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!!

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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

A Brief Intro of Sandplay for Schools

Friday February 21, 2025 10:30am - 12:00pm MST

TH341

An introduction to using Sandplay as a counselling intervention in school settings.

SESSION HOST: Kara Tarnava

Speakers

Stephanie McLennan

Steph McLennan has a BA/BEd in Fine Arts Education from the University of Lethbridge and a Masters of Applied Psych. She is now in her 6th year as a Teacher-Counsellor. Steph has completed Sandplay CAST training Modules 1-4 with a cohort in Calgary and continues to get Sandplay supervision... Read More →

Friday February 21, 2025 10:30am - 12:00pm MST
TH341

Health & Wellness (TQS 3), K-Gr3, Gr 4-6, Gr 7-9, Gr 10-12 | CALM (TQS 3), K-Gr3, Gr 4-6, Gr 7-9, Gr 10-12

12:30pm MST

Surveying the Disability Landscape: Charting the Path to Inclusion and Beyond

Friday February 21, 2025 12:30pm - 2:00pm MST

TH341

Inclusion. What exactly is it? Where is it? When does it happen? Who experiences it? Why do we need to advocate for it? How does one achieve it as a goal?

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

Speakers

Michael Carter

Michael Carter is a teacher, disability activist, and musician. As a disabled person, he has been engaged with disability studies for more than a decade. His work is rooted in supporting disabled students in their development of positive disability identities. Michael is an LST at... Read More →

Phil Williams

Friday February 21, 2025 12:30pm - 2:00pm MST
TH341