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

Pre-Registration will OPEN February 1, 2025 at 10:00 a.m. and CLOSE February 16, 2025 AT 8:00 p.m.

For Pre-Registered sessions please use the pre-registration link on the pre-registration page at pdtca.org. Adding the session to your Sched schedule does not mean you are pre-registered.

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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
Off-Site Addresses are included.

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

POWER PLAY - EMPOWER YOUR PRIMARY STUDENTS WITH PLACE VALUE GAMES AND STRATEGIES

Friday February 21, 2025 09:00 - 10:00 MST

Glen 201/202 - CTCC

Place value is at the heart of our math curriculum and a deep understanding is necessary for success in all concepts taught. Come prepared to play our favorite place value games and learn strategies that help develop the following: playing with 10, composing/decomposing numbers, comparing PV to 100, 1000 up to 100 000's, using number lines to compare numbers and estimate sums and differences, early rounding strategies. Games will incorporate the use of dice, cards, place value dice, red solo cups and number lines. Handout will contain games, concept skill checklists for assessment and journal ideas. Games are easy to differentiate and use whole class or in small groups. This session is suitable for upper elementary teachers who feel their class needs review and practice with primary place value.

Speakers

Jane Felling

Presenter, Box Cars And One-Eyed Jacks Inc

Jane is author of the award winning Box Cars and One-Eyed Jacks series of teacher resources - both for math and literacy. Jane has presented workshops across North America for over 30 years and has been a featured speaker at 100's of provincial, state, national and international conference... Read More →

Friday February 21, 2025 09:00 - 10:00 MST
Glen 201/202 - CTCC

Mathematics (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

SHAKE UP YOUR OPERATIONAL FLUENCY - GAMES AND STRATEGIES FOR ADDITION AND EARLY MULTIPLICATION

Friday February 21, 2025 10:20 - 11:20 MST

Glen 201/202 - CTCC

Come prepared to shake, rattle and roll and learn our best games and activities for practicing addition and early multiplication. Dice are highly motivating and engaging to learners for focused practice, are easy to differentiate to meet the needs of all your students. Games and strategies will cover: doubles, make 10, count on and back, commutative and associative properties for both + and x, skip counting, square facts, using arrays. Handout will contain strategies, gameboards, concept skill checklists for assessment. Differentiation ideas will be shared throughout the play. This is a fast paced workshop with ideas that can be used first thing Monday!

Speakers

Jane Felling

Presenter, Box Cars And One-Eyed Jacks Inc

Friday February 21, 2025 10:20 - 11:20 MST
Glen 201/202 - CTCC

Mathematics (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

11:40 MST

Every Child Deserves a Team: Layering Meeting Structures to Support the Whole Child

Friday February 21, 2025 11:40 - 12:40 MST

Glen 201/202 - CTCC

Does it feel like you're talking about the same students over and over? Are you wanting to take your PLC's and RTI efforts to the next level? Do your team meetings lack the clarity and purpose you're looking for as a leader? In this session, Lorna will articulate, with multiple school samples and resources, the value of layering collaborative structures and processes within a school and how the introduction of a very intentional collaborative team meeting can work to respond to the needs of students collaboratively, while increasing the instructional capacity of everyone involved. In essence, schools reduce the number of meetings about students...by adding one more! By intentionally layering and connecting our PLC and RTI structures, we leverage and maximize the most powerful resource in any school for supporting the whole child - the teachers working within our building! Come learn what thousands of schools have learned about these purposeful collaborative structures and processes to ensure every student is supported by a team. Please ensure you have a device to access online materials through QR code or URL link.

Speakers

Lorna Hewson

Lorna Hewson is an award-winning educator with leadership experience at the classroom, school, district and provincial levels. Lorna’s professional background has included coaching and mentoring teachers and leaders, effective assessment, curriculum implementation, and inclusive... Read More →

Friday February 21, 2025 11:40 - 12:40 MST
Glen 201/202 - CTCC

School Leadership (LQS 1-9), ECE (Pre K-K), 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

13:00 MST

Stop Tiering Your Students! Establishing, Refining and Utilizing a Continuum of Supports

Friday February 21, 2025 13:00 - 14:00 MST

Glen 201/202 - CTCC

Over the past number of years, with the growth of tiered response systems in schools, educational organizations have become proficient at tiering students for intensifying levels of support. When done well, it ensures a systematic approach to supporting a greater number of students and maximizing resources. When not done well, it can lead to higher levels of support becoming overwhelmed and resources stretched thin as more and more students are identified as requiring intensified supports. The great news is there is a better way that comes when you STOP tiering students! This session will provide an explanation of the paradigm shift from tiering students to tiering supports and share considerations when establishing, refining and utilizing a continuum of supports in schools and districts that has long standing impact for teachers and students.

Speakers

Lorna Hewson

Friday February 21, 2025 13:00 - 14:00 MST
Glen 201/202 - CTCC

School Leadership (LQS 1-9), ECE (Pre K-K), 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