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You’re invited to join us Tuesday August 12th through Thursday August 14th for the 2025 STEM Summit at the Wenatchee Convention Center! The STEM Summit provides professional learning opportunities for teachers and educational staff members in the areas of science, technology, engineering and mathematics taught by experts and specialists in their fields.

Please register in pdEnroller before signing up for this SCHED event.

If you have any questions, please email Pete Phillips.
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Tuesday, August 12
 

9:30am PDT

Einstein for Algebra 2
Tuesday August 12, 2025 9:30am - 12:00pm PDT
137 North Wenatchee Ave Wenatchee, WA 98801
In 1905, while working as a clerk in a Swiss patent office, Albert Einstein revolutionized the world of physics by introducing a new theory of space and time: Special Relativity. Surprisingly, much of the mathematics associated with Special Relativity is accessible to students with a strong background in algebra. This class will explore the Lorentz Transformation and some of the unusual consequences of Special Relativity including time dilation and length contraction using fundamental techniques of algebra.
Presenters
avatar for Bill Eagle

Bill Eagle

Associate Director - NCESD, NCESD
Tuesday August 12, 2025 9:30am - 12:00pm PDT
TBA
  Science (General), Middle School, High School |   Math, Middle School, High School

9:30am PDT

Data Science within BTC
Tuesday August 12, 2025 9:30am - 12:00pm PDT
137 North Wenatchee Ave Wenatchee, WA 98801
Implementing Building Thinking Classroom Strategies with a Data Science/Data Literacy lens and STEM Context.
Presenters
avatar for Andy Boyd

Andy Boyd

WA Math Regional Coordinator, North Central Education Service District
Pre-Conference: Building Thinking Classrooms 101Price: $125.00Registration - https://www.pdenroller.org/psesd/catalog/175011This introductory pre-conference session is designed for newcomers to Building Thinking Classrooms. Participants of the main Building Thinking Classrooms Conference who are unfamiliar with the Building Thinking Classrooms (BTC) framework are highly encouraged to participate in this p... Read More →
CH
Tuesday August 12, 2025 9:30am - 12:00pm PDT
TBA
  Science (General), Elementary, Middle School, High School |   Math, Elementary, Middle School, High School |   Climate Science, Elementary, Middle School, High School |   Data Science, Elementary, Middle School, High School

11:00am PDT

Bringing Mathematics Down to Earth!
Tuesday August 12, 2025 11:00am - 12:00pm PDT
137 North Wenatchee Ave Wenatchee, WA 98801
This session focuses on identifying the most essential math concepts (power standards) and teaching them through real-world applications, ensuring students not only learn but also see the value in what they’re studying. Attendees will explore practical, classroom-tested strategies that move beyond memorization, involving scaffolds for struggling learners, project-based activities, and real-world examples. By focusing on deeper understanding and application, educators will help all students, especially those who are disengaged, find meaningful connections to mathematics.
Presenters
avatar for Mitch Stanberry

Mitch Stanberry

NBCT High School Math Teacher, Warden High School
For the past decade, I have been teaching on the East side of the state. My journey began in a traditionally affluent high school, but ten years ago, I made a significant transition to a high minority, low socio-economic high school. This change has been both challenging and enlightening... Read More →
avatar for Jessica Cole

Jessica Cole

High School Math Teacher, Warden School District
Tuesday August 12, 2025 11:00am - 12:00pm PDT
TBA
  Math, High School

11:00am PDT

Track Your Data!
Tuesday August 12, 2025 11:00am - 12:00pm PDT
137 North Wenatchee Ave Wenatchee, WA 98801
Have you ever needed to track data on your students, but don't know an easy way to do it? Come check out how to easily track data on your students using Google Sheets. This hands-on tutorial presentation will show you how to take the data you have on your students and make it easy to share with your intervention team, administration, and other specialists. Please bring a laptop with you to this session.
Presenters
avatar for Susan Schuh

Susan Schuh

Elementary Math Specialist, Bridgeport School District
Tuesday August 12, 2025 11:00am - 12:00pm PDT
TBA
  Math, Elementary, Middle School, High School, Early Learning (Birth - 3rd Grade) |   Educational Technology, Elementary, Middle School, High School, Early Learning (Birth - 3rd Grade)

