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Thursday, June 25
 

9:00am PDT

Building Thinking Classrooms for ALL Students: Why Equity Needs Accessibility
Thursday June 25, 2026 9:00am - 10:30am PDT
Terrace AB
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
avatar for Trevor Warburton

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 →
avatar for Alison Mirin

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

9:00am PDT

Building Trust and Co-Leadership: Frameworks for Parent–Teacher–Community Math Partnerships
Thursday June 25, 2026 9:00am - 10:30am PDT
Regal
This interactive session shares frameworks and activities from two parent–teacher–community partnership programs in Texas and Tennessee, both developed to catalyze change toward racial justice in elementary and secondary mathematics. We will share lessons learned from each program, highlighting how we shifted from parents attending events to parent-facilitated mathematics workshops, where parents determine the focus, lead decisions, and co-lead sessions with others. The discussion will focus on how relational trust was intentionally built (and what supported its development) and how workshop and school structures center families as co-learners and co-leaders, ensuring their expertise guides decision-making.
Speakers
CY
Thursday June 25, 2026 9:00am - 10:30am PDT
Regal
  Breakout Session, Collaborating

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
avatar for Maria Zavala
avatar for Julia Maria Aguirre

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

9:00am PDT

Digital Mathematics Storytelling for Building Mathematical Communities
Thursday June 25, 2026 9:00am - 10:30am PDT
Royal A
Experience Digital Mathematics Storytelling (DMST) as a transformative approach that centers family and community knowledge in mathematics education. Through our storycircle protocol, participants will share mathematical narratives from their own families and communities, experiencing how collective storytelling challenges deficit perspectives and builds mathematical identity. Drawing from NSF-funded research with immigrant communities, this session demonstrates how DMST advances equitable mathematics education by positioning students’ home languages, cultural knowledge, and lived experiences as powerful mathematical resources. Participants will leave with concrete tools for implementing storycircles that honor the mathematical wealth already present in students’ families and communities, TODOS en comunidad.
Speakers
avatar for Theodore Chao

Theodore Chao

Associate Professor, The Ohio State University
Theodore Chao (he/him/his) is an Associate Professor of Mathematics Education at The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio. Professor Chao uses video, photovoice, and technology to engage children, teachers, and community members in telling and sharing their mathematics stories... Read More →
avatar for Ruth Oliwe
Thursday June 25, 2026 9:00am - 10:30am PDT
Royal A
  Breakout Session, Collaborating

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
avatar for Jessie Thiel

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

9:00am PDT

Math MUST Say Gay! Creative Insubordination in the time of “Don’t Say Gay” and Other Anti-2SLGBTQIA+ Laws
Thursday June 25, 2026 9:00am - 10:30am PDT
Terrace CD
In this interactive session, participants will explore how 2SLGBTQIA+ identities are censured in mathematics classrooms and the impact of that censure. Participants will be provided with various prompts/situations to brainstorm how a teacher might counteract the censure of 2SLGBTQIA+ identities using strategies of creative insubordination, both in locales that have adopted “Don’t Say Gay” or other anti-2SLGBTQIA+ laws and in those that have more protections in place for 2SLGBTQIA+ students.
Speakers
avatar for Madeline Ramirez
avatar for Ziggy Bozigian
avatar for B Waid

B Waid

B Waid (they/them/elle) is an Assistant Professor of Secondary Education at California State University, Fullerton, and a former middle and high school mathematics teacher. As a queer, disabled, Latinx scholar, activist, and educator, their research and teaching focuses on how students... Read More →
Thursday June 25, 2026 9:00am - 10:30am PDT
Terrace CD
  Breakout Session, Collaborating

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
AM
MG
avatar for Tor Ormseth

Tor Ormseth

Noyce Master Teacher Fellow (MTF), El Rancho USD

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

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
K
Thursday June 25, 2026 10:45am - 11:15am PDT
Regal
  Breakout Session, Catalyzing

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
avatar for Odalis Amparo

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

10:45am PDT

Broadening Conversations of Black Girlhood and Agency in Mathematics: Examining Nigerian Girls’ Mathematics Identity and Agency Development
Thursday June 25, 2026 10:45am - 11:45am PDT
Royal CDEF
This session presents how Nigerian middle school girls utilize narratives and comics storytelling to reflect on their lived experiences, reimagine their mathematics identity, and envision future possibilities. Through story circles, enactment of a co created comics narrative, and dialogue, participants will explore intersections of identity and agency development. The session concludes with collective brainstorming of actionable strategies to foster identity and agency development in their mathematics learning spaces advancing equity and affirming the brilliance of students, particularly Black girls globally.
Speakers
avatar for Ruth Oliwe
Thursday June 25, 2026 10:45am - 11:45am PDT
Royal CDEF
  Breakout Session, Cultivating

