Annual Conference Thursday by Grade Band


 

 

Thursday Grades PK-5 Elementary Sessions

Time Grade Location Speaker Title - Hover Over for Description
8:00-9:00 PK-2 Bauer Morehouse C Melissa Hedges
Exploring Math Trajectories for Young Learners
8:00-9:00 3-5 Kern Boehr Cary Heidi Eisenreich
Making Sense of Fraction Addition Through Problem Progressions
8:00-9:00 PK-5 Kern Stansbury Hanson Katelyn Suchyta
Designing Inclusive and Engaging Non-Digital Math Games to Strengthen Students’ Access to Mathematics

 

Time Grade Location Speaker Title - Hover Over for Description
9:30-10:30 PK-2 Bauer Morehouse B Cassandra Shulfer
Building Representation Competence Through Play
9:30-10:30 PK-5 Bauer Morehouse C Dr. Marian Small
What Does It Mean to be Numerate?
9:30-10:30 PK-5 Kern Johnson Penny Heroux
Celebrating Growth Versus Achievement

 

Time Grade Location Speaker Title - Hover Over for Description
11:00-12:00 PK-5 Bauer Beaty Maggie McHugh
Passport to K-5 Global Math Modeling Tasks
11:00-12:15 PK-5 Bauer Boddie LaDue Rob Nickerson
Growing Mathematicians with Number Lines
11:00-12:15 PK-2 Bauer Morehouse A Rachel Kozicke
Using Schema-Based Instruction to Simplify Addition and Subtraction Word Problems

 

Time Grade Location Speaker Title - Hover Over for Description
1:00-2:00 PK-2 Bauer Boddie LaDue Sarah Burzynski
Cracking the Code: Unlocking Story Problems in Elementary Mathematics
1:00-2:00 PK-5 Bauer Morehouse A Jennie Ebert
A Beginner's Guide to Cuisenaire Rods
1:00-2:00 3-5 Kern Boehr Cary Heidi Eisenreich
Making Fractions Make Sense: Interactive Strategies Using Multiple Representations

 

Time Grade Location Speaker Title - Hover Over for Description
2:30-3:45 PK-5 Bauer Boddie LaDue Jenny Sagrillo
Goldilocks Problems: Finding Tasks That Are Just Right
2:30-3:30 PK-2 Bauer Morehouse A Michelle Douglas-Meyer
Subitizing Learning Trajectory: A Critical Component of Children’s Numerical Development
2:30-3:30 3-5 Kern Brayton Case A Gabriella Pinter
Launching the Year with Joyful Math: Hands-On Activities that Spark Curiosity
2:30-3:30 PK-5 RWI Mahaney Melissa Troudt
Are Colleges Teaching What Teachers Need? Priorities in Numbers and Operations Courses

 

Thursday Grades 6-12 Secondary Sessions

Time Grade Location Speaker Title - Hover Over for Description
8:00-8:00 9-12 Bauer Beaty Mike Weidner
M^3 Challenge: Curiosity About Advanced Math Modeling
8:00-9:00 6-12 Bauer Boddie LaDue Jes Weiss
SmartSchool: The AI Math Tutor for Real Time Learning
8:00-9:00 6-12 Bauer Lightbody Amy Bloom
Who Am I as a Mathematician? Fostering Positive Math Identity in Secondary Students
8:00-9:00 6-12 Canceled Katrina Rothrock
Growing Minds - Your Mindset Matters!
8:00-9:00 6-8 Bauer Morehouse B Savannah Hansen
Using a Variety of Tools to Teach Middle School Students to Work with Operations on Integers
8:00-9:00 6-8 Kern Brayton Case B Katie Haertle
Tier 2 Acceleration Instead of Remediation
8:00-9:00 6-12 Kern Brown Jennifer Lawler
Algorithms are Overrated: Building Number Sense and Fluency in Secondary Mathematics Classrooms
8:00-9:00 6-12 RWI Crystal Alyssa Steinberger
Creating a "Math Support Team"
8:00-9:00 9-12 RWI McGarvey Ray Klein
Orthocenter: What's the Point?

