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Thursday, June 25
 

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

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

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

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

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
 
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

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

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
 
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