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Tuesday, June 30
 

7:15am EDT

Breakfast - Day 2
Tuesday June 30, 2026 7:15am - 8:30am EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Cafeteria
Speakers
BH
Tuesday June 30, 2026 7:15am - 8:30am EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Cafeteria 177 College St, New Haven, CT 06510, USA

8:00am EDT

Book Signing: Tom Nobili, Isobel Stevenson, & Andrew Volkert
Tuesday June 30, 2026 8:00am - 8:55am EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Gymnasium
đź“š Meet the Authors & Get Your Copy Signed!
What does it really mean to give every student a genuine opportunity to learn? Maximizing Opportunity to Learn: A Guide for Equitable and Ambitious Instruction by PEL's own Tom Nobili, Isobel Stevenson, and Andrew Volkert tackles that question head-on. The book introduces the Heuristic for Equitable and Adaptive Teaching (HEAT) — a research-grounded model that combines high expectations with high-leverage instructional practices to ensure all students, especially those historically marginalized, are positioned as capable and able to achieve at high levels. It also challenges some of the field's most common instructional practices, showing how they often undermine equity rather than advance it.
Don't miss your chance to grab a copy and have it signed by the authors at BTCC26!
Speakers
avatar for Andrew Volkert

Andrew Volkert

Partners for Educational Leadership

TN

Tom Nobili

Partners for Educational Leadership

IS

Isobel Stevenson

Partner, Partners for Educational Leadership

Tuesday June 30, 2026 8:00am - 8:55am EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Gymnasium
  Book Signing

8:00am EDT

Natural Habitats - BTC in the Science Classrooms
Tuesday June 30, 2026 8:00am - 8:55am EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 302
Participants will learn about the low-lift high-leverage BTC practices that were implemented in Biology and Chemistry classrooms over the course of one school year. Science classrooms naturally lend themselves to sparking curiosities, experimentation, and shared ideas. It seemed only natural to leverage an existing learning structure and work towards building true thinking classrooms.
Speakers
avatar for Irina Kimyagarov

Irina Kimyagarov

Assistant Principal, Syosset Central School District

GA

Giovanna Accardo

Teacher, Syosset School District
MC

Megha Chakraborty

Teacher, Syosset School District
Tuesday June 30, 2026 8:00am - 8:55am EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 302 177 College St, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
  BTC outside of math; Leadership, Medium

8:00am EDT

BTC Beyond the Math Classroom
Tuesday June 30, 2026 8:00am - 8:55am EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 240
We hope that participants will learn how to utilize their existing curriculums to facilitate BTC experiences. 
Speakers
avatar for Katelyn Torres

Katelyn Torres

Teacher, Trumbull Public Schools
Tuesday June 30, 2026 8:00am - 8:55am EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 240 177 College St, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
  BTC outside of math; Teaching, Medium

8:00am EDT

Like it, Love it, Gotta Have it: Set Your Sub Up For Success
Tuesday June 30, 2026 8:00am - 8:55am EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 236
Stop dreading sub days. When students are fluent in choice activities and CYU routines introduced during your small group work, substitutes simply manage what students already know and love. No new content, no BTC facilitation required — just purposeful practice and a classroom culture strong enough to carry itself. You've already done the hard work of building a Thinking Classroom. This session shows you how to make sure it keeps thinking, even when you're gone.
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 →
Tuesday June 30, 2026 8:00am - 8:55am EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 236 177 College St, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
  BTC Team

8:00am EDT

Coaching That Builds Thinking Classrooms: Using Thin-Sliced Tasks to Support Teacher Concept Development and Student Understanding
Tuesday June 30, 2026 8:00am - 8:55am EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 328
Instructional coaches will leave with: A deeper understanding of thin slicing as a lever for both teacher and student development, A model thin-sliced task sequence that can be used in coaching, Practical strategies for modeling and supporting effective task design, Tools for using thin slicing to help teachers visualize concept progression and refine instructional decisions, Increased capacity to integrate Thinking Classroom practices into professional learning structures
Speakers
avatar for Elena Mayorga

Elena Mayorga

Math Coach, East Haven Public Schools

Tuesday June 30, 2026 8:00am - 8:55am EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 328 177 College St, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
  Coaching, Medium

8:00am EDT

Less Helping, More Thinking: Teacher Moves That Build Confident Problem Solvers
Tuesday June 30, 2026 8:00am - 8:55am EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 239
How do we create mathematics classrooms where all students engage, persist, and see themselves as capable problem solvers? In this interactive session, participants will explore instructional practices that cultivate mathematical confidence by strengthening student agency, discourse, and perseverance.
Together, we will examine observable student behaviors that signal confidence, analyze teacher moves that either hinder or foster agency, and unpack classroom conditions that support student driven problem solving.
Participants will leave with practical strategies and actionable next steps for cultivating classrooms where students take risks, reason together, and confidently engage in meaningful mathematics.
Speakers
avatar for Stephanie Fitzpatrick

Stephanie Fitzpatrick

Director of Growth and Learning, HMH
I am dedicated to supporting teachers, coaches and leaders to achieve successful student outcomes.

Talk to me about:strengthening classroom practice improving student outcomes.building confidencerefining craftcreating systems that actually work in real classrooms. 
My approach is grounded in practical strategies and a belief that growth happens through collaboration and reflection... Read More →
Tuesday June 30, 2026 8:00am - 8:55am EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 239 177 College St, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
  Coaching, Mild |   Teaching, Mild

8:00am EDT

Slow is Smooth and Smooth is Fast: Building Momentum towards Thinking Classrooms in Mathematics
Tuesday June 30, 2026 8:00am - 8:55am EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Lecture Hall 111
Instructional leaders will leave with a framework/mental model for building capacity for whole departments to begin the transition to a thinking classroom instructional model.
Speakers
avatar for Michelle Kellogg

Michelle Kellogg

K-12 District Math Coordinator, Newington Public Schools
JB
Tuesday June 30, 2026 8:00am - 8:55am EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Lecture Hall 111 177 College St, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
  Coaching; Leadership

8:00am EDT

How to Build a Community of Mathematical Thinkers in the Classroom
Tuesday June 30, 2026 8:00am - 8:55am EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 301
As educators, we want students to collaborate and engage deeply with mathematical thinking. For true thinking to occur, students must communicate their ideas and reasoning with one another. However, motivating students to work productively with their teams can be a challenge.In this session, participants will explore how to build student thinking by intentionally building student status, a key component in developing equitable and engaged mathematical communities. You’ll experience strategies that help raise the status of all learners, motivate collaboration, and strengthen classroom culture. Come ready to participate, reflect, and leave with actionable ideas to elevate every student’s voice in your classroom.
Speakers
avatar for Robin Kubasiak

Robin Kubasiak

Implementation Support Specialist, CPM Educational Program
Robin is currently an Implementation Support Specialist at CPM Educational Program. Robin has taught mathematics at both middle school and high school levels for 25 years. She has a passion for mathematics education and continues to innovate her teaching with research based routines... Read More →
Tuesday June 30, 2026 8:00am - 8:55am EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 301 177 College St, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
  Equity, Medium

8:00am EDT

Seeing and Being Seen in Math Class
Tuesday June 30, 2026 8:00am - 8:55am EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Auditorium 115
We hope participants will take away an appreciation and understanding of the importance of students being seen in their math classes as doers of mathematics as well as the need to support our students in seeing and learning from each other. Heightening our sense of the importance of ensures that our students are seen and see each other adds nuance to our use of BTC practices and how we position our students in the classroom.
Speakers
avatar for Leslie Nielsen

Leslie Nielsen

Director of Learning & Teacher, Magma Math
Magma Math is a math platform designed to support teachers to make more informed instructional decisions in the classroom and create opportunities for deeper student-driven discourse and collaboration.
avatar for Peter Liljedahl
Tuesday June 30, 2026 8:00am - 8:55am EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Auditorium 115 177 College St, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
  Equity; Teaching, Mild

8:00am EDT

Leading Thinking Classrooms: Steps to rolling out BTC with teachers
Tuesday June 30, 2026 8:00am - 8:55am EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Black Box 118
After attending this session, leaders will gain practical strategies for implementing Building Thinking Classrooms at the school or district level. Participants will explore a step-by-step approach to building teacher capacity, discover key resources to support implementation, and learn how to lead and sustain meaningful change within their learning communities.
Speakers
avatar for Georgina Rivera

Georgina Rivera

Principal, author, presenter, former VP NCSM, West Hartford Public Schools, Charter Oak International Academy,
Georgina Rivera is a mathematics leader educator, coach, presenter, and author. Currently, she serves as the Principal for Charter Oak International Academy, an IB School in West Hartford, CT.  Georgina has previously served as an Elementary STEM Supervisor, and district-wide elementary... Read More →
Tuesday June 30, 2026 8:00am - 8:55am EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Black Box 118 177 College St, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
  Leadership, Mild

8:00am EDT

Creating the Conditions for Thinking Classrooms: A Cross-Department Leadership Journey from The Morgan School
Tuesday June 30, 2026 8:00am - 8:55am EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 326
I hope participants leave with a few concrete ideas for how to create the time, structures, and culture needed to support BTC across departments. They’ll experience some of the same routines our teachers used and see how we built shared practices across content areas. My goal is that everyone walks out with one actionable leadership move they can try in their own school.
Speakers
KH
Tuesday June 30, 2026 8:00am - 8:55am EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 326 177 College St, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
  Leadership; BTC outside of math, Mild

8:00am EDT

Roots Before Results: Cultivating the Conditions for Authentic Thinking Classrooms
Tuesday June 30, 2026 8:00am - 8:55am EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 304
In this session, participants will explore how to plant and nurture the “growing conditions” needed for Thinking Classrooms. Through hands-on, cognitively engaging tasks, we’ll examine how choice, access, and experience—not mandates or formulas—help teachers build deep conceptual roots. Our districtwide journey of cultivating systems that support the 14 practices will be shared and we will invite reflection on barriers, opportunities, and leadership intersections. Participants will analyze their own contexts and identify actionable “tweaks” to strengthen their implementation journey.By participating in this session, attendees will be able to:Identify district and school “growing conditions”—systems, structures, and cultural factors—that support or hinder the implementation of Thinking Classroom practices.Analyze how choice, access, and experiential learning deepen conceptual understanding and foster authentic engagement for teachers.Reflect on their own district’s context to notice strengths, barriers, and opportunities in their implementation journey.Apply actionable “tweaks” that strengthen their leadership approach and support teachers in building sustainable Thinking Classrooms.Design next steps for cultivating their district’s “growing conditions,” aligning instructional research with system-level coherence.
Speakers
avatar for Kristin Smith

Kristin Smith

Education Consultant K-12, InspirED Consulting LLC

avatar for Dee Freitas

Dee Freitas

Instructional Coach K-5, New London Public Schools
MG
Tuesday June 30, 2026 8:00am - 8:55am EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 304 177 College St, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
  Leadership; Coaching, Medium

8:00am EDT

Problem Solving with Noyce Fellows: Graphs of Rational Functions
Tuesday June 30, 2026 8:00am - 8:55am EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Ballet Studio 209
Join in on this engaging curricular thin-sliced task to explore key features of the graphs of rational functions. Best suited for Algebra II and Precalculus courses. 

Step into a lively problem-solving space where conference attendees can collaborate on engaging math tasks facilitated by experienced Noyce Math Teacher Leader Fellows. Participants will tackle rich problems, and experience the creativity, challenge, and joy that come from doing mathematics together. This session will be interactive with room for Q & A.
Speakers
JD

Jenn Downes

Math Teacher, Manchester High School / Manchester, CT
MR
Tuesday June 30, 2026 8:00am - 8:55am EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Ballet Studio 209 177 College St, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
  Teaching

8:00am EDT

Problem Solving with Noyce Fellows: Investment Growth with Exponentials
Tuesday June 30, 2026 8:00am - 8:55am EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Ballet Studio 206
Come problem solve and learn how to become a millionaire with this exploration into exponentials. 

