljedahl 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

10:15am PDT

Affinity Groups + Exhibitor Sessions + Exhibit Hall Open TBD

11:00am PDT

Lakeside Chat with Peter Liljedahl + Innovamat Lakeside Chat - Grand Ballroom 3-6-9Peter Liljedahl 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 Why Do We Flip It?: Using Tech With Intentionality to Make the Abstract Make Sense Lake Washington Ballroom IAmy Chang • Maegan Giroux Do, Say, Think, Feel: Pulling the Curtain Back On Our Very Best Practical Moves Grand Ballroom #8Tammy McMorrow 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 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

12:00pm PDT

Lunch Lake Washington Terrace

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 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 West SeattleRyan Flessner Getting to Scale: Using Educator Residencies to Launch BTC in a Large Urban District Bellevue IIAmanda Grossi • Christian Ricci, • Asale Smith • Karyn Unger Leadership in Action: Transforming Professional Development with BTC Strategies Lake Washington Ballroom IMelisa McCain • Amanda Ramey

2:15pm PDT

Panel Conversations around BTC Topics Grand Ballroom Terrace Talks - The Neverending Story: My Continual Journey Through Assessment Bellevue IMaegan Giroux 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 Grand BallroomPeter Liljedahl

4:30pm PDT

Closing Reception Food and Drink Lake Washington Terrace