Las Vegas, Nevada | November 9–11, 2026
Day 1
Take the learning home with you. Visit our book co-op open onsite throughout the event.
Click here to access the Padlet.
7:00–8:00 a.m.
Registration and Continental Breakfast
Location: Celebrity Foyer
8:00–9:45 a.m.
Keynote—Every Team, Every Lesson, Every Day: Teaching and Learning That Matter
Mona Toncheff
Location: Celebrity Ballroom
9:45–10:00 a.m.
Break
10:00–11:30 a.m.
Bill Barnes—Planning for Effective Mathematics Teaching and Learning (6–8)
Location: Melrose 4
Brian Buckhalter—Understanding the Standards You Teach: Unpacking Standards for Teaching and Learning (PreK–12)
Location: Celebrity 8
Jennifer Deinhart—Bridging Conceptual Understanding to Procedural Fluency (PreK–5)
Location: Melrose 3
Georgina Rivera—Increasing Student Discourse: How to Build Mathematical Language Routines Into Your Daily Lessons (PreK–5)
Location: Celebrity 5
Sarah Schuhl—Designing Lessons to Engage Students in Learning (9–12)
Location: Celebrity 7
Mona Toncheff—Building a Community of Learners (6–12)
Location: Celebrity 6
11:30 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
Lunch (on your own)
1:00–2:30 p.m.
Bill Barnes—Leveraging High-Quality Mathematical Tasks to Gather Evidence of Student Thinking (6–12)
Location: Melrose 4
Brian Buckhalter—Leveraging Learning Progressions to Accelerate Grade-Level Mathematics (6–12)
Location: Celebrity 8
Jennifer Deinhart—Planning for Student Goal Setting and Engagement in Lessons (PreK–5)
Location: Melrose 3
Georgina Rivera—Building a Community of Math Learners (PreK–5)
Location: Celebrity 5
Sarah Schuhl—Exploring Instructional Strategies That Deepen Student Learning of Mathematics (PreK–5)
Location: Celebrity 7
Mona Toncheff—Leading Your Mathematics Team: Building Collective Effi cacy Through Purposeful Team Leadership (PreK–12)
Location: Celebrity 6
2:30–2:45 p.m.
Break
2:45–3:45 p.m.
Role–Alike Networking Meeting—Descriptions
Educators meet with others who have similar responsibilities. Come ready to share experiences, discuss practices, and find solutions to student learning issues.
Elementary School—Facilitators: Jennifer Deinhart and Brian Buckhalter
Location: Celebrity 8
Middle School—Facilitators: Georgina Rivera
Location: Celebrity 5
High School—Facilitator: Sarah Schuhl
Location: Celebrity 7
Building Administrators and District Leaders—Facilitator: Bill Barnes
Location: Melrose 4
Instructional Coaches and Departmental Chairs—Facilitator: Mona Toncheff
Location: Celebrity 6
Day 2
Take the learning home with you. Visit our book co-op open onsite throughout the event.
Click here to access the Padlet.
7:00–8:00 a.m.
Registration and Continental Breakfast
Location: Celebrity Foyer
8:00–9:45 a.m.
Keynote—From Evidence to Action: Grow Learning With Common Assessments
Sarah Schuhl and Mona Toncheff
Location: Celebrity Ballroom
9:45–10:00 a.m.
Break
10:00–11:30 a.m.
Bill Barnes—Engaging Students as Learners Through Actionable Formative Feedback (6–12)
Location: Melrose 4
Brian Buckhalter—Strengthening Teacher and Student Learning Through High-Quality Assessments (3–5)
Location: Celebrity 8
Jennifer Deinhart—Collaboratively Defining Proficiency and Monitoring Student Progress (PreK–5)
Location: Melrose 3
Georgina Rivera—Assessing Young Mathematicians: Designing Meaningful Assessments for Learning (PreK–2)
Location: Celebrity 5
Sarah Schuhl—Designing Common Mathematics Assessments for Teacher and Student Learning (6–12)
Location: Celebrity 7
Mona Toncheff—Taking Action With Data: Making the Process Easy, Effi cient, and Eff ective (PreK–12)
Location: Celebrity 6
11:30 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
Lunch (on your own)
1:30–2:30 p.m.
Bill Barnes—Solving the Grading-Learning Dilemma: Making Grades Work for Learning (6–12)
Location: Melrose 4
Brian Buckhalter—Connecting Mathematics Assessments, Feedback, and Action to Move Student Learning Forward (PreK–5)
Location: Celebrity 8
Jennifer Deinhart—Planning Effective Mathematics Units Designed to Maximize Student Learning (PreK–5)
Location: Melrose 3
Georgina Rivera—Using Common Assessments to Drive Instruction: Designing REACTion Days (PreK–8)
Location: Celebrity 5
Sarah Schuhl—Planning Effective Mathematics Units Designed to Maximize Student Learning (6–12)
Location: Celebrity 7
Mona Toncheff—Increasing Student Investment Through Assessment Practices (6–12)
Location: Celebrity 6
2:30–2:45 p.m.
Break
2:45–3:45 p.m.
Team Time—Presenters are available to aid in team discussions.
Location: Celebrity Ballroom
Day 3
Take the learning home with you. Visit our book co-op open onsite throughout the event.
Click here to access the Padlet.
7:00–8:00 a.m.
Continental Breakfast
Location: Celebrity Foyer
8:00–9:45 a.m.
Georgina Rivera and Mona Toncheff—Sustaining Systemic Change in Mathematics (PreK–12)
Location: Celebrity 6
Bill Barnes and Sarah Schuhl—Accelerating Student Learning Through Effective Mathematics Interventions (PreK–12)
Location: Celebrity 7
Brian Buckhalter and Jennifer Deinhart—Developing Tasks With a Balance of Higher- and Lower-Level Cognitive Demand (PreK–12)
Location: Celebrity 8
9:45–10:00 a.m.
Break
10:00–11:30 a.m.
Closing Session: Celebration and Ignite! The Power of Your Story—Join presenters in a celebration of your work and growth!
Sarah Schuhl—Don't Hold Back
Georgina Rivera—Dimming
Bill Barnes—Hope
Jennifer Deinhart—Change Agents
Mona Toncheff—Bold
Brian Buckhalter—Farmers
Location: Celebrity Ballroom
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