Step into a lively problem-solving space where conference attendees can collaborate on engaging math tasks facilitated by experienced Noyce Math Teacher Leader Fellows. Participants will tackle rich problems, and experience the creativity, challenge, and joy that come from doing mathematics together. This session will be interactive with room for Q & A.
Speakers
avatar for Cleo Alberts

Cleo Alberts

PhD Student, Curriculum and Instruction, Secondary Math Ed, University of Connecticut Neag School of Education
In-training mathematics teacher educator (Ph.D.) at the University of Connecticut for secondary mathematics. Program Manager for the UConn Noyce Math Teacher Leaders (MTL). Former mechanical engineer, as well as Hartford Public Schools and CTECS teacher in Connecticut. Happy to be... Read More →
avatar for Carson Dunn

Carson Dunn

Teacher of Mathematics, Hartford Public Schools
Tuesday June 30, 2026 8:00am - 8:55am EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Ballet Studio 206 177 College St, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
  Teaching

8:00am EDT

Stick the Landing: Consolidation, Guided Notes, and CYU That Drive Learning
Tuesday June 30, 2026 8:00am - 8:55am EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 329
Participants will see the value in trying different BTC consolidation strategies and see what’s works for different classes and concepts. We want them to take away an example of a process to get the consolidation up and working and give time for them to plan and practice. Planning time is so valuable when trying something new.
Speakers
avatar for Dee Dee Dyer

Dee Dee Dyer

Teacher, CIS303 Leadership and Community Service Academy
DD

Damen Davis

Assistant Principal, CIS 303: The Leadership and Community Service Academy
Tuesday June 30, 2026 8:00am - 8:55am EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 329 177 College St, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
  Teaching, Medium

8:00am EDT

Subtraction is the Achilles Heel, But It Doesn't Have To Be
Tuesday June 30, 2026 8:00am - 8:55am EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 238
Building Thinking Classrooms and other pedagogcal structures require teachers to be flexible in the moment responding to the thinking of their students, but in my experience as a consultant for 7 years, I have found teachers' own conceptual understanding of subtraction is limited to the traditional US algorithm. I am hoping to either begin or to deepen participants' ownership of various flexible strategies and also various models that can be used to make this thinking visible.  In this way, teachers can be sure to be providing access to each and every student to use strategies that make sense to them and for the numbers they are asked to calculate with. After this session, participants will walk away with a deeper understanding of the operation of subtraction, how these strategies can be applied to all sets of numbers, models that can help these strategies visible, as well activities and routines they can incorporate in their classrooms to develop these understandings by their students.
Speakers
avatar for Ann Elise Record

Ann Elise Record

Founder, Lead Consultant, Ann Elise Record Consulting LLC
Ann Elise Record is a national consultant, speaker, and author who is passionate about building positive math identities and agencies of each and every student by providing experiences for students to engage in rich math discourse, connect multimodal representations of thinking, and... Read More →
Subtraction is the Achilles Heel Resources 2026 docx
Tuesday June 30, 2026 8:00am - 8:55am EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 238 177 College St, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
  Teaching, Mild

8:00am EDT

Empowering All Students Using Your Adopted Curriculum and Online Resources
Tuesday June 30, 2026 8:00am - 8:55am EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 303
You’ve arranged your furniture, launched your random groups, and standing vertical surfaces are a daily norm. But how do you sustain the momentum when students hit a wall—or fly through the content? The secret lies in strategic task design. In this session, we’ll look at practical strategies for mining your adopted curriculum for core concepts and pairing them with online resources to map out your progressions.

Speakers
avatar for Margie Scherer

Margie Scherer

Math Teacher 6-8, Robert Louis Stevenson/Saint Helena Unified
With over 25 years in education, I believe that strong relationships are at the heart of meaningful learning. I am passionate about helping educators create classrooms where students feel connected, valued, and empowered to think deeply. While strengthening mathematical thinking is... Read More →
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 →
Tuesday June 30, 2026 8:00am - 8:55am EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 303 177 College St, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
  Teaching; Equity, Medium

8:00am EDT

Using BTC in the AP Calculus Classroom
Tuesday June 30, 2026 8:00am - 8:55am EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 327
Teaching AP Calculus in high school often feels like a sprint to get through the curriculum.  For many teachers, the thought of using BTC in the AP Calculus classroom seems impossible given the time constraints.  My session will provide concrete examples of how to use BTC in the AP Calculus classrooms.  Participants will leave with lesson plans and ideas on how to incorporate BTC into their classrooms immediately.  
Speakers
avatar for John Failor

John Failor

Math Teacher, Traverse City Central High School

BTC Conference AP Calculus Failor pdf
Tuesday June 30, 2026 8:00am - 8:55am EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 327 177 College St, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
  Teaching; Special Populations, Mild

8:00am EDT

When Students Drive the Thinking: Figuring Out a Phenomenon Using BTC + NGSS
Tuesday June 30, 2026 8:00am - 10:10am EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 406
Participants will engage in a student-hat experience to figure out a real-world phenomenon using Building Thinking Classrooms (BTC) structures and three-dimensional (3D) NGSS learning. Through this experience, they will develop a lived understanding of how BTC elevates student science thinking, supports phenomenon-centered lessons that prioritize student sense-making, and leverages Science and Engineering Practices (SEPs) and Crosscutting Concepts (CCCs) within the task. Participants will leave with a ready-to-use structure for planning a launch and 3D task that supports students in developing, revising, and explaining ideas using evidence.
Speakers
avatar for Anya Covarrubias

Anya Covarrubias

Senior Science Consultant, American Alliance for Innovative Systems (AAIS)
Anya Covarrubias is a science educator, instructional coach, and national consultant who has spent more than two decades helping teachers create classrooms where students do the thinking. A former high school science teacher, STEM Instructional Coach, and current doctoral researcher... Read More →
Tuesday June 30, 2026 8:00am - 10:10am EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 406 177 College St, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
  BTC outside of math, Medium

8:00am EDT

Experiences Before Explanations: Turning Science Lessons into Thinking and Writing Powerhouses
Tuesday June 30, 2026 8:00am - 10:10am EDT
Shubert Theatre - Cabaret
Experience a science lesson transformed from simple content delivery into an opportunity for deep thinking, meaningful discussion, and purposeful writing. Participants will explore the instructional moves that shift learners from passive consumers of information to active producers of ideas and understanding.
Speakers
avatar for Jared Sliger

Jared Sliger

BTC Team Consultant, Middleton School District
Jared Sliger (he/him) is a 32-year veteran educator with an emphasis in middle school mathematics. Jared has been an official Building Thinking Classrooms team member and facilitator since 2022, leading training for teachers and leaders across the K-12 spectrum, both in districts... 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 →
New Haven Science 2026 pdf
Tuesday June 30, 2026 8:00am - 10:10am EDT
Shubert Theatre - Cabaret 247 College St, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
  BTC Team

8:00am EDT

Thinking Tasks for Little Learners: Building Mathematical Thinking in PK-2
Tuesday June 30, 2026 8:00am - 10:10am EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 202
What does a Building Thinking Classroom look like with our youngest mathematicians? In this hands-on, interactive session, pK–2 educators will experience a series of rich thinking tasks designed specifically for early learners. Through play, conversation, movement, and purposeful problem solving, participants will explore how to spark curiosity, invite collaboration, and build deep mathematical understanding in primary classrooms. Together we’ll investigate tasks that encourage students to reason, notice patterns, represent ideas visually, and talk about mathematics in meaningful ways. You’ll leave with ready-to-use tasks, facilitation moves, and practical strategies for creating a classroom culture where even your youngest learners can think boldly and mathematically. Perfect for teachers, coaches, and leaders looking to bring Building Thinking Classrooms to life in pK–2 spaces.
Speakers
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 →
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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 pK 2 KRimbey & MGiroux 6 30 26 pdf
Tuesday June 30, 2026 8:00am - 10:10am EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 202 177 College St, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
  BTC Team

8:00am EDT

Centering Teachers as Learners: Leveraging the BTC Framework for Effective Professional Development
Tuesday June 30, 2026 8:00am - 10:10am EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 332
Through an immersive experience of analyzing student work, participants will uncover practical approaches for embedding the BTC framework into professional development. They will leave understanding how to use the BTC practices with teacher teams as a way to cultivate an environment where teachers feel empowered to continuously explore and improve their practice. At the end, I hope that participants will consider the following question as they plan for future professional development: Which BTC moves best support teachers’ willingness to take a stance of curiosity about their own practice?
Speakers
avatar for Kyle Ferreira van Leer

Kyle Ferreira van Leer

K-12 Math Specialist, Coventry Public Schools
Kyle Ferreira van Leer (he/him) firmly believes that all students are capable of high level mathematics engagement. He began his educational career in the middle school sphere. Kyle spent 8 years - from Boston to Sacramento - teaching 7th and 8th grade math in Title I schools, mostly serving migrant students... Read More →
Leveraging Teachers as Learners BTC Conference 2026 pdf
Tuesday June 30, 2026 8:00am - 10:10am EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 332 177 College St, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
  Coaching, Mild

8:00am EDT

Counted Out Film & Discussion
Tuesday June 30, 2026 8:00am - 10:10am EDT
Shubert Theatre - Main Theater
Join us for a special screening of Counted Out, a powerful documentary that explores how math shapes everything from economic opportunity to democracy. Don’t miss this chance to be part of an important conversation. 

View the trailer here
Speakers
avatar for Rydell Harrison

Rydell Harrison

Partners for Educational Leadership
Dr. Rydell Harrison is a forward-thinking keynote speaker, performer, consultant and executive leadership coach who partners with school and district leaders to promote diversity, equity and inclusion, and improve outcomes for all students.

A career educator and equity advocate, Rydell is the founder of Harrison Solutions, LLC where he works to provide human-centered professional learning experiences that inspire transformational, equitable and sustainable changes in individuals, organizations and communities. Drawing... Read More →

Tuesday June 30, 2026 8:00am - 10:10am EDT
Shubert Theatre - Main Theater
  Equity, Mild

8:00am EDT

Building Thinking Classrooms Using Data Science Concepts: A Collaborative Approach to K–12 Education
Tuesday June 30, 2026 8:00am - 10:10am EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 415
Participants will leave the session with practical strategies to integrate data science into K–12 classrooms using Building Thinking Classrooms practices. They will understand how Building Thinking Classrooms practices and a data mindset work together to foster critical thinking, communication, and problem-solving. Attendees will gain other ways to incorporate Toolkit #1 and #2 in their classroom.
Speakers
avatar for Andy Boyd

Andy Boyd

WA Math Regional Coordinator, North Central Education Service District
Andy Boyd, PhD
Sci/Math Specialist | North Central ESD 171
Regional Math Coordinator
phone: 509-665 - 2646
email:
address: 430 Olds Station Road, Wenatchee WA 98801
Kindness Counts NCW


... Read More →
avatar for Cari Haug

Cari Haug

Regional Science Coordinator, North Central ESD 171
Cari Haug has served as the Regional Science Coordinator at North Central Educational Service District for over six years providing professional learning to educators regionally, state and nationwide, on science instruction.  Supporting science education is important to Cari because... Read More →
New Haven BTC Using Data Science Concepts pdf
NCESD New Haven BTC Card Sort pdf
Tuesday June 30, 2026 8:00am - 10:10am EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 415 177 College St, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
  Teaching, Mild

8:00am EDT

Integrating Basic Fact Fluency Practice in a Thinking Classroom
Tuesday June 30, 2026 8:00am - 10:10am EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 405
Participants will understand how students can work on building basic fact fluency using some of the practices from Building Thinking Classrooms (VNPS, visible random groups, teacher as the facilitator, and defronting the classroom).Participants will see how the integration of developing fact fluency can be a simple addition to any math block.Participants will understand that rich authentic tasks can even include a simple game played with a deck of cards.Participants will understand how vertical surfaces provide opportunities for student discourse and how this discourse is integral to building fact fluency.Participants will have the opportunity to engage in rich mathematical discourse using student work (they will play the role of the students) on VNPS as the mentor text for explicit teaching.
Speakers
avatar for Courtney Flessner

Courtney Flessner

Director, Keep Indiana Learning - CIESC
Courtney is currently the Director at Keep Indiana Learning, the professional learning department of the CIESC in Indianapolis, IN. Prior to joining KINL in 2021, Courtney spent 17 years working in traditional public, private, and public charter schools in Indiana, New York City... Read More →
Tuesday June 30, 2026 8:00am - 10:10am EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 405 177 College St, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
  Teaching, Mild

8:00am EDT

Teaching Precalculus Through the Toolkit Functions: A Thinking Classroom Approach
Tuesday June 30, 2026 8:00am - 10:10am EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 330
This session offers a clear, adaptable framework for teaching precalculus through the 11 toolkit functions in ways that feel coherent, student-centered, and aligned with Building Thinking Classrooms practices. Rather than memorizing isolated transformation rules, participants explore how the toolkit functions can anchor a semester-long arc that helps students recognize structure, connect function families, and link graphing to solving equations. Through thin-sliced tasks, vertical non-permanent surface work, and purposeful gallery walks, we build from parent functions to layered transformations and increasingly complex equations. Participants gain ready-to-use tasks, questioning strategies, and consolidation routines that elevate thinking, collaboration, and joy in the precalculus classroom.
Speakers
avatar for Laurie Allen

Laurie Allen

Mathematics Department Chair, Western Reserve Academy
Hi there! I love math and absolutely cherish the journey of teaching high schoolers how to think mathematically. As a presenter this year, I’m always eager to swap classroom stories and strategies. Off duty, you’ll find me outdoors—hiking, traveling, or hunting down the best... Read More →
BJ

Brad Justice

Mathematics Faculty, Western Reserve Academy
Tuesday June 30, 2026 8:00am - 10:10am EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 330 177 College St, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
  Teaching, Medium

8:00am EDT

Think BTC isn’t sustainable in the classroom? Think again. How a geometry teacher taught all the state standards with BTC.
Tuesday June 30, 2026 8:00am - 10:10am EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 404
Participants will be empowered to use BTC practices for tier 1 instruction whether they are answering to a standardized test, have state standards they must adhere to, or an HQIM they are required to use. Participants will have an actionable next step in their BTC journey, whether they have not yet started or have already implemented several toolkits. Participants will have a sense of the experience as a student and teacher during BTC tasks.
Speakers
avatar for Jamie Carden

Jamie Carden

Math Teacher, Benton School District
9 years 7-12 math teaching experience. 24/25 was first year to implement teaching Geometry 100% through thinking tasks with random grouping and vnps.
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Brandy Beckman