 

Time Grade Location Speaker Title - Hover Over for Description
9:30-10:30 9-12 Bauer Beaty Scott Anderson
Minutes Matter -- No Daily Homework and No Free Agents in My Classroom
9:30-10:30 6-8 Bauer Boddie LaDue Jamie Bernath
Making Middle School Math Come Alive with Manipulatives, Games, and Activities
9:30-10:30 6-12 Bauer Lightbody Michelle Mallonen
Math Strategy Groups - Sparking Teachers' Curiosity While Embedding a Systemic Movement
9:30-10:30 9-12 Bauer Morehouse A Jess Hutschenreuter
Flipping the Script: Learning to Innovate in AP Stats
9:30-10:30 9-12 Kern Brayton Case A Dave Ebert
Global Mathematics: An Elective Math Class for ALL Students
9:30-10:30 6-8 Kern Brayton Case B Lisa D'Acquisto
Students in the Driver’s Seat: Using Data to Power Learning
9:30-10:30 9-12 Kern Stansbury Hanson Ray Klein
Discovery: Make it an Integral Part of Your Geometry Class

 

Time Grade Location Speaker Title - Hover Over for Description
11:00-12:15 6-12 Bauer Lightbody Joe Griesbach
The Best of Math Morsels: Videos and Problems That Will Spark Your Students' Curiosity
11:00-12:15 6-12 Bauer Morehouse C John Hayes
Co-Teaching Relationships that Co-Plan by Promoting Collaborative Inquiry
11:00-12:00 6-12 Kern Johnson Spencer Kurtenbach
The Continual Cycle of Assessment Practices
11:00-12:15 6-12 Kern Stansbury Hanson Enock Yeboah
Uplifting Multilingual Learners in the Mathematics Classroom
11:00-12:15 9-12 RWI McGarvey Bill Kujawa
Investigating Mathematical Patterns of Linear and Quadratic Relationships

 

Time Grade Location Speaker Title - Hover Over for Description
11:45-12:45 6-12 Kern Boehr Cary Jason Thrun
Spiromath!
11:45-12:45 9-12 Kern Brayton Case B Dewey Gottlieb
Every Graph Tells a Story: Empower Students to Visualize and Generalize
11:45-12:45 6-12 Kern Brown Kelly Steiner
Case Study: De-Tracking Math by Leveling Up Middle and High School
11:45-12:45 9-12 RWI Crystal Gail Burrill
Data, Data Science, and Decision Trees: Tomorrow’s Mathematics

 

Time Grade Location Speaker Title - Hover Over for Description
1:00-2:00 6-8 Bauer Morehouse B Jamie Bernath
Building Thinking Mathematics Support Classes: Advocacy for Students Who Traditionally Struggle
1:00-2:00 6-8 Kern Brayton Case A Kristin Jackowick
Making Time for Multiplication
1:00-2:00 9-12 Kern Brayton Case B Peter Anderson
Leveraging Math Reasoning: "Mathing" from Place Value to the Difference of Cubes
1:00-2:00 9-12 Kern Stansbury Hanson Erick Hofacker
What does that M- in the WI Math Standards Mean? It’s Mathematical Modeling!
1:00-2:00 9-12 Kraft Mitchell Dining Erin Lucas
Practical Classroom Activities to Enhance Student Engagement
1:00-2:00 9-12 Lawson MLK Brian Bothwell
Engaging Tasks for Algebra 2 and Precalculus Students
1:00-2:00 6-8 RWI McGarvey Matt Miller
Deepening Data Reasoning through Explorations in Variability to Association

 

Time Grade Location Speaker Title - Hover Over for Description
2:30-3:30 6-12 Bauer Lightbody Miranda Hopp
Digital Literacy: How Social Media Use Effects Mathematics Achievement
2:30-3:30 6-12 Bauer Morehouse B Aliscia Benetti
Beyond the Purchase: A Roadmap for New Curriculum
2:30-3:45 6-8 Kern Boehr Cary Howard Aprill
Hands-On Math for Environmental Problem Solving – Making Real-World Connections
2:30-3:45 6-12 Kern Brayton Case B Jessie Thiel
Fun Functions: Tasks Highlighting Mathematical Practices
2:30-3:30 9-12 Kern Brown Scott Anderson
AP Calculus Roundtable: Mastering the Darn Details
2:30-3:30 9-12 Kern Stansbury Hanson Tanner Antilla
Leveraging AI to assist with HS Math Task Anticipation, Lesson Planning, and Assessment Alignment
2:30-3:45 6-12 RWI Crystal Sara McKittrick
Leading from Within: Supporting High-Quality Mathematics Instruction from Within the Classroom

 

 

