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Math Teacher Leadership w/ Peter & the Noyce Fellows! 9:35am - 10:30am

From Thinking to Learning: Consolidation in the Thinking C... 1:20pm - 2:15pm

Homework vs. Check-Your-Understanding Questions: Why Stude... 2:35pm - 3:30pm

Problem Solving with Noyce Fellows: Thin slice on permutat... 10:50am - 11:45am

Problem Solving with Noyce Fellows: Traffic Jam Curricular... 1:20pm - 2:15pm

Problem Solving with Noyce Fellows: Curricular Thinking Ta... 2:35pm - 3:30pm

Problem Solving with Noyce Fellows: Curricular Thin Slice... 10:50am - 11:45am

Problem Solving with Noyce Fellows: Probability with the L... 1:20pm - 2:15pm

Problem Solving with Noyce Fellows: Multiplying like Rabbi... 2:35pm - 3:30pm

Rewriting Math Stories: Engaging Families in the Work of Thinking Classrooms 9:35am - 11:45am

Before Studenting: Building Thinking Classrooms with Our Youngest Learners 1:20pm - 3:30pm

Breakfast - Day 1 7:15am - 8:00am

Book Signing w/ Peter Liljedahl 10:50am - 12:00pm

Book Signing w/ Kyle Webb 1:20pm - 2:15pm

Book Signing w/ Rydell Harrison & Isobel Stevenson 2:35pm - 3:30pm

Integrating Technology in a 6-12 Thinking Classroom 9:35am - 11:45am

Grading for Growth: How we Grade in a Thinking Classroom 1:20pm - 2:15pm

The Nonsense of Numbers 2:35pm - 3:30pm

Registration 7:15am - 8:30am

Beyond Math: BTC Structures for ELA and Other Content Areas 9:35am - 11:45am

Your First Day of BTC—Even if It’s the Middle of the Year 1:20pm - 3:30pm

Navigating Student Data with Ease 9:35am - 10:30am

Leveraging Building Thinking Classrooms to Coach for Instr... 10:50am - 11:45am

From One Classroom to Many: Supporting Teachers with Syste... 2:35pm - 3:30pm

BTC in Motion: Designing a Classroom That Thinks 9:35am - 10:30am

Achievement First Hiring Workshop: Resume, Interviews, and... 10:50am - 11:45am

Strengthening Growth Through Coaching Conversations 9:35am - 10:30am

Coaching into the Closing: Assisting Teachers with Making... 10:50am - 11:45am

Getting Messy with Subtraction: Making Connections Across... 1:20pm - 2:15pm

3 Listens: Revisioning the Three Reads Routine for Word Pr... 2:35pm - 3:30pm

Math Vocabulary in BTC: Experience First, Formalize Later 9:35am - 10:30am

Consolidating Thick Slices: Making Rich Problems Stick 10:50am - 11:45am

Building Collaborative Learning Communities Across Grades... 2:35pm - 3:30pm

Building Better Behaviors: Conversation and Collaboration... 9:35am - 10:30am

Thinking Beyond the Subject 10:50am - 11:45am

Thinking Bigger: Building a Statewide Teacher Support Netw... 1:20pm - 2:15pm

My Math, My Story: Amplifying Confidence, Identity, and Be... 2:35pm - 3:30pm

Techniques for Thin-Slicing Building Thinking Classroom Tasks 9:35am - 11:45am

Ready, Set, Launch! 1:20pm - 2:15pm

Revealing The Thinking 6-12 2:35pm - 3:30pm

The integral role school and district leaders play in shif... 9:35am - 10:30am

Cultivating the Conditions: Leadership for Sustainable Thi... 10:50am - 11:45am

Metacognition, Identity, and Reflection in a Thinking Clas... 1:20pm - 2:15pm

Breaking Barriers at the Board: Adapting Curriculum for In... 2:35pm - 3:30pm

The 'A-ha!' Huddle: Where Thinking Classrooms Meet Small G... 9:35am - 10:30am