1:00pm PDT

Bringing Mathematics Down to Earth!
Tuesday August 12, 2025 1:00pm - 2:00pm PDT
137 North Wenatchee Ave Wenatchee, WA 98801
This session focuses on identifying the most essential math concepts (power standards) and teaching them through real-world applications, ensuring students not only learn but also see the value in what they’re studying. Attendees will explore practical, classroom-tested strategies that move beyond memorization, involving scaffolds for struggling learners, project-based activities, and real-world examples. By focusing on deeper understanding and application, educators will help all students, especially those who are disengaged, find meaningful connections to mathematics.
Presenters
avatar for Mitch Stanberry

Mitch Stanberry

NBCT High School Math Teacher, Warden High School
For the past decade, I have been teaching on the East side of the state. My journey began in a traditionally affluent high school, but ten years ago, I made a significant transition to a high minority, low socio-economic high school. This change has been both challenging and enlightening... Read More →
avatar for Jessica Cole

Jessica Cole

High School Math Teacher, Warden School District
Tuesday August 12, 2025 1:00pm - 2:00pm PDT
TBA
  Math, High School

2:30pm PDT

Speaking Math: Making Content Accessible for All
Tuesday August 12, 2025 2:30pm - 3:30pm PDT
137 North Wenatchee Ave Wenatchee, WA 98801
The session will focus on a framework for sheltering lessons for language and scafollding for content, making meaning with language-rich strategies to make math stick.
Presenters
avatar for Nadya Bush

Nadya Bush

Academic Specialist, North Central ESD
avatar for Cyndy Valdez

Cyndy Valdez

Multilingual & Migrant Student Services Director, North Central ESD
My career spans 27 years from classroom to building and district implementation and program design. I am currently working at NCESD #171 to support 29 school districts in North Central Washington in the areas of Migrant, Bilingual, and NTC Project GLAD®.
Tuesday August 12, 2025 2:30pm - 3:30pm PDT
TBA
  Math, Elementary, Middle School, High School
 
Wednesday, August 13
 

9:30am PDT

Bringing Mathematics Down to Earth!
Wednesday August 13, 2025 9:30am - 10:30am PDT
137 North Wenatchee Ave Wenatchee, WA 98801
This session focuses on identifying the most essential math concepts (power standards) and teaching them through real-world applications, ensuring students not only learn but also see the value in what they’re studying. Attendees will explore practical, classroom-tested strategies that move beyond memorization, involving scaffolds for struggling learners, project-based activities, and real-world examples. By focusing on deeper understanding and application, educators will help all students, especially those who are disengaged, find meaningful connections to mathematics.
Presenters
avatar for Mitch Stanberry

Mitch Stanberry

NBCT High School Math Teacher, Warden High School
For the past decade, I have been teaching on the East side of the state. My journey began in a traditionally affluent high school, but ten years ago, I made a significant transition to a high minority, low socio-economic high school. This change has been both challenging and enlightening... Read More →
avatar for Jessica Cole

Jessica Cole

High School Math Teacher, Warden School District
Wednesday August 13, 2025 9:30am - 10:30am PDT
TBA
  Math, High School

9:30am PDT

Einstein for Algebra 2
Wednesday August 13, 2025 9:30am - 12:00pm PDT
137 North Wenatchee Ave Wenatchee, WA 98801
In 1905, while working as a clerk in a Swiss patent office, Albert Einstein revolutionized the world of physics by introducing a new theory of space and time: Special Relativity. Surprisingly, much of the mathematics associated with Special Relativity is accessible to students with a strong background in algebra. This class will explore the Lorentz Transformation and some of the unusual consequences of Special Relativity including time dilation and length contraction using fundamental techniques of algebra.
Presenters
avatar for Bill Eagle

Bill Eagle

Associate Director - NCESD, NCESD
Wednesday August 13, 2025 9:30am - 12:00pm PDT
TBA
  Science (General), Middle School, High School |   Math, Middle School, High School

9:30am PDT

Data Science: Research to Practice Workshop for Educators
Wednesday August 13, 2025 9:30am - 12:00pm PDT
137 North Wenatchee Ave Wenatchee, WA 98801
Data is everywhere around us. The ability to work with, understand, and use data has become an essential life skill and requirement for an ever-expanding range of jobs and careers. Join us to learn about the new Washington data science standards and how you can incorporate them into your classroom. Using climate data, we will learn to ask investigative questions, seek patterns, make meaning, and communicate our ideas.
Presenters
avatar for Andy Boyd

