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.

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
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

High School Sports vs Club Sports - We are all part of the same team!

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

Imperial 9 - HYATT

As high school coaches we have been entrusted with a big responsibility. Every sport has their own LTD but how can we marry the similarities and differences in a way that allows us to promote multi-sport athletes, enjoy successful seasons, and create situations where everyone wins. Us vs them is not a path forward. Lets be the solution to potential conflicts between school and club sports by working together and coming up with solutions that work for everyone.

Speakers

Cole Hintz

Teacher, Strathmore High School, Golden Hills School Division

Cole Hintz is a teacher at Strathmore High School. Over the past three years he has overseen a project based, community focused, grant funded, greenhouse project that has become a vibrant community hub utilized by students and community members alike to further enhance the collective... Read More →

Matt Laslo

Teacher, Strathmore High School, Golden Hills School Division

Matt Laslo is a teacher from Strathmore High School. He has spent decades as both a high school and community coach. He is the world's greatest volleyball fan, but since Cole is incredibly talented, he has found himself coaching basketball for the past decade.

Friday February 21, 2025 09:00 - 10:00 MST
Imperial 9 - HYATT Hyatt

Physical Education (TQS 3), 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

10:20 MST

Ordinary Things

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

Imperial 9 - HYATT

This session combines a collaborative workshop with an assignment asking students to look at ordinary objects to build a better understanding of the Holocaust. What can we learn from a shoe? A pair of glasses? A doll? Participants will walk away with the basis of a great lesson that can be adapted to a number of different subjects beyond the Holocaust.

Speakers

Lindsay Anderson

Lindsay is a passionate educator with 20 years of experiences in kindergarten through grade 12. One of her greatest accomplishments was writing the LDC for Holocaust Studies 15-25-35 and teaching these courses over the past 4 years. Lindsay is currently pursuing a PhD. in Holocaust... Read More →

Friday February 21, 2025 10:20 - 11:20 MST
Imperial 9 - HYATT Hyatt

Language Arts (TQS 3), Div3 (Gr 7-9), Div4 (Gr 10-12)

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

11:40 MST

It's Complicated: Honouring Complexity in the English Classroom

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

Imperial 9 - HYATT

We all, and certainly our students, live in a world which in many ways encourages a limited and simplistic good vs. bad, right vs. wrong, us vs. them perspective on people, issues, and problems. In this session we will discuss how the study of literature can develop in our students a different mindset, one that honours and even expects complexity, first in the characters and subject matter in the texts we study, and hopefully by extension in their perspective on other people and on the issues that they now face and will face in their lives. A willingness and ability to deal with complexity and nuance will not only enhance the quality of work produced in English and other classes, but ideally will also broaden their overall worldview and encourage an approach to issues that will make them comfortable with shades of grey in understanding and judging themselves, other people, and the challenging world in which they live. We will emphasize the centrality of the concepts of ambiguity and paradox in the study of literature, as well as looking at activities which develop skills in honouring complexity by examining a short literary text together.

Speakers

Jim Forrest

I taught high school English and coached football and basketball for 36 years at a variety of schools in Alberta, the final 23 at Cochrane High School, retiring in 2018 but still doing some subbing. I have also been involved in various capacities with the English 30-1 Diploma Exam... Read More →

Friday February 21, 2025 11:40 - 12:40 MST
Imperial 9 - HYATT Hyatt

Language Arts (TQS 3), Div3 (Gr 7-9), Div4 (Gr 10-12)

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

13:00 MST

Des tableurs simples pour une pratique complexe

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

Imperial 9 - HYATT

Apprendre à bien utiliser des tableurs vous aidera à transformer votre pratique professionnelle. Des outils comme Excel et Google Sheets vous permettent de mieux suivre des progrès d'élèves, de vous fournir de la rétroaction sur votre pratique pédagogique et simplifier l'analyse avec des tableaux de bord et des graphiques.

Speakers

Stefane Kreiner

Président, AEEFA no 24

Stefane est le directeur adjoint au Centre Francophone d'Éducation à Distance (CFED). Il a enseigné dans les écoles francophones de la région d'Edmonton depuis 2015.

Friday February 21, 2025 13:00 - 14:00 MST
Imperial 9 - HYATT Hyatt

Technology (TQS/LQS 2), 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 French
Is Pre-registration required No