10:45am PDT

Connecting Through Primary Sources: Creating Routes With Mathematics and Between Ourselves
Thursday June 25, 2026 10:45am - 11:45am PDT
Royal A
Artifacts made by people throughout history (including you, today!) can help us understand both mathematics and mathematics education. We’ll examine some of these primary sources – from the Library of Congress, from the contents of our own suitcases, and from the city around us – and seek connections to each other, to our students and their families, and to mathematics. These connections will provide us with routes to continued conversation outside of this conference, and pathways that our students can use to take action in their world.
Speakers
avatar for Ralph Pantozzi

Ralph Pantozzi

Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellow, Library of Congress
The Library of Congress • MoMath • Calculus • Transitions to College Math

I have taught 6th-12th grade students and supervised instruction in New Jersey schools for 32 years. In 2024-25, I am an Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellow at the Library of Congress. My interests in teaching and learning revolve around creating multiple pathways for students... Read More →
Thursday June 25, 2026 10:45am - 11:45am PDT
Royal A
  Breakout Session, Community Building

10:45am PDT

Rooted in Story: Mapping Our Mathematical Identities as Acts of Resistance and Renewal
Thursday June 25, 2026 10:45am - 11:45am PDT
Imperial
What stories do we carry about mathematics, and how do they shape the way we teach and lead? In this interactive session, participants will create visual maps of their own educational journeys to uncover how identity, language, and power have influenced their relationships with mathematics. We will explore how reflection and storytelling can transform beliefs and practices in mathematics education. Participants will leave with tools to facilitate journey mapping with students and colleagues, helping reimagine mathematics as a space of belonging, connection, and humanity.
Speakers
DM

Dina Mahmood

Orange County Department of Education

Thursday June 25, 2026 10:45am - 11:45am PDT
Imperial
  Breakout Session, Cultivating

10:45am PDT

TODOS Podcast (Invitation Only)
Thursday June 25, 2026 10:45am - 11:45am PDT
Terrace CD
TODOS Podcast Co-hosts Teddy Chao, Shari Kaku and Shakiyya Bland will be recording some exciting highlights, sound bites and reactions from the TODOS conference. (By invitation)
Speakers
avatar for Theodore Chao

Theodore Chao

Associate Professor, The Ohio State University
Theodore Chao (he/him/his) is an Associate Professor of Mathematics Education at The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio. Professor Chao uses video, photovoice, and technology to engage children, teachers, and community members in telling and sharing their mathematics stories... Read More →
SK
SB

Shakiyya Bland

Director of Educational Partnerships, Just Equations

Thursday June 25, 2026 10:45am - 11:45am PDT
Terrace CD
  Breakout Session, Catalyzing

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
SR

Sarah Roberts, Ph.D.

University of California, Santa Barbara
Thursday June 25, 2026 10:45am - 11:45am PDT
Terrace AB
  Breakout Session, Cultivating

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
BH

Beth Herbel-Eisenmann

Michigan State University
Thursday June 25, 2026 11:15am - 11:45am PDT
Regal
  Breakout Session, Community Building

12:45pm PDT

Acts of Rebellion: Finding Purpose and Meaning in Mathematics Education
Thursday June 25, 2026 12:45pm - 1:45pm PDT
Terrace AB
In this session, we explore acts of rebellion as a pedagogical innovation and a site of learning to explore how we can disrupt dominant narratives in math education. Through interactive activities, participants will have opportunities to witness and hear about acts of rebellion, reflect on their own individual acts of rebellion, and then shift the conversation toward collective action and solidarity. Our aim is to center humanity in its most complex form, highlighting the ongoing challenges of embodying justice in teacher education.
Speakers
SZ

Sandra Zuniga Ruiz

Project Staff, San Jose State University
avatar for Mallika Scott
Thursday June 25, 2026 12:45pm - 1:45pm PDT
Terrace AB
  Breakout Session, Cultivating

