TODOS 2026 Conference

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9:00am PDT

Building Thinking Classrooms for ALL Students: Why Equity Needs Accessibility

Thursday June 25, 2026 9:00am - 10:30am PDT

Building Thinking Classrooms (BTC) has gained widespread adoption in mathematics education. However, uncritical implementation can harm students TODOS seeks to serve, particularly marginalized populations, such as disabled and English Language learners. This session addresses TODOS's mission to advance equitable, high-quality mathematics education by examining how instructional practices associated with BTC can inadvertently marginalize students.

Speakers

Trevor Warburton

Associate Professor, Secondary Education, Utah Valley University

Trevor Warburton is an Associate Professor in Secondary Education at Utah Valley University. Formerly a mathematics coach for special education teachers and a high school mathematics teacher for emergent multilingual students. Trevor is a proponent of equity and antiracism in education... Read More →

Alison Mirin

The University of Arizona and City University of New York

Alison Mirin recently completed her postdoctoral researcher position in the mathematics department at the University of Arizona and is now a researcher at the City University of New York. She earned her PhD in Mathematics Education from Arizona State University and holds an MA in... Read More →

Thursday June 25, 2026 9:00am - 10:30am PDT
Terrace AB

Breakout Session, Collaborating

Strand Curriculum & Instruction
Audience General Interest

9:00am PDT

Culturally Responsive Mathematics Teaching: Cultivando Alegría, Curiosidad, y Justicia

Thursday June 25, 2026 9:00am - 10:30am PDT

Royal B

How do we make mathematics learning and teaching more meaningful and joyous? In this session, we will introduce a culturally responsive mathematics teaching framework designed to reclaim mathematics as a humanizing and justice-focused activity, cultivando curiosidad, creatividad y libertad para estudiantes, familias, y docentes. We will show examples of these practices in action through community-based mathematical modeling tasks/tareas and routines/rutinas as elementary students make meaningful mathematical connections to themselves, their families, and communities. Take action and be inspired! ¡Inspírate a tomar acción! Planning resources (en inglés y algunos en español) will be available.

Speakers

Maria Zavala

Julia Maria Aguirre

Professor/Activist, University of Washington Tacoma

Julia Maria Aguirre ([email protected]) is a Professor of Education at the University of Washington Tacoma. I am interested in creating just, humanizing, and culturally responsive math learning experiences for young people.

Thursday June 25, 2026 9:00am - 10:30am PDT
Royal B

Breakout Session, Collaborating

Strand Curriculum & Instruction
Audience Elementary School (K-5), General Interest

9:00am PDT

Elevating Student Status with Rough Draft Talk

Thursday June 25, 2026 9:00am - 10:30am PDT

Imperial

Allow all students to shine with rich tasks that support individual problem-solving and promote mathematical discourse through Rough Draft Talk. Explore how sharing math authority raises students’ math status as they own their thinking and share strategies, and experience how hearing from all class members allows us to explicitly expand on what is valued in the math classroom. Participants will collaborate on a task, share “rough draft” ideas mid-solution, then revise their thinking on the spot from contributions that deepen understanding. They will leave with a tool to promote a culture that honors mistakes as a valuable part of learning.

Speakers

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 →

Thursday June 25, 2026 9:00am - 10:30am PDT
Imperial

Breakout Session, Collaborating

Strand Curriculum & Instruction
Audience Middle School (6-8), High School (9-12), General Interest

9:00am PDT

Rooting Math in Our Communities: Using Data to Design Relevant and Engaging High School Lessons

Thursday June 25, 2026 9:00am - 10:30am PDT

Royal CDEF

Data drives decisions across economics, health, and sports—yet marginalized communities are often excluded. This session shows how our math classrooms can change that. Experience a community-rooted, data-rich approach for Integrated Math 1–3 and Ethnic Stats. We share sample tasks (investment modeling, UCSF Health Atlas scatterplots, and analyzing school funding) and vetted resources, then help you design statistics activities using locally relevant datasets. Leave with plan-ready materials and strategies that help students see themselves—and their communities—in mathematics and in the data-driven decisions shaping their world.