Building Independence through BTC Structures for ALL stude... 10:50am - 11:45am

The Goldilocks Zone of Teaching: 'Just Right' Direct Instr... 1:20pm - 2:15pm

BTC for Multilingual Learners: Increase Access, Preserve R... 2:35pm - 3:30pm

The Magic Before the Math: Building Thinking Classroom Cul... 9:35am - 10:30am

Crafting Consolidation and Closure in a Secondary Thinking... 10:50am - 11:45am

Equitable Engagement: How BTC strengthens learning in the... 1:20pm - 2:15pm

Equity in Action: Layering Building Thinking Classrooms fo... 2:35pm - 3:30pm

Picture this: Launching Math and Literacy Tasks with Pictu... 9:35am - 10:30am

Building and Maintaining A Classroom Community To Promote... 10:50am - 11:45am

Centering Student Voice Through Self-Correction 1:20pm - 2:15pm

Teachers Leading the Work: A Districtwide Approach to Buil... 2:35pm - 3:30pm

Magma & BTC: Replaying Student Work to Reveal Brilliance a... 9:35am - 10:30am

Designing a Schoolwide BTC Approach: Tasks, Tools, and Tea... 10:50am - 11:45am

Creating Manipulative Based Thinking Tasks in the Thinking... 1:20pm - 2:15pm

Redefining Student Status in the Mathematics Classroom thr... 2:35pm - 3:30pm

Courageous Conversations in a Thinking Classroom 9:35am - 10:30am

Creating Access to Rigorous Mathematics for Emerging Multi... 10:50am - 11:45am

Using BTC when Students have Unfinished Learning: Situatin... 2:35pm - 3:30pm

Landing the Plane: Consolidating a BTC Lesson by Centering the Discussion of Student Work 9:35am - 11:45am

Who Is a Math Person? Enriching Building Thinking Classroo... 1:20pm - 2:15pm

Making IM Work in a Thinking Classroom: Using Illustrative... 2:35pm - 3:30pm

Thinking Classrooms in Action: Engage, Analyze, and Strengthen a Five-Part Workshop Series 9:35am - 11:45am

Building the Thinking Not Just the Classroom 1:20pm - 3:30pm

BTC-ing is Believing: How Peer Observation Deepens Thinking Classroom Practice 9:35am - 11:45am

The Cross-Curricular Thinking Classroom 1:20pm - 3:30pm

The Proof Is in the Practice: Geometry as the Ultimate Thinking Classroom 9:35am - 11:45am

Catalyzing Thinking and Equity through Justice-Centered Phenomena and Partnerships 1:20pm - 3:30pm

Building a Culture of Flexibility, Grit, and Belief Through Rich Problem Solving and Thinking Classrooms 9:35am - 11:45am

Small Tasks, Big Thinking: Exploring Thin Slicing in a Building Thinking Classroom 1:20pm - 3:30pm

Building Translanguaging Classrooms: 14-ish Practices for Enhancing Languaging in Mathematics Classrooms 9:35am - 11:45am

Inventing Arithmetic: Re-Engagement, Reasoning, and Confidence Through BTC Tasks 1:20pm - 3:30pm

Lunch - Day 1 11:50am - 1:00pm

Begin with Behavior: You Don't Have Time NOT to Build It 9:35am - 11:45am

From Observation to Partnership: Supporting BTC Teachers Through Student-Centered Coaching 1:20pm - 3:30pm

Conference Opening Keynote w/ Rydell Harrison 8:15am - 9:15am

Counted Out Film & Discussion 9:35am - 11:45am

Counted Out Film & Discussion 1:20pm - 3:30pm

Panel Discussion: BTC as an Inclusionary Practice 3:55pm - 5:00pm

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Seeing and Being Seen in Math Class 8:00am - 8:55am

