2024 Building Thinking Classrooms Conference

Virtual Keynote: Dr. Peter Liljedahl

September 18, 2024, 8:30 am – 3:00 pm

ACES, 205 Skiff Street, Hamden, CT 06517

Register: www.aces.org/workshops

The 2024 Building Thinking Classrooms Conference will empower educators in implementing Dr. Peter Liljedahl’s 14 practices in new, engaging ways and across different content areas. Such practices include defronting the classroom, developing non-routine tasks, increasing metacognition in the notetaking process, changing the way we think about homework, and much more. By prioritizing Dr. Liljedahl’s practices, educators can move towards student-centered instruction and in turn, allow for deeper thinking, deeper conversations, and deeper reflection.

Audience: K-12 educators across all content areas who are implementing practices from Building Thinking Classrooms or are interested in learning about the practices.

Breakout sessions will cover a variety of topics across content areas:

• Integrating Thinking Classroom practices in all learning environments
• Collaborative planning of Thinking Classroom tasks
• Creating a Thinking Classroom culture
• Using self-evaluation and check for understanding questions
• Designing and facilitating thin-slicing and curricular tasks in math, science, social studies, and English language arts
• Scaffolding strategies to promote thinking tasks for multilingual learners
• Developing language & academic vocabulary in Thinking Classrooms

Call for Proposals

Consider submitting a proposal to share your work around implementing Thinking Classrooms in your school or district. Breakout sessions are 60 minutes and can be aligned to any content area or provide general information. Submissions are due June 30, 2024. Submit your proposal at https://bit.ly/acesbtc2024_proposals

CT STEM Academy is offering PAID STEM Education Professional Development Opportunities.  Teachers can register using the links on the flyers. 

Social Justice and Culturally Responsive Teaching Workshops – June 25 and 26 – In Person 

For more information click this LINK

Technology Cross Endorsement Workshops – July 8, 9, 10, 11 – Virtual 

For more information, click this LINK for the flyer & this LINK for the specific program details.

**15 openings remaining for the July program. This program will close upon reaching 20 registrations or by June 30.**

All questions should be directed to CT STEM Academy at stemleadershipinstitute@ctstemacademy.org

Visual Access to Mathematics (VAM) is a free professional learning course being offered to grades 6 and 7 math teachers who have at least one ML/EL student in their class. The strategies in VAM align with Building Thinking Classrooms. Participants will receive an $850 stipend and travel reimbursement (hotel, mileage, meals) is available for teachers who live more than 30 miles from the August workshop location in Chesire, CT. Spots are filling up, and the registration deadline is June 3^rd at 5pm.

Grades 6 and 7 mathematics teachers must register by June 3^rd by following these two steps:

1. Attend or view a recording of an information session (if you have not already done so):
   1. Upcoming Zoom information sessions times are: Tuesday, May 21^st at 3:45pm; Thursday, May 23^rd at 3:15pm; Tuesday, May 28^th at 3:15pm; Wednesday, May 29^th at 3:45pm; and Thursday, May 30^th at 8:00am. Sign-up for one of these information sessions using this info session sign-up form.
   2. Alternatively, you can watch this information session recording. (Note that there is travel reimbursement available for the summer workshop that is not mentioned in the recording.)
2. Then, register to participate using this registration form. The registration form, and the associated consent form, must be completed by June 3^rd at 5pm. (Note: if you have previously attended an information session and then registered then you are all set!)

Participation in VAM will enable you to:

·        Engage in mathematics tasks to deepen your understanding of using visual representations for proportional reasoning content.

·        Integrate mathematics problem solving and language strategies to benefit all students, and in particular English learners/multilingual learners.

·        Learn about interactive online tools to enhance mathematics learning.

·        Explore strategies aligned with Building Thinking Classrooms by attending to student grouping, rich mathematics tasks, using data formatively to support students, and supporting students to explain their thinking.

Benefits:

• Receive an $850 stipend for completion of project research and professional development activities.
• Option to earn graduate credit for a fee.
• Recently added: travel reimbursement available for those traveling more than 30 miles to Summer Workshop (Chesire, CT) component of course.

ATOMIC is excited to present

Dine, Discuss, and Learn

Thursday, May 2, 2024

5:00-8:00 PM

Thompson Brook School

150 Thompson Road

Avon, CT

Did you miss the 2024 ATOMIC Conference?

Were there sessions you wish you had attended but did not have space in your schedule?

We will be offering the following repeat sessions from the conference! Don’t miss out!

Sessions for All Educators

Access for All: Providing Entry Points for MLs into Problem Solving

How We Grade in a Thinking Classroom

Sessions for Specific Grade Bands

Thin Slicing in a BTC Classroom (6-12)

Struggling for Success (K-5)

(Click below to register:)

REGISTRATION

Registration will close on April 29, 2024.

There will be no registration at the door!

Schedule Details:

  5:00 – 5:30     Check In and Dinner

  5:30 – 5:45     Opening Program

  5:55 – 6:55      Breakout Session #1

  7:00 – 7:55      Breakout Session #2

Cost and Registration:

This is a free event for ATOMIC members and $25 for non ATOMIC members

Your payment will provide you with a one-year ATOMIC membership

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Please join us for this awesome event.

Apply today for the FREE 2024 K-8 Math Institute!
The Institute is funded by the Connecticut State Department of Education (CSDE) and managed by the Central Connecticut State University (CCSU) Department of Mathematical Sciences Professional Development Outreach Program.
Intel Math is an intensive, 80-hour, content-based course that requires full participation including take home assignments. The course is designed for you as a learner to deepen your own understanding of the K-8 math content and connections between concepts. This is NOT a course on any resource or curriculum.
There will be two Intel Institutes this summer and both will take place on the CCSU campus, in New Britain, CT
Cohort 1:
Where: CCSU Campus, New Britain, CT
When: July 22, 2024 to August 2, 2024
Times: 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (including two short breaks and for lunch on your own)

Cohort 2:
Where: CCSU Campus, New Britain, CT
When: August 5, 2024 to August 16, 2024
Times: 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (including two short breaks and for lunch on your own)
Competion of the Intel Math summer course includes a $1,500 stipend for participating teachers. Teams of teachers from districts and schools as well as teachers from Connecticut Alliance School Districts will be given priority, but all interested teachers in grades K – 8 are encouraged to apply by completing the form found on the link below by April 15th.
https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=cMUpI4C1I0KAO0J9gA6BtvL5Ym7mQjpHvgDZEwqRboFUNkFRRzgwV0dXS1RSTFpVRFVVODNDVjFTRy4u

If selected to participate, you will need to fully commit to the two-week course including attendance at all sessions and completion of assignments.
Please send an email to Dr. Robin S. Kalder with any application questions and view this brochure for more information about Intel Math.