SWATCA 2025 - South Western Alberta Teachers' Convention: Full Schedule

Welcome to SWATCA 2024 on SCHED!

Here you will find the list of all the great sessions, speaker information, exhibitors and more! Check back here often for information on draws, prize winners, session updates and more!!

IMPORTANT REMINDER:
Please ensure that you are completing session evaluations - this helps our SWATCA planning team immensely in preparing for future events! You can evaluate all sessions in the session itself at the bottom of the SCHED. Thank you!

Prize Winners
Goosechase:
Kelsey Schwark and Bryce Wirzba
Katie Walker

Host Draw:
Kara Tarnava

Feedback Draw:
Carla Ferrari
Mark Bergheim

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10:30am MST

Reading, Writing, Speaking: The Metacognition Connection

Thursday February 20, 2025 10:30am - 12:00pm MST

M1040

Metacognitive practices help students become aware of their strengths and weaknesses as readers and writers as well as speakers, problem solvers, and group members. The question for teachers and students is not simply, “what are you learning?”, but “how are you learning?”. This session will clarify the connection between language and metacognition and provide ways for teachers to incorporate explicit strategies to support students in becoming more metacognitively active learners.

SESSION HOST: Tera Robison

Speakers

Karena Hartson

Dr. Hartson began her career as a classroom teacher where she taught English Language Arts, Social Studies. She also ran a lunch-time chess club for students (but never won a single game) and an after-school badminton club (she won a few of those). She has a Masters degree in Curriculum... Read More →

Thursday February 20, 2025 10:30am - 12:00pm MST
M1040

Curriculum & Pedagogy (TQS 3), Gr 4-6, Gr 7-9, Gr 10-12 | Education Research (TQS/LQS 2), Gr 4-6, Gr 7-9, Gr 10-12 | Language Arts (TQS 3), Gr 4-6, Gr 7-9, Gr 10-12

12:30pm MST

Transfer Strategies to Create Engaged and Excited Thinkers

Thursday February 20, 2025 12:30pm - 2:00pm MST

M1040

Transfer learning and strategies promote deeper understanding. Come join us for a look at instances of transfer in popular movies and how to use them with your students!

This session needs a host! To host, complete the form linked here and include your name and the session title in the form.

Speakers

Karena Hartson

Thursday February 20, 2025 12:30pm - 2:00pm MST
M1040

Curriculum & Pedagogy (TQS 3), Gr 4-6, Gr 7-9, Gr 10-12 | Education Research (TQS/LQS 2), Gr 4-6, Gr 7-9, Gr 10-12 | Language Arts (TQS 3), Gr 4-6, Gr 7-9, Gr 10-12

2:30pm MST

Why is Reading and Writing in the Subject Areas So Hard?!?

Thursday February 20, 2025 2:30pm - 4:00pm MST

M1040

Students require specialized skills to be able to cope with the different reading and writing demands of the subject areas. The language demands of each subject is unique and the ways in which students are required to communicate may not cross over from one discipline to another. This session will provide teachers with practical and useful tools that students can use to visualize, organize and structure their thinking to improve their reading, writing and communicating across all subject areas.

SESSION HOST: Vern Tellefson

Speakers

Karena Hartson

Thursday February 20, 2025 2:30pm - 4:00pm MST
M1040

Curriculum & Pedagogy (TQS 3), Gr 4-6, Gr 7-9, Gr 10-12 | Education Research (TQS/LQS 2), Gr 4-6, Gr 7-9, Gr 10-12 | Language Arts (TQS 3), Gr 4-6, Gr 7-9, Gr 10-12