SWATCA 2025 - South Western Alberta Teachers' Convention

Up On Your Feet! - Courageous Storytelling Through The Lens Of T... 10:30am - 11:30am

Financial Wellness - it's more than just investments! 12:00pm - 1:00pm

ATA Women in Leadership Roundtable 1:30pm - 2:30pm

Cultivating Compassion: Building a Safe and Supportive School En... 10:30am - 11:30am

Leading for Equity: Unpacking Leadership Models, Gendered Expect... 12:00pm - 1:00pm

Extended/Long Term Disability: It’s All About the Medical 10:30am - 11:30am

Teacher Safety Net 12:00pm - 1:00pm

Counting Time 1:30pm - 2:30pm

Using AI to Enhance Human-Centered Work 3:00pm - 4:00pm

Rethinking Challenging Behaviour - An Introduction to Collaborat... 12:00pm - 1:00pm

Let’s Make a Visual Journal: Bookbinding and Promoting Metacognition in the Classroom 1:30pm - 4:00pm

New Leaders on the Block 10:30am - 11:30am

Chaos to Calm: Energizing Your Classroom Management 12:00pm - 1:00pm

Come African Drum With Me! 1:30pm - 2:30pm

Come African Drum With Me! 3:00pm - 4:00pm

Needle Felting 12:00pm - 1:00pm

Scrap Busters 1:30pm - 2:30pm

Visible Mending 3:00pm - 4:00pm

4titude Math: Mathematics Learning Beyond Adversity 10:30am - 11:30am

BrainPulse 12:00pm - 1:00pm

Drum Circles for Youth: Connect 1:30pm - 2:30pm

Elementary Music Roundtable 3:00pm - 4:00pm

pîmastîhwâkiskiyihta How to weave Rupertsland Institute’s Métis... 1:30pm - 2:30pm

ATRF Your Pension Essentials 10:30am - 11:30am

ATRF Steps to Receiving Your Pension 12:00pm - 1:00pm

Space Exploration- NEW Locally Developed Course, and Space resou... 1:30pm - 2:30pm

Supporting Neurodiverse Students 3:00pm - 4:00pm

Empowering Educators: Navigating Grading Reform Through Incremen... 10:30am - 11:30am

Leveling Up Learning: Using Games as a Formative Assessment Tech... 12:00pm - 1:00pm

Mapping Your Assessment Plan 1:30pm - 2:30pm

Enhance Wellbeing, Enhance Learning: The CSH Approach 10:30am - 11:30am

Move Over Cigarettes: Vapes and Nicotine Pouches are Hooking Our... 12:00pm - 1:00pm

Teaching Food and Nutrition – new K-9 Health and Wellness lesson... 1:30pm - 2:30pm

Quantum Physics Explained So It Makes Sense 10:30am - 11:30am

Modernizing Alberta's Apprenticeship Education System: Opportuni... 12:00pm - 1:00pm

Comment préparer une dissertation en explorant une source ? 1:30pm - 2:30pm

Analyse de sources 3:00pm - 4:00pm

Weekdays ‘Til 6: A simple solution to a complex problem 10:30am - 11:30am

15 Amazing Things I Learned from Retiring Teachers 12:00pm - 1:00pm

E3 Wind Rally for Grades 7-9 1:30pm - 2:30pm

Discover E3: Hands-On Career Exploration for Grades 7-9 3:00pm - 4:00pm

Finding Home on The Range: Exploring Alberta’s Wildlife and Cons... 10:30am - 11:30am

Future Stewards: Building Critical Thinkers for a Sustainable Wo... 12:00pm - 1:00pm

Science on a Budget: Bringing the New K-6 Science Curriculum to... 1:30pm - 2:30pm

HPEC- Bring Your PE Class Alive 3:00pm - 4:00pm

Bridging the Reading Gap 10:30am - 11:30am

Reading Intervention at the Classroom Level 12:00pm - 1:00pm

Return To The Falls - Educational Film Screening The Story of a... 1:30pm - 2:30pm

How to succeed teaching sky science 3:00pm - 4:00pm

Unlocking Motivation: How to Reach and Reignite Disengaged Teens... 10:30am - 11:30am

Respect and Boundaries: The Secret Behind Well-Behaved Classroom... 12:00pm - 1:00pm

The Truth About Supporting ADHD Students and Why Outdated Method... 1:30pm - 2:30pm

Addressing the Mental Health Epidemic: Supporting Students in th... 3:00pm - 4:00pm

Masters of Chaos: Finding the Flow of a CTS/F Classroom 10:30am - 11:30am

Keep CALM! Exploring your options 12:00pm - 1:00pm

Help! I need art ideas!!!! 1:30pm - 2:30pm

How do I assess Art? 3:00pm - 4:00pm

ELA and SS - Engaging Tasks Connected to Conflict 10:30am - 11:30am

Novel Studies - How to do it well! 12:00pm - 1:00pm

Grade 9 - Engaging Projects 1:30pm - 2:30pm

Writing for Social Studies (Div 3 and 4) 3:00pm - 4:00pm

The Science of Language Learning 10:30am - 11:30am

Fun, Fast, Fresh, Free! New Resources for Teaching K-6 Physical... 12:00pm - 1:00pm

Celebrating Intercultural Connection and Inclusion in Physical E... 1:30pm - 2:30pm