From Shakespeare to Genetics: BTC Across the Curriculum 9:15am - 10:10am

New Light Through an Old Window: Looking at the Foundation... 10:30am - 11:25am

Formative Assessment: From Informing Teaching to Informing... 1:00pm - 1:55pm

Demystifying BTC Style Assessment and Grading 2:15pm - 3:10pm

Problem Solving with Noyce Fellows: Investment Growth with... 8:00am - 8:55am

Problem Solving with Noyce Fellows: Pattern Inquiry Cubes 9:15am - 10:10am

Problem Solving with Noyce Fellows: Z-Score Thin Slicing 10:30am - 11:25am

Small Practices, Seismic Shifts — Tiny Classroom Moves wit... 1:00pm - 1:55pm

Small Practices, Seismic Shifts — Tiny Classroom Moves wit... 2:15pm - 3:10pm

Problem Solving with Noyce Fellows: Graphs of Rational Fun... 8:00am - 8:55am

Problem Solving with Noyce Fellows: Decoding Binary Code 9:15am - 10:10am

Problem Solving with Noyce Fellows: Carpet Squares 1:00pm - 1:55pm

BTC for ADHD: Building Thinking Classrooms for Students Li... 2:15pm - 3:10pm

Leading Thinking Classrooms: Steps to rolling out BTC with... 8:00am - 8:55am

Making Thinking Visible: The BTC Note-Making Routine 9:15am - 10:10am

Building Thinking Systems: Scaling BTC from One Classroom... 10:30am - 11:25am

High Tech goes Low Tech: Pairing Amplify Desmos with Build... 1:00pm - 1:55pm

Tips and Tricks to Enrich and BTC-ify Any Activity 2:15pm - 3:10pm

Breakfast - Day 2 7:15am - 8:30am

Book Signing: Tom Nobili, Isobel Stevenson, & Andrew Volke... 8:00am - 8:55am

Book Signing w/ Chase Orton 9:15am - 10:10am

Book Signing w/ Maegan Giroux & Kim Rimbey 10:30am - 11:25am

Book Signing w/ Georgina Rivera 1:00pm - 1:55pm

Book Signing w/ Peter Liljedahl 2:15pm - 3:10pm

Slow is Smooth and Smooth is Fast: Building Momentum towar... 8:00am - 8:55am

Lights, Camera, Action: Real Students, Real Thinking, Real... 9:15am - 10:10am

Beyond Tasks: Making Self-Evaluation Work in a Thinking Cl... 10:30am - 11:25am

Selling the Shift: Building Trust and Shared Purpose in a... 1:00pm - 1:55pm

MTSS in Elementary Mathematics: A Case Study 2:15pm - 3:10pm

Thinking Tasks for Little Learners: Building Mathematical Thinking in PK-2 8:00am - 10:10am

Adapting Building Thinking Classrooms to a Block Schedule 10:30am - 11:25am

Slice, Slice Baby: Grade 6-8 Thin Slicing Secrets Revealed 1:00pm - 3:10pm

Like it, Love it, Gotta Have it: Set Your Sub Up For Succe... 8:00am - 8:55am

Integrating Technology in a 6-12 Thinking Classroom 9:15am - 10:10am

Integrating Technology in a 6-12 Thinking Classroom 10:30am - 11:25am

Designing Spaces for Thinking: Transform Your Math Classro... 1:00pm - 1:55pm

Subtraction is the Achilles Heel, But It Doesn't Have To B... 8:00am - 8:55am

Helping Families Understand BTC: From Deficit Protection t... 9:15am - 10:10am

Beyond Skip Counting: Developing Multiplicative Reasoning 10:30am - 11:25am

Less Helping, More Thinking: Teacher Moves That Build Conf... 8:00am - 8:55am

Where Am I in My Learning?: Cultivating Student Responsibility Through Navigation Tools and Student-Led Data 9:15am - 11:25am

