Building Thinking Classrooms Conference 2026

Building Thinking Classrooms Conference 2026

Heather Staudohar

Aprende Middle School/Kyrene School District

Math Teacher

Chandler, AZ

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About me

I just completed my 30th year of teaching; 23 years in AZ teaching 6th & 7th grade math. I went to my first BTC Conference in Washington last year and am excited to attend this year's conference in Connecticut. I want to build on my prior knowledge and experience with BTC in my classroom and really learn how to use BTC with all math concepts. I can't wait to meet new people and connect with the friends I made last year!

9:35am EDT

Begin with Behavior: You Don't Have Time NOT to Build It Shubert Theatre - Cabaret Building a Culture of Flexibility, Grit, and Belief Through Rich Problem Solving and Thinking Classrooms Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 406 The Magic Before the Math: Building Thinking Classroom Culture Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 326 Building Better Behaviors: Conversation and Collaboration on Classroom Management Strategies Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 301 Landing the Plane: Consolidating a BTC Lesson by Centering the Discussion of Student Work Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 330

10:50am EDT

Consolidating Thick Slices: Making Rich Problems Stick Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 240

11:50am EDT

Lunch - Day 1 Omni New Haven Hotel at Yale - Ballroom 2nd Floor

1:20pm EDT

A Case for Ditching Slides in your Thinking Classroom Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 329 The Goldilocks Zone of Teaching: 'Just Right' Direct Instruction in BTC Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 304 Centering Student Voice Through Self-Correction Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 327 Creating Manipulative Based Thinking Tasks in the Thinking Classroom Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 328 Inventing Arithmetic: Re-Engagement, Reasoning, and Confidence Through BTC Tasks Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 415

2:35pm EDT

The Nonsense of Numbers Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Lecture Hall 111 Using BTC when Students have Unfinished Learning: Situating Mathematics in Contexts Worth Exploring Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 329 3 Listens: Revisioning the Three Reads Routine for Word Problems Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 239

7:15am EDT

Breakfast - Day 2 Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Cafeteria

8:00am EDT

Less Helping, More Thinking: Teacher Moves That Build Confident Problem Solvers Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 239 How to Build a Community of Mathematical Thinkers in the Classroom Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 301 Seeing and Being Seen in Math Class Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Auditorium 115

9:15am EDT

Okay, I Built the Thinking Classroom...Now What? Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 303 Get Your Think On: Exploring Tasks in a Thinking Classroom Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 327 Lights, Camera, Action: Real Students, Real Thinking, Real Classrooms Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Lecture Hall 111 Making Thinking Visible: The BTC Note-Making Routine Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Black Box 118

10:30am EDT

Square Pegs in Round Holes: 10 ways to make BTC get along with your curriculum resources...even Desmos! Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 240

11:55am EDT

Lunch - Day 2 Omni New Haven Hotel at Yale - Ballroom 2nd Floor

1:00pm EDT

Becoming the BTC Teacher You Want to Be Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 239 Selling the Shift: Building Trust and Shared Purpose in a Thinking Classroom Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Lecture Hall 111 Using Building Thinking Classrooms to Promote Communication, Collaboration & Thoughtful Reflection Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 302

2:15pm EDT

Rich Problems Deserve Deep Thinking: Innovamat + BTC Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 239 Happy Hacks for Math Class: Encouraging Mathematical Well-Being in Thinking Classrooms Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 326 Sticking to the Keys - Practices that Unlock Student Thinking Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School - Room 332