Secondary Instructional Facilitator, Benton School District
21st year in Education, 2nd year coaching & supporting BTC in 5th-12th grade math classrooms.
Link to Participant Folder pdf
Tuesday June 30, 2026 8:00am - 10:10am EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 404 177 College St, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
  Teaching; Coaching, Medium

9:15am EDT

Book Signing w/ Chase Orton
Tuesday June 30, 2026 9:15am - 10:10am EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Gymnasium

Speakers
avatar for Chase Orton

Chase Orton

BTC Team Consultant, on the road
Tuesday June 30, 2026 9:15am - 10:10am EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Gymnasium
  Book Signing

9:15am EDT

From Shakespeare to Genetics: BTC Across the Curriculum
Tuesday June 30, 2026 9:15am - 10:10am EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Auditorium 115
BTC isn't just for mathematics anymore. It is now being used across the curriculum—from language arts to science, from social studies to coding. In this session, I present a framework for thinking about BTC across disciplines and share some of my favorite cross-curricular lessons from the past year. Participants will leave with a deeper understanding of what makes BTC transferable and how its core principles can be used to promote thinking in any subject area.
Speakers
avatar for Peter Liljedahl
Tuesday June 30, 2026 9:15am - 10:10am EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Auditorium 115 177 College St, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
  BTC outside of math

9:15am EDT

Helping Families Understand BTC: From Deficit Protection to Asset Celebration
Tuesday June 30, 2026 9:15am - 10:10am EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 238
Building Thinking Classrooms can transform student learning — but it can also create confusion for families who are used to traditional math instruction. In this 55‑minute session, we explore the communication strategies, mindset shifts, and practical tools that help us move from defending BTC to helping families truly see the strengths in their children’s thinking.
Through shared stories, three key paradigm shifts, and concrete examples (notes, homework, and “you’re not teaching”), we will examine how to make learning visible, reduce back‑and‑forth emails, support vulnerable learners who may withdraw early in BTC, and build trust with families and admin.
This workshop is designed for educators who want to communicate with clarity, confidence, and compassion as their BTC practice grows — and who want families to become partners in celebrating students’ thinking.

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 →
BTC Helping Family Understand BTC pdf
Tuesday June 30, 2026 9:15am - 10:10am EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 238 177 College St, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
  BTC Team

9:15am EDT

Lighting the Fuse: Coaching Approaches That Ignite BTC Momentum in Schools
Tuesday June 30, 2026 9:15am - 10:10am EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 326
This session supports instructional coaches and teacher-leaders in embedding BTC practices into the professional learning they already lead. Rather than adding a new initiative, it demonstrates how BTC instructional moves can strengthen existing district priorities and elevate adult learning. Participants will explore how to design PD that reflects the key traits of a BTC classroom—engaging, collaborative, intellectually rigorous, and grounded in visible thinking—through real district examples of how presenters “lit the fuse” by modeling BTC strategies in high-leverage areas such as lesson planning, reading comprehension, vocabulary development, and making student thinking visible. Attendees will leave with ready-to-use structures, adaptable protocols, and practical examples to deepen instructional impact and build coherence across professional learning systems.
Speakers
avatar for Kim Webb

Kim Webb

Instructional Coach, Lyons Central School District

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Igniting the Fuse BTC Conference Presentation 2026 (2) (2) pdf
Tuesday June 30, 2026 9:15am - 10:10am EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 326 177 College St, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
  Coaching; BTC outside of math, Mild

9:15am EDT

Okay, I Built the Thinking Classroom...Now What?
Tuesday June 30, 2026 9:15am - 10:10am EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 303
During the session, participants will engage in a sixth-grade ratios and proportions thin slicing task. They will begin by huddling up to recall how to find equivalent fractions and apply this to solving ratio and proportions problems using different representations. Facilitators will assign participants to random groups of three at whiteboards. Following problem solving, attendees will return to their seats to consolidate the lesson using pre-selected problems. Participants will head back to whiteboards to create notes to their future selves using a graphic organizer, then return to their seats one more time to tackle mild, medium, and spicy check your understanding problems. Finally, participants will use the Tuning Protocol to ask clarifying questions and give warm and cool feedback.
Speakers
avatar for Katherine Becraft

Katherine Becraft

Middle School Math Academic Specialist, Anne Arundel County Public Schools
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Mary Rathlev

Middle School Math Academic Specialist, Anne Arundel County Public Schools
Session 2 Now What pptx
Tuesday June 30, 2026 9:15am - 10:10am EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 303 177 College St, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
  Coaching; Teaching, Medium
  • Grade Level or Subject Area 46181

9:15am EDT

How We Lead for Thinking Classrooms
Tuesday June 30, 2026 9:15am - 10:10am EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 304
Consider how change management affects classroom implementationArticulate the traits of an effective thinking classroomDevelop tools and actions to support teachers in shifting their practices and beliefs about thinking classrooms
Speakers
avatar for Jocelyn Dunnack

Jocelyn Dunnack

Regional Professional Learning Coordinator, CPM Educational Program
Math in the Northeast, Equity, Discourse, Middle School, Running, Star Wars.
avatar for Nicole Goerges

Nicole Goerges

Implementation Support Specialist, CPM Educational Program
Nicole Goerges is an Implementation Support Specialist from Victoria, Minnesota. During her teaching career, she taught for 12 years at the middle school level. Nicole has a passion for math education, equity, and inclusion, and she has been supporting CPM teachers since 2012.
Tuesday June 30, 2026 9:15am - 10:10am EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 304 177 College St, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
  Leadership; Coaching, Medium

9:15am EDT

Igniting the Spark: A Differentiated Approach for Building BTC Momentum -- Returning from a summer institute with excitement is easy; sustaining that momentum in a busy district is hard. How do you move beyond the "one-and-done" workshop to create a cultu
Tuesday June 30, 2026 9:15am - 10:10am EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 302
Participants will explore how to operationalize four distinct entry points to spark interest and build capacity:• Broad Exposure: Leveraging Superintendent Conference Days to introduce the framework to diverse groups, including Teaching Aides.• Embedded Practice: Utilizing mandatory grade-band cycle meetings to "micro-dose" BTC strategies using district curriculum.• Cross-Pollination: A structured 15-hour "Deep Dive" series that brings Elementary and Middle School teachers together to share strategies and break down grade-level silos.• Strategic Task Sequencing: A roadmap for moving teachers from non-curricular tasks to thin-slicing district materials to ensure confidence grows alongside the math.You will leave with a viable plan to audit your district's existing structures and a strategy for planting the seeds of a Thinking Classroom that grows at a sustainable pace.
Speakers
avatar for Michelle Grier

Michelle Grier

Elementary Math Coach, Bedford Central School District

Tuesday June 30, 2026 9:15am - 10:10am EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 302 177 College St, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
  Leadership; Coaching, Medium

9:15am EDT

Leading the Way: Fostering and Sustaining Building Thinking Classrooms
Tuesday June 30, 2026 9:15am - 10:10am EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 328
Understand BTC Framework: Key principles and the 14 practices that drive student thinking.Leadership’s Role: How leaders create conditions for success—time, safety, resources.Modeling BTC in PD: Why and how district leaders use BTC strategies during professional learning.Flexible Implementation: Options for adopting BTC practices fully or partially, aligned with curriculum and grade levels.Scaling Strategies: Practical steps for building capacity through PLCs, book studies, and leadership-focused PD.Action Plan: Leave with 2–3 leadership moves to support BTC in your context.Resources: Access to toolkits, guides, and supports for continued learning.
Speakers
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Teresa Sarrubbo

Education Administrator, District 27 Superintendent's Office DOE
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Kezia Ellis

District Achievement Instructional Specialist, District 27 NYCPS
District Administrator/Math Geek
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Jessica Visvader

Instructional Lead, D27
avatar for Jessica Ellis

Jessica Ellis

Math Teacher/Math Coach/NYC DOE District 27 Math Ambassador, D27Q097
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Hannah Lee

Teacher, PS97/27/DOE
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Matthew Linden

PTC/Instructional Coach, MS 137 America’s School of Heroes
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Tuesday June 30, 2026 9:15am - 10:10am EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 328 177 College St, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
  Leadership; Teaching, Mild

9:15am EDT

Get Your Think On: Exploring Tasks in a Thinking Classroom
Tuesday June 30, 2026 9:15am - 10:10am EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 327
Participants will leave this session with a deeper understanding of how different types of mathematical tasks can be used to promote thinking, reasoning, and collaboration in a Building Thinking Classroom. Together, we will explore the characteristics of rich, non-routine tasks. Educators will experience several task types firsthand and reflect on how each can be used to engage diverse learners in meaningful mathematics.
Speakers
avatar for Emily Myers

Emily Myers

Senior Math Specialist, North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching
 Dr. Emily Myers is the Senior Mathematics Specialist at the North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching (NCCAT), where she leads professional learning experiences designed to strengthen mathematics teaching and learning across the state. With a deep passion for mathematics... Read More →
Tuesday June 30, 2026 9:15am - 10:10am EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 327 177 College St, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
  Teaching, Mild

9:15am EDT

Implementing a Thinking Classroom K-2
Tuesday June 30, 2026 9:15am - 10:10am EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 329
Teachers will learn how to transform their K-2 math class into a thinking classroom.  Teachers will walk away with tasks, tips, and practical steps to get started with their own thinking classroom. Based on Peter Liljedahl’s Building Thinking Classrooms and research.
Speakers
avatar for Amanda Jagentenfl

Amanda Jagentenfl

Owner/Math Specialist, Mathematical Minds LLC
I have a passion for teaching mathematics so ALL children understand. I work closely with teachers, coaching them on best practices, and helping them to discover their strengths in teaching mathematics. I am a NH Certified K-6 Math Specialist, OGAP Additive Facilitator, owner of Mathematical... Read More →
Tuesday June 30, 2026 9:15am - 10:10am EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 329 177 College St, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
  Teaching, Mild
  • Grade Level or Subject Area K-2

9:15am EDT

Let's Have Some Fun! Blending BTC with IM
Tuesday June 30, 2026 9:15am - 10:10am EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 240
If you were like me, one day you were told, “We are going with a new resource. “ This session will help alleviate some of that stress. Together we will see how seamless BTC blends with Illustrative Mathematics and enhances engagement. From card sorts to cool downs, we will use banner problems and gallery walks to make our way through a sample IM day.
Speakers
avatar for Jared Kubanoff

Jared Kubanoff

4th Grade Math/Science, Colonial SD
Jared began his teaching career in Madrid, Spain, and returned to the U.S. to spend 10 years with Mastery Charter Schools in Philadelphia. For the past seven years, he has taught in the Colonial School District. Over the course of his career, he’s primarily taught 2nd and 4th grades... Read More →
Tuesday June 30, 2026 9:15am - 10:10am EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 240 177 College St, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
  Teaching
  • Grade Level or Subject Area 46086

9:15am EDT

Lights, Camera, Action: Real Students, Real Thinking, Real Classrooms
Tuesday June 30, 2026 9:15am - 10:10am EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Lecture Hall 111
Go behind the scenes to explore what a Building Thinking Classroom looks and sounds like in action. In this session, participants will view and analyze multiple video clips from real elementary classrooms implementing Peter Liljedahl’s Building Thinking Classrooms framework. Together, we’ll unpack the intentional structures, routines, and teacher moves that promote student thinking, collaboration, and engagement. Whether you’re new to BTC or a seasoned practitioner, you’ll leave with fresh insights, practical strategies, and inspiration to strengthen a culture of thinking in every math lesson.
Speakers
avatar for Ashley Smith

Ashley Smith

1st Grade Teacher, Pleasant Knoll Elementary School/Fort Mill School District

avatar for Tammy McMorrow

Tammy McMorrow

teacher, Cynthia Mann Elementary, Boise School District
Tammy McMorrow has been teaching first grade for 32 years in Kuna, Idaho. In 2022 she began building a thinking classroom inspired by the work of Peter Liljedahl and was quickly won over by its magic and messiness. Determined to start a movement, she created a Facebook page for K-2... Read More →
Tuesday June 30, 2026 9:15am - 10:10am EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Lecture Hall 111 177 College St, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
  Teaching, Mild

9:15am EDT

Making Thinking Visible: The BTC Note-Making Routine
Tuesday June 30, 2026 9:15am - 10:10am EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Black Box 118
I hope participants leave feeling confident that they can facilitate an intentional, student-centered note-making process in their own classrooms, using flexible, “in the moment” structures and concrete routines to support students from initial board work to meaningful notes.
Speakers
avatar for Angie Schuck

Angie Schuck

Math Teacher, Huntsville High School
I am in my 12th year of teaching - 6 years in CA, and now in Arkansas. I discovered BTC during Covid and it was just what I needed as we transitioned back to "normal" school. I have been incorporating BTC into my classroom for the past 4 years and still have a lot to learn, but I... Read More →
Note Making Not Note Taking 2026 pdf
Notes Template BTC pdf
Tuesday June 30, 2026 9:15am - 10:10am EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Black Box 118 177 College St, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
  Teaching, Medium

9:15am EDT

Problem Solving with Noyce Fellows: Decoding Binary Code
Tuesday June 30, 2026 9:15am - 10:10am EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Ballet Studio 209
Experience a thin-sliced binary code task perfect for kicking off the school year (Grades 5–12). Connect students to the math of AI coding while opening a powerful conversation about why we use symbols to communicate efficiently.