President Schilling: Unplugged 3:00pm - 4:00pm

Outreach and Alternative Education Conversations 10:30am - 11:30am

Media Literacy in the Alberta Elementary Classroom 12:00pm - 1:00pm

Teaching is a Joke - Learning Through Laughing 1:30pm - 2:30pm

Autism: Honest discussion, practical ideas and some funny storie... 10:30am - 11:30am

Let the Waters Flow: Learning to Let Go When Things Go 'Off Plan... 12:00pm - 1:00pm

99 Ways to help your Catholic School Culture Grow 1:30pm - 2:30pm

BLAST: A Targeted Literacy Intervention 10:30am - 11:30am

Unlocking the Power of the Public Library 12:00pm - 1:00pm

Unlocking the Vault: Secrets of Exemplary Football Programs in A... 1:30pm - 2:30pm

Using Video Game Software to Build Digital Teaching Tools (in any subject) 10:30am - 1:00pm

Science of My Everything; Stories to Make Learning Relevant 1:30pm - 2:30pm

Studying Story Through the Lens of Film 10:30am - 11:30am

Grade 4s Don't Write Novels 12:00pm - 1:00pm

Fibre Arts: Stitching in a Collaborative Learning Session 3:00pm - 4:00pm

Helping Students Navigate Academic Vocabulary Across Subject Are... 10:30am - 11:30am

My Students Can’t Summarize! Please Help! 12:00pm - 1:00pm

Linked Text Sets - A New Way To Scaffold for Knowledge Building 1:30pm - 2:30pm

Using Riddles and Unsolvable Problems to Encourage Oral Language... 3:00pm - 4:00pm

Bucking the Status Quo: Recognizing and Standing Up Against Miso... 10:30am - 11:30am

My Semester of Sports: A high school English teacher's adventure... 12:00pm - 1:00pm

"Pop" goes the cannon: I *have* to teach the classics. Now what? 1:30pm - 2:30pm

Creating Thinking Opportunities in K-3 Math 10:30am - 11:30am

Targeting Spatial Reasoning 12:00pm - 1:00pm

The W.I.S.E Choice: A simple and effective formula for emotional... 10:30am - 11:30am

OUT at School: Creating Queer & Trans Affirming Classrooms 12:00pm - 1:00pm

AI Prompting for Teacher Success 10:30am - 11:30am

Promote Yourself: Resumes and Cover Letters that Get Noticed 12:00pm - 1:00pm

Code of Professional Conduct: Navigating the Alberta Teaching Pr... 10:30am - 11:30am

Canada Out of the Closet - Stories to Help You Support 2SLGBTQ+... 10:30am - 11:30am

Students in the Drivers’ Seat: Ready-to-Use Strategies for Stude... 12:00pm - 1:00pm

Unlocking Leadership Potential: Strategies for Student Growth an... 10:30am - 11:30am

Teach Across the Curriculum Like a B.O.S.S. with Computational T... 10:30am - 11:30am

As we think, we live. 12:00pm - 1:00pm

Activities that Increase Engagement in Upper Elementary Music 10:30am - 11:30am

Write On: Hands-On Activities To Get Your Students Going 10:30am - 11:30am

Wild at Heart || Cross-Disciplinary Writing Techniques 12:00pm - 1:00pm

How to Be the Change: Building Courage and Capacity in Support o... 10:30am - 11:30am

ARTA and the ARTA Benefit Plans - Looking Ahead to New ADVENTURE... 10:30am - 11:30am

Eat the Fugly Carrot 10:30am - 11:30am

Introducing HSISSFF: Your High School’s Independent Shakespeare... 12:00pm - 1:00pm

Escape Boredom: Engaging students through the use of escape room... 10:30am - 11:30am

Community Science: Turning your students into real scientists 12:00pm - 1:00pm

Evolving Ideas on the Fabric of Space 10:30am - 11:30am

AI & Learning Strategies 12:00pm - 1:00pm

Level up inclusivity in Middle/High school through Esports! 10:30am - 11:30am

AI in the Woodshop: Learn to Generate Activity Instructions, Mat... 12:00pm - 1:00pm

Stop Wasting My Time!! Strategies for Effectively Facilitating T... 10:30am - 11:30am

Intentional Use of Data to Guide and Inform the Collaborative Co... 12:00pm - 1:00pm

What’s New in Books? The 6-12 Edition 10:30am - 11:30am

What’s New in Books? The K-5 Edition 12:00pm - 1:00pm

Mental Health - Rise, Know Your Worth, Find Your Way 10:30am - 11:30am

Brain Bins: Supporting Self-Regulation in the Elementary Classro... 10:30am - 11:30am

Enhancing Differentiation in the Classroom through Theme-Based L... 10:30am - 11:30am

Building Bridges: Empowering Educators to Support Youth Through... 12:00pm - 1:00pm

The ‘Not So Happily Ever After’ Storytelling Workshop 10:30am - 11:30am

From Concept to Script - Screenwriting Workshop 12:00pm - 1:00pm

Best Practices in Mentorship: A Guide to Supporting Student Teac... 10:30am - 11:30am

Difficultés d'apprentissage chez les adolescents - stratégies 12:00pm - 1:00pm

Intégrer l’intelligence artificielle dans notre pratique: possib... 10:30am - 11:30am

Fluency in the Secondary Classroom 10:30am - 11:30am

The Layers of Writing Development 12:00pm - 1:00pm