12:45pm PDT

Art for Community and Action: Math Educators Cultivating Joy and Solidarity Through Creation
Thursday June 25, 2026 12:45pm - 1:45pm PDT
Regal
In this hands-on session, educators will make reflective zines as a creative way to think about their math teaching practices. With collage materials, folded paper, and prompts, we’ll reflect on the past school year and dream forward into the next. Open to early childhood through secondary educators and preservice teachers, this session invites us to challenge oppressive narratives, honor our journeys, and imagine what it means to root mathematics in humanity. As a cohort of Chicago-based mathematics public school teachers and academics, we hope to offer insights in our particular lived experiences during the 25-26 school year as one of the most targeted places in the nation by ICE and the federal government. We particularly invite trans and queer teachers, teachers of color, and disabled teachers and those who occupy the margins to consider coming to this space.
Speakers
avatar for Sara Rezvi
AL

Alexa Lee-Hassan

Graduate Student, University of Illinois at Chicago
I'm interested in critical mathematics, rehumanizing mathematics, and teacher preparation. My research focuses on using a math content course as an opportunity to help preservice elementary teachers develop quantitative political conocimiento—the ability to critically analyze and navigate the high-stakes, quantitative metrics that commonly characterize neo-liberal education... Read More →
KR
Thursday June 25, 2026 12:45pm - 1:45pm PDT
Regal
  Breakout Session, Community Building

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
MS

Monica Sanchez

Bilingual math/science teacher
avatar for Lauren Rigby
Thursday June 25, 2026 12:45pm - 1:45pm PDT
Terrace CD
  Breakout Session, Cultivating

12:45pm PDT

From Reflection to Action: Using Teachers’ Stories to Build Inclusive Elementary Mathematics Classrooms
Thursday June 25, 2026 12:45pm - 1:45pm PDT
Royal A
This interactive session invites participants to use teachers’ stories as tools for reflection on how instructional decisions shape students’ mathematical identities. Drawing on research in identity and equity in mathematics education, participants will collaboratively analyze two 5th-grade classroom stories that reveal instructional dilemmas involving language and culture. Through discussions, participants will critique instances of deficit thinking, consider alternative pedagogical approaches, and explore strategies that affirm students as capable mathematical thinkers. The session concludes with resources and actionable next steps for building networks of critical friends to sustain equity-focused reflection and foster inclusive, identity-affirming mathematics learning environments.
Speakers
avatar for Monica Gonzalez
avatar for Alesia Moldavan

Alesia Moldavan

Assistant Professor, Georgia Southern University
Thursday June 25, 2026 12:45pm - 1:45pm PDT
Royal A
  Breakout Session, Cultivating

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
BE
Thursday June 25, 2026 12:45pm - 1:45pm PDT
Royal CDEF
  Breakout Session, Cultivating

12:45pm PDT

Positioning Middle Grades Students as Valuable Members of Mathematical Communities
Thursday June 25, 2026 12:45pm - 1:45pm PDT
Royal B
Learn strategies to position students as competent math doers and thinkers. We will begin by framing how our (inter)actions create opportunities for students to be positioned as powerful mathematical thinkers, and then we will do math tasks together and analyze an authentic video of classroom math instruction. Through activities and resources shared, participants will leave ready to design and facilitate productive and just learning environments. Tools and resources-- including 40 freely available online modules, each with a classroom video-- shared will help participants exercise their own curiosity to investigate their teaching with new perspectives and implement new practices.
Speakers
EA
Thursday June 25, 2026 12:45pm - 1:45pm PDT
Royal B
  Breakout Session, Cultivating

12:45pm PDT

SWANA in Mathematics: The Forgotten Founders
Thursday June 25, 2026 12:45pm - 1:45pm PDT
Imperial
In this session, participants will explore how the identities of SWANA (South West Asia North Africa) students are erased in the classroom and the effects it has on these individuals. Participants will be presented with methods on how to address and correct the current inequitable, eurocentric approach to math education. In the end, participants will leave with various methods on how to create an environment where their students' identities are valued, respected, and represented in their classrooms.
Speakers
TP
Thursday June 25, 2026 12:45pm - 1:45pm PDT
Imperial
  Breakout Session, Cultivating

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
avatar for William Zahner

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

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
avatar for Nolan Fossum

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 →
MP
Thursday June 25, 2026 2:00pm - 3:30pm PDT
Royal A
  Breakout Session, Collaborating