Step into a lively problem-solving space where conference attendees can collaborate on engaging math tasks facilitated by experienced Noyce Math Teacher Leader Fellows. Participants will tackle rich problems, and experience the creativity, challenge, and joy that come from doing mathematics together. This session will be interactive with room for Q & A.
Speakers
avatar for Marta Soto-Johnson

Marta Soto-Johnson

Math Teacher, Meriden Public Schools/Noyce
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Cleo Alberts

PhD Student, Curriculum and Instruction, Secondary Math Ed, University of Connecticut Neag School of Education
In-training mathematics teacher educator (Ph.D.) at the University of Connecticut for secondary mathematics. Program Manager for the UConn Noyce Math Teacher Leaders (MTL). Former mechanical engineer, as well as Hartford Public Schools and CTECS teacher in Connecticut. Happy to be... Read More →
Tuesday June 30, 2026 9:15am - 10:10am EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Ballet Studio 209 177 College St, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
  Teaching
  • Grade Level or Subject Area 5-12

9:15am EDT

Problem Solving with Noyce Fellows: Pattern Inquiry Cubes
Tuesday June 30, 2026 9:15am - 10:10am EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Ballet Studio 206
Join this problem solving session that promotes pattern recognition and spatial reasoning, and is a great task for establishing classroom discussion norms and a positive math mindset. This task applies to grades 6 –12, but can readily be adapted to others. Accessible to all teachers! 

Step into a lively problem-solving space where conference attendees can collaborate on engaging math tasks facilitated by experienced Noyce Math Teacher Leader Fellows. Participants will tackle rich problems, and experience the creativity, challenge, and joy that come from doing mathematics together. This session will be interactive with room for Q & A.
Speakers
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Shane Donahue

Mathematics Teacher, Putnam Public Schools
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Tuesday June 30, 2026 9:15am - 10:10am EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Ballet Studio 206 177 College St, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
  Teaching

9:15am EDT

Building Joyful Classroom: Implementing BTC in K-2
Tuesday June 30, 2026 9:15am - 10:10am EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 301
Those who are new to BTC will leave with a knowledge of how to put the BTC practices together for a complete lesson for younger students. In addition, the major perceived obstacles to implementing BTC in lower grades will be demystified giving the participants tools and inspiration to start BTC in their classrooms.Those who have experience with BTC will leave with practical tips around launch, knowledge mobility, maintaining flow, and other practices.
Speakers
avatar for Vanja Miller

Vanja Miller

Teacher, Wren Avenue Elementary/MDUSD
Tuesday June 30, 2026 9:15am - 10:10am EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 301 177 College St, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
  Teaching; Equity, Mild
  • Grade Level or Subject Area K-2

9:15am EDT

Integrating Technology in a 6-12 Thinking Classroom
Tuesday June 30, 2026 9:15am - 10:10am EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 236
Technology can serve as a powerful platform to greatly enhance students' active learning experiences in a thinking classroom. We will deeply explore curricular tasks through which interacting with technology as an exploratory, computational, and coding tool can greatly and meaningfully enhance student groups' active learning experiences.   Here, we emphasize effective use of technology for learning in a thinking classroom.  Participants will learn, through powerful, interactive, ready-to-use task examples, different ways through which technology can enhance student engagement within thier learning by exploring, computing, and coding. With respect to teaching, we will explore interactive task examples ways through which technology can help teachers foster hints and extensions, provide a platform for students to create and construct, and also code. We will also explore how we can effectively use technology to implement variation theory within the creation of thin-slice activities, as well as exploring the importance and vitalness of its use within students' active learning experiences. We will also explore and discuss alterations and additions teachers can implement within an existing thinking-classroom environment to help maximize student engagement and flow.
Speakers
avatar for Tim Brzezinski

Tim Brzezinski

Middle & High School Mathematics Teacher; Independent Mathematics Education Consultant, New Haven Public Schools (CT)
BTC 2026 PDF Presentation LINK (1) pdf
Tuesday June 30, 2026 9:15am - 10:10am EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 236 177 College St, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
  Teaching; Equity, Spicy

9:15am EDT

Where Am I in My Learning?: Cultivating Student Responsibility Through Navigation Tools and Student-Led Data
Tuesday June 30, 2026 9:15am - 11:25am EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 239
Building navigation tools is one thing; getting them into students' hands to drive their own next steps is another. In a true Building Thinking Classroom, data should not be a secret held by the teacher—it should be student-led. When secondary students take ownership of their data, accountability is naturally replaced by responsibility.

In this interactive, hands-on workshop, participants will step into the shoes of middle and high school students to experience a series of practical micro-moves designed to foster data autonomy. We will deconstruct the process of "shaking and sorting" to build navigation tools, intentionally embracing imperfection over a polished final product.

Through collaborative, simulated activities, attendees will explore how to use these tools both formatively and summatively. Come ready to collaborate, experience, and walk away with a concrete blueprint for putting secondary students in the driver's seat of their own assessment.
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 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 →
Tuesday June 30, 2026 9:15am - 11:25am EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 239 177 College St, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
  BTC Team

10:30am EDT

Book Signing w/ Maegan Giroux & Kim Rimbey
Tuesday June 30, 2026 10:30am - 11:25am EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Gymnasium

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 →
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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 →
Tuesday June 30, 2026 10:30am - 11:25am EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Gymnasium
  Book Signing

10:30am EDT

BTC Meets NGSS: Leveraging Practices to Promote Student Thinking
Tuesday June 30, 2026 10:30am - 11:25am EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 404
Participants will leave this session having experienced examples of how BTC strategies can be effectively incorporated into the science classroom.Specifically, attendees will be able to:Experience Task Launch focused around phenomena:.Consider how strategic shifts in the sequencing of tasks and activities can lead to improved sense-making and deeper conceptual understanding for students.Dedicated reflection time will be included, allowing participants to consider immediate next steps to implement BTC strategies in their own classrooms.
Speakers
avatar for Julie Barker

Julie Barker

Science Department Chair, Cheshire High School/Cheshire Public Schools


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Tuesday June 30, 2026 10:30am - 11:25am EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 404 177 College St, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
  BTC outside of math, Medium
  • Grade Level or Subject Area Other!

10:30am EDT

Building a Social Studies Thinking Classroom
Tuesday June 30, 2026 10:30am - 11:25am EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 303
strategies for building thinking skills of historians for studentsstrategies for building social thinking skills for students
Speakers
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Marika Wissink

Social Studies Teacher/Content Leader, Amity Region 5
I teach 8th grade social studies. We study United States history from the founding through Reconstruction. I love learning about history, social studies education, inquiry, and strategies to support student collaboration and discussion.
Building a Thinking Social Studies Classroom pdf
Thinking Social Studies Session activity ideas pdf
Tuesday June 30, 2026 10:30am - 11:25am EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 303 177 College St, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
  BTC outside of math; Teaching, Mild

10:30am EDT

Adapting Building Thinking Classrooms to a Block Schedule
Tuesday June 30, 2026 10:30am - 11:25am EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 202
Block scheduling offers unique opportunities—and challenges—for implementing Building Thinking Classrooms practices. In this session, participants will explore practical strategies for adapting BTC's 14 practices to longer class periods, including structuring thinking tasks, managing flow and energy across extended time blocks, and maintaining student engagement. Walk away with ready-to-use frameworks and real classroom examples for making BTC work beautifully in a block schedule context.
Speakers
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avatar for Nova Katz

Nova Katz

BTC Team Consultant, The American School in London
BTCC '26 Block Scheduling & BTC Maida, Laura, Nova pdf
Tuesday June 30, 2026 10:30am - 11:25am EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 202 177 College St, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
  BTC Team

10:30am EDT

How do I know what I know? Consolidating and Mapping Learning - Magma sponsor session
Tuesday June 30, 2026 10:30am - 11:25am EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 332
In this session, we will explore strategies for consolidating understanding and helping students know where they are in their learning journey using Magma Math, a digital math tool. You will have a chance to engage in mathematics as a student, see how your solution strategies connect to others’ strategies and to the underlying mathematics, and think about how this can help you navigate your learning trajectory.
Speakers
avatar for Leslie Nielsen

Leslie Nielsen

Director of Learning & Teacher, Magma Math
Magma Math is a math platform designed to support teachers to make more informed instructional decisions in the classroom and create opportunities for deeper student-driven discourse and collaboration.
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Tuesday June 30, 2026 10:30am - 11:25am EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 332 177 College St, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
  BTC Team, All

10:30am EDT

Coaching for Thinking Classrooms: Scaling Success Across a District
Tuesday June 30, 2026 10:30am - 11:25am EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 329
What does it take to bring Building Thinking Classrooms to life across multiple schools? This session shares lessons learned from coaching 4th and 5th grade teachers in 13 elementary schools across a district as they implemented BTC practices. Participants will explore tools for supporting teachers— including a customizable coaching sheet, look-fors, and communication strategies for administrators— and reflect on how to sustain momentum district-wide. Walk away with concrete ideas for planning, scheduling, and coaching thinking classrooms at scale.
Speakers
avatar for Priscilla Rice

Priscilla Rice

Curriculum Coordinator, Mathematics, San Bernardino County Superintendent of Schools
Priscilla is a Mathematics Curriculum Coordinator for the San Bernardino County Superintendent of Schools. She currently serves educators across the county in math professional development, coaching, and providing information on state initiatives. Prior to this role, she was a site... Read More →
Tuesday June 30, 2026 10:30am - 11:25am EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 329 177 College St, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
  Coaching, Spicy
  • Grade Level or Subject Area 46086

10:30am EDT

New Light Through an Old Window: Looking at the Foundations of Teaching to Understand How to Build a Thinking Classroom
Tuesday June 30, 2026 10:30am - 11:25am EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Auditorium 115
Teaching mathematics is a rich and dynamic practice that sits at the intersection of mathematics, psychology, and beliefs. In this session, we revisit some of the foundational ideas that shape teaching and learning and examine them through the lens of Building Thinking Classrooms. By looking at familiar concepts in new ways, participants will gain fresh insights into both the complexities of teaching and the work of building and sustaining thinking classrooms.
Speakers
avatar for Peter Liljedahl
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Tuesday June 30, 2026 10:30am - 11:25am EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Auditorium 115 177 College St, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
  Coaching; Teaching

10:30am EDT

BTC in Inclusion Classrooms
Tuesday June 30, 2026 10:30am - 11:25am EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 302
Participants will leave with practical strategies for ensuring students with disabilities can fully access and thrive in a BTC classroom through intentional supports, structured thinking routines, and collaborative planning. They will also gain a clearer picture of how math and special education teachers can work together, leveraging each other's expertise, aligning expectations, and co-constructing scaffolds, to create a unified, student-centered learning environment where all learners succeed.
Speakers
avatar for Kelsey Onofrio

Kelsey Onofrio

8th Grade Math Teacher, NOYCE/Manchester Public Schools

avatar for Ilisse Gomez

Ilisse Gomez

Math Teacher, Consolidated School District of New Britain

BTC in Inclusion Classrooms Resources pdf
Tuesday June 30, 2026 10:30am - 11:25am EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 302 177 College St, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
  Equity; Special Populations, Medium

10:30am EDT

Building Thinking Systems: Scaling BTC from One Classroom to District-Wide Momentum
Tuesday June 30, 2026 10:30am - 11:25am EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Black Box 118
Educators often see isolated Thinking Classrooms thrive while district-wide adoption stalls. This 55-minute session equips school and district leaders to create self-sustaining, system-level momentum for Peter Liljedahl’s Building Thinking Classrooms (BTC) practices without launching yet another initiative.
Speakers
avatar for Dr. Daniel Jack

Dr. Daniel Jack

Secondary Mathematics Teacher, New Haven Public Schools / Wilbur Cross High School
Educational leader and STEM educator with over sixteen years of experience. Currently serving as a Secondary Math Teacher at Wilbur Cross High School and an Adjunct Professor of Mathematics at the University of New Haven. Dedicated to sustaining flow, trust, and transfer in educational... Read More →
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Patrick Hubeny

High School Math Instructional Leader, Wallingford Public Schools
Tuesday June 30, 2026 10:30am - 11:25am EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Black Box 118 177 College St, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
  Leadership; Coaching

10:30am EDT

Lighting the Way: Growing Thinking Classrooms from a Single Spark to a Districtwide Movement
Tuesday June 30, 2026 10:30am - 11:25am EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 326
In this session, participants will: Examine leadership structures and coaching strategies that sustain BTC implementation across schools. Explore communication tactics that build districtwide excitement and coherence. Analyze examples of student growth that illustrate the power of thinking-centered instruction across subjects. Reflect on how BTC principles can strengthen leadership teams, PLCs, and professional learning systems.Administrators and coaches will leave with concrete tools and stories that show how Building Thinking Classrooms can grow beyond a classroom model—into a districtwide culture of curiosity, collaboration, and deep learning for both students and adults.
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Terri Kurczewski

Director of Mathematics K12, Hamden Public Schools

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Heather Wachter

Director of English/Language Arts, Hamden Public Schools
District Leadership Work Session pptx
Tuesday June 30, 2026 10:30am - 11:25am EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 326 177 College St, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
  Leadership; Coaching; BTC outside of math, Medium

