Treaty 8 First Nations of Alberta

Facilitator: Leondard Cardinal, Thunderbird Inc.

Learning to see through the eyes of the children into their world, to enhance a positive learning environment.

The workshop is designed to help you understand traditional protocols and their benefits in the classroom. By the use of legends and ancestral knowledge this practice was passed on to the children and is still practiced today in some communities. Success is created for individuals by the use of these tools. The topics that will be covered are as follows:

How to approach Elders, Knowledge Keepers within the communities to gain access to their wealth of knowledge. Understanding the children and their environment through their eyes. Learning how land based teachings are connected to mathematics, science, social studies and biology, through the use of traditional practices within the classroom.

Basic teachings on the Traditional Protocols in communities and networking.

Facilitator: Paul Neethling

Technology for all grades. This session will focus on using ROBOTICS to enhance virtually all learning outcomes. We will be specifically discussing Albert Education Curriculum links for all Grades from K to 12 and illustrating how robots can be used as way of engaging student interest. We will explore several aspects such as overcoming teacher apprehension. No prior knowledge of robotics is required.

The ROBOTICS used in this session is called LEGO MINDSTORMS.

Facilitator: Paul Neethling

Example robots will be demonstrated and discussed. Robots to assist teaching literacy, numeracy, science, music, Cree Culture, etc. A robot capable of competing in a “SUMO” and “LINE FOLLOWER” tournament will be demonstrated and discussed. No prior robotics knowledge is required but is recommended.

The ROBOTICS used in this session is called LEGO MINