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

Making Fun of Building Fluency: Addition and Subtraction

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

TH201

A session of learning games to help student build fluency and number sense in their math basic addition and subtraction facts.

SESSION HOST: Nicole Hammell

Speakers

Alan Riewe

I am a teacher with the heart of a game show host. My degree is in high school Social Studies but somehow my passion became elementary math. I am a teacher willing to share anything I have or create I just want kids to learn I don’t care if they are mine or someone else’s.

Thursday February 20, 2025 10:30am - 12:00pm MST
TH201

Mathematics (TQS 3), K-Gr 3, Gr 4-6

12:30pm MST

Making fun of building fluency: Multiplication, Division, Fractions and Decimals.

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

TH201

A session of learning games to help student build fluency and number sense in their Multiplication, Division, Fractions and Decimals.

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

Speakers

Alan Riewe

Thursday February 20, 2025 12:30pm - 2:00pm MST
TH201

Mathematics (TQS 3), Gr 4-6

2:30pm MST

I Don't Know What To Do and I Don't Know Where To Start!

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

TH201

This session will focus on my journey to incorporate Indigenous ways of knowing into the science curriculum. I hope to help other teachers take their first step in their journey of reconcili-action.

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

Speakers

Clarke Dyer

Winner of the 2022 Earth Steward Teaching Award, Clarke started his teaching career in 2008 after graduating from the University of Alberta with a major in Biology and majorly awesome wife. While teaching at Victoria School, Clarke has worked to develop the school landscape into... Read More →

Thursday February 20, 2025 2:30pm - 4:00pm MST
TH201

Indigenous Education (TQS/LQS 5), K-Gr3, Gr 4-6, Gr 7-9, Gr 10-12 | Science (TQS 3), K-Gr3, Gr 4-6, Gr 7-9, Gr 10-12

10:30am MST

Leading with Impact: Unleash the Power of Cultural Intelligence in Education

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

TH201

Lead with impact and elevate your Cultural Intelligence (CQ). Navigate the complexities of cultural diversity in education to confidently lead with empathy, effectiveness, and global-mindedness.

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

Speakers

Gail-Ann Wilson Mitchell

Executive Staff Officer, Professional Development, The Alberta Teachers' Association

Before the professional development team at the Alberta Teachers' Association, Gail-Ann (she/her) taught high school social studies and worked as a cultural diversity educator for 22 years. She is committed to building leadership diversity leadership and promoting change in education... Read More →

Friday February 21, 2025 10:30am - 12:00pm MST
TH201

Leadership (LQS 1-9), K-Gr3, Gr 4-6, Gr 7-9, Gr 10-12 | Diversity Equity & Human Rights (TQS/LQS 4), K-Gr3, Gr 4-6, Gr 7-9, Gr 10-12 | Social Studies (TQS 3), K-Gr3, Gr 4-6, Gr 7-9, Gr 10-12

12:30pm MST

Small Teaching Strategies To Enhance Memory, Attention and Engagement in Your Classes

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

TH201

Small Teaching (Lang, 2021) is a way of implementing easy-to-use Science of Learning teaching strategies that serve to enhance memory, direct student attention and motivate reluctant learners.

SESSION HOST: Kathy Thomas

Speakers

Chris Mattatall

Associate Professor of Educational Psychology and Inclusion, University of Lethbridge

Dr. Chris Mattatall is the Board of Governor's Teaching Chair (2023-2025) for the University of Lethbridge, Associate Professor of Educational Psychology and Inclusion in the Faculty of Education, and a researcher in reading acquisition and intervention.

Friday February 21, 2025 12:30pm - 2:00pm MST
TH201