10:30am EDT

Building a Thinking District: Structures and Supports for Sustainable Change
Tuesday June 30, 2026 10:30am - 11:25am EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 330
High leverage support resources for integration with core curriculum
Speakers
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Mary Beth Cristian

Instructional Specialist, Gilbert Public Schools
From the first class I taught, I knew that teaching was my calling.  I love working with students, motivating them to learn and work hard. Relationships are my greatest motivation. Before I became a teacher,  I gained experience in the business world, where I have been a manager... Read More →
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Lynnea Loudenbeck

Coordinator - Secondary Mathematics 7-12, Gilbert Public Schools
Tuesday June 30, 2026 10:30am - 11:25am EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 330 177 College St, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
  Leadership; Coaching; Equity, Medium

10:30am EDT

Reimagining Math Intervention Through Building Thinking Classrooms
Tuesday June 30, 2026 10:30am - 11:25am EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 328
Can BTC work for math intervention? Many educators wonder how Building Thinking Classroom strategies will work for students who struggle to learn math. In this session, a math specialist walks through how to incorporate BTC practices of vertical whiteboards, consolidation, and check your understanding into a 30-minute math intervention class. The presenter will also provide research supporting that BTC instructional strategies work for students who struggle. Participants will walk away with effective strategies for their mathematicians who struggle.
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Stephanie Eleck

Volunteer, Southington Public Schools, CT
Reimagining Math Intervention Through Building Thinking Classrooms 2026 pdf
Tuesday June 30, 2026 10:30am - 11:25am EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 328 177 College St, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
  Special Populations; Equity, Medium

10:30am EDT

Beyond Skip Counting: Developing Multiplicative Reasoning
Tuesday June 30, 2026 10:30am - 11:25am EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 238
Too often when students are unable to retrieve a multiplication fact from memory, they resort to skip counting to figure it out rather than thinking multiplicatively about relationships to other nearby facts or to breaking apart the factors in flexible ways that are more efficient to them. Participants will learn about the learning trajectory from counting strategies to additive strategy of skip counting to deriving basic facts using multiplicative reasoning.  Further, participants will walk away with routines and games that can be implemented within a BTC classroom that help facilitate this fact fluency journey for each and every student.
Speakers
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Ann Elise Record

Founder, Lead Consultant, Ann Elise Record Consulting LLC
Ann Elise Record is a national consultant, speaker, and author who is passionate about building positive math identities and agencies of each and every student by providing experiences for students to engage in rich math discourse, connect multimodal representations of thinking, and... Read More →
Additive to Multiplicative Resources 2026 docx
Tuesday June 30, 2026 10:30am - 11:25am EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 238 177 College St, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
  Teaching
  • Grade Level or Subject Area 46086

10:30am EDT

Integrating BTC with District Requirements & Recommended Curriculums
Tuesday June 30, 2026 10:30am - 11:25am EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 304
It is my hope that participants understand that just because their district says they have to teach a certain curriculum and they may even say they have to teach a certain component a certain way, that doesn’t mean there isn’t wiggle room to be able to allow some discourse and student engagement, if not in math, then in some other subject. They wouldn’t be at the conference if they weren’t looking for that way in. 
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Kristen Kuri

4th/5th Grade Split, Clover Park School District
Tuesday June 30, 2026 10:30am - 11:25am EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 304 177 College St, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
  Teaching, Medium

10:30am EDT

Problem Solving with Noyce Fellows: Z-Score Thin Slicing
Tuesday June 30, 2026 10:30am - 11:25am EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Ballet Studio 206
isit this problem solving activity to experience a fun deep dive into Z-Scores and the Empirical Rule. Best suited for statistics courses. 

Step into a lively problem-solving space where conference attendees can collaborate on engaging math tasks facilitated by experienced Noyce Math Teacher Leader Fellows. Participants will tackle rich problems, and experience the creativity, challenge, and joy that come from doing mathematics together. This session will be interactive with room for Q & A.
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Courtney Sobanski

Mathematics Teacher/ Secondary Curriculum Leader, Thompson Public Schools
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Tuesday June 30, 2026 10:30am - 11:25am EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Ballet Studio 206 177 College St, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
  Teaching

10:30am EDT

Square Pegs in Round Holes: 10 ways to make BTC get along with your curriculum resources...even Desmos!
Tuesday June 30, 2026 10:30am - 11:25am EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 240
Participants will take away creative strategies for getting students on their feet and thinking while using district perscribed resources.  Strategies for adapting Amplify Desmos Math and other resources.
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Beth D'Angelo

Teacher, Plymouth Canton Community Schools
Tuesday June 30, 2026 10:30am - 11:25am EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 240 177 College St, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
  Teaching, Medium

10:30am EDT

Avoiding Implementation Burnout: How to Thrive as an Educator in the Thinking Classroom
Tuesday June 30, 2026 10:30am - 11:25am EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 327
During my first year of implementation, I faced a serious case of teacher burn out!  Luckily, I am not a quitter.  Through careful reflection, I was able to outline key steps in implementation that would help me move forward in building my thinking classroom.  I hope that participants will be able to take back to their classrooms, school sites, and school districts sustainable practices and a personal implementation plan that moves the work forward in a positive way.  Specifically, I will highlight the following: starting small, trusting the process, setting goals, and finding/building your support community.  
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Stephanie Goodman

First Grade Teacher, Luther Elementary/Live Oak Unified School District
Tuesday June 30, 2026 10:30am - 11:25am EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 327 177 College St, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
  Teaching; Coaching, Mild

10:30am EDT

Beyond Tasks: Making Self-Evaluation Work in a Thinking Classroom
Tuesday June 30, 2026 10:30am - 11:25am EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Lecture Hall 111
Participants will leave this session with a clearer understanding of how student-facing rubrics and self-evaluation practices. Participants will leave this session with a clearer understanding of how student-facing rubrics and self-evaluation practices can be made meaningful and manageable. This presentation will share actionable strategies for these important, but underutilized elements of the BTC pedagogical approach. We’ll explore why this practice is so often left behind, the friction that prevents students from using rubrics effectively, and how to structure both the rubrics and the routines that support them. Participants will analyze examples of real rubrics from my geometry classroom: what worked, what didn’t, and how they evolved. They’ll consider the difference between rubrics for student self-evaluation and those used by teachers, and reflect on how to assess not just what we test, but what we truly value.We’ll also discuss strategies for helping students shift from passive receivers of feedback to active participants in their learning, with self-evaluation as a formative, forward-looking practice, not just a ritual before a test. Participants will leave with ideas, strategies, and the opportunity to revise or design their own rubric in collaboration with peers.
Speakers
JM
LM
JT
Tuesday June 30, 2026 10:30am - 11:25am EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Lecture Hall 111 177 College St, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
  Teaching; Coaching, Medium

10:30am EDT

Revealing The Thinking K-5
Tuesday June 30, 2026 10:30am - 11:25am EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 415
This session will explore how to integrate McGraw Hill's Reveal Math curriculum with Building Thinking Classrooms strategies for K-5 learners.  Participants will experience a modeled lesson and leave with a lesson plan template to help implement these approaches in their own classrooms, enhancing engagement and problem-solving for young students.
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Amanda Ray

Fifth Grade Teacher, Franklin Community School Corporation
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Melisa McCain

Assistant Principal, Franklin Community School Corporation
I believe that presenting is the best way to confirm your own understanding and learn from others who are passionate about education. Driven by my motto, "Collaboration makes the world go round!", I am passionate about grading and redefining smart by moving away from compliance and... Read More →
Tuesday June 30, 2026 10:30am - 11:25am EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 415 177 College St, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
  Teaching; Coaching, Medium

10:30am EDT

Strengthening Collaboration and Perseverance with SEL Practices and Collaborative Rubrics
Tuesday June 30, 2026 10:30am - 11:25am EDT
Shubert Theatre - Cabaret
This session connects SEL and BTC practices through practical routines, student-friendly rubrics, and immediately usable strategies that support academic, social, and emotional growth. Learn how to build classrooms where students think deeply, collaborate effectively, and persevere through challenges.
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Margie Scherer

Math Teacher 6-8, Robert Louis Stevenson/Saint Helena Unified
With over 25 years in education, I believe that strong relationships are at the heart of meaningful learning. I am passionate about helping educators create classrooms where students feel connected, valued, and empowered to think deeply. While strengthening mathematical thinking is... Read More →
Tuesday June 30, 2026 10:30am - 11:25am EDT
Shubert Theatre - Cabaret 247 College St, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
  Teaching; Coaching, Medium

10:30am EDT

Integrating Technology in a 6-12 Thinking Classroom
Tuesday June 30, 2026 10:30am - 11:25am EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 236
Technology can serve as a powerful platform to greatly enhance students' active learning experiences in a thinking classroom. We will deeply explore curricular tasks through which interacting with technology as an exploratory, computational, and coding tool can greatly and meaningfully enhance student groups' active learning experiences.   Here, we emphasize effective use of technology for learning in a thinking classroom.  Participants will learn, through powerful, interactive, ready-to-use task examples, different ways through which technology can enhance student engagement within thier learning by exploring, computing, and coding. With respect to teaching, we will explore interactive task examples ways through which technology can help teachers foster hints and extensions, provide a platform for students to create and construct, and also code. We will also explore how we can effectively use technology to implement variation theory within the creation of thin-slice activities, as well as exploring the importance and vitalness of its use within students' active learning experiences. We will also explore and discuss alterations and additions teachers can implement within an existing thinking-classroom environment to help maximize student engagement and flow.
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Tim Brzezinski

Middle & High School Mathematics Teacher; Independent Mathematics Education Consultant, New Haven Public Schools (CT)
BTC 2026 PDF Presentation LINK (1) pdf
Tuesday June 30, 2026 10:30am - 11:25am EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 236 177 College St, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
  Teaching; Equity, Spicy

10:30am EDT

BTC & Learning Differences: Goes Together Like PB&J
Tuesday June 30, 2026 10:30am - 11:25am EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 406
Students with neurodiverse profiles or learning disabilities often face unique challenges in traditional classrooms. The Building Thinking Classrooms framework, with its emphasis on collaborative and student-centered practices, offers powerful opportunities to meet these needs while benefiting all learners. By starting with a problem and implementing these strategies, educators can create an environment where students feel valued, capable, and empowered to think critically.Session Objectives:Start With a Problem:Demonstrate how beginning lessons with a meaningful problem, combined with connection-before-content activities, engages students immediately, builds community, activates prior knowledge, and sets the stage for collaborative thinking.Explore the Power of Randomization:Demonstrate how random groupings and seating arrangements minimize social hierarchies and increase opportunities for all students to engage meaningfully in collaborative problem-solving.Maximize Engagement Through VNPS:Highlight how vertical non-permanent surfaces encourage risk-taking and creative thinking by providing low-stakes opportunities to share ideas, test solutions, and iterate in real time.Use Navigation Tools for Clarity and Accessibility:Present the use of unit maps as a tool for scaffolding complex concepts and supporting executive functioning, ensuring students can navigate their learning journey with confidence.Incorporate Thinking-Focused Directions:Explain how concise, action-oriented directions, delivered while standing, support student autonomy and reduce cognitive load, allowing learners to begin thinking quickly without lengthy verbal instruction.Address Challenges and Share Solutions:Discuss potential obstacles educators may encounter when implementing these strategies, including starting with a problem and connection-before-content activities, and provide evidence-based solutions to overcome them.
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Jennifer Massey

Math Teacher, McLean School
2026 BTC & Learning Differences Goes Together Like PB&J (1) pdf
Tuesday June 30, 2026 10:30am - 11:25am EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 406 177 College St, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
  Teaching; Special Populations, Medium

10:30am EDT

Small Groups, Big Thinking: BTC in Intervention Settings
Tuesday June 30, 2026 10:30am - 11:25am EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 301
Participants will leave this session with practical strategies and structures for applying Building Thinking Classrooms practices in small group intervention settings. They will learn how to adapt BTC elements - such as thinking tasks, random groupings, and visible thinking spaces - to meet the needs of students who require targeted support. By the end of the session, teachers will have concrete examples, planning tools, and renewed confidence to foster deep mathematical thinking, engagement, and independence among all learners, even within small intervention groups.
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Grace Wallace

Math Instructional Coach, Greater Clark County Schools

Tuesday June 30, 2026 10:30am - 11:25am EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 301 177 College St, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
  Teaching; Special Populations, Medium

11:55am EDT

Lunch - Day 2
Tuesday June 30, 2026 11:55am - 12:55pm EDT
Omni New Haven Hotel at Yale - Ballroom 2nd Floor
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BH
Tuesday June 30, 2026 11:55am - 12:55pm EDT
Omni New Haven Hotel at Yale - Ballroom 2nd Floor 155 Temple St, New Haven, CT 06510, USA

1:00pm EDT

Book Signing w/ Georgina Rivera
Tuesday June 30, 2026 1:00pm - 1:55pm EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Gymnasium

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Georgina Rivera

Principal, author, presenter, former VP NCSM, West Hartford Public Schools, Charter Oak International Academy,
Georgina Rivera is a mathematics leader educator, coach, presenter, and author. Currently, she serves as the Principal for Charter Oak International Academy, an IB School in West Hartford, CT.  Georgina has previously served as an Elementary STEM Supervisor, and district-wide elementary... Read More →
Tuesday June 30, 2026 1:00pm - 1:55pm EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Gymnasium
  Book Signing

1:00pm EDT

Becoming the BTC Teacher You Want to Be
Tuesday June 30, 2026 1:00pm - 1:55pm EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 239
BTC is more than a set of moves—it’s a journey of becoming. But becoming the BTC teacher you want to be is too hard to do alone. In this session, we’ll explore how to realign our professional practice with our purpose, find our people, and build the community of support we need to keep growing into the teacher we’re trying to become.
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Chase Orton

BTC Team Consultant, on the road
BTCC26 Imperfect and Unfinished pdf
Tuesday June 30, 2026 1:00pm - 1:55pm EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 239 177 College St, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
  BTC Team

1:00pm EDT

Selling the Shift: Building Trust and Shared Purpose in a Thinking Classroom
Tuesday June 30, 2026 1:00pm - 1:55pm EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Lecture Hall 111
When transitioning to a Building Thinking Classrooms (BTC) model, student buy-in can often feel like a battle to be won. But what if we reframed it as a community-building process rooted in trust?

Born from continuous coaching cycles between a BTC coach and two secondary math teachers, this session explores how to move middle and high school students past the initial friction of BTC and into full ownership of their learning. We will share the exact, classroom-tested micro-moves utilized to foster a culture of vulnerability, where both teachers and students feel safe taking mathematical risks.

Grounded in qualitative data and driven by authentic student voice, this session highlights how transparency, continuous student feedback, and targeted Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) strategies can transform classroom dynamics. By putting these human-centered practices at the forefront, we discovered a powerful shift: a classroom where mutual empathy and compassion flourished, and true responsibility naturally replaced rigid accountability. Attendees will walk away with actionable, secondary-tested techniques from a coach-teacher perspective to build deep trust, de-escalate resistance, and co-create a thriving community of thinkers.
Speakers
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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 →
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Amy Chang

Volunteer, Building Thinking Classrooms

Tuesday June 30, 2026 1:00pm - 1:55pm EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Lecture Hall 111 177 College St, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
  BTC Team

1:00pm EDT

Small Practices, Seismic Shifts — Tiny Classroom Moves with Outsized Impact
Tuesday June 30, 2026 1:00pm - 1:55pm EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Ballet Studio 206
You've read the book. You've set up the boards. But the teachers who thrive in BTC will tell you — it's the small stuff that makes the ground shake. Come discover the tiny practices the BTC community has found make an outsized difference. You'll leave with something new to try Monday morning.
Speakers
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Jared Sliger

BTC Team Consultant, Middleton School District
Jared Sliger (he/him) is a 32-year veteran educator with an emphasis in middle school mathematics. Jared has been an official Building Thinking Classrooms team member and facilitator since 2022, leading training for teachers and leaders across the K-12 spectrum, both in districts... Read More →
Remove Friction Jared Sliger pptx
Tuesday June 30, 2026 1:00pm - 1:55pm EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Ballet Studio 206 177 College St, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
  BTC Team

1:00pm EDT

Bite-Sized BTC: A Tweak a Week Toolkit for Instructional Leaders and Coaches
Tuesday June 30, 2026 1:00pm - 1:55pm EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 240
Many coaches who have introduced BTC to their schools and supported the work may be in a place where keeping the momentum going may be difficult as PD is dedicated to other initiatives.  Coaches and leaders will learn more about how updates and best practices can be offered in real-time (without waiting for the next scheduled PD session) through a series called "A Tweak a Week".  These instructional moves and lesson design edits come directly from the BTC book, 6-12 task book, and sessions that my teachers and I have recently attended with Peter.  I'm hoping to give coaches and instructional leaders a new lens on how to continue supporting BTC practices in small and meaningful ways.
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Vanessa Therrien

STEM Specialist, Farmington Public Schools
Currently serving as the STEM Specialist at Irving A. Robbins Middle School in Farmington, CT, I bring 16 years of classroom expertise to my leadership role. My background includes seven years of 6th-grade Math and Science instruction within the Farmington district and nine years... Read More →
BTC Conference A Tweak a Week Series 2025 2026 pptx
Tuesday June 30, 2026 1:00pm - 1:55pm EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 240 177 College St, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
  Coaching, Spicy

1:00pm EDT

Stand, Choose, Retain: Using Vertical Menus & Spaced Retrieval to Make Professional Learning Stick
Tuesday June 30, 2026 1:00pm - 1:55pm EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 328
Session Abstract: We tell students that learning happens when we think, yet we force teachers into sit-and-get PD that evaporates within 48 hours. It’s time to de-front the faculty meeting/professional learning sessions.  In this active session, Instructional Coaches and Leaders will experience the Vertical Menu. A framework that combines Vertical Non-Permanent Surfaces (VNPS) with the science of Spaced Retrieval. You will learn to replace slide decks with Vertical Choice Menus that allow staff to self-select their learning pathway (differentiation) while engaging in active recall protocols that guarantee the learning sticks long after the session ends. By the end of this session, participants will:Experience the Vertical Menu: Participate in a differentiated professional learning simulation using VNPS to solve problems relevant to their specific professional mindset.Master 3 Retrieval Protocols: Learn three distinct, low-prep routines (Flashback 2, Brain Dump, Trojan Horse) to ensure previous PD content is constantly reactivated and retained.Design for Adult Retention: Walk away with a digital coaching starter pack that converts passive presentations into active, vertical retention tasks.
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JB

Janet Belval

Instructional Coach, South Windsor
Tuesday June 30, 2026 1:00pm - 1:55pm EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 328 177 College St, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
  Coaching; Leadership, Medium

1:00pm EDT

Bridging the Gap: A Practical Continuum for Supporting Teacher Readiness for Building Thinking Classrooms
Tuesday June 30, 2026 1:00pm - 1:55pm EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 329
Participants will leave with: A visual continuum of instructional routines from teacher-centered to fully student-centered, showing how BTC sits at the far end of the continuum.An understanding of the incremental routines and moves (e.g., Turn & Talk, MPIRs, cooperative strategies) that build readiness for BTC.The ability to diagnose teacher readiness and motivation, recognizing why some teachers struggle with or resist BTC.Concrete strategies for supporting teachers and leaders in taking incremental, manageable steps toward building thinking classrooms. A deeper understanding of how classroom practices influence student engagement, collaboration, and access to learning.
Speakers
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Daniel Kent

Regional Mathematics Coordinator, Capital Region ESD 113
Daniel is a former middle-level and high school-level mathematics teacher and current mathematics coordinator and coach for an Educational Service District in Western Washington State.  Daniel supports up to 44 school districts across Western Washington, with a primary focus on schools... Read More →
Tuesday June 30, 2026 1:00pm - 1:55pm EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 329 177 College St, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
  Leadership; Coaching, Medium

1:00pm EDT

Building a Culture of Learning
Tuesday June 30, 2026 1:00pm - 1:55pm EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 303
Who are your favorite influencers? Now, who are your favorite influencers at your school? In this session, you will learn the conditions that need to be in place to influence professional inquiry and Building Thinking Classrooms! Meet the key players of coaches and teachers who took a book club inquiry question and influenced the culture of a school, district, local university, and state! Come be immersed in our experiences and examples in an interactive session that will help you build your professional path! Let’s move from influence to impact on learning!
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Margaret Nickerson

Instructional Coach, Lexington Richland School District 5
Margaret Nickerson is an instructional coach serving two elementary schools near Columbia, South Carolina. With more than 18 years of classroom experience spanning Preschool through third grade, she brings a deep understanding of early childhood education, literacy development, and... Read More →
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Beth White

Instructor, University of South Carolina
Beth most recently worked as Senior Lecturer in the College of Education in the Department of Instruction and Teacher Education at the University of South Carolina for 12 years. She has over 32 years of experience in education. Her specialty area is teaching and coaching teachers... Read More →
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Hollie Heming

Teacher, Lexington Richland School District Five
Hollie teaches 4th grade gifted learners at Piney Woods Elementary School. She has been one of the biggest advocates for BTC and has co-led a book club at her school. She has also hosted instructional rounds for her district. Hollie is her school's 2026-2027 Teacher of the Year and... Read More →
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Angie Morvay

5th Grade Math/Science Teacher, Lexington Richland School District 5
Angie is a National Board Certified teacher with 22 years experience teaching gifted and talented 5th graders. She was in the original PLC book club 3 years ago that started BTC at her school. She has hosted numerous instructional rounds for other teachers across our district to observe... Read More →
BTCC26 Building a Culture of Learning Shareable pdf
Cambourne’s Conditions of Learning for Learning Handout pdf
Tuesday June 30, 2026 1:00pm - 1:55pm EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 303 177 College St, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
  Leadership; Coaching, Medium

1:00pm EDT

Seeing Kaden: The BTC Practices That Helped a Silent Thinker Find His Voice
Tuesday June 30, 2026 1:00pm - 1:55pm EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 301
Participants will leave this session with a deeper understanding of how Building Thinking Classrooms practices can create access, agency, and belonging for learners who have historically struggled to participate or be seen, like Kaden, a student navigating dysgraphia and a neuronal migration disorder. Through his story, participants will gain insight into how shifting the learning environment, not the learner, can unlock a student’s ability to think, contribute, and thrive. I hope participants will leave with a clearer picture of the barriers students with dysgraphia and other learning differences face in traditional math classrooms, specific BTC practices that reduce those barriers, including strategies that make thinking visible without relying on writing intensive tasks, and practical examples of how these practices transformed Kaden’s engagement, confidence, and mathematical voice. It is also my hope that participants experience a renewed commitment to designing thinking centered experiences that honor neurodiverse learners’ strengths rather than focusing on their challenges. Ultimately, participants will leave inspired and equipped to “see” their own silent thinkers and use BTC structures to help every student find their voice.
Speakers
avatar for Nancy Nagatani

Nancy Nagatani

Staff Development and Curriculum Specialist - Mathematics, Tulare County Office of Education/ERS


Tuesday June 30, 2026 1:00pm - 1:55pm EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 301 177 College St, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
  Special Populations; Teaching, Medium

1:00pm EDT

Evaluate What You Value: Building Competencies with Behavior Rubrics
Tuesday June 30, 2026 1:00pm - 1:55pm EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 327
Are your students struggling to collaborate, persevere, or stay engaged during Building Thinking Classrooms tasks? This hands-on workshop offers simple, practical solutions — including a ready-to-use tool you can bring into your classroom tomorrow.
By the end of this session, participants will:
  • Recognize the alignment between valued competencies and BTC structures
  • Reflect on their own classroom practices and identify opportunities to "evaluate what they value"
  • Understand how to co-create a rubric with students and leave with concrete ideas for implementing the K-5 behavior rubrics

Speakers
avatar for Jessica Curtis

Jessica Curtis

Numeracy Coach, Milford CT Public
Tuesday June 30, 2026 1:00pm - 1:55pm EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 327 177 College St, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
  Teaching, Medium

1:00pm EDT

Problem Solving with Noyce Fellows: Carpet Squares
Tuesday June 30, 2026 1:00pm - 1:55pm EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Ballet Studio 209
Join in a fun problem solving session that leads into perfect squares, square roots and irrational numbers. Well suited for grades 7 - 9. Accessible to all teachers.

Step into a lively problem-solving space where conference attendees can collaborate on engaging math tasks facilitated by experienced Noyce Math Teacher Leader Fellows. Participants will tackle rich problems, and experience the creativity, challenge, and joy that come from doing mathematics together. This session will be interactive with room for Q & A.