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
avatar for Celine Liu
RS
Thursday June 25, 2026 2:00pm - 3:30pm PDT
Terrace AB
  Breakout Session, Collaborating

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
avatar for Angela Knotts

Angela Knotts

K-12 Professional Learning Specialist, WestEd
Thursday June 25, 2026 2:00pm - 3:30pm PDT
Terrace AB
  Breakout Session, Collaborating

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
KK
avatar for Gabriela Zuniga
Thursday June 25, 2026 2:00pm - 3:30pm PDT
Regal
  Breakout Session, Collaborating

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
avatar for Ally Lewis

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 →
avatar for Brooke Powers

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
 
Friday, June 26
 

9:30am PDT

Co-Learning with Data Stories: Rooting Data Practices in Humanity
Friday June 26, 2026 9:30am - 10:30am PDT
Royal CDEF
This session explores how co–learning data practices can ground mathematics and statistics in humanity. Drawing from a Youth Participatory Action Research (YPAR) initiative, where youth and adults used CODAP to explore data stories, we invite participants to engage with video excerpts illustrating relational and culturally sustaining approaches to data literacy. Using the Notice, Wonder, Feel, Act, Reimagine (Kahn et al., 2022) framework, participants will reflect on what it means to learn alongside youth and reimagine data exploration as an intergenerational co-learning practice.
Speakers
avatar for Sabrina Zarza
avatar for Maria Cruciani
BH

Beth Herbel-Eisenmann

Michigan State University
Friday June 26, 2026 9:30am - 10:30am PDT
Royal CDEF
  Breakout Session, Cultivating

9:30am PDT

Drawing on teacher ingenuity and collective wisdom to bring Ethnic Studies Pedagogy into Elementary Mathematics Classrooms
Friday June 26, 2026 9:30am - 10:30am PDT
Royal A
This session, presented by a learning community of early career teachers, offers classroom examples of how principles of Ethnic Studies pedagogy can be infused into PK-5 math teaching. We will examine and discuss student work and classroom artifacts that show how teachers have created learning math experiences for children that are culturally relevant, community responsive, and humanizing. We will also discuss how our co-designed teacher learning community has helped us stay nourished and inspired as math educators while we navigate constraining systems of schooling and fraught sociopolitical contexts.
Speakers
avatar for Mallika Scott
Friday June 26, 2026 9:30am - 10:30am PDT
Royal A
  Breakout Session, Cultivating

9:30am PDT

Leading With and Through Cultural Competence: Transformative Mathematics Education Leadership
Friday June 26, 2026 9:30am - 10:30am PDT
Terrace CD
Cultural competence is the foundation of transformative mathematics leadership and a critical element of cultivating systems that uplift students and teachers. In this interactive session, participants will explore Leadership Action 2 from the NCSM Framework for Culturally Relevant Leadership: building cultural competence and creating a culture of continuous reflection and improvement. Participants will reflect on their own cultural perspectives, discuss strategies to foster cultural awareness, and identify steps to transform their systems together. Attendees will leave with practical strategies to promote cultural competence, activate teacher agency, and build systems that center belonging and humanity in mathematics education.
Speakers
avatar for Katey Arrington

Katey Arrington

Director of Systemic Transformation, Dana Center, President, NCSM
Dr. Katey Arrington is the President of NCSM: Leadership in Mathematics Education and the Director of Systemic Transformation at the Charles A. Dana Center at the University of Texas at Austin. She leads national, state, and district level initiatives to improve STEM education for... Read More →
Friday June 26, 2026 9:30am - 10:30am PDT
Terrace CD
  Breakout Session, Cultivating

9:30am PDT

Linguistically Equitable Mathematics Instruction for Emergent Multilinguals
Friday June 26, 2026 9:30am - 10:30am PDT
Terrace AB
It is a misconception that math is a “universal language.” Monolingual math assessments often obscure the mathematical abilities of multilingual students, perpetuating inequitable outcomes. This session, aligned with the Curriculum and Instruction strand, empowers educators to recognize and dismantle linguistic barriers that limit access to rigorous mathematics. Through collaborative analysis of math assessments and exploration of equitable instructional strategies, participants will learn how to design linguistically accessible tasks that honor students’ diverse identities. Attendees will leave equipped to implement practices that advance TODOS’s mission of ensuring high-quality, equitable mathematics education for all learners.
Speakers
avatar for Leonor

