Teaching with Big Beautiful Problems in a Thinking Classroom: a Ten-Year Journey
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Holiday Inn Portland, Clackamas Room, Lower level
Come experience the joy of teaching with Big Beautiful Problems in a Thinking Classroom. Whether you’re just beginning or have been teaching this way for a while, let’s get together and collaborate! We will share our experiences of implementing Peter Liljedahl’s Thinking Classroom framework over the last 10 years (starting with a problem, managing the flow, consolidating the learning, and figuring out assessment). Teachers will leave with a resource full of Big Beautiful Problems to take back to their own Thinking Classrooms.
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Holiday Inn Portland, Clackamas Room, Lower level
Workshop
Engagement
6-8, 9-12, 3-5
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Presented by
Numeracy Lead Teacher
Grande Prairie and District Catholic Schools
Alicia Burdess has been a teacher, assistant principal, and math coach with Grande Prairie and District Catholic Schools since 2005. Her passion is teaching through problem solving in a Thinking Classroom; she enjoys working with students and teachers implementing Peter Liljedahl's research and framework. She loves visiting classrooms, presenting at conferences and PD days, and is always excited to talk about learning and loving math. She wants everyone to experience the joy, confidence, and flow of solving big, beautiful problems and has recently published The Dragon Curve: A Magical Math Journey, a children’s book to share the beauty of math.
Superintendent
Grande Prairie and District Catholic Schools
Dr. Jessie Shirley is the Superintendent of Grande Prairie and District Catholic Schools in Alberta, Canada. She has her Doctorate in Education from the University of Calgary. She has extensive experience as a teacher, administrator, and district leader. She is passionate about teaching and learning, student engagement, and High School Redesign. She envisions learning environments that elicit joy and engagement for all students. She has presented at numerous conferences on the local, provincial and international stage.
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Holiday Inn Portland, Clackamas Room, Lower level
Workshop
Engagement
6-8, 9-12, 3-5
Scroll down to view handouts.