Speakers

Abigail Martinez

Moises Garcia

Tor Ormseth

Noyce Master Teacher Fellow (MTF), El Rancho USD

Thursday June 25, 2026 9:00am - 10:30am PDT
Royal CDEF

Breakout Session, Collaborating

Strand Curriculum & Instruction
Audience High School (9-12)

10:45am PDT

Place-based Image Talks: Culturally Relevant Teaching through Community Connections and Opportunities for Critical Conversations

Thursday June 25, 2026 10:45am - 11:15am PDT

Regal

Are you looking for ways to incorporate students’ funds of knowledge into your teaching through culturally relevant pedagogy? Would you like to incorporate more mathematical discourse and student thinking in your elementary or middle school math lessons? Place-based Image Talks do both! In a Place-based Image Talk, teachers use a local image to pose mathematical questions, increasing entry points into the conversation and helping all students see themselves within mathematics. Place-based Image Talks can also be used to empower students by providing opportunities to use mathematics to understand and agentically connect with local community issues.

Speakers

[email protected]

Thursday June 25, 2026 10:45am - 11:15am PDT
Regal

Breakout Session, Catalyzing

Strand Curriculum & Instruction
Audience Elementary School (K-5), Middle School (6-8)

10:45am PDT

Bridging Language and Mathematics: Supporting Multilingual Learners Through Linguistically Sustaining Instruction

Thursday June 25, 2026 10:45am - 11:45am PDT

Royal B

Mathematics and language are deeply connected, making intentional, linguistically sustaining instruction essential for multilingual learners (MLLs). This session explores how educators can unpack the linguistic complexity of mathematics to create inclusive, equitable learning environments where every student’s language and reasoning are valued. Participants will explore practical strategies to support simultaneous language and mathematical development and leave with actionable tools to strengthen sensemaking, discourse, and engagement for all students.

Speakers

Odalis Amparo

Mathematics and Multilingual Learners Specialist, Student Achievement Partners

Talk to me about reimagining mathematics education, especially for multilingual learners and students in historically marginalized communities.

I'm a dedicated educator and servant leader working at the intersection of language learning, equitable math instruction, and culturally and linguistically sustaining pedagogy. As a first-generation college graduate and former multilingual learner myself, I've lived the linguistic... Read More →

Thursday June 25, 2026 10:45am - 11:45am PDT
Royal B

Breakout Session, Cultivating

Strand Curriculum & Instruction
Audience General Interest, Elementary School (K-5), Middle School (6-8), High School (9-12)

10:45am PDT

Using Rehearsals to Create Community and Understanding Around Mathematical Language Routines

Thursday June 25, 2026 10:45am - 11:45am PDT

Terrace AB

Our session focuses on the use of rehearsals, a space of decreased complexity within professional learning to try out pedagogical moves. We share four teachers, from grades 6-11, who rehearsed mathematical language routines (MLRs), specifically the MLR Collect & Display, during Studio Day professional learning. During our session, we will provide an overview of Collect & Display and the use of rehearsals before sharing teachers’ rehearsals of Collect & Display and how the use of these rehearsals allowed teachers to work in community to catalyze their instruction through sharing instruction, reflecting on that instruction, and continuing to revise that instruction.

Speakers

Sarah Roberts, Ph.D.

University of California, Santa Barbara

Thursday June 25, 2026 10:45am - 11:45am PDT
Terrace AB

Breakout Session, Cultivating

Strand Curriculum & Instruction
Audience Middle School (6-8), High School (9-12)

11:15am PDT

A Mosaic of Needs, Desires, and Hopes: Creating en Comunidad to Cultivate Action in Mathematics Education

Thursday June 25, 2026 11:15am - 11:45am PDT

Regal

Based on an activity from a youth participatory action research (YPAR) collaboration, we invite participants to engage in mixed-media arts creation that allows for reflection on relationships, community, and our roles to support “rooting mathematics in humanity”. Using a set of prompts and individually/collectively, participants will be invited to create individual art pieces (tessarae) to become part of a larger wall-sized public community mosaic. Using sticky notes and a pair-share, participants will consider how expressing needs, desires and hopes (rather than ‘norms) as individuals and as a community might spur reimagining and action toward rooting mathematics in humanity.