Leonor

Educator, Newport- Mesa Unified School District
Friday June 26, 2026 9:30am - 10:30am PDT
Terrace AB
  Breakout Session, Cultivating

9:30am PDT

Mapping the Commitment to Equity: Where TEEM Research Aligns with TODOS and What Gaps Remain
Friday June 26, 2026 9:30am - 10:30am PDT
Regal
We invite you to explore the future direction of the TEEM journal. This session presents a comprehensive content analysis of 80 TEEM articles (2009–2025), mapping publication trends and thematic areas with the five TODOS Missions. We utilized an initial AI-assisted analysis followed by a robust human reanalysis to identify areas of saturation. We will present data showing the alignment of all articles, with a specific focus on the 17 articles centered on students. We will conclude by collaboratively generating suggestions for future TEEM special issues to address these identified gaps.
Speakers
avatar for Jiyeong Yi

Jiyeong Yi

Associate Professor, Iowa State University
Associate professor in Math Education at Iowa State University, specializing in mathematics education. My research focuses on supporting teachers in effectively teaching mathematics to Emergent Bilingual students.
Friday June 26, 2026 9:30am - 10:30am PDT
Regal
  Breakout Session, Cultivating

9:30am PDT

Mathematizing Our Lives
Friday June 26, 2026 9:30am - 10:30am PDT
Imperial
Relationship-building with our students is a vital aspect of creating community in our classes. Come learn how to embed yourself into your content through captivating stories. Such sharing about yourself can strengthen your relationships with your students because they will get to know you while your curriculum comes to life. By modeling how we can mathematize our lives, students will recognize mathematizing as a valuable human activity and a useful tool for problem-solving in their own lives.
Speakers
avatar for Mr Kit Math
Friday June 26, 2026 9:30am - 10:30am PDT
Imperial
  Breakout Session, Cultivating

9:30am PDT

Unpacking Eurocentrism in the Secondary Math Classroom Through Ethnomathematics
Friday June 26, 2026 9:30am - 10:30am PDT
Royal B
Have you heard of Pythagoras? Fibonacci? We are aware of the Eurocentric view of Mathematics, but not where these concepts truly originated from. In this session, you will gain practical ideas on how to decolonize your math curriculum by showcasing the non-European roots of these mathematical concepts. Whether you want to create your own elective course or incorporate standalone lessons woven into your math curriculum, you will leave this session with low-lift curriculum resources to bring back to your school contexts to decenter white contributions to the math we learn about in our traditional math classes.
Speakers
avatar for Lekha Tantry
Friday June 26, 2026 9:30am - 10:30am PDT
Royal B
  Breakout Session, Cultivating

10:45am PDT

Building Infinite Thinking Circles: Humanizing Mathematics through the Trans Math Languaging Framework
Friday June 26, 2026 10:45am - 11:15am PDT
Terrace CD
This session engages participants in Trans Math Languaging (TML) –a framework integrating translanguaging, hybridity, co-knowledge creation, and emotional reflexivity to rehumanize mathematics. Through the interactive lesson Building Thinking Circles: Falling forever and Infinite Mathematical Possibilities, participants experience how multilingual and identity-affirming pedagogy cultivates belonging and creativity. Grounded in the Todos/NCSM (2016) Social Justice Position Statement, research on whiteness emotionality (Matias, 2016), and rehumanizing mathematics (Gutiérrez, 2018), this session bridges theory and practice to demonstrate how emotional, linguistic, and cultural repertoires can transform mathematics into a space of humanity and collective agency.
Speakers
avatar for Jenny Chabriel-Amara
JA
avatar for Deb Stetson

Deb Stetson

Director, Math Project at Sacramento State

Friday June 26, 2026 10:45am - 11:15am PDT
Terrace CD
  Breakout Session, Catalyzing

10:45am PDT

Digital Storytelling as a Rehumanizing Tool in Mathematics Teacher Education: Voices of Rural, First-Generation, and Low-Income Communities
Friday June 26, 2026 10:45am - 11:15am PDT
Royal B
This interactive session explores how digital storytelling can serve as a rehumanizing tool in mathematics teacher education. Drawing from the experiences of rural, first-generation, and low-income pre-service teachers, participants will examine how storytelling helps pre-service teachers reflect on their mathematical identities, challenge deficit narratives, and connect mathematics to community and culture. Attendees will view authentic teacher-created stories, engage in guided reflection, and design their own short math narratives. Together, we will consider how digital storytelling can transform beliefs, promote belonging, and inspire equitable practices in mathematics classrooms and teacher preparation programs.
Speakers
avatar for Theodore Chao

