PDTCA 2025: Full Schedule

The PDTCA Board hopes you have an amazing Convention 2025!
Emergency Procedures Calgary Telus Convention Centre
Emergency Procedures Hyatt
Human Rights Statement
Land Acknowledgement

CALGARY TELUS CONVENTION CENTRE (CTCC) and HYATT - address

Adding the session to your Sched schedule does not mean you are pre-registered.
Pre-Registration will OPEN February 1, 2025 at 10:00 a.m. and CLOSE February 16, 2025 AT 8:00 p.m.

How to pre-register - Check the infographic For Pre-Registered sessions please use the pre-registration link in the session description.

Reason to Create a Profile in Sched
You do not need to create a profile and log in to see sessions in Sched. However, if you want to add yourself to a session to create a schedule or evaluate a session you must be logged in.

Convention at a Glance Link will be available here in Mid-February

Professional Responsibility
“On the two school days of your assigned teachers’ convention, you have a legal and professional responsibility to attend convention. If you are not able to make it safely to your assigned convention, however, your collective agreement may include impassable roads or inclement weather clauses that you can access. If your collective agreement does not include language specific to road conditions or weather, you may make use of the personal leave clauses of your agreement in most cases. Please be aware that using any of these types of leave may require you to pay substitute costs, forego a portion of your salary and benefits, or report to your school or another work location in your district. Refer to your collective agreement for more information. Should you require any additional information or if you need assistance interpreting your collective agreement, please contact Teacher Employment Services at 1-800-232-7208 or 780-447-9400.”
This information is also found on the Frequently Asked Questions page on the www.ataconventions.ca website. If you have any further questions regarding this, please contact Daniel.Maas@ata.ab.ca.

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09:00 MST

Introducing Morphology: Empowering Readers & Writers Through Word Structure, Vocabulary, & Spelling

Thursday February 20, 2025 09:00 - 10:00 MST

Glen 201/202 - CTCC

The Alberta ELAL Curriculum has an explicit focus on morphology. Are you wondering what it is and how to teach it? This session will provide a foundational understanding of morphology and the many benefits of teaching it to students. Time will also be spent exploring the new Pearson resource: Bug Club Morphology to demonstrate how it can support your teaching in this area.

Speakers

Siobhan Murphy

Planning & Implementation Manager for Literacy, Pearson Canada

Siobhan Murphy is the Planning & Implementation Manager for Literacy at Pearson Canada. She has been in the field of education for over 20 years, including teaching at the elementary and junior high levels, as a district lead literacy teacher and a literacy consultant at the Edmonton... Read More →

Thursday February 20, 2025 09:00 - 10:00 MST
Glen 201/202 - CTCC

Language Arts (TQS 3), Div1 (Gr 1-3), Div2 (Gr 4-6)

Session has participant fee No
Level of content General overview for novice learners
Presentation Language English
Is Pre-registration required No

10:20 MST

Equitable Climate Justice in the Classroom

Thursday February 20, 2025 10:20 - 11:20 MST

Glen 201/202 - CTCC

As educators, it is critical to consider how diversity, inclusion, and equitable our practices are. But how can we ensure that a curricular focus lives alongside a social-justice approach? Join ACEE staff to learn about climate justice, and how to include multiple perspectives when teaching about the climate and environment.
Learning Outcomes:

Understand that Climate change is a human rights issue, not just a global and scientific one

Understand how positionality impacts how we view and understand global issues

Gain tools on how to approach topics with students from a justice perspective

Speakers

Amy Thompson

Alberta Council for Environmental Education

At ACEE, we believe that educating today’s youth is the key to creating a sustainable future for Alberta and beyond. Through our partnerships with teachers, education providers, parents, and students, we offer a range of programs and initiatives that help young people become aware... Read More →

Thursday February 20, 2025 10:20 - 11:20 MST
Glen 201/202 - CTCC

Diversity, Div1 (Gr 1-3), Div2 (Gr 4-6), Div3 (Gr 7-9), Div4 (Gr 10-12) | Equity & Human Rights (TQS/LQS 4), Div1 (Gr 1-3), Div2 (Gr 4-6), Div3 (Gr 7-9), Div4 (Gr 10-12)

Session has participant fee No
Level of content Intermediate content
Presentation Language English
Is Pre-registration required No

11:40 MST

The Number Line Activity: Empowering Mathematical Thinking

Thursday February 20, 2025 11:40 - 12:40 MST

Glen 201/202 - CTCC

This easy-to-teach yet mathematically rich activity has been used in many classrooms to maximize mathematical understanding. Students develop incredible fluency with mental mathematics applied to fraction, decimal, and percent representations using this powerful strategy. Adaptations extend the lesson from arithmetic through algebra. A ready-for-Monday handout is available.

Speakers

Brad Fulton

Educational Consultant, Enterprise Elementary School District

Known for motivating and engaging teachers and students, Brad Fulton has co-authored over a dozen books and hundreds of resources that provide easy-to-teach yet mathematically rich activities for busy teachers. Drawing upon over four decades in education, Brad is a frequent presenter... Read More →

Thursday February 20, 2025 11:40 - 12:40 MST
Glen 201/202 - CTCC

Mathematics (TQS 3), Div2 (Gr 4-6), Div3 (Gr 7-9)

Session has participant fee No
Level of content Intermediate content
Presentation Language English
Is Pre-registration required No

13:00 MST

Connecting the Dots - K - 4 Domino Math Games for Whole Class or Small Group Instruction

Thursday February 20, 2025 13:00 - 14:00 MST

Glen 201/202 - CTCC

Dominoes are one of our student's favorite math manipulatives and one of the easiest to find and implement into your math program. Games will cover the following concepts: counting, patterns, subitizing, basic operational fluency for +, - and x, place value, graphing, multi-digit operations and more. The handout will contain gameboards, journal masters for immediate use. Activities are easy to differentiate and can be used in whole class instruction, small groups or centers. Come and connect the dots and experience the powerful math connections sitting in a set of 28 dominoes!

Speakers

Jane Felling

Presenter, Box Cars And One-Eyed Jacks Inc

on Connecting the Dots proposal

Thursday February 20, 2025 13:00 - 14:00 MST
Glen 201/202 - CTCC

Mathematics (TQS 3), ECE (Pre K-K), Div1 (Gr 1-3)

Session has participant fee No
Level of content General overview for novice learners
Presentation Language English
Is Pre-registration required No

14:20 MST

PLAY ON WORDS - PRIMARY LITERACY GAMES FOR WHOLE CLASS, SMALL GROUP and ELL INSTRUCTION

Thursday February 20, 2025 14:20 - 15:20 MST

Glen 201/202 - CTCC

Science of reading reminds us that brains learn best through PLAY! Come prepared to play literacy games that incorporate the use of hands on manipulatives including: literacy dice, letter tiles, word decks and more that will help you teach and support learning in the novel ways that young brains learn best. Games and activities cover: letter recognition, rhyme, word families and patterns, vocabulary, spelling simple CVC words, work with vowels and blends. Handout will contain games, ideas to differentiate activities provided throughout. Games can be adapted for intervention, ELL and used for assessment.

Speakers

Jane Felling

Presenter, Box Cars And One-Eyed Jacks Inc

on Connecting the Dots proposal

Thursday February 20, 2025 14:20 - 15:20 MST
Glen 201/202 - CTCC

Language Arts (TQS 3), ECE (Pre K-K), Div1 (Gr 1-3), Div2 (Gr 4-6)

Session has participant fee No
Level of content General overview for novice learners
Presentation Language English
Is Pre-registration required No