Speakers

Beth Herbel-Eisenmann

Michigan State University

Thursday June 25, 2026 11:15am - 11:45am PDT
Regal

Breakout Session, Community Building

Strand Curriculum & Instruction
Audience General Interest

12:45pm PDT

Embracing Co-Teaching Models for Inclusive Mathematics Learning

Thursday June 25, 2026 12:45pm - 1:45pm PDT

Terrace CD

This session focuses on the power of co-teaching between mathematics teachers and special education teachers in fostering inclusive and rigorous learning environments for all students, regardless of their disability status. In this session, we highlight the potential of different co-teaching models as tools to honor students’ diverse learning needs, language backgrounds, and cultural identities in math classes. Participants will engage in reflecting on their co-teaching experiences, constructing an overview of six co-teaching models, and discussing the ways that co-teaching can promote access, rigor, and inclusion for students.

Speakers

Monica Sanchez

Bilingual math/science teacher

Lauren Rigby

Thursday June 25, 2026 12:45pm - 1:45pm PDT
Terrace CD

Breakout Session, Cultivating

Strand Curriculum & Instruction
Audience General Interest, Elementary School (K-5), Middle School (6-8), High School (9-12)

12:45pm PDT

Making Math Meaningful, Relevant, and Just for our Students

Thursday June 25, 2026 12:45pm - 1:45pm PDT

Royal CDEF

How can we root mathematics in humanity so that every learner finds meaning and belonging?
Can a math lesson spark curiosity, agency, and social change all at once?
Join this interactive session to explore strategies for making math meaningful, relevant, and socially conscious. Participants will learn how to integrate technology, real-life contexts, and social justice into mathematics instruction while using the Culturally Responsive-Sustaining STEAM Curriculum Scorecard to reflect on their own practices. Through engaging collaboration and analysis of Illustrative Mathematics lessons, attendees will leave equipped with concrete tools, such as math lesson examples incorporating social justice topics, and the following steps to center student identity, community, and justice in math learning, which fulfills TODOS’ mission of mathematics for all through purposeful, equity-driven teaching.

Speakers

BELKNAP, ELIZABETH

Thursday June 25, 2026 12:45pm - 1:45pm PDT
Royal CDEF

Breakout Session, Cultivating

Strand Curriculum & Instruction
Audience High School (9-12), General Interest

2:00pm PDT

Building and Sustaining Ambitious Mathematics Programs: A Discussion Guide for Inspiring Action

Thursday June 25, 2026 2:00pm - 3:30pm PDT

Imperial

How can you help start and sustain an ambitious and equitable mathematics program in your school? In ambitious mathematics programs, (a) the curriculum uses nonroutine, discipline-aligned tasks, (b) teachers elicit and respond to student thinking, (c) the classroom environment positions students as mathematical authorities, and (d) equity is an overriding focus. In this interactive session, participants will engage in a discussion using an interactive model and discussion guides developed from a case study of an urban school that developed and implemented an ambitious mathematics program. The model is not prescriptive, but rather, is designed to spark reflection and inspire action.

Speakers

William Zahner

San Diego State University

I research mathematics education and multilingual learners. I live in San Diego. I have a dog.

Thursday June 25, 2026 2:00pm - 3:30pm PDT
Imperial

Breakout Session, Collaborating

Strand Curriculum & Instruction
Audience General Interest, High School (9-12), Middle School (6-8)

2:00pm PDT

Humanizing and Joyful Math Intervention: Healing Math Identity for Students (and Teachers)

Thursday June 25, 2026 2:00pm - 3:30pm PDT

Royal A

Why does so much math intervention perpetuate systemic issues? Come imagine with us mathematics intervention that builds on students’ mathematical strengths, leverages high demand cognitive tasks, and elevates student thinking while building students’ confidence as doers of mathematics. And it’s fun! In this session we share the stories, data, and experiences from two of our district partners implementing this model for math intervention. Come learn what all the JOY is about!