Thursday PK-12 General Interest Sessions

Time Grade Location Speaker Title - Hover Over for Description
8:00-9:00 PK-12 Kern Brayton Case A Dr. Mike Flanagan
Math Routines in Motion: Sparking Joy, Collaboration, and Discovery Every Day
8:00-9:00 PK-12 Kern Johnson Dan Krill
How the Trapezium Became the Trapezoid and What to Do About It!
8:00-9:00 PK-12 Kraft Mitchell Dining Spencer Kurtenbach
The Journey of Co-teaching
8:00-9:00 PK-12 Kraft Tower Dining Mel Jemiola
Game, SET, Math: Using a Familiar Game to teach Mathematical Concepts
8:00-9:00 PK-12 Pillsbury Staughton Howie Hua
Fun Math Tricks and Why They Work
8:00-9:00 PK-12 RWI Mahaney Arati Sudhir Bapat
Pre-Service Mathematics Teachers’ Becoming of Equity-Oriented Pedagogues

 

Time Grade Location Speaker Title - Hover Over for Description
9:30-10:30 PK-12 Kern Boehr Cary Leah Hover-Preiss
Supporting Literacy Instruction in the Math Classroom
9:30-10:30 PK-12 Kern Brown Amy Bloom
Building Strong Partnerships to Elevate Math Instruction
9:30-10:30 PK-12 Kraft Mitchell Dining Kelsey Vosters
“We’ve Been There!” - New and Early Career Teacher Panel
9:30-10:30 PK-12 Kraft Tower Dining Kris Statz
Strengthening Tier 1 Instruction Within a Coherent MLSS
9:30-10:30 PK-12 Pillsbury Staughton John Spencer
Using AI for Deeper Learning in Math
9:30-10:30 PK-12 RWI Crystal Mai Vang
Deepening Understanding of the Mathematical Shift
10:00-11:15 PK-12 RWI Mahaney UW-Milwaukee Secondary Pre-Service Teachers
Classroom Action Research Poster Session

 

Time Grade Location Speaker Title - Hover Over for Description
11:00-12:00 PK-12 Kraft Mitchell Dining Alyssa Steinberger
You Can Sit with Us! Lunch and Learn for New and Early Career Teachers
11:00-12:00 PK-12 Lawson MLK Josh Hertel
Personal Finance for Educators: Navigating Early Career Choices

 

Time Grade Location Speaker Title - Hover Over for Description
11:45-12:45 PK-12 Bauer Morehouse B Megan McCormick
Connecting with Math in Your Community
11:45-12:45 PK-12 Kern Brayton Case A John Marzion
Igniting Interest, Belonging, and Joy in Your Math Classroom
11:45-12:45 PK-12 RWI Mahaney Mary Walz
Curiosity for CS Contests

 

Time Grade Location Speaker Title - Hover Over for Description
1:00-2:00 PK-12 Bauer Beaty Deb Heitman
Transforming Math Anxiety into Confidence: A Journey of Creating a Supportive Classroom
1:00-2:00 PK-12 Bauer Lightbody Kyle Korinek
From Patchwork to Powerful - Building a High Impact Math MLSS That Works
1:00-2:00 PK-12 Bauer Morehouse C John Spencer
The Curious Classroom
1:00-2:00 PK-12 Kern Brown Crystal Marie Vesperman
Building Thinking Classrooms (BTC) Networking
1:00-2:00 PK-12 Kern Johnson WMC Positions Committee
Shaping WMC’s Position Statements: Updates and Open Discussion
1:00-2:00 PK-12 Kraft Tower Dining Kaitlyn Smith
Next Gen Math Tools: Practical Technology Integration in the Classroom
1:00-2:00 PK-12 Pillsbury Staughton Howie Hua
Making Memorable Math Lessons
1:00-2:00 PK-12 RWI Crystal Kayleigh Gray
Best Practices in Universal Design for Learning in the Mathematics Classroom

 

Time Grade Location Speaker Title - Hover Over for Description
2:30-3:45 PK-12 Bauer Beaty Karen Jakel-Hover
Interventions for ALL Students
2:30-3:45 PK-12 Bauer Morehouse C Nick Johnson
From Anxiety to Awe: Experiencing Joy with Exhilarating Mathematics
2:30-3:45 PK-12 Kern Johnson Lexi Vanden Heuvel
Beyond EdReports: A District-Driven Approach to Selecting High-Quality Math Materials
2:30-3:45 PK-12 Kraft Mitchell Dining Diamond Gulick
Math Learning Progressions: They Are the Guiding Light for Teachers and Students!
2:30-3:30 PK-12 Kraft Tower Dining Nicole Aldworth
Rewriting IEP Math Goals for Inclusion, Access, and Belonging
2:30-3:30 PK-12 Pillsbury Staughton Dr. Marian Small
Do They Really Understand?