SWATCA 2025 - South Western Alberta Teachers' Convention

BLAST: A Targeted Literacy Intervention 10:30am - 12:00pm

Come African Drum With Me 12:30pm - 2:00pm

Come African Drum With Me 2:30pm - 4:00pm

Code of Professional Conduct for Teachers and Teacher Leaders 10:30am - 12:00pm

Planning for Retirement 12:30pm - 2:00pm

A Whole Lot of Math Going On! Math Games for K-3 10:30am - 12:00pm

A Whole Lot of Math Going On! Math Games for 4-6 12:30pm - 2:00pm

The Art of Assessing Mathematical Thinking - Instructional Leader Session 10:30am - 12:00pm

Early Years: Assessing New Curriculum Through Play 12:30pm - 2:00pm

Designing Performance Tasks for Deeper Learning 2:30pm - 4:00pm

Abstract Art Explosion: Ignite Creativity in Your Classroom! 10:30am - 12:00pm

Unleashing Van Gogh's Spirit in Landscape Painting 12:30pm - 2:00pm

Reimagining Secondary Social Studies Education 2:30pm - 4:00pm

Exploring Cross-Curriculuar Projects for Creative Educators 10:30am - 1:30pm

ATRF - Your Pension Essentials 10:30am - 12:00pm

ATRF - Steps to Receiving Your Pension 12:30pm - 2:00pm

Newly Launched! Introducing the new Elementary Mental Health Literacy Resource (EMHLR) for grade... 2:30pm - 4:00pm

ARTA and the ARTA Benefit Plans - Looking Ahead to New ADVENTURES 10:30am - 12:00pm

ARTA Cafe - Join the Alberta Retired Teachers' Association for coffee and conversation 12:30pm - 3:30pm

ASEBP Benefit Overview Presentation 10:30am - 12:00pm

MyRetiree Plan Presentation 12:30pm - 2:00pm

Escape Boredom: Engaging students through the use of escape rooms 10:30am - 12:00pm

Community Science: Turning your students into real scientists 12:30pm - 2:00pm

Should I stay or should I go? - How to ensure your STEM classroom is a place of belonging 2:30pm - 4:00pm

Boosting Problem Solving Skills in High School Math using Critical Thinking Tasks 10:30am - 12:00pm

Promoting Metacognition and Learning Through Visual Journaling 12:30pm - 3:30pm

French 7-9 Roundtable 10:30am - 12:00pm

French 10-12 Roundtable 12:30pm - 2:00pm

Making French Fun 2:30pm - 4:00pm

STEM Interactive Experience 1-4pm 1:00pm - 4:00pm

Fostering Connection and Emotional Growth in School Communities 10:30am - 12:00pm

The Power of Connection: Strengthening Parent School Communication for Mutual Understanding thro... 12:30pm - 2:00pm

From Work to Home and Beyond: Empowering Mental Health Resilience with Transferable Skills 2:30pm - 4:00pm

Outreach and Alternative Programs Round Table Discussion 10:30am - 12:00pm

Sequencing and Debugging in the Elementary Classroom (K-Gr.2) 2:30pm - 4:00pm

Reading, Writing, Speaking: The Metacognition Connection 10:30am - 12:00pm

Transfer Strategies to Create Engaged and Excited Thinkers 12:30pm - 2:00pm

Why is Reading and Writing in the Subject Areas So Hard?!? 2:30pm - 4:00pm

EcoSchools in Alberta: A Curriculum Linked Framework for Environmental and Climate Action 10:30am - 12:00pm

Design Thinking for Environmental Science 12:30pm - 3:30pm

Exploring the New Curriculum Through MakeCode Arcade Games (Gr.4-6) 10:30am - 12:00pm

