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08:30 MST

97 Staff Recognition Tips in Just 75 Minutes Glen 204Nelson Scott Questions School Principals Ask Member Services Macleod Hall E4Kurt Moench Streamlining the Report Card Writing Process Glen 208Kiersten Villadsen Where do we Go From Here? The ‘right time, right place’ approach to mental health supports Macleod Hall E1Ariel Haubrich Delving into Discipline Glen 202Brandon Bailey Your Passion is Contagious! Meaningful Practices in the Music Classroom Telus 108/109Karly Lewis Let’s Create a Musical and Fulfill Outcomes! Imperial 1Colleen Whidden Interactive vocabulary and grammar tools for teaching French Telus 111Terry Nadasdi Ahead By a Century: Learning from the Past, Inspiring the Future Macleod Hall AGreg Jeffery Indigenous Ways of Knowing Imperial 3Cheryl Devin Introducing Indigenous Topics into the Classroom: Opening Conversations in a Good Way Macleod Hall BJennifer MacDonald • Jennifer Markides The Bargaining Process: A New Playing Field Macleod Hall CChris Gibbon Building a Strong Foundation - Phonological Awareness and Phonics Macleod Hall DHeather Baptie • Terry Dobson Play on Words - Primary Literacy Games Glen 206Jane Felling Exploring the Connections between Math and Citizenship Education Glen 209Michelle Hawks God & Star Wars Telus 107Mike Landry Judaism and Israel in the World, then to now Glen 210Gregg Silver The Purity Pandemic | dealing with disaster in our postmodern world Imperial 2Peter Hill (PRE-REG) Calgary Zoo: Biodiversity through the Canadian Wilds Off-SiteRosalind Gilchrist When Black Holes Collide - Bringing LIGO into your classroom Telus 105Tara Cunningham • Brett Eustergerling • Deen Lockhat • Laura Pankratz • Kristina Wasyleczko Curriculum Through Cartoons: Engaging Our Visual Learners in the Social Studies Classroom Imperial 9Darren Morris How do we teach about climate change and give students hope? Telus 104Kathy Worobec Press Start: Bringing Video Games into the Humanities Classroom Telus 103Greg Overguard The Importance of Intergenerational Trauma Transmission/The Calgary Foundation Imperial 8Ever Active Schools Supporting High School Completion: A Tool Kit for Success - What to do when students are at risk of not completing high school. Telus 106Krystal Abrahamowicz Sweaty Eyes/Fishing for Answers Macleod Hall E2Tom Dirsa Crafting the Fiction Story - Untangling This Demanding Genre Glen 201Blanche Lamont Supporting Students in Their Move to Increasingly Effective Math Strategies (k-6) Glen 205Wanda Dechant (PRE-REG) Calgary Zoo: Nature Journaling through Destination Africa Off-SiteRosalind Gilchrist Conflict Resolution - Building the Bridges Macleod Hall E3Darryl Smolik (PRE-REG) VEX Robotics - Competitive Engineering for High School Telus 110Curtis Arends (PRE-REG) Zen Inspired Landscape Off-SiteSally Towers-Sybblis (PRE-REG) Improving Writing through Journaling Off-SiteRyan Lemphers (PRE-REG) Shuttle Time Off-SiteBilly Gilliland (PRE-REG) Equine Facilitated Learning & Wellness - An introduction to possibilities this type of programming has to offer! Off-SiteDel Bodo • Angie Payne

