July 24, 2025 | Philadelphia, PA
Knowles Annual Conference
For Teachers, By Teachers
Join us at the Knowles 2025 Annual Conference, where STEM educators and leaders will gather to discuss teaching practices, strategies, and leadership opportunities.
We invite teachers to engage in a dynamic professional learning experience at our annual conference. With so many options, there’s something for every educator. Don’t miss this chance to collaborate with peers, explore new strategies, and leave inspired to transform your classroom!
To secure your spot at the conference, a $50 registration fee is required. As a token of our appreciation for your dedication as a teacher, and to thank you for investing your time with us, all participants who attend the entire day will receive a $100 Amazon gift card. We hope this small gesture not only shows our gratitude but also inspires you with new ideas to bring back to your classroom.
- Explore more than 25 sessions, tailored to your interests and teaching needs.
- Be energized by an Ignite Talk, a fast-paced, 5-minute presentation featuring 20 slides that advance automatically every 15 seconds. These talks are designed to captivate and inspire with quick, impactful ideas.
- Connect during our Poster Reception, showcasing innovative teaching practices and research.
Attendees will receive a professional development certificate that they can provide to their schools, showcasing their dedication to ongoing professional learning and growth.
The conference is held at the DoubleTree by Hilton Downtown Philadelphia
237 S. Broad Street | Philadelphia, PA 19107
Conference Themes
EQUITABLE INSTRUCTION
Pedagogical strategies that empower diverse populations of learners, teaching for social justice, and exploration of content that makes science and math accessible to all students.
PROFESSIONAL SUSTAINABILITY
Introduction of practices that help enrich teachers’ lives by fostering balance, resilience, and sustainable success in their professional and personal journeys.
TEACHER LEADERSHIP
Cultivating professional learning communities, teacher mentoring, collegial planning, coaching, and teacher collaboration.
Knowles provides some of the highest quality professional development. Every session you attend will be impactful and actionable and is led by people that really care about students and math and science learning. You will spend your day grappling with the complexities of teaching.
Kim Cascade, H.S. Math Teacher, San Francisco, CA
Frequently Asked Questions
I’m a pre-service teacher, can I attend the Annual Conference or is it for teachers only?
Yes, you can attend.
How much does the conference cost?
The conference registration fee is $50 and is due at the time of registration.
Knowles Academy Courses
July 21 – July 23, 2025 | 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM
During the week of our Annual Conference, we’re excited to offer four Knowles Academy courses. When you register, you’ll choose one course to attend for all three days, as each course is designed as a multi-day experience. A $25 registration fee is required to secure your spot. As a token of our appreciation for your commitment to your students and advancing math and science education, attendees who complete all three days of their selected course will receive a $75 Amazon gift card
Annual Conference & In-Person Academy Course Registration
July 21 – July 24, 2025
Knowles Academy
Attend an online professional learning six-week online course or a 90-minute online workshop to experience our professional learning before attending our conference in July 2025.
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Online Course 
Promote Sensemaking with Science & Math Practices
7:00PM – 9:00PM ET 25.00 Moving students beyond rote memorization and fostering genuine inquiry and sense-making can be challenging. Our course supports educators in this journey, guiding them to become facilitators of student-driven exploration. Throughout the course, participants engage in hands-on explorations of phenomena, learning how to guide students in constructing, evaluating, and refining ideas. Participants learn to critically assess and redesign curricular materials to maximize student proficiency in science and math practices. Participants emerge with a newfound perspective on science and math education, equipped with tools and strategies to redefine their classrooms as vibrant hubs of exploration. They leave with a deepened appreciation for the transformative power of student-led inquiry and a renewed commitment to cultivating critical thinkers and lifelong learners. REGISTRATION CLOSED – COURSE IS FULL
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Online Workshop 
Actionable Norms for Effective Groupwork
7:30PM – 9:00PM ET Free How can students learn to integrate their content knowledge with effective communication skills to solve meaningful and complex problems in a collaborative setting? In this workshop, teachers will learn strategies and principles for establishing a classroom culture of effective and meaningful student collaboration through the clear and intentional setting of actionable norms—working persistently, communicating productively, and taking risks. Leave this workshop with strategies that leverage the use of the actionable norms to encourage more students to effectively participate in groupwork activities.
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Online Workshop 
Promote Engagement in Science through Lesson Design
7:30PM – 9:00PM ET Free In this workshop, teachers will learn how high cognitive demand tasks increase opportunities for students to access learning. Teachers will explore ways of modifying tasks to increase students’ abilities to engage in sensemaking. This workshop will assist teachers in gaining the knowledge and confidence needed to design and modify tasks for their math classrooms to engage more learners.
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