Alicia Burdess

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.

Twitter: @BurdessAlicia

Sessions

• It's All About the JOY: Teaching with Big Beautiful Problems
• Teaching with Big Beautiful Problems in a Thinking Classroom: a Ten-Year Journey