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Idaho Annual STEM Conference: The Magic of STEM 2026
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Wednesday, July 29
 

10:45am MDT

Bringing the Real World to the Classroom: Career-Connected Math Tasks
Wednesday July 29, 2026 10:45am - 11:45am MDT
TBA
Engage students with authentic mathematics that fits seamlessly into your daily instruction! Join our hands-on showcase of career-connected tasks bringing local industries directly to your classroom.
Built by Idaho educators, these materials follow one strict rule: "The math project has to be something these industry folks actually do at their job." Step into the shoes of a power lineman, a Fish & Game biometrician, and a taco truck entrepreneur to actively experience these concepts.
Leave equipped with ready-to-use materials to finally answer your students' favorite question: "When are we ever going to use this?"
Co-Facilitators / Task Designers: Co-Facilitators / Task Designers: Nicole Anderson, Steve Palmer, Callie Rose, Russel Seay, Lesley Marks, David Repke, Rebecca Owen, Emily Wasemiller, Mandy Simpson, Austin Duerksen, Kristen Montague, Nathan Cardon, Landon Belnap, Mitchell Parsons With: Josh Watson, Kathy Prummer, Veronica Blackham, Carol Hicks, Jayce Bell, Katie Bosch-Wilson 
Speakers
avatar for Dr. Kacey Diemert

Dr. Kacey Diemert

Current ICTM Member, Lewis-Clark State College
Dr. Kacey Diemert is a Professor of Mathematics - Education entering her 12th year at Lewis-Clark State College in the Teacher Education and Mathematics Division where she also serves as the Mathematics Program Coordinator. She has been fortunate to continue her love of working with... Read More →
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Veronica Blackham

Current ISTA Member, Idaho State University
Regional Mathematics Specialist
avatar for Suzanne Rousseau

Suzanne Rousseau

Current IdEEA Member, Lewis-Clark State College
Suzanne has been teaching mathematics at LC State since 2012, and her approach to teaching has evolved significantly over the years. When she began working with future teachers in 2017, it changed how she thought about math education entirely. She started focusing much more on helping... Read More →
avatar for Josh Watson

Josh Watson

Current ISTA Member, Lewis-Clark State College
Regional Mathematics Specialist
Wednesday July 29, 2026 10:45am - 11:45am MDT
TBA
  Math, 6-8, 9-12
  • global Y

10:45am MDT

Math Technology That Connects: Intentional Tech in a Building Thinking Classroom
Wednesday July 29, 2026 10:45am - 11:45am MDT
TBA
This session, led by Senior STEM Product Specialist Cassondra Kauppi, explores how technology can be paired with Building Thinking Classrooms (BTC) principles in the math classroom. Through intentional design, technology is used as a bridge for connection, communication, and collective sense-making in the mathematics classroom.
Rather than positioning technology as a replacement for interaction, this session centers technology as a way to amplify student voice, connect multiple representations, and make thinking visible. Students are able to see, compare, and build on one another’s ideas, strengthening both their understanding and their sense of belonging in mathematics.
Educators will leave with ready-to-use tasks that help transform technology from a potential distraction into a driver of community, reasoning, and deep mathematical learning.
Speakers
avatar for Cassondra Kauppi

Cassondra Kauppi

Conference Exhibitor, Amplify
Senior STEM Product Specialist, Amplify
Wednesday July 29, 2026 10:45am - 11:45am MDT
TBA
  Math, 6-8, 9-12, 3-5
  • global Y

1:00pm MDT

Opening doors to a future in STEM: A fluency approach to re-invigorating middle school math
Wednesday July 29, 2026 1:00pm - 2:00pm MDT
TBA
How can we change student trajectories to open doors in mathematics using very explicit instructional practices? Join us to discuss how leveraging daily mental math strategies supports problem solving capacity, productive struggle, reasoning, and reflection in the middle school math classroom.  By using choice, interesting rich tasks, and supporting students, we can increase student confidence, perseverance, and agency in the classroom and throughout their math career.