Intro to Data Analysis in CODAP (Gr. 7-12) 12:30pm - 2:00pm

Problem Solving Through Computational Thinking (Gr. 3-4) 2:30pm - 4:00pm

Poetry and Movement 10:30am - 12:00pm

Rise, Know Your Worth, Find Your Way 10:30am - 12:00pm

20 Strategies You Can Use on Monday 10:30am - 12:00pm

AI Tools to Amplify Your Professionalism and Save Time! 12:30pm - 2:00pm

Critical Thinking in the Early Childhood Classroom 2:30pm - 4:00pm

Exploring Assessment and Year Planning with the K-6 Physical Education & Wellness Curriculum 10:30am - 12:00pm

Physical Eduation and Wellness Tips for Teachers that Teach Everything 12:30pm - 2:00pm

MathMap: A Tool for Automated, Data-Driven Math Intervention 2:30pm - 4:00pm

A Day in the Life of a Blood Bus Driver 10:30am - 12:00pm

We Are All Treaty People 12:30pm - 2:00pm

President Schilling: Unplugged 2:30pm - 4:00pm

Math Games Division 1 10:30am - 12:00pm

Spelling / Vocab games 12:30pm - 2:00pm

Math Games Division II 2:30pm - 4:00pm

Tips for New Teachers 10:30am - 12:00pm

Addressing Challenging Behaviour 12:30pm - 2:00pm

A Crash Course in Exceptionalities – What every teacher should know about disabilities. 2:30pm - 4:00pm

Executive function is important for student success...AND FOR TEACHERS TOO! 10:30am - 1:30pm

Self-Regulation and Active Learning 2:30pm - 4:00pm

Using Senior Citizens to Teach Junior High Health 10:30am - 12:00pm

Making Senior High Math Meaningful 12:30pm - 2:00pm

Building Thinking Classrooms in Mathematics 2:30pm - 4:00pm

Learning to Love Math: Math Anxiety and Social Emotional Learning 10:30am - 12:00pm

21 Human Resources Skills That Help School Leaders Succeed 12:30pm - 2:00pm

22 Timely Topics on Teacher and Leader Wellness - Ideas I’ve Stolen from Watching Others 2:30pm - 4:00pm

Making Fun of Building Fluency: Addition and Subtraction 10:30am - 12:00pm

Making fun of building fluency: Multiplication, Division, Fractions and Decimals. 12:30pm - 2:00pm

I Don't Know What To Do and I Don't Know Where To Start! 2:30pm - 4:00pm

Thinking Classroom Episode One: More Mathematical Thinking Less "Studenting" 10:30am - 12:00pm

Thinking Classroom Episode Two: The Self-Doubt and You 12:30pm - 2:00pm

Nuture Relationships and Transform Your Classroom Community 2:30pm - 4:00pm

Increasing Student Engagement through Collaboration in High School English 10:30am - 12:00pm

Success in the Middle Years 12:30pm - 2:00pm

“Madame Can We Read?” An Open Invitation to a classroom of Book Lovers 2:30pm - 4:00pm

Hutterite Colony Teacher's Roundtable 10:30am - 12:00pm

The Case For Debate: How To Teach Debate in the Age of Misinformation 12:30pm - 2:00pm

Making Movies in the Classroom: How to Transform your Language Arts Classroom into a Movie Produ... 2:30pm - 4:00pm

Cross Stitching the Classroom: Introduction and Application 10:30am - 12:00pm

Fantasy Map Making: A Bridge between Art and Literacy 12:30pm - 2:00pm

Banning Book Bans and Challenging Book Challenges: What to do if it Happens to You 2:30pm - 4:00pm

United Way Poverty Simulation 12:30pm - 3:30pm

Creativity and the Visual Arts in the K-2 Classroom 12:30pm - 3:30pm

Sexual Health Education: How to Answer Student Questions 10:30am - 12:00pm

Teaching Alberta's New Human Sexuality Curriculum for Grades 4, 5, and 6 12:30pm - 2:00pm

Teacher Safety Net 10:30am - 12:00pm

Le Code de conduite professionnelle: de quoi s'agit-il et en quoi me concerne-t-il? 12:30pm - 2:00pm

Social Studies Curriculum Engagement 10:30am - 12:00pm

Unlock the Potential of new.learnalberta.ca 12:30pm - 2:00pm

Infusing Your Curricular Outcomes with the New Science Curriculum, Computational Thinking & Scratch 10:30am - 1:30pm