Becoming the BTC Teacher You Want to Be 1:00pm - 1:55pm

Rich Problems Deserve Deep Thinking: Innovamat + BTC 2:15pm - 3:10pm

BTC Beyond the Math Classroom 8:00am - 8:55am

Let's Have Some Fun! Blending BTC with IM 9:15am - 10:10am

Square Pegs in Round Holes: 10 ways to make BTC get along... 10:30am - 11:25am

Bite-Sized BTC: A Tweak a Week Toolkit for Instructional L... 1:00pm - 1:55pm

Coaching That Builds Thinking Classrooms: Using Thin-Slice... 2:15pm - 3:10pm

How to Build a Community of Mathematical Thinkers in the C... 8:00am - 8:55am

Building Joyful Classroom: Implementing BTC in K-2 9:15am - 10:10am

Small Groups, Big Thinking: BTC in Intervention Settings 10:30am - 11:25am

Seeing Kaden: The BTC Practices That Helped a Silent Think... 1:00pm - 1:55pm

Inspire & Engage: Building Better Classrooms Together 2:15pm - 3:10pm

Natural Habitats - BTC in the Science Classrooms 8:00am - 8:55am

Igniting the Spark: A Differentiated Approach for Building... 9:15am - 10:10am

BTC in Inclusion Classrooms 10:30am - 11:25am

Using Building Thinking Classrooms to Promote Communicatio... 1:00pm - 1:55pm

Leading for Thinking Classrooms: Creating the Conditions f... 2:15pm - 3:10pm

Empowering All Students Using Your Adopted Curriculum and... 8:00am - 8:55am

Okay, I Built the Thinking Classroom...Now What? 9:15am - 10:10am

Building a Social Studies Thinking Classroom 10:30am - 11:25am

Building a Culture of Learning 1:00pm - 1:55pm

Thin-slicing Lab: Creating thinking sequences 2:15pm - 3:10pm

Roots Before Results: Cultivating the Conditions for Authe... 8:00am - 8:55am

How We Lead for Thinking Classrooms 9:15am - 10:10am

Integrating BTC with District Requirements & Recommended C... 10:30am - 11:25am

Using Technology in the BTC Classroom 1:00pm - 1:55pm

Creating the Conditions for Thinking Classrooms: A Cross-D... 8:00am - 8:55am

Lighting the Fuse: Coaching Approaches That Ignite BTC Mom... 9:15am - 10:10am

Lighting the Way: Growing Thinking Classrooms from a Singl... 10:30am - 11:25am

Building Community Through Student Voice and Joyful Discou... 1:00pm - 1:55pm

Happy Hacks for Math Class: Encouraging Mathematical Well-... 2:15pm - 3:10pm

Using BTC in the AP Calculus Classroom 8:00am - 8:55am

Get Your Think On: Exploring Tasks in a Thinking Classroom 9:15am - 10:10am

Avoiding Implementation Burnout: How to Thrive as an Educa... 10:30am - 11:25am

Evaluate What You Value: Building Competencies with Behavi... 1:00pm - 1:55pm

Mapping Math Success: A Student-Centered Navigation Tool 2:15pm - 3:10pm

Coaching That Builds Thinking Classrooms: Using Thin-Slice... 8:00am - 8:55am

Leading the Way: Fostering and Sustaining Building Thinkin... 9:15am - 10:10am

Reimagining Math Intervention Through Building Thinking Cl... 10:30am - 11:25am

Stand, Choose, Retain: Using Vertical Menus & Spaced Retri... 1:00pm - 1:55pm

Stick the Landing: Consolidation, Guided Notes, and CYU Th... 8:00am - 8:55am

Implementing a Thinking Classroom K-2 9:15am - 10:10am

Coaching for Thinking Classrooms: Scaling Success Across a... 10:30am - 11:25am

Bridging the Gap: A Practical Continuum for Supporting Tea... 1:00pm - 1:55pm

Cultivating a District-Wide BTC Ecosystem through Collabor... 2:15pm - 3:10pm

Teaching Precalculus Through the Toolkit Functions: A Thinking Classroom Approach 8:00am - 10:10am

Building a Thinking District: Structures and Supports for... 10:30am - 11:25am

Setting the Conditions for Thinking Classrooms: The Work o... 2:15pm - 3:10pm

Centering Teachers as Learners: Leveraging the BTC Framework for Effective Professional Development 8:00am - 10:10am

How do I know what I know? Consolidating and Mapping Learn... 10:30am - 11:25am

Micromoves, Major Thinking: Launching Engagement in the K-... 1:00pm - 1:55pm

Sticking to the Keys - Practices that Unlock Student Think... 2:15pm - 3:10pm

Think BTC isn’t sustainable in the classroom? Think again. How a geometry teacher taught all the state standards with BTC. 8:00am - 10:10am

BTC Meets NGSS: Leveraging Practices to Promote Student Th... 10:30am - 11:25am

Leadership That Lifts Thinking: Coaching, Culture, and Conditions for Building Thinking Classrooms 1:00pm - 3:10pm

Integrating Basic Fact Fluency Practice in a Thinking Classroom 8:00am - 10:10am

The Power of BTC: How can BTC bring excitement to the least creative lessons in your curriculum? 1:00pm - 3:10pm

When Students Drive the Thinking: Figuring Out a Phenomenon Using BTC + NGSS 8:00am - 10:10am

BTC & Learning Differences: Goes Together Like PB&J 10:30am - 11:25am

Thriving Thinkers: Elevating Engagement and BTC Practices to Ignite Student Ownership 1:00pm - 3:10pm

Building Thinking Classrooms Using Data Science Concepts: A Collaborative Approach to K–12 Education 8:00am - 10:10am

Revealing The Thinking K-5 10:30am - 11:25am

MTSS CONNECTIONS: HIGH SCHOOL LITERACY INTERVENTION IN A BUILDING THINKING CLASSROOMS 1:00pm - 3:10pm

Lunch - Day 2 11:55am - 12:55pm

Experiences Before Explanations: Turning Science Lessons into Thinking and Writing Powerhouses 8:00am - 10:10am

Strengthening Collaboration and Perseverance with SEL Prac... 10:30am - 11:25am

Developing Number Sense in a Thinking Classroom 1:00pm - 3:10pm

Counted Out Film & Discussion 8:00am - 10:10am

Counted Out Film & Discussion 1:00pm - 3:10pm

Conference Closing Keynote w/ Peter Liljedahl: Beyond Thinking: The Broader Impact of Building T... 3:30pm - 5:00pm

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