This session will explore how an experimental fluency program that included elements of fluency, mental math, rich tasks, collaboration, and discourse built student perseverance and confidence, as well as math proficiency. 
Speakers
avatar for Kathy Prummer

Kathy Prummer

Current ISTA Member, University of Idaho
Regional Mathematics Specialist
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Julia Martin

Current ICTM Member, Woodland Middle School
MS math and ELA intervention teacher (7th-8th) at Woodland Middle School in CdA, Idaho.
Wednesday July 29, 2026 1:00pm - 2:00pm MDT
TBA
  Math, 6-8
  • global Y

1:00pm MDT

Modernizing Mathematics: Integrating Future-Ready Skills into the Standards for Mathematical Practice
Wednesday July 29, 2026 1:00pm - 2:00pm MDT
TBA
The Standards for Mathematical Practice (SMPs) were designed to describe how students engage with mathematics, yet in many classrooms they remain disconnected from daily instruction. This session introduces a modernized vision of the SMPs that integrates them directly with grade-level content, emphasizing coherence, student agency, and real-world application. Participants will explore practical frameworks for embedding the SMPs into lesson design, with a focus on sense-making, discourse, and purposeful use of representations—including data visualizations tied to audience and context. Through concrete examples, we will demonstrate how aligning content and practice creates richer learning experiences without adding instructional burden. Attendees will leave with actionable strategies and a visual planning tool to support immediate implementation in their classrooms or districts.
Speakers
avatar for Shelbi Cole

Shelbi Cole

None of the above, Leading Educators
Deeply committed to ensuring that children have opportunities to experience mathematics that is meaningful and relevant to the world that they will continue to shape.
Wednesday July 29, 2026 1:00pm - 2:00pm MDT
TBA
  Math, K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12 |   Technology, K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12
  • global Y

1:00pm MDT

If We Don’t Name It, Students Can’t Use It: Making STEM Skills Visible Through Competencies
Wednesday July 29, 2026 1:00pm - 2:00pm MDT
TBA
STEM classrooms are full of problem solving, collaboration, and critical thinking, but those skills are not always named or reinforced in a consistent way. When that happens, students complete the work without always understanding what they are building or how it applies beyond school.
This session explores how the Idaho Career Readiness Competencies can serve as a shared language for making STEM skills more visible and transferable. Participants will look at how competencies already exist within STEM instruction and how small shifts in language, reflection, and feedback can help students recognize and apply those skills across contexts.
Examples from K-12, postsecondary, and workforce settings will highlight how a common language strengthens alignment and clarity. Participants will leave with one practical way to name and reinforce a competency in their own classroom. The goal is not to add more, but to make what is already happening more intentional.


Speakers
avatar for Jacque Deahl

Jacque Deahl

None of the above, Idaho Department of Education
Jacque Deahl serves as the GEAR UP Idaho Statewide Coordinator at the Idaho State Department of Education, where she works with colleagues and partners across the state to support college and career readiness efforts for students. Her work focuses on strengthening career connected... Read More →
Wednesday July 29, 2026 1:00pm - 2:00pm MDT
TBA
  Out of School/Informal Education, K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12 |   Science, K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12 |   Technology, K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12 |   Engineering, K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12 |   Math, K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12 |   Environmental Education, K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12 |   Computer Science, K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12
  • global Y

1:00pm MDT

Sentences & Sensemaking: Critical Thinking Made Visible
Wednesday July 29, 2026 1:00pm - 2:00pm MDT
TBA
Learn how sentence-level writing can unlock deeper understanding of complex concepts for learners. This interactive session blends practice and reflection as participants move between experiencing and facilitating high-impact writing tasks connected to content learning.  Lee has requested that IDE might provide the book The Writing Revolution 2.0 for the first 20 participants who attend--we await a reply.
Speakers
avatar for Lee Slichter

Lee Slichter

Current ISTA Member, Idaho Science Coach
Andrea Baerwald commented, "Lee brings warmth, enthusiasm, and a genuine passion for education to everything she does."
Wednesday July 29, 2026 1:00pm - 2:00pm MDT
TBA
  Science, K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12 |   Engineering, K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12 |   Environmental Education, K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12 |   Math, K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12
  • global Y

2:15pm MDT

Reaching More Students in Less Time, Secondary
Wednesday July 29, 2026 2:15pm - 3:15pm MDT
TBA
Join me to teach differently than how we were taught AND differently than how we were taught to teach math. Let’s shift the focus from memorizing / mimicking to reasoning and math-ing. And get results. Math is Figureoutable!

Speakers
avatar for Pam Harris

Pam Harris

Founder, CEO, Math is FigureOutAble
Pam Harris is shifting the way we view and teach mathematics. She is a mom, former high school math teacher, university lecturer, and the founder of Math is Figureoutable. Math teachers around the world rave about her online Building Powerful Mathematics workshops. For over 20 years... Read More →
Wednesday July 29, 2026 2:15pm - 3:15pm MDT
TBA
  Math, 6-8, 9-12
 
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