Speakers
avatar for Jennifer Roggi

Jennifer Roggi

8th Grade Mathematics Teacher, NOYCE Fellow, Vernon Public Schools/NOYCE

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Kelsey Onofrio

8th Grade Math Teacher, NOYCE/Manchester Public Schools

Tuesday June 30, 2026 1:00pm - 1:55pm EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Ballet Studio 209 177 College St, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
  Teaching
  • Grade Level or Subject Area 7-9

1:00pm EDT

Using Building Thinking Classrooms to Promote Communication, Collaboration & Thoughtful Reflection
Tuesday June 30, 2026 1:00pm - 1:55pm EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 302
In this session we will explore how evaluating what you value along with the use of random groups and vertical non-permanent surfaces (VNPSs) helps to promote communication, collaboration and thoughtful reflection.  Following a shared experience where participants will participate in a lesson that follows the tenets of Building Thinking Classrooms we will make a meaningful note to help consolidate our learning and explore some of the research outlining why random groups are so effective and delve into the positive impact this work has on a student’s math identity, self-efficacy and status.  My goals for participants are:Participants will understand the importance of evaluating what they value and the importance of using random groups to promote communication and collaboration in their classrooms.  Participants will understand the impact random groups have on students’ math identity, self-efficacy and status.  
Speakers
avatar for Mike DiCicco

Mike DiCicco

Math Consultant & Instructional Coach, Mansfield Public Schools

Tuesday June 30, 2026 1:00pm - 1:55pm EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 302 177 College St, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
  Teaching, Mild

1:00pm EDT

Using Technology in the BTC Classroom
Tuesday June 30, 2026 1:00pm - 1:55pm EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 304
Using technology in the BTC classroom is a challenge for teachers.  How do you have students work at VNPSs and at the same time, use technology to improve understanding.  This session will demonstrate how to incorporate using technology such as graphing calculators, Desmos, and coding in the BTC classroom.
Speakers
avatar for John Failor

John Failor

Math Teacher, Traverse City Central High School

BTC Technology Presentation BTC 2026 Failor pdf
Tuesday June 30, 2026 1:00pm - 1:55pm EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 304 177 College St, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
  Teaching, Mild

1:00pm EDT

High Tech goes Low Tech: Pairing Amplify Desmos with Building Thinking Classrooms
Tuesday June 30, 2026 1:00pm - 1:55pm EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Black Box 118
What happens when you layer two highly effective but different learning modalities? In this workshop, participants will learn how one district paired the digital Amplify Desmos Math curriculum with the effective practices from Building Thinking Classrooms to promote high engagement, deep thinking, and independence in students. Next, participants will try an interactive online lesson for themselves and use their experience to discuss how technology can enhance or hinder the 14 Practices. Participants will learn about a two-question framework for deciding when and how to use interactive online platforms with BTC and apply the framework to decide how to facilitate sample lessons. Finally, the presenters will share some practical considerations they use when coaching teachers seeking to adapt Amplify Desmos Activities to the BTC practices.
Speakers
avatar for Bob Janes

Bob Janes

Secondary Math Curriculum Supervisor, East Hartford Public Schools

High Tech Goes Low Tech Pairing the Desmos Curriculum with Building Thinking Classrooms (ATOMIC 2026, BTC 2026) pdf
BTC Conference 06 30 2026 13.54 pdf
Tuesday June 30, 2026 1:00pm - 1:55pm EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Black Box 118 177 College St, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
  Teaching; Coaching, Medium

1:00pm EDT

Designing Spaces for Thinking: Transform Your Math Classroom
Tuesday June 30, 2026 1:00pm - 1:55pm EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 236
The goal of this session is to inspire teachers, educators, and school leaders to reimagine classroom spaces in ways that foster a true thinking environment. Traditional setups often prioritize desks and chairs, but do these arrangements actually support deep engagement and collaboration? In a Building Thinking Classroom, students spend most of their time standing and working at Vertical Non-Permanent Surfaces, which raises important questions: If students are rarely seated, what purpose do tables and chairs serve? Are they essential tools for learning or potential distractions? This session will challenge assumptions about classroom design and explore how intentional space planning can transform the way students think and learn.
Speakers
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Yaron Bohbot

Teacher, William Alexander MS 51 / district 15 / NYC DOE
Tuesday June 30, 2026 1:00pm - 1:55pm EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 236 177 College St, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
  Teaching; Equity, Medium

1:00pm EDT

Formative Assessment: From Informing Teaching to Informing Learning
Tuesday June 30, 2026 1:00pm - 1:55pm EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Auditorium 115
Formative assessment has traditionally been viewed as the gathering of information that informs teaching. But what happens when we recast formative assessment as the gathering of information that informs learning? In this session, I explore how this shift changes not only the purpose of formative assessment, but also the way it is designed, implemented, and experienced by students. Participants will leave with a deeper understanding of why this shift matters and practical strategies for implementing this important BTC practice in their own classrooms.
Speakers
avatar for Peter Liljedahl
Tuesday June 30, 2026 1:00pm - 1:55pm EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Auditorium 115 177 College St, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
  Teaching; Equity

1:00pm EDT

Micromoves, Major Thinking: Launching Engagement in the K-5 Thinking Classroom
Tuesday June 30, 2026 1:00pm - 1:55pm EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 332
Do your elementary students struggle to work together, stay engaged, or even start thinking? You’re not alone! In this upbeat, hands-on session, we’ll unpack the micromoves—those small but mighty teacher actions—that turn chaos into collaboration and hesitation into engagement. Discover how to design powerful launches, set clear norms for communication, and use simple tools (like the behavior rubric and speech bubbles!) to guide productive group behavior. Walk away with practical strategies you can use tomorrow to get every student talking, thinking, and working together—one micromove at a time.
Speakers
avatar for Ashley Smith

Ashley Smith

1st Grade Teacher, Pleasant Knoll Elementary School/Fort Mill School District

Tuesday June 30, 2026 1:00pm - 1:55pm EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 332 177 College St, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
  Teaching; Equity, Mild

1:00pm EDT

Building Community Through Student Voice and Joyful Discourse in Thinking Classrooms
Tuesday June 30, 2026 1:00pm - 1:55pm EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 326
This session incorporates elements from Building Thinking Classrooms and NCTM’s 8 Effective Teaching Practices while modeling NCTM’s 5 Practices to facilitate mathematical discourse. Participants will:Connect and learn about strategies that build community while promoting thinking for deep understanding and meaningful discourse; Engage in a rich math task planned to prioritize elements of increased access to content and discourse;Reflect on actionable steps to incorporate elements of discourse while supporting student autonomy in a collaborative classroom community. Time will be divided between task engagement, debrief of facilitation, and space for reflection. We will make connections to the standards of mathematical practice by engaging in reasoning and justification while exploring how various solution strategies highlight multiple representations and mathematical relationships.
Speakers
avatar for Jessie Thiel

Jessie Thiel

Professional Learning Specialist, CPM Educational Program
Jessie Thiel is a Professional Learning Specialist with CPM Educational Program from Port Washington, WI. She has taught high school mathematics in three different states, including at Carmel Catholic High School in Mundelein, IL. During her 25 years in the classroom, she has taught... Read More →
Tuesday June 30, 2026 1:00pm - 1:55pm EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 326 177 College St, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
  Teaching; Special Populations, Medium

1:00pm EDT

Developing Number Sense in a Thinking Classroom
Tuesday June 30, 2026 1:00pm - 3:10pm EDT
Shubert Theatre - Cabaret
Algorithms are incredibly powerful mathematical tools, yet at their core, they often rely on simple, single-digit manipulations. No wonder so many students struggle with true numerical reasoning. In this session, we will move beyond rote procedure to explore strategies that build fluid, flexible mathematical thinking and number sense.
Speakers
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 →
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 →
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NH Distance vs removal docx
ratio table progression docx
Tuesday June 30, 2026 1:00pm - 3:10pm EDT
Shubert Theatre - Cabaret 247 College St, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
  BTC Team

1:00pm EDT

Slice, Slice Baby: Grade 6-8 Thin Slicing Secrets Revealed
Tuesday June 30, 2026 1:00pm - 3:10pm EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 202
What keeps students in the game instead of checking out? Come join us as we reveal the secrets behind building successful Thin Slices. The practice of sequencing tasks through carefully incremented steps may be one of the most powerful ways to build and maintain FLOW in a Thinking Classroom. There’s no such thing as a perfect thin slice, but intentional sequencing is far more connected and responsive than the fragmented way most curricula organize concepts. Thin-slicing helps students make sense of the big ideas by experiencing mathematics as connected, coherent thinking rather than isolated skills. In this session, you’ll experience thin-slicing as a learner, examine what makes it work, and begin building your own task sequences to keep every learner thinking and moving forward.
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 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 →
2026 06 30 Slice Slice Baby Attendee Version pdf
Tuesday June 30, 2026 1:00pm - 3:10pm EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 202 177 College St, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
  BTC Team

1:00pm EDT

Counted Out Film & Discussion
Tuesday June 30, 2026 1:00pm - 3:10pm EDT
Shubert Theatre - Main Theater
Join us for a special screening of Counted Out, a powerful documentary that explores how math shapes everything from economic opportunity to democracy. Don’t miss this chance to be part of an important conversation. 

View the trailer here

Tuesday June 30, 2026 1:00pm - 3:10pm EDT
Shubert Theatre - Main Theater
  Equity, Mild

1:00pm EDT

Leadership That Lifts Thinking: Coaching, Culture, and Conditions for Building Thinking Classrooms
Tuesday June 30, 2026 1:00pm - 3:10pm EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 404
Participants will leave with a clear understanding of how school and teacher leaders can create the conditions for Building Thinking Classrooms (BTC) to thrive across a school or district. They will gain: Practical leadership strategies for supporting BTC implementation schoolwide Tools for coaching teachers on thinking tasks, student discourse, and productive struggle Structures for using PLCs, walk-throughs, and collaborative planning to sustain BTC Methods for aligning BTC practices with school improvement goals, NEASC recommendations, and Portrait of a Graduate competencies Equity-centered approaches to ensure all students, especially those historically underserved, experience high-level thinking and agency
Speakers
avatar for Stephanie Lockhart

Stephanie Lockhart

Principal, Avon Public Schools
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Tuesday June 30, 2026 1:00pm - 3:10pm EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 404 177 College St, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
  Leadership, Mild

1:00pm EDT

MTSS CONNECTIONS: HIGH SCHOOL LITERACY INTERVENTION IN A BUILDING THINKING CLASSROOMS
Tuesday June 30, 2026 1:00pm - 3:10pm EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 415
The participants in this session will have access and take away a set of model lesson plans that they may wish to apply in their own schools.   This includes but is not limited to Lauren and Jo’s favorite thinking tasks/stations, digital experiences, interactive lesson designs, individual conferencing, and formative and summative assessments that have helped these two reading specialists build and utilize ELA assessment instruments that can be used to set rigorous goals for intervention students. 
Speakers
avatar for Jo Gallagher

Jo Gallagher

Reading Specialist, Wilton Public Schools


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Lauren Walker

Reading Specialist, Wilton High School
Tuesday June 30, 2026 1:00pm - 3:10pm EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 415 177 College St, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
  Special Populations; BTC outside of math, Medium

1:00pm EDT

The Power of BTC: How can BTC bring excitement to the least creative lessons in your curriculum?
Tuesday June 30, 2026 1:00pm - 3:10pm EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 405
When I talk about BTC or facilitate workshops, I often begin by engaging teachers in rich, low-floor, high ceiling tasks. As with students, beginning this way is incredibly powerful. However, in my opinion, the real power of BTC in the classroom is the way it transforms repetitive and mundane tasks. Too often, I have seen teachers lean towards only using BTC with rich tasks. I hope that participants will walk away from my session with the confidence to use BTC to enrich even the most procedural, repetitive parts of their curricula.
Speakers
avatar for Rachel Woolley

Rachel Woolley

Math Coach, NYC DOE

Tuesday June 30, 2026 1:00pm - 3:10pm EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 405 177 College St, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
  Teaching, Medium

1:00pm EDT

Thriving Thinkers: Elevating Engagement and BTC Practices to Ignite Student Ownership
Tuesday June 30, 2026 1:00pm - 3:10pm EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 406
Empowering all students as mathematical thinkers requires intentional classroom structures that foster belonging, curiosity, and ownership. In this session, we share how we are advancing equitable access to mathematics through the combined power of Building Thinking Classrooms practices (Liljedahl) and the Engagement Continuum (Berry). Together we will explore strategies and routines you can use in your classroom to strengthen community, disrupt inequitable participation patterns, spark ownership, and cultivate thriving thinking in the classroom! Join us to hear how we turned insights into action! 
Speakers
avatar for Joy Casey

Joy Casey

Instructional Coach, 27J Schools


Tuesday June 30, 2026 1:00pm - 3:10pm EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 406 177 College St, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
  Teaching; Coaching, Mild

2:15pm EDT

Book Signing w/ Peter Liljedahl
Tuesday June 30, 2026 2:15pm - 3:10pm EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Gymnasium

Speakers
avatar for Peter Liljedahl
Tuesday June 30, 2026 2:15pm - 3:10pm EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Gymnasium
  Book Signing

2:15pm EDT

Rich Problems Deserve Deep Thinking: Innovamat + BTC
Tuesday June 30, 2026 2:15pm - 3:10pm EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 239
Innovamat's Thinking Math! offers rich, carefully crafted problems. BTC gets every student thinking. Together, they create the conditions for deep mathematics. Experience Thinking Math! content through both curricular and thin-sliced lenses, then learn how to identify which approach fits a given lesson, adapt tasks using the lesson guide and logbook, and rethink lesson closings within a BTC framework. Walk away with practical tools for making intentional choices that deepen mathematics for every student. Some knowledge of Thinking Math! and the BTC Practices will be helpful.
Speakers
avatar for Nova Katz

Nova Katz

BTC Team Consultant, The American School in London
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Tuesday June 30, 2026 2:15pm - 3:10pm EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 239 177 College St, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
  BTC Team

2:15pm EDT

Small Practices, Seismic Shifts — Tiny Classroom Moves with Outsized Impact
Tuesday June 30, 2026 2:15pm - 3:10pm EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Ballet Studio 206
You've read the book. You've set up the boards. But the teachers who thrive in BTC will tell you — it's the small stuff that makes the ground shake. Come discover the tiny practices the BTC community has found make an outsized difference. You'll leave with something new to try Monday morning.
Speakers
avatar for Jared Sliger

Jared Sliger

BTC Team Consultant, Middleton School District
Jared Sliger (he/him) is a 32-year veteran educator with an emphasis in middle school mathematics. Jared has been an official Building Thinking Classrooms team member and facilitator since 2022, leading training for teachers and leaders across the K-12 spectrum, both in districts... Read More →
Remove Friction Jared Sliger pptx
Tuesday June 30, 2026 2:15pm - 3:10pm EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Ballet Studio 206 177 College St, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
  BTC Team