10:00 MST

Kick-Starting Workplace Wellness/Alberta School Board Employee Benefit Plan Imperial 5Ever Active Schools Move your Body, Grow your Brain: Activity Permissive Learning Environments/Ever Active Schools Imperial 4/6Ever Active Schools Nature Immersion/University of Calgary Outdoor Centre Imperial 8Ever Active Schools Building Professional Relationships Through Reflective Learning Communities Glen 202Heather Boone • Gayleen Roelfesma • Shelley Smith Don’t Let the Tail Wag the Dog Glen 204AAC Facilitator A new education program: Energy efficiency and climate action! Telus 104Kathy Worobec Doodling Takes Over The Classroom! Glen 209Nadya Schewczyk If your Mother would fall asleep, so will everyone else! The Art of Concert Programming Imperial 1Jeff Diodati • Kathryn Parrotta • Colleen Whidden Learning From Each other: Canada and Africa Connect Telus 108/109Kimberley Lewis Mixed Media Caleidoscope Imperial 9Christina Dixon Indigenizing Our Teaching Practices Macleod Hall BDerek Markides • Jennifer Markides Indigenous Alberta: The Footsteps of Our Ancestors Imperial 3Cheryl Devin Teacher Time - What is it and how do I count it? Macleod Hall CChris Gibbon Analyzing Modern Media: Using Reader's/Writer's Methodology to Leverage Student Interests Telus 101/102Thomas South Did I Get It Right?- Teaching the Range and Limitations of Interpretation of Poetry Telus 103Jim Forrest Technology in the Math Classroom | a look at Casio graphing calculators Imperial 2Peter Hill The Impact of One Decision Macleod Hall AAmanda Oling What’s Your Story? Macleod Hall DRobin Pawlak Teaching FSL as a Travelling Cart Telus 111Rachelle Dedam Using Novels in the Second Language Classroom Glen 210Kristin Duncan Hot-Button Hell: Starting a New Conversation Telus 105Dean Schneider (PRE-REG) Calgary Zoo: Enclosure design in Eurasia with a focus on Pandas Off-SiteRosalind Gilchrist How to build and assess lab skills in Secondary Science Telus 107Jeromy Hall Creating a Student Journalism Club for Student Voice and Community Engagement Glen 208Jocelyn Littlefair Authoritative, Age Appropriate Content for Division I Students Macleod Hall E4Bethany Arsenault A Whole School Approach to Positive Mental Health/ Alberta Health Services *Note: this is a one-hour session from 10:00am - 11:00am Imperial 7Ever Active Schools Coping with teaching because it's not your fault! Exhibition Hall ESusan Carter Increasing Engagement and Achievement through Mentoring Relationships in Schools Glen 206Jodi McKay • Caroline Missal An Apple a Day: How technology and the internet affect our health and wellness Macleod Hall E1Ariel Haubrich

10:45 MST

Health Champions Unite!/Health and Physical Education Council Imperial 5Ever Active Schools Many Skills, Many Strategies: Adapted Physical Activity/Christine Meikle School Imperial 8Ever Active Schools Move and Play at Recess/Be Fit for Life Network Imperial 4/6Ever Active Schools

