2025 MidSchoolMath National Conference

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Session sign-up for registered attendees will open in January of 2025; registered attendees will be notified by email when you have the ability to log in and sign up for sessions.

Agenda is subject to change.

12:00pm MST

Pre-Conference Workshop: Check-in Lobby

1:00pm MST

Pre-Conference Workshop: The 14 Practices from Building Thinking Classrooms in Action Sweeney B

3:30pm MST

Early Check-in Lobby

7:15am MST

Arrivals, Check-ins and Breakfast Snacks Lobby

8:00am MST

Mainstage: Opening Session Ballroom (Sweeney E/F)

9:45am MST

Transition to Breakout Sessions Lobby & Main Hallway

10:00am MST

Creating Classroom Culture: Eliminate the Chaos TBA Moving from "Do Now" to "Think Now": Leveraging Tools and Strategies to Achieve Specific Engagement TBA Start the Conversation: Using Unexpected Information to Get Students Talking TBA Ten Clear, Common-sense Answers to the Challenge of Higher Math Achievement TBA Developing Deep Proportional Reasoning in Every Student TBA The Transformative Power of Inquiry TBA Tiered Assessments: Creating Opportunities for Students to Exceed Our Expectations TBA

11:15am MST

Lunch on Your Own Downtown Santa Fe

12:30pm MST

Building Student Thinking Through Creative Questioning TBA Language Tools for Math TBA Math Vocabulary for Algebra Success TBA Empowering Thinkers, Not Reflectors: A Leadership Approach to Cultivating Independent Thought in the Thinking Classroom TBA Going Deep With Integer Addition: From Observing Patterns to Proving Generalizations TBA Problem Solving & Puzzling it Out: Highlights from Ten Years of Presentations at the MidSchoolMath National Conference TBA Student Agency and Ownership with QFT TBA

1:45pm MST

Transition to Next Session Lobby & Main Hallway

2:00pm MST

Cultivate Student Brilliance: Embracing Pattern Generalization and Exception-finding in a Thinking Classroom TBA Look Inside Core Curriculum by MidSchoolMath TBA To Get Our Students Talking, Let’s Focus on Our Questions! TBA What to do when Students Struggle with Problem-Solving Based Math? TBA Beyond Base 10: Deepening Students' Understanding Through Exploring Number Systems TBA Math Anxiety Affects Accelerated Learners Too: How to Reframe the Struggle and Rebuild a Student's Math Identity TBA Note Taking vs. Note Making: The Impact of Visual Notes and Identity TBA

2:45pm MST

Snack Break Lobby & Main Hallway

3:05pm MST

Anchoring Connections: Meaningful Math Tasks TBA Showcase: Ideas from the The MidSchoolMath Certified Teacher Cohort TBA Knock knock! Who is there? MLRs! MLRs who? Mathematical Language Routines TBA The Power of a Sheltered Story: How to Create a Language Rich Math Classroom TBA Amplifying Voices: Centering Black Female Students in Middle School Math through Equity-Driven Practices TBA Tangrams: Geometric Puzzles Revealed! TBA Providing (non-AI) Feedback That Goes Beyond “You should already know how to do this.” TBA

4:20pm MST

Transition to Next Session Lobby & Main Hallway

4:30pm MST

Mainstage Presenter: Howie Hua Ballroom (Sweeney E/F)

5:15pm MST

Happy Hour with MidSchoolMath Lobby & Main Hallway

7:30am MST

Arrivals and Breakfast Snacks Lobby & Main Hallway

8:00am MST

Keynote Presentation: Building Thinking Classrooms with Peter Liljedah Ballroom (Sweeney E/F)

9:20am MST

Transition to Next Session Lobby & Main Hallway

9:35am MST

Captivating Practice - Practice Printable Ideas TBA Choreographed Collaboration: Teaching students effective collaboration routines TBA Look Inside Core Curriculum by MidSchoolMath TBA Miles of Math Language on the Tongue TBA The Write Stuff: Integrating Quality Writing into Math TBA Dreaded Division? Rethinking DMSB to answer the question: Does My Strategy Build critical thinkers? TBA Exploring Metacognition through Reflection in the Math Classroom TBA

10:20am MST

Snack Break Lobby & Main Hallway

10:40am MST

Just Do It: Integrating Building Thinking Classrooms into your Mathematics Instruction TBA Math Study Cycles for School Improvement TBA Transforming Education: Persistence and Tenacity TBA Equations are Counting Games: A Math Metaphor TBA Math in 4-D: The 4 operations in 4 directions. TBA Beyond the Numbers: Design Thinking in Math TBA

11:55am MST

Transition to Next Session Lobby & Main Hallway

12:05pm MST

Mainstage: Gladys Graham Award & Closing Session Ballroom (Sweeney E/F)