Theodore Chao

Associate Professor, The Ohio State University
Theodore Chao (he/him/his) is an Associate Professor of Mathematics Education at The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio. Professor Chao uses video, photovoice, and technology to engage children, teachers, and community members in telling and sharing their mathematics stories... Read More →
avatar for Ruth Oliwe
Friday June 26, 2026 10:45am - 11:15am PDT
Royal B
  Breakout Session, Catalyzing

10:45am PDT

Mathematical Conventions: A Framework to Unpack, Break, and Explore
Friday June 26, 2026 10:45am - 11:15am PDT
Royal CDEF
Mathematics as a school subject is a cultural product developed by generations of mathematicians. The conventions we teach—the symbols we privilege, the names we memorialize, and the algorithms we call “standard”—are culturally constructed and historically exclusive. By uncritically reproducing these conventions, we risk reinforcing an epistemology that denies students’ cultural and intellectual identities. This session introduces a framework that organizes mathematical conventions into seven categories and invites participants to acknowledge their origins, examine their rationales, and explore non-Western alternatives through interactive tasks that involve unpacking, breaking, and reimagining familiar conventions in mathematics teaching and learning.
Speakers
avatar for Ingrid Ristroph
Friday June 26, 2026 10:45am - 11:15am PDT
Royal CDEF
  Breakout Session, Catalyzing

10:45am PDT

Designing Community-Centered Data Talks: Tools for Equitable Elementary Data Science
Friday June 26, 2026 10:45am - 11:45am PDT
Regal
Today’s world is data-driven, and data literacy is foundational for student success, agency, and civic participation. This interactive session immerses participants in community-rooted data investigations that position multilingual learners and historically marginalized students as mathematical sense-makers. Using the cycle Wonder → Collect/Curate → Represent → Interpret → Act, we model data talks, accessible representations (tally tables, dot plots, bar graphs), and bilingual language supports that connect mathematics to family and neighborhood contexts. Attendees leave with a planning template, prompts, scaffolds, and a quick rubric to launch within two weeks. This session aims to have teachers place students’ own worlds at the center of rigorous math learning.
Speakers
avatar for Gianna Shields

Gianna Shields

Project Staff, SJSU
I am a doctoral student at San Josè State University and the Executive Director of the Noyce Grant at SJSU. I spent 7 years in K-5 education and have been a CSU lecturer for 6 years in the department of Elementary Education. 
SZ

Sandra Zuniga Ruiz

Project Staff, San Jose State University
Friday June 26, 2026 10:45am - 11:45am PDT
Regal
  Breakout Session, Cultivating

10:45am PDT

Reimagining Geometry Through Design to Promote Empathy: Creating a Lantern With Math Modeling
Friday June 26, 2026 10:45am - 11:45am PDT
Imperial
This session invites teachers to learn about integrating community-oriented learning in math classrooms through a sample geometry design-based lesson. Through a short presentation, participants will learn integrating human-centered design in math classrooms to support creative ways of learning, empathic awareness, and collaboration among students. Participants will experience design in a hands-on workshop to create a lantern with math modeling. Throughout this session, participants will have the opportunity to reflect on their designing experience, hear stories from the lesson implementation, and discuss ideas for future ways of integrating math, design, and the community.
Speakers
MM
avatar for Gloriana Gonzalez
Friday June 26, 2026 10:45am - 11:45am PDT
Imperial
  Breakout Session, Cultivating

11:15am PDT

Asset-Oriented Math Instruction: Shifting Teacher Mindsets for Emergent Bilingual Success
Friday June 26, 2026 11:15am - 11:45am PDT
Terrace AB
This session explores how high school math teachers shifted from deficit to asset-based positioning of emergent bilinguals (EBs) through a year-long collaborative professional development focused on mathematical modeling. Using positioning theory as an analytical lens, we examine how classroom discourse shapes student agency and access to mathematics. Participants will engage in interactive activities, including sorting excerpts and reflective discussions, to analyze how language and context influence perceptions of EBs’ capabilities. We share findings from seven teachers working with linguistically diverse students and offer actionable strategies for fostering equity and transforming institutional structures in mathematics education.
Speakers
avatar for Jiyeong Yi

