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

10:30am MST

Outreach and Alternative Programs Round Table Discussion

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

M1035

If you teach in an outreach or alternative school/program, we invite you to join our conversation to celebrate successes and work collaboratively on challenges.

SESSION HOST: Danika Peters

Speakers

Meg Cahill

ACE Place Learning Centre is the outreach/alternative school for Horizon School Division. We support students in grades 6-12 through At Home Learning, in-person alternative junior high and outreach high school. Meg helps students and families in grades 6-9 navigate At Home Learning... Read More →

Chrystal Jensen

ACE Place Learning Centre is the outreach/alternative school for Horizon School Division. We support students in grades 6-12 through many programs including At Home Learning, in-person alternative junior high and outreach high school. Meg is "in the trenches" with students and families... Read More →

Angela Odland

Thursday February 20, 2025 10:30am - 12:00pm MST
M1035

Curriculum & Pedagogy (TQS 3), Gr 4-6, Gr 7-9, Gr 10-12 | Counselling & Student Support (TQS/LQS 4), Gr 4-6, Gr 7-9, Gr 10-12 | Diversity Equity & Human Rights (TQS/LQS 4), Gr 4-6, Gr 7-9, Gr 10-12

2:30pm MST

Sequencing and Debugging in the Elementary Classroom (K-Gr.2)

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

M1035

Explore foundational coding concepts in your elementary classroom with the new Alberta curriculum through both plugged-in and unplugged activities.

SESSION HOST: Brandie Fast

Speakers

Whitney Horban

Whitney Horban (she/her) has worked in both formal and informal education and enjoys bridging the gap between the two. She has been atthe TELUS World of Science Edmonton for 8 years, traveling to schools around Alberta with the Science in Motion team and now heading up the Northern... Read More →

Thursday February 20, 2025 2:30pm - 4:00pm MST
M1035

Science (TQS 3), K-Gr 3

10:30am MST

Who to Believe? New resources to help students become critical information consumers

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

M1035

It is apparent that there is a need to help students become critical consumers of information. But, in a crowded curriculum, it is often difficult to find the time to help students evaluate science and health information they encounter. We’ve developed and curated free resources that can be used in secondary classrooms to help students spot disinformation tactics and become more critical consumers of science information. Intended to be used alongside Alberta curricular outcomes, there are resources that can be used in whole-class lessons, short activities, or as asynchronous learning opportunities. Created by experienced Alberta teachers, these resources will help students discern who and what to believe in a world awash in mis/disinformation.

SESSION HOST: Caryn Swark

Speakers

Dr. Kerry Rose

Dr. Kerry Rose taught for more than 30 years in Alberta, and now works as Outreach Project Manager for CMASTE (Centre for Mathematics, Science and Technology Education) at the University of Alberta, where she also teaches pre-service science teachers.

Friday February 21, 2025 10:30am - 12:00pm MST
M1035

Science (TQS 3), Gr 7-9, Gr 10-12