Teach Nutrition: Integrating Nutrition Education Into Your Busy Classroom 10:30am - 12:00pm

Executive Function Building through Art 12:30pm - 2:00pm

Why Grasslands CAN and WILL Save the World! 10:30am - 12:00pm

Dynamic Centres for the Elementary Music Classroom 10:30am - 12:00pm

Stop Vaping Before It Starts: What Teachers Need to Know 12:30pm - 2:00pm

Blackfoot Language 10:30am - 12:00pm

Linking Thinking Tasks to Grade 3 - 6 Alberta Math Curriculum 10:30am - 12:00pm

Collective Bargaining for Teachers - How it Works 12:30pm - 2:00pm

Digitally Thriving: Discovering Intentional Ways to Disconnect and Reconnect for Promoting Well-... 10:30am - 12:00pm

How to have an A+ Relationship while Juggling Work, Adventure, and all the Things 10:30am - 12:00pm

Laugh Out Loud Literary Devices 10:30am - 12:00pm

Speak Up: Performance Activities to Build Your Students’ Confidence 12:30pm - 2:00pm

For Queer Youth, Inclusion Is Not a Buzzword: Moving Beyond Pronoun Pins 10:30am - 12:00pm

Empowering Teachers for Alberta’s Clean Energy Transition 12:30pm - 2:00pm

Who to Believe? New resources to help students become critical information consumers 10:30am - 12:00pm

Buffalo Treaty: Keystone to Wellness 10:30am - 12:00pm

Raising Buffalo Consciousness for Truth and Reconciliation 12:30pm - 2:00pm

School Councils: What Every Principal Needs to Know 10:30am - 12:00pm

A Principal's Guide to Functional Fundraising Association 12:30pm - 2:00pm

Grade 8 Engaging Projects that Challenge - Japan 10:30am - 12:00pm

Grade 7 - Our Greatest Hits How to Make Canadian History interesting and engaging! Mid 1700-1900 12:30pm - 2:00pm

What’s New in Books? The 6-12 Edition 10:30am - 12:00pm

What’s New in Books? The K-5 Edition 12:30pm - 2:00pm

International teaching in the UAE - The Good, the Bad and the travel opportunities 10:30am - 12:00pm

Making Spaces: Learning Portfolios as Assessment 12:30pm - 2:00pm

Beyond Manic: Unleashing Teacher Resilience in the Classroom 10:30am - 12:00pm

Using AI to Enhance Teacher Professional Practice 12:30pm - 2:00pm

Featured Speaker 10:30am - 12:00pm

I Am Alive 12:30pm - 2:00pm

Tools to build your Financial Wellness 10:30am - 12:00pm

Specialist Council - Alberta Colony Educators Special Interest Group - ACE - ESLC 12:30pm - 2:00pm

Bucking the Status Quo: Recognizing and Standing Up Against Misogyny in Schools 10:30am - 12:00pm

Brain Breaks with Whacky Wizards: Magically Making Music with Boomwhackers percussion tubes. 12:30pm - 2:00pm

Leading with Impact: Unleash the Power of Cultural Intelligence in Education 10:30am - 12:00pm

Small Teaching Strategies To Enhance Memory, Attention and Engagement in Your Classes 12:30pm - 2:00pm

Exploring the Smudges: Expanding student response through multimodal composition in the ELA clas... 10:30am - 12:00pm

Financial Literacy and Entrepreneur Resources for K-12 12:30pm - 2:00pm

Enhancing Differentiation in the Classroom through Theme-Based Lessons 10:30am - 12:00pm

Artificial Intelligence in K-12 Education 12:30pm - 2:00pm

Facilitating Safe and Brave Dialogue in The Classroom 10:30am - 1:30pm

A Brief Intro of Sandplay for Schools 10:30am - 12:00pm

Surveying the Disability Landscape: Charting the Path to Inclusion and Beyond 12:30pm - 2:00pm