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9:35am EDT

Strengthening Growth Through Coaching Conversations
Monday June 29, 2026 9:35am - 10:30am EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 239
This session explores how Cognitive Coaching can strengthen teacher growth by shifting the coaching stance from consulting toward cultivating teachers’ own noticing.

Participants will examine how planning and reflecting conversations supported deeper noticing of student thinking and classroom dynamics through coaching moves such as paraphrasing, pausing, and mediative questioning.

Topics of co-planning, co-teaching, and collaborative reflection with colleagues will be addressed through the Building Thinking Classrooms lens.

Participants will leave with an introduction to Cognitive Coaching foundations, practical conversation structures, and ideas for using coaching conversations to deepen noticing and support Building Thinking Classrooms implementation.
Speakers
avatar for Takuya Umeki

Takuya Umeki

BTC Team Consultant, Vancouver School Board
Takuya Umeki is a passionate mathematics educator and educational consultant, working with educators across Canada and Japan. With a master's degree in mathematics education from Simon Fraser University under Dr. Peter Liljedahl, Takuya's research analyzed students' thinking through... Read More →
avatar for Jerrold Wiebe

Jerrold Wiebe

BTC team consultant, Independent
Jerrold Wiebe (he/him) is dedicated to making mathematics, mathematical thinking, and problem-solving accessible to all. With four decades of teaching and consulting experience across early, middle, and senior years mathematics in Canada and internationally, as well as experience... Read More →
BTC Coaching Conversation Jerrold Editted pdf
Monday June 29, 2026 9:35am - 10:30am EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 239 177 College St, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
  BTC Team

9:35am EDT

Begin with Behavior: You Don't Have Time NOT to Build It
Monday June 29, 2026 9:35am - 11:45am EDT
Shubert Theatre - Cabaret
Responsibility—not accountability. There’s a difference, and it changes everything.

Building a Thinking Classroom depends on more than tasks and vertical whiteboards—it depends on behavior. Student independence, collaboration, perseverance, and responsibility are the foundation that make thinking possible. These behaviors don’t happen by accident—and they don’t happen overnight. They must be built from the beginning. If you’ve struggled with off-task behavior, uneven participation, or helping students engage productively in collaborative work, you’re not alone.

In this session, we’ll explore practical ways to intentionally build the habits, routines, and classroom conditions that support student responsibility and lasting behavior change. Participants will leave with concrete strategies, actionable next steps, and a plan for cultivating the student behaviors that make deep thinking possible.
Speakers
avatar for Chelsea McClellan

Chelsea McClellan

Thought Partner, buildingthinkingclassrooms.com
A middle school math and science educator in El Dorado County from 2002 to 2018, Chelsea spent 16 years guided by the belief that all students can learn to the highest levels. From 2018 to 2026, she served as a Math Curriculum Specialist for the Sacramento County Office of Education... Read More →
avatar for Kim Rimbey

Kim Rimbey

BTC Team Consultant, Building Thinking Classrooms & KP Mathematics
Dr. Kim Rimbey (Ph.D. in mathematics curriculum & instruction) loves teaching and learning! She loves exploring the ways in which children think about math and challenging teachers to rethink their assumptions about how to make math meaningful for children. With degrees in both mathematics... Read More →
HO BTC Behavior CMcClellan & KRimbey 6 29 26 pdf
Monday June 29, 2026 9:35am - 11:45am EDT
Shubert Theatre - Cabaret 247 College St, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
  BTC Team

9:35am EDT

Beyond Math: BTC Structures for ELA and Other Content Areas
Monday June 29, 2026 9:35am - 11:45am EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 202
In this hands-on sesison, participants will experience two Building Thinking Classrooms tasks designed for ELA and other non-math content areas. Together, we will explore how familiar BTC moves can support reading, sequencing, central idea, evidence, and interpretation. Participants will leave with practical structures they can adapt for their own grade level and content area, along with time to reflect on what stays the same and what changes when BTC moves beyond mathematics.
Speakers
avatar for Chase Orton

Chase Orton

BTC Team Consultant, on the road
avatar for Amy Chang

Amy Chang

Volunteer, Building Thinking Classrooms

Forest Fire pdf
Beyond math (slides) pdf
Monday June 29, 2026 9:35am - 11:45am EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 202 177 College St, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
  BTC Team

9:35am EDT

Rewriting Math Stories: Engaging Families in the Work of Thinking Classrooms
Monday June 29, 2026 9:35am - 11:45am EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Black Box 118
How do we extend the work of Building Thinking Classrooms beyond the classroom walls? In this session, I’ll share a 4-part parent workshop model that helps families reframe their own math identities and more effectively support their children as confident, capable mathematical thinkers, all through the lens of BTC. We’ll also explore how engaging families in BTC practices helps parents better understand the pedagogical shifts happening in today’s math classrooms—and why those shifts matter.
Speakers
avatar for Tom Lewis

Tom Lewis

BTC Team Consultant, Building Thinking Classrooms
Tom Lewis (he/him) is a consultant on the BTC U.S. Team and has been supporting teachers, schools and districts with implementing Building Thinking Classrooms in grades K-12 since 2021. He is currently working with Peter Liljedahl, Author of Building Thinking Classrooms, on several... Read More →
avatar for Nova Katz

Nova Katz

BTC Team Consultant, The American School in London
Monday June 29, 2026 9:35am - 11:45am EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Black Box 118 177 College St, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
  BTC Team