Jiyeong Yi

Associate Professor, Iowa State University
Associate professor in Math Education at Iowa State University, specializing in mathematics education. My research focuses on supporting teachers in effectively teaching mathematics to Emergent Bilingual students.
SS

Shristi Shrestha

Graduate Student, Iowa State University
PhD student in the Human Computer Interaction program at Iowa State University. I have been doing research about AI in math education.
Friday June 26, 2026 11:15am - 11:45am PDT
Terrace AB
  Breakout Session, Catalyzing

11:15am PDT

Humanizing the First Years of Teaching: Creating Community to Support Equitable Teaching
Friday June 26, 2026 11:15am - 11:45am PDT
Royal A
Being a new teacher is exciting and challenging. How can new teachers, especially those committed to teaching in equitable and humanizing ways, be supported to thrive (instead of just survive)? Join us as we share how one group of new teachers and their former math education professor supported each other through critical friendship in a monthly community of practice. What are early-career teachers grappling with as they strive to teach in equitable ways? How can you support early career teachers? Come find out and connect with us!
Speakers
KR
avatar for Amelia Ard
Friday June 26, 2026 11:15am - 11:45am PDT
Royal A
  Breakout Session, Catalyzing

11:15am PDT

Make it Meaningful: Adapting Curriculum for Social Justice
Friday June 26, 2026 11:15am - 11:45am PDT
Terrace CD
Do you want to practice creating or adapting social justice oriented math tasks and curriculum? Do you want students to see how math can be connected to topics outside their textbooks?
In this session, we will be discussing how to adapt or enhance a provided curriculum and adjust or add onto provided problems withing a curriculum through a lens of meaningfulness and social justice. Whether you’re beginning your journey or have experience and are looking for new perspectives, you’ll leave with implementable strategies and steps for the upcoming school year.
Speakers
DZ
Friday June 26, 2026 11:15am - 11:45am PDT
Terrace CD
  Breakout Session, Catalyzing

11:15am PDT

Mathematics in Our Lived Experiences: Sharing Stories to Broaden Perceptions and Transform Learning
Friday June 26, 2026 11:15am - 11:45am PDT
Royal CDEF
Many people feel unwelcome in mathematics – a regrettable, but not inevitable, circumstance. In this session, I will share the goals and videos from a project documenting adults’ lived experiences of mathematics. In these videos, participants share how they engage in mathematics in their lives and how these experiences relate – or do not easily relate – to their memories of school “mathematics”. Many participants are members of historically marginalized groups. Session attendees will be invited to reflect on their own experiences and to consider how these stories could help to catalyze collaborative and sustained work to center humanity in school mathematics.
Speakers
KY

Kim Yoak

Mathematics specialist, Summit Mathematics Education Enterprises
I have recently founded the Coalition for Mathematics for Human Flourishing!  We will share people's lived experiences of mathematics (in all its forms) and work with individuals, schools, and systems to transform school mathematics experiences for young people.  @CMathsHuman on... Read More →
Friday June 26, 2026 11:15am - 11:45am PDT
Royal CDEF
  Breakout Session, Catalyzing

11:15am PDT

Supporting Elementary Teacher Candidates to Embrace Torres’ Rights of the Learner in Light of Hyper-Scripted Curriculum Mandates
Friday June 26, 2026 11:15am - 11:45am PDT
Royal B
In an era of increasing legislative interference and political attacks on teachers’ autonomy, this session examines the notion of trust, love, and defiance through the lens of Torres’ Rights of the Learner (RotL) framework and Gutiérrez’s Rehumanizing Framework. We will explore how teacher candidates can utilize these frameworks to retain autonomy as professionals who center student experiences and identities and foster autonomous learners, even under the demands of a hyper-scripted, mandated curricula.
Speakers
avatar for Crystal Kalinec-Craig
Friday June 26, 2026 11:15am - 11:45am PDT
Royal B
  Breakout Session, Catalyzing