Speakers

Nolan Fossum

Customer Success Manager, Innovamat Education, Inc (PEO)

Hi! I just completed a move up from San Diego to Western Washington. I'm so excited! I've been teaching math in the high school and college settings (with a little bit of middle school) for over twenty years. I like talking about the Pillars & Practices framework, ungrading, redesigning... Read More →

Monique Pollitt

Thursday June 25, 2026 2:00pm - 3:30pm PDT
Royal A

Breakout Session, Collaborating

Strand Curriculum & Instruction
Audience Elementary School (K-5), Middle School (6-8)

2:00pm PDT

Key Curriculum Features for Powerful Multilingual Mathematicians: Three Materials Must-Haves

Thursday June 25, 2026 2:00pm - 3:30pm PDT

Terrace AB

In this session, we will review three MLL Instructional Material Design Features for core math materials:
- Mapping Content and Language Development
- Monitoring Content and Language Development
- Making Connections through Student Collaboration and Conversation
and unpack their role as “ignitors” to effectively support mathematical language development along with deep math learning. Join us to discuss how informed choices can reduce disparities and create equitable opportunities for multilingual learners in mathematics education. Walk away with a deeper understanding of these 3 “Materials Must-Haves” and tools to embed these in your adoption or implementation plans.

Speakers

Celine Liu

Renae Skarin

Thursday June 25, 2026 2:00pm - 3:30pm PDT
Terrace AB

Breakout Session, Collaborating

Strand Curriculum & Instruction
Audience General Interest

2:00pm PDT

Revealing the Mathematical Brilliance of All Students Through Universal Design

Thursday June 25, 2026 2:00pm - 3:30pm PDT

Terrace AB

While tiered intervention is one tool for supporting students struggling to demonstrate proficiency, there is often a lot more we can do in Tier 1 to make math more accessible and engaging for all students. We share how teachers can create a richer, more accessible math experience for all by designing for alternate means of expression–that is, having students engage with math ideas and demonstrate understanding via a variety of options that align with their strengths, abilities, and preferences and leverage their own mathematical, cultural, linguistic, and community-based funds of knowledge.

Speakers

Angela Knotts

K-12 Professional Learning Specialist, WestEd

Thursday June 25, 2026 2:00pm - 3:30pm PDT
Terrace AB

Breakout Session, Collaborating

Strand Curriculum & Instruction
Audience Middle School (6-8), High School (9-12)

2:00pm PDT

Social Justice Mathematics Rooted in Humanity by Caring for Students’ Emotions and Well-Being

Thursday June 25, 2026 2:00pm - 3:30pm PDT

Regal

In this interactive session participants will learn about Social Justice Mathematics considering how to attend to students’ emotions and well-being. The three women of Color facilitators collaborated on a Social Justice Mathematics project and include a mathematics teacher educator, a mathematics coach and doctoral student, and a mathematics middle school teacher and doctoral student. Participants will engage with a Social Justice Mathematics task in small groups, learn about SJM frameworks and resources, and then join grade band specific groups to discuss possible SJM tasks for their specific contexts. Participants will receive a Google Drive folder of sample tasks and resources.

Speakers

Kari Kokka

Gabriela Zuniga

Thursday June 25, 2026 2:00pm - 3:30pm PDT
Regal

Breakout Session, Collaborating

Strand Curriculum & Instruction
Audience High School (9-12), Middle School (6-8), Elementary School (K-5), College, General Interest

2:00pm PDT

Translanguaging Strategies for the Multilingual Math Classroom

Thursday June 25, 2026 2:00pm - 3:30pm PDT

Royal B

If you’re looking for transformative ways to include and leverage students’ languages in math instruction, esta sesión es para ti! Together, we’ll define translanguaging and discuss how it differs from traditional language practices and beliefs. We’ll explore specific strategies for translanguaging in mathematics that can be used by any teacher, and with any curriculum, to support multilingual students’ understanding and honor their native languages. Real classroom artifacts, video, and resources will be shared.

Speakers

Ally Lewis

Manager, Math Professional Learning, Open Up Resources

Ally is the Manager of Mathematics Professional Learning at Open Up Resources, where she works alongside a team of specialists to design and deliver research-based, K–8 math professional learning for educators nationwide. A former K–8 mathematics teacher, Ally served in multilingual classrooms in Denver and Aurora, CO, and has also supported schools i... Read More →

Brooke Powers

Presenter, Open Up

Brooke Powers serves as the Managing Director of Academics at Open Up Resources, where she leads curriculum and professional learning strategy. A former middle school math teacher, Brooke brings deep expertise in instructional design, teacher development, and building programs that... Read More →

Thursday June 25, 2026 2:00pm - 3:30pm PDT
Royal B

Breakout Session, Collaborating