11:30 MST

Equitable Access to Physical Activity - Expert Panel/Moderated by the Be Fit for Life Network - Calgary Imperial 8Ever Active Schools 60 in 60: Formative Assessment Techniques for Every Classroom Glen 204AAC Facilitator CTF Successful Project Base Learning for Grades 5-9 Imperial 7Paul Bohnert, Karly Lewis, Janel Heth & Deryk Hamilton Inclusive Education: A Panel of One? Macleod Hall E2Karen Sudom iPad – Ready – Shoot! Captivate Your Students – Infuse Stop-Motion Animations In Your Lessons! Glen 209Nadya Schewczyk Music beyond notes Glen 210Gregg Silver Wings of light in watercolours Imperial 9Christina Dixon Exploring Canadian Educators’ Responsibilities Regarding International and National Commitments to Indigenous Peoples Macleod Hall AMichelle Hawks Professional Conduct is in Order Imperial 2Kurt Moench Teachers' Convention Review Focus Group Macleod Hall CNancy Luyckfassel • Allison McCaffery • Jenn Munton The History and Legacy of Residential Schools Imperial 3Cheryl Devin Working Together to Support Mental Health in Alberta Schools: Planning for the Wellness of All Learners Telus 106Krystal Abrahamowicz How to Get Your Students Writing Macleod Hall DRobin Pawlak Little Bull: How to Learn About and Address Racism through Creative Writing Telus 101/102Blair Yoxall Writing a Choose Your Own Adventure with Google Forms Telus 103Cherra-Lynne Olthof Explore Radicals and Visually "See" how the operations work. Telus 105Rosalind Carson Support for the green teacher Telus 104Kathy Worobec Taking learning and play outside Macleod Hall E3Meredith Carter • Lisa Marie Labossiere • Monika Zimmermann (PRE-REG) Engage your students - Teaching French using the action-oriented approach Telus 111Kim Lockhart Focus on FUNdamentals: Supporting the Development of Physical Literacy (Grades 7-12) Imperial 1Danielle Fraser Sacred Scripture & Secular Students Telus 107Mike Landry How to build and assess lab skills in Junior High Science Telus 108/109Christine Crane Reaching Division II Students with Authoritative Resources Macleod Hall E4Bethany Arsenault Bullying Ends Here: Spreading acceptance and understanding Exhibition Hall ETad Milmine Enhanced Supports for Mental Health: A Divisional Response for High School Youth Glen 202Teresa Fowler • John Laing • Jim Reilly Education for Reconciliation "Calls to Action" Glen 205Donna Ross (PRE-REG) SAIT Model Home Building Off-SiteDan Weinert Through Autism Glasses Imperial 5Kitty Parlby Urban Sketching: Journaling Your Journey Off-SiteMichael Shain The Blanket Exercise Imperial 4/6Crystal Clark • Shannon Loutitt Teaching Word Solving Strategies - A Forgotten Skill? Glen 201Blanche Lamont How a Deeper Understanding of Dyscalculia Can Benefit All Math Students Glen 208Wanda Dechant • Kim Tackaberry (PRE-REG) Calgary Zoo: Connections in Nature, introducing conservation to the classroom Off-SiteRosalind Gilchrist Squishy Circuits - Using Play-doh to investigate circuitry Glen 206Tara Cunningham • Brett Eustergerling • Deen Lockhat • Laura Pankratz • Kristina Wasyleczko

13:00 MST

Unlucky when hiring? 13 reasons why so many hiring decisions don’t work out Macleod Hall E4Nelson Scott 911! Hot Topics in Assessment Glen 204AAC Facilitator Assessment In CTF – Am I Doing this Right?!? Telus 106Krystal Abrahamowicz Sad, Mad, Scared...Bad? An Overview of children's mental health Macleod Hall E1Ariel Haubrich Creative and Inspiring Work with Special Needs Classes Glen 202Gregg Silver Cultural Lego: Constructing Gender and Culture Macleod Hall AMichelle Hawks Delivering on your curriculum and increasing environmental and energy literacy through project-based learning Telus 104Kathy Worobec Songs of colours in Oil Pastels Imperial 9Christina Dixon Stress Balls Go Hard Core! Telus 108/109Kimberley Lewis Improving Oral Proficiency and Learner Confidence in French Immersion Telus 111Denis Cousineau National Geographic's Gender Revolution: A Journey with Katie Couric Exhibition Hall EDocumentary Viewing Closing the Gap – delivering a short term, intensive intervention for struggling readers. Glen 209Betty Howell Online Assessment with Google Forms (featuring Google Classroom) Telus 103Cherra-Lynne Olthof Share the Book Love - Incredible Texts for Secondary Students Imperial 3Bailey Almberg Explore Exponents: What these can represent physcially and how to Visualize the Exponent Operations Telus 105Rosalind Carson New to French Second Language and French Immersion teaching...now what? Macleod Hall E3Diana Boisvert CANCELLED Onsite Orienteering Imperial 1Jon Olfert Authentic Worship | understanding & teaching the connection between worship & purity Imperial 2Peter Hill Exploring Assessment in Chemistry 20 Macleod Hall E2Kirsten Medd • Jennifer Mensah Effectively 'teaching' writing for Social Studies Telus 101/102Mark Driedger Technology in the Second Language Classroom Glen 210Kristin Duncan Kindness in the Classroom Imperial 7Theresa McIsaac • Krista Warners Taking a Bite Out of Nutrition Myths Telus 107Amber Arnold • Jen Awde