1:00pm PDT

Being Muslim in Math Education Spaces
Friday June 26, 2026 1:00pm - 2:00pm PDT
Royal A
What can we learn from historically marginalized math practitioners from an intersectional perspective? How do we translate these findings to the daily math classroom? A 2022 Institute for Social Policy and Understanding poll reported that Muslims experience higher levels of religious discrimination than any other religious groups and that 68% have experienced Islamophobia with higher rates for American-born young adults and women (~80%). In this dynamic, collaborative workshop, participants will apply statistics on Islamophobia through a humanizing and qualitative orientation by engaging in conversation and activities together from a culturally responsive lens. The presenters, both experienced classroom and Muslim teachers, will help participants make connections on how to best support and include Muslim students in humanizing and inclusive pedagogical praxis.
Speakers
avatar for Sara Rezvi
Friday June 26, 2026 1:00pm - 2:00pm PDT
Royal A
  Breakout Session, Cultivating

1:00pm PDT

Modeling Justice: Using Mathematics to Explore and Challenge Real-World Inequities
Friday June 26, 2026 1:00pm - 2:00pm PDT
Imperial
How can students use mathematical modeling to reveal systems of power and privilege? This session invites participants to explore justice-centered modeling tasks on issues such as gerrymandering, housing, and climate change. Using authentic district maps and data, participants will analyze how mathematics can expose and challenge unfair voting boundaries. Grounded in critical mathematics education, the session highlights how modeling can cultivate students’ civic reasoning, agency, and ethical awareness. Participants will gain practical frameworks for designing learning experiences that position mathematics as a tool for understanding and transforming social realities.
Speakers
MP
JR
Friday June 26, 2026 1:00pm - 2:00pm PDT
Imperial
  Breakout Session, Cultivating

1:00pm PDT

Rooting Mathematics in Care: Latine Teachers Rehumanizing High School Classrooms
Friday June 26, 2026 1:00pm - 2:00pm PDT
Terrace AB
This session is led by three Latine high school mathematics teachers who reimagine care as central to rooting mathematics in humanity. Co-authored with a mathematics education researcher who formerly taught high school mathematics, the session bridges classroom practice and research to highlight teachers’ lived expertise. Guided by Keeling’s (2014) framing of an ethic of care and Gutiérrez’s (2018) call to rehumanize mathematics, we share how care manifests through language, relational trust, and student brilliance. Using pláticas (Fierros & Delgado Bernal, 2016), participants will collectively reflect on how care disrupts deficit framings and cultivates belonging and shared humanity in mathematics spaces.
Speakers
avatar for Fabian Gutierrez Vidal
avatar for Nicolette Capriles
avatar for Tania Pelayo
avatar for Sabrina Zarza
Friday June 26, 2026 1:00pm - 2:00pm PDT
Terrace AB
  Breakout Session, Cultivating

1:00pm PDT

Rewriting stories: Identity work as pathways to belonging and empowerment for students-and ourselves
Friday June 26, 2026 1:00pm - 2:30pm PDT
Royal B
What stories do we and our PK-12 students tell about who belongs in mathematics? Let’s break the mold for our students and for ourselves! In this interactive workshop, we will uncover our own math identities so we can help our students uncover theirs, and explore how unproductive beliefs and implicit biases shape pedagogy and assessment. Together, we’ll reimagine teaching practices that center belonging, disrupt inequities, and empower all learners to thrive in mathematics in PK-12 classrooms.
Speakers
avatar for Sean Nank

Sean Nank

California State University San Marcos
Sean Nank, PhD, received the Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching (PAEMST). Sean is a Distinguished Teacher in Residence and adjunct professor at California State University San Marcos, a full professor at American College of Education, and works... Read More →
MP
Friday June 26, 2026 1:00pm - 2:30pm PDT
Royal B
  Breakout Session, Collaborating

1:00pm PDT

TODOS Antiracist Mathematics Book Club: Expanding our Circle to Parents, Caregivers, & Communities
Friday June 26, 2026 1:00pm - 2:30pm PDT
Regal
The TODOS Antiracist Mathematics Education Book Club will host its final session at the TODOS Conference, centering on Section 2: Parents & Caregivers and Section 5: Community Members from Antiracist Mathematics Education: Stories of Acknowledgment, Action, and Accountability. Participants (both in-person and virtually) will reflect on how partnerships with families and communities shape equitable mathematics learning opportunities, share insights from their own contexts, and consider actions that extend beyond classrooms. This session invites collaborative dialogue focused on sustaining antiracist practices through meaningful engagement with families and communities while learning from each other.
Speakers
LM
avatar for Monica Gonzalez
Friday June 26, 2026 1:00pm - 2:30pm PDT
Regal
  Breakout Session, Collaborating
 
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