2:15pm EDT

Coaching That Builds Thinking Classrooms: Using Thin-Sliced Tasks to Support Teacher Concept Development and Student Understanding
Tuesday June 30, 2026 2:15pm - 3:10pm EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 240
Instructional coaches will leave with: A deeper understanding of thin slicing as a lever for both teacher and student development, A model thin-sliced task sequence that can be used in coaching, Practical strategies for modeling and supporting effective task design, Tools for using thin slicing to help teachers visualize concept progression and refine instructional decisions, Increased capacity to integrate Thinking Classroom practices into professional learning structures
Speakers
avatar for Elena Mayorga

Elena Mayorga

Math Coach, East Haven Public Schools

Tuesday June 30, 2026 2:15pm - 3:10pm EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 240 177 College St, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
  Coaching, Medium

2:15pm EDT

MTSS in Elementary Mathematics: A Case Study
Tuesday June 30, 2026 2:15pm - 3:10pm EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Lecture Hall 111
ALL means ALL. How are you ensuring mathematics learning for ALL students? How do you implement an MTSS system that desilos education and strengthens all tiers of learning? What data drives your instruction? In this session participants will learn the research behind effective mathematics MTSS systems, dive into a case study, and make plans for their first steps back in their buildings to ensure high levels of mathematics education for all.
Speakers
avatar for Amanda Jagentenfl

Amanda Jagentenfl

Owner/Math Specialist, Mathematical Minds LLC
I have a passion for teaching mathematics so ALL children understand. I work closely with teachers, coaching them on best practices, and helping them to discover their strengths in teaching mathematics. I am a NH Certified K-6 Math Specialist, OGAP Additive Facilitator, owner of Mathematical... Read More →
Tuesday June 30, 2026 2:15pm - 3:10pm EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Lecture Hall 111 177 College St, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
  Coaching; Teaching, Mild

2:15pm EDT

Inspire & Engage: Building Better Classrooms Together
Tuesday June 30, 2026 2:15pm - 3:10pm EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 301
This session equips instructional coaches and administrators with practical strategies to implement Building Thinking Classrooms (BTC) across their schools. Participants will explore leadership moves that support teacher buy-in, model key BTC practices, and create conditions for active, student-centered learning in every content area—including multi-language and co-teach settings. Attendees will engage in hands-on activities and leave with actionable tools, and an implementation roadmap for fostering a schoolwide culture of thinking and collaboration.
Speakers
avatar for Eleanor Pusey

Eleanor Pusey

High School Math Learning Specialist, Horry County Schools


avatar for Tonya Kram

Tonya Kram

Instructional Coach, Horry County Schools
BTCC26 Conference Presentation Kram & Pusey pdf
Tuesday June 30, 2026 2:15pm - 3:10pm EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 301 177 College St, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
  Leadership

2:15pm EDT

Setting the Conditions for Thinking Classrooms: The Work of School Leaders
Tuesday June 30, 2026 2:15pm - 3:10pm EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 330
Particpants will understand that school leaders contribute to the success of classroom instruction when they establish routines, structures, and conditions that support teacher practice.
Speakers
KM
Tuesday June 30, 2026 2:15pm - 3:10pm EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 330 177 College St, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
  Leadership, Mild

2:15pm EDT

Cultivating a District-Wide BTC Ecosystem through Collaboration and Culture
Tuesday June 30, 2026 2:15pm - 3:10pm EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 329
Participants will leave with a framework for scaling Building Thinking Classrooms from isolated pockets of success to a district-wide standard of excellence.Essential Understanding 1: The sustainable success of BTC relies not just on the pedagogy, but on the support structures—specifically Learning Walks and PLCs—that empower teachers to take risks.Essential Understanding 2: True impact occurs when strong curriculum intersects with powerful BTC pedagogy and teacher autonomy.Essential Understanding 3: Data-driven evidence proves that "Excellence for All" is achievable through heterogeneous grouping and systemic belief in student capacity.
Speakers
avatar for Dan Hedberg

Dan Hedberg

Director of Secondary Education, Bethel School District
Tuesday June 30, 2026 2:15pm - 3:10pm EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 329 177 College St, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
  Leadership; Coaching, Medium

2:15pm EDT

Leading for Thinking Classrooms: Creating the Conditions for Thinking to Flourish
Tuesday June 30, 2026 2:15pm - 3:10pm EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 302
Building Thinking Classrooms (BTC) has transformed how teachers design and facilitate learning, helping students move from passive compliance to active engagement and deep understanding. However, sustaining BTC practices requires more than individual teacher effort—it demands leadership vision, structures, and culture that support experimentation, collaboration, and professional growth. This workshop is designed for school and district leaders who want to understand the leadership moves that make BTC sustainable and scalable. Participants will explore how to create the conditions where teachers feel supported to take risks, learn from one another, and continually refine their practice in service of student thinking by analyzing the model used by the presenters. Participants will also be given an opportunity to share their suggestions and struggles with implementing adaptive changes of this nature.
Speakers
avatar for Paige Ribaudo-Smith

Paige Ribaudo-Smith

Learning Experience Designer K-6 Math/Science, Topsfield Elementary Schools, Massachusetts


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Lynne Strobl

Grade 6 Teacher, Proctor School, Topsfield, MA
Link to Google Drive Shared Folder pdf
Tuesday June 30, 2026 2:15pm - 3:10pm EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 302 177 College St, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
  Leadership; Teaching, Medium

2:15pm EDT

BTC for ADHD: Building Thinking Classrooms for Students Like Me
Tuesday June 30, 2026 2:15pm - 3:10pm EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Ballet Studio 209
The presenters for this session see very strong connections between the accommodations for ADHD and BTC practices. So we hope to convey to participants how they can accomplish both goals at the same time. So we see these outcomes for our participants. An updated understanding of neurodiversity,Insight into how the implementation of BTC practices can create a more supportive environment for students with ADHD, andA list of action steps that they can take when they return to their classroom that will improve students’ lives immediately.
Speakers
avatar for Misty Nikula

Misty Nikula

Professional Learning Program Manager, CPM Educational Program
I taught Middle School math and science for 15 years in Bellingham, WA. Now I teach math teachers - facilitating workshops and coaching for CPM and work as the Program Manager for the Professional Learning Department. I am the Program Chair for the CPM Teacher Conference and I live... Read More →
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Daniel Henderson

Curriculum Writer/Editor, CPM Educational Program

Tuesday June 30, 2026 2:15pm - 3:10pm EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Ballet Studio 209 177 College St, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
  Special Populations, Medium

2:15pm EDT

Demystifying BTC Style Assessment and Grading
Tuesday June 30, 2026 2:15pm - 3:10pm EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Auditorium 115
BTC style assessment and grading is the fourteenth and final BTC practice. It is one that many teachers find implementation to be difficult, confusing, or overwhelming. As I am in my fourth full year of implementing BTC style grading as outlined in chapter 14, I will discuss how, when, and where I collect grading data and how I implemented it in my school’s Learning Management System, which is designed more for traditional style grading. I hope that by demystifying BTC style grading, participants will leave with a better understanding of ways to gather BTC grade data and develop a sense of how this can work in practice.
Speakers
avatar for Donald Newman

Donald Newman

Middle School Math Teacher; 8th Grade Dean, The Boys' Latin School of Maryland
I teach algebra at an all boys K-12 college prep school in Baltimore, Maryland. I've been teaching with BTC for five year, and I'm one of the admins of the Building Thinking Classrooms Facebook group.
BTCC Presentation 6 30 26 pptx
Unit 7 Rubric standards definitions pdf
Student Self Assessment Rubric Unit 7 pdf
Unit 7 Grading Rubric pdf
Quiz on 7 4, 7 5, and 7 6 pdf
Algebra 1 Quiz Retake Form pdf
Gradebook screenshot jpg
Tuesday June 30, 2026 2:15pm - 3:10pm EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Auditorium 115 177 College St, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
  Teaching

2:15pm EDT

Happy Hacks for Math Class: Encouraging Mathematical Well-Being in Thinking Classrooms
Tuesday June 30, 2026 2:15pm - 3:10pm EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 326
We hope that through this session, participants will learn ways to foster mathematical well-being in thinking classrooms. We will share simple interventions, which we call “happyhacks”, that teachers can easily integrate into their classroom to promote students’ well-beingin math. We will engage our participants in these happy hacks and also share research from a5th and 6th grade classroom showing the effects of the interventions on student well-being.
Speakers
avatar for Mindy Green

Mindy Green

Teacher, Revere School

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Erin Rich

Clinical assistant professor, Indiana University
Tuesday June 30, 2026 2:15pm - 3:10pm EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 326 177 College St, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
  Teaching, Mild

2:15pm EDT

Sticking to the Keys - Practices that Unlock Student Thinking
Tuesday June 30, 2026 2:15pm - 3:10pm EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 332
Conference participants will leave with: a. A clear understanding of the key moves in designing and facilitating a BTC lesson.b. Practical strategies for effective monitoring and questioning that deepen thinking.c. A framework for structuring consolidation that honors student voice and amplifies learning.d. Renewed confidence to lead students toward independence and intellectual risk-taking.
Speakers
avatar for Brendan Scribner

Brendan Scribner

Math Consultant, Scrib Mather, LLC.
With over 30 years in math education, I am passionate about designing meaningful professional learning that empowers educators to help students think critically, reason deeply, and communicate with confidence. I bring the practices of Building Thinking Classrooms into every space... Read More →
Tuesday June 30, 2026 2:15pm - 3:10pm EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 332 177 College St, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
  Teaching, Mild

2:15pm EDT

Thin-slicing Lab: Creating thinking sequences
Tuesday June 30, 2026 2:15pm - 3:10pm EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 303
Participants will get an overview of creating thin-sliced sequences, see some examples of how making small changes can help students grasp key concepts, particularly when going from different levels (Type 1, Type 2, and Type 3) questions. Finally, participants will applying these concepts by developing or refine thin-slicing sequences of their choosing. Participants are encouraged to bring their own example problems for which they would like to develop or improve thin-sliced sequences.
Speakers
avatar for Nathan Woodward

Nathan Woodward

Secondary Math Teacher, Katherine Johnson Middle School / San Juan Unified School District
BTC Practitioner for 5 years.  Talk to me about how to Thin-Slice anything. [email protected] Find me on the Btc Facebook group!
ThinSlicingLab pptx
Tuesday June 30, 2026 2:15pm - 3:10pm EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 303 177 College St, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
  Teaching, Spicy

2:15pm EDT

Tips and Tricks to Enrich and BTC-ify Any Activity
Tuesday June 30, 2026 2:15pm - 3:10pm EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Black Box 118
How can I adapt a task that will work with my favorite BTC strategies? Join us to discover how to successfully turn an activity from your existing curriculum into a BTC thinking task! Leave with experiences that will help you adapt divergent thinking rich tasks as well as convergent thin-slicing tasks.
Speakers
avatar for Jackie Murawska

Jackie Murawska

Math Success Manager, Innovamat Education
Hi there! Jackie Murawska is a Math Success Manager at Innovamat Education in Chicago. She earned her EdD in Curriculum Leadership, Cognate in Mathematics, from Northern Illinois University. She is an author, speaker, and a past president of the Illinois Council of Teachers of Mathematics... Read More →
AV
Tuesday June 30, 2026 2:15pm - 3:10pm EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Black Box 118 177 College St, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
  Teaching; Coaching

2:15pm EDT

Mapping Math Success: A Student-Centered Navigation Tool
Tuesday June 30, 2026 2:15pm - 3:10pm EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 327
This session offers practical tips on developing and implementing student navigation tools which are visual unit roadmaps that map specific learning objectives to concrete examples of basic, intermediate, and advanced problems. By clearly defining the progression of mastery, the tool empowers students to track their own proficiency and take active ownership of their learning journey. They bring clarity to learning objectives and assessment pathways within a middle or high school mathematics environment. We will demonstrate their versatile applications in the thinking classroom: as a roadmap for daily objectives, as a powerful self-assessment and reflection tool for student ownership, and as a review and formative assessment aid for targeted feedback. Participants will walk through a collaborative, iterative process for designing these tools, which feature explicit, leveled example problems. Attendees will leave with the specific process necessary to start creating their own navigation tools and a clear understanding of how this approach promotes engagement, builds confidence, fosters student autonomy, and offers a scalable strategy for district-wide coordination.
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Leigh Lessard

Mathematics Teacher and UConn MTL Noyce Fellow, Pathways Academy of Technology & Design, Hartford Public Schools, Hartford, CT

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Chloe Kozlowski

Student Intern, Pathways Academy of Technology and Design
Tuesday June 30, 2026 2:15pm - 3:10pm EDT
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 327 177 College St, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
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Conference Closing Keynote w/ Peter Liljedahl: Beyond Thinking: The Broader Impact of Building Thinking Classrooms
Tuesday June 30, 2026 3:30pm - 5:00pm EDT
Shubert Theatre - Main Theater
Building Thinking Classrooms (BTC) is about getting students to think. And it does. But what else does it do? In this talk, I explore the downstream effects of BTC on professional learning communities, teacher and student affect, classroom culture, and—wait for it—student performance (GASP!). Drawing on emerging research and stories from classrooms around the world, this session looks beyond the practices themselves to examine what happens when thinking becomes the norm.
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Tuesday June 30, 2026 3:30pm - 5:00pm EDT
Shubert Theatre - Main Theater
 

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