ATOMIC Conference March 2025

ATOMIC Conference March 2025

7:00am EDT

Check-In and Breakfast Ballroom

8:00am EDT

Welcoming Remarks, Annual Meeting, Awards, and Grants Ballroom

8:30am EDT

Keynote: Equity and Pedagogy are Two Sides of the Same Coin: We Can’t Say We Care About the Former Without Serious Attention to the Latter BallroomSteve Leinwand

9:30am EDT

Amplifying Voices: Centering Black Female Students in Math through Equity-Driven Practices College BMary-Grace Cianci • Yvonne Daniels Curriculum Associates - Sponsored Session HarborCurriculum Associates MATH FAIRS WhalleyJean McKenny Mathematical Conversations: Building Understanding Through Discourse WitneyOdena LaFreniere • Michelle Combs Acceleration: Equity and Intervention for Overcoming Learning Gaps YorkCarole Dibble • Courtney Warner Building Thinking Classrooms in Mathematics: Promoting Communication, Collaboration & Knowledge Mobility WoosterMichael DiCicco • Rick O'Donnell Numeracy and Literacy: What are the Connections? George APam Smith How to Get Started: Building a Thinking Secondary Math Classroom TempleLindsay Keazer • Brandon Pelter Meet the CT Newly-Required HS Finance Course with a Full-Year Math Credit ChurchDr. Robert Gerver In the Age of A.I., what's left to learn in the math classroom? George BJay Meadows Patterns with a Purpose: Using Multiple Representations to Make Connections in Algebra ChapelMark Jones Supporting English Learners/Multilingual Learners in the Mathematics Classroom: Evidence-Based Strategies College AKate Coleman • Johannah Nikula • Robin Moore • Rachel Saunders

10:40am EDT

First Lunch Ballroom Coaching Walks: Supporting Math Coaches' Development George BKevin Hanlon Debunking the Science of Math: The Research that Really Matters WhalleyCatherine Fosnot • Tom Nobili • Patty Tedford The Power of High Dosage Tutoring: A Case Study CrownBob Janes Cooking Up an Elementary Mathematics Thinking Classroom WoosterDebbie Vitale • Emily Colombie • Sarah Mazzei Experience the Power of Math Centers HarborAngie Meredith-Ridgeway • Hand2Mind Growing Students’ Emotional Intelligence, Executive Functioning, & Perseverance in Math Problem Solving George AHeather Barr

11:30am EDT

Is the New SAT a good assessment of student learning? WitneyJohn Keogh Opening Doors to Community College and Beyond: Creating Structures Which Support Student Success ChurchRobyn Incera • Taylor Penman Pattern Pursuit! YorkKaren Campe Using BTC when Students have Unfinished Learning: Situating Mathematics in Contexts Worth Exploring TempleBrandon Pelter Exploring Algebra in Middle School with Virtual Manipulatives College BDavid Poras Strategies for Eliciting and Using Evidence of Student Thinking ChapelDanielle Curran Explicit Vocabulary and Games to Help Support Language Development for ALL Students, Especially our MLs College AAmanda Peterson

11:50am EDT

Second Lunch Ballroom

12:40pm EDT

Achieving Equity in Mathematics Education: From Reflection to Action YorkRobin Moore • John Keogh • Christie Madancy Building Thinking Classrooms: A Pathway to Educational Equity WoosterJessica White • Dina Secchiaroli Houghton Mifflin Harcourt - Sponsored Session HarborHMH How We Grade in a Thinking Classroom TempleWilliam McKinney • Tim Brzezinski Strengthening Math Instruction for ELs/MLs 1: Facilitating Student Comprehension College AChrissy Bowman - Work Building Conceptual Understanding of Mathematics ChapelKevin Dykema I Have, You Need: A Routine for Mastering Computational Fluency and Problem-Solving Skills CrownMary Liquori One Task CAN Do It All! The Blueprint for Choosing Optimal Tasks for a Thinking Classroom WitneyDanielle Legnard Ten-Frame Routines (K-2 Focus) George ALaura Mead • Mary Jo Bohrman • Christine Carboni AI in Math: A Powerful Ally for Equitable and Engaging Education George BElizabeth Radday • Matt Mervis Ditch the Butterfly and Teach Proportional Reasoning Instead College BDanielle Krueger Effective Co-Teaching in Middle School Math: Beyond One-Size-Fits-All ChurchMary-Grace Cianci • Dr. Mary-Grace Cianci Connecting Algebra, Geometry, Discrete Mathematics, and Calculus with Some Popular Summation Formulas WhalleyJay Schiffman

1:50pm EDT

Centering Teachers as Learners: Integrating the BTC Framework into Effective Professional Development [PENDING] CrownKyle Ferreira van Leer • Amy Chang Engagement Routines that Promote Student Agency BallroomAmy Lucenta • Grade Kelemanik Lesson Planning in BTC WoosterStephanie Meerse • Andrew Auidbert Strengthening Math Instruction for ELs/MLs 2: Supporting Student Communication College AChrissy Bowman - Work Laying the Bricks: Building the Foundations for Computational Fluency (K-2 Focus) WitneyBrenda Dzwil • Holley Duffy Using Rubrics to Build a Thinking Culture College BJessica Scandurra • Jacqueline Giordano Go for Geometry! YorkKaren Campe Diving Deep into Mathematical Understanding: STEM Curriculum Design ChurchVanessa Therrien • Jenni MacDonald Utilizing Smarter Balanced Interim Assessments to Enhance Student Understanding WhalleyJennifer Michalek Detracking in the Name of Equity - What Does the Data Say? TempleRoss Hanson Mathematics and Fairness: Problem Solving with an Eye to Social Justice George BMegan Staples • Kyle Evans • Sherryl King Recovery Tasks: Promoting Deep Understanding Using Multiple Representations George AKeegan Finlayson

3:00pm EDT

Amplify - Sponsored Session HarborAmplify Building Conceptual Understanding with Manipulatives in the Thinking Classroom ChurchHeidi Sabnani • Molly Vokey Creating Access to Rigorous Mathematics for Emerging Multilingual Learners College AJocelyn Dunnack Empowering Educators: Asset-Based Coaching Strategies to Enhance Mathematics Instruction ChapelJessica Kazigian Sparking Joy and Building Enduring Understanding through Hands-On Lessons for Students of All Ages WoosterAmy Bigelow • Lindsay Steele Early Numeracy is Critical! Make an Impact! (K-2 Focus) CrownMarria Carrington Equity in Expression: Using the Board to Transform Math Talk into Confident Writing George BKatherine Mack • Dr. Tutita Casa Using Problem Strings to Build Fluency and Algebraic Thinking WitneyCarol Mosesson-Teig Empowering Struggling Leaners Through Building Thinking Classrooms in a Co-taught Classroom TempleJennifer Kumnick • Colin Haydu If You Got a Problem, Yo, I'll Solve It: Questions & Tasks for Deeper Mathematical Thinking George AAndrew Hill Practical and Provocative Thoughts on Finally Redesigning High School Math BallroomSteve Leinwand The Power of Interleaving: Disrupting Conventional Teaching by Spiraling Curriculum WhalleyKyle Ferreira van Leer Teaching About Our World with Mathematical Models and Manipulatives YorkDorothea Panayotou