Andy Boyd

WA Math Regional Coordinator, North Central Education Service District
Pre-Conference: Building Thinking Classrooms 101Price: $125.00Registration - https://www.pdenroller.org/psesd/catalog/175011This introductory pre-conference session is designed for newcomers to Building Thinking Classrooms. Participants of the main Building Thinking Classrooms Conference who are unfamiliar with the Building Thinking Classrooms (BTC) framework are highly encouraged to participate in this p... Read More →
CH
Wednesday August 13, 2025 9:30am - 12:00pm PDT
TBA
  Science (General), Elementary, Middle School, High School |   Math, Elementary, Middle School, High School |   Climate Science, Elementary, Middle School, High School |   Data Science, Elementary, Middle School, High School

1:00pm PDT

Speaking Math: Making Content Accessible for All
Wednesday August 13, 2025 1:00pm - 2:00pm PDT
137 North Wenatchee Ave Wenatchee, WA 98801
The session will focus on a framework for sheltering lessons for language and scafollding for content, making meaning with language-rich strategies to make math stick.
Presenters
avatar for Nadya Bush

Nadya Bush

Academic Specialist, North Central ESD
avatar for Cyndy Valdez

Cyndy Valdez

Multilingual & Migrant Student Services Director, North Central ESD
My career spans 27 years from classroom to building and district implementation and program design. I am currently working at NCESD #171 to support 29 school districts in North Central Washington in the areas of Migrant, Bilingual, and NTC Project GLAD®.
Wednesday August 13, 2025 1:00pm - 2:00pm PDT
TBA
  Math, Elementary, Middle School, High School

2:30pm PDT

Track Your Data!
Wednesday August 13, 2025 2:30pm - 3:30pm PDT
137 North Wenatchee Ave Wenatchee, WA 98801
Have you ever needed to track data on your students, but don't know an easy way to do it? Come check out how to easily track data on your students using Google Sheets. This hands-on tutorial presentation will show you how to take the data you have on your students and make it easy to share with your intervention team, administration, and other specialists. Please bring a laptop with you to this session.
Presenters
avatar for Susan Schuh

Susan Schuh

Elementary Math Specialist, Bridgeport School District
Wednesday August 13, 2025 2:30pm - 3:30pm PDT
TBA
  Math, Elementary, Middle School, High School, Early Learning (Birth - 3rd Grade) |   Educational Technology, Elementary, Middle School, High School, Early Learning (Birth - 3rd Grade)
 
Thursday, August 14
 

9:30am PDT

Quantum Sparks - This History of Light
Thursday August 14, 2025 9:30am - 12:00pm PDT
137 North Wenatchee Ave Wenatchee, WA 98801
What is light and how do we know? This session with explore the history of our understanding of light from the ancient Greeks and Isaac Newton, up to Albert Einstein’s explanation of the photo-electric effect and the birth of Quantum Mechanics. A basic understanding of algebraic concepts is required for this course.
Presenters
avatar for Bill Eagle

Bill Eagle

Associate Director - NCESD, NCESD
Thursday August 14, 2025 9:30am - 12:00pm PDT
TBA
  Science (General), High School |   Math, High School

9:30am PDT

Meet the Podcasters - PL Talks: Stefan, Cari, and Andy
Thursday August 14, 2025 9:30am - 12:00pm PDT
137 North Wenatchee Ave Wenatchee, WA 98801
Come visit with the crew and be a part of a STEM Summit Podcast, PL Talks version
Presenters
avatar for Andy Boyd

Andy Boyd

WA Math Regional Coordinator, North Central Education Service District
Pre-Conference: Building Thinking Classrooms 101Price: $125.00Registration - https://www.pdenroller.org/psesd/catalog/175011This introductory pre-conference session is designed for newcomers to Building Thinking Classrooms. Participants of the main Building Thinking Classrooms Conference who are unfamiliar with the Building Thinking Classrooms (BTC) framework are highly encouraged to participate in this p... Read More →
CH
avatar for Stefan Troutman

Stefan Troutman

Education Technology Specialist, NCESD
Thursday August 14, 2025 9:30am - 12:00pm PDT
TBA
  Science (General), Elementary, Middle School, High School, K-20 |   Technology (General), Elementary, Middle School, High School, K-20 |   Math, Elementary, Middle School, High School, K-20 |   Climate Science, Elementary, Middle School, High School, K-20 |   Artificial Intelligence, Elementary, Middle School, High School, K-20 |   Educational Technology, Elementary, Middle School, High School, K-20 |   Data Science, Elementary, Middle School, High School, K-20
 
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