1:20pm EDT

Getting Messy with Subtraction: Making Connections Across Representations in a Thinking Classroom
Monday June 29, 2026 1:20pm - 2:15pm EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 239
Come jam out in a powerful experience of how concrete, representational, and abstract (CRA) models can serve as interconnected tools for unpacking strategies for subtraction with regrouping. Rather than viewing CRA as a linear progression, we will linger in the connections between these contexts, uncovering how each can highlight or obscure parts of the underlying mathematics. We will use our experience to explore how BTC moves can support students to prioritize connection over progression and deepen conceptual understanding.
Speakers
avatar for Amy Chang

Amy Chang

Volunteer, Building Thinking Classrooms

Getting Messy with Subtraction pdf
Monday June 29, 2026 1:20pm - 2:15pm EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 239 177 College St, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
  BTC Team

1:20pm EDT

Before Studenting: Building Thinking Classrooms with Our Youngest Learners
Monday June 29, 2026 1:20pm - 3:30pm EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Black Box 118
What does Building Thinking Classrooms look like with our youngest learners? In Early Years classrooms, children often arrive full of curiosity, play, collaboration, and divergent thinking before many “studenting” habits have taken hold. This session will rethink the 14 BTC practices for ages 3–5, exploring how we can protect and extend the thinking already present in Preschool and Pre-K classrooms. Participants will leave with a clearer picture of how to adapt BTC in playful, developmentally responsive ways.
Speakers
avatar for Nova Katz

Nova Katz

BTC Team Consultant, The American School in London
avatar for Maegan Giroux

Maegan Giroux

BTC Team 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 →
Monday June 29, 2026 1:20pm - 3:30pm EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Black Box 118 177 College St, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
  BTC Team

1:20pm EDT

From Observation to Partnership: Supporting BTC Teachers Through Student-Centered Coaching
Monday June 29, 2026 1:20pm - 3:30pm EDT
Shubert Theatre - Cabaret
What if the most powerful coaching move isn’t observing and giving feedback—but stepping into the work alongside teachers? Join BTC team members for an interactive session that reimagines coaching through a Building Thinking Classrooms lens. We will focus on shifting from the traditional observation-feedback cycle to student-centered co-teaching. Grounded in research and classroom practice, this session introduces a 3-part coaching model that positions coaches and teachers as collaborative partners in planning, teaching, and reflection. Together we’ll explore how co-teaching can deepen teacher learning, center student thinking, and create more meaningful and sustainable instructional change in mathematics classrooms. Whether you’re a coach, math specialist, instructional leader, or administrator supporting BTC implementation, you’ll leave with practical co-planning tools, reflection prompts, and a replicable framework for strengthening coaching partnerships and supporting teacher growth.
Speakers
avatar for Kim Rimbey

Kim Rimbey

BTC Team Consultant, Building Thinking Classrooms & KP Mathematics
Dr. Kim Rimbey (Ph.D. in mathematics curriculum & instruction) loves teaching and learning! She loves exploring the ways in which children think about math and challenging teachers to rethink their assumptions about how to make math meaningful for children. With degrees in both mathematics... Read More →
HO BTC Coaching KRimbey & TLewis 6 29 26 pdf
Monday June 29, 2026 1:20pm - 3:30pm EDT
Shubert Theatre - Cabaret 247 College St, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
  BTC Team

1:20pm EDT

Your First Day of BTC—Even if It’s the Middle of the Year
Monday June 29, 2026 1:20pm - 3:30pm EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 202
The first day of math class matters—and it matters a lot. It’s when we establish the culture that shapes how students experience math, their beliefs about who they are as mathematical thinkers, and how they act in math class. But what happens when that culture starts to slip? In this session, participants will experience a lesson and unpack the moves that position us to set the culture on day one—and reset it when math class isn’t working. We’ll explore how these moves influence student identity, voice, and participation, and how teachers can intentionally shape classrooms where more students see themselves as capable mathematical thinkers.
Speakers
avatar for Takuya Umeki

Takuya Umeki

BTC Team Consultant, Vancouver School Board
Takuya Umeki is a passionate mathematics educator and educational consultant, working with educators across Canada and Japan. With a master's degree in mathematics education from Simon Fraser University under Dr. Peter Liljedahl, Takuya's research analyzed students' thinking through... Read More →
avatar for Chase Orton

Chase Orton

BTC Team Consultant, on the road
Your First Day of BTC (BTCC26) pdf
Monday June 29, 2026 1:20pm - 3:30pm EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 202 177 College St, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
  BTC Team, Medium

2:35pm EDT

The Nonsense of Numbers
Monday June 29, 2026 2:35pm - 3:30pm EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Lecture Hall 111
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. We'll challenge some of the assumptions we hold about the numbers in our grade books and consider what might lie beyond them.
Speakers
avatar for Kyle Webb

Kyle Webb

BTC Co-Author, Team Consultant, Building Thinking Classrooms
Kyle Webb (he/him) is a teacher, author, learning consultant, and professional development leader based in Saskatchewan, Canada. Never satisfied with the status quo, his passion is improving learning experiences for all students.
With experience teaching grades 6 through 12, and in his roles as a teacher coach and school division numeracy consultant, Kyle works to transform classrooms. He has spearheaded the successful implementation of Building Thinking Classrooms (BTC) and modern assessment practices, and... Read More →
The Nonsense of Numbers BTC2026 Attendee Version pdf
Monday June 29, 2026 2:35pm - 3:30pm EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Lecture Hall 111 177 College St, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
  BTC Team
 

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