PRE-REGISTRATION WILL OPEN ON JANUARY 11, 2024 AT 8:00P.M. and CLOSE FEBRUARY 11 AT 8:00 P.M. We have decided to start pre-registration on January 11th to make sure everyone is informed of the start time and has time to check out the sessions as the first week back to school can be quite hectic. FOR PRE-REGISTERED SESSIONS PLEASE USE THE PRE-REGISTRATION LINK BELOW THE SESSION DESCRIPTION IN SCHED.Adding the session to your Sched schedule does not mean you are pre-registered. The number in the title shows how many will be allowed to attend the session. We do allow more names to be added, but they will be on the waiting list. This is explained on the pre-registration page. https://www.pdtca.org/pre-registration.html
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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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Drama can seem like an intimidating option to be assigned if you don't have experience, but it can be easy and fun for both you and your students. In this session you will familiarize yourself with the Drama program of studies and be given resources and ideas to run a drama program, even if you have no experience. We will even do some of the activities during our session, including improv, tableau, and open scenes. If you are new to teaching middle school drama, or if you are just looking for new ideas for your junior high or high school class, this is the session for you!
Do you want to introduce your students to coding or computational thinking but are unsure where to begin? Join us for a session exploring hands-on activities to begin coding and computational thinking with Division 1 students. We will cover the basics of these concepts and then engage in activities that require little to no technology.
Alicia, Alex and Nicole all shifted to online instruction during Covid after over a decade in traditional in-person classrooms and they have remained online since then. As teachers in Rocky View Schools' first-ever elementary and middle online school, they are uniquely poised to reflect... Read More →
This session will build upon the concepts discussed in Coding for Kindergarteners: Introducing Elementary Students to Computational Thinking, however, attending the previous session is not required. We will quickly review computational thinking and coding before looking at some of the robots that are ideal for Division 1 students. A brief synopsis of the different robots will be given before participants will engage in activities using the different robots.
Alicia, Alex and Nicole all shifted to online instruction during Covid after over a decade in traditional in-person classrooms and they have remained online since then. As teachers in Rocky View Schools' first-ever elementary and middle online school, they are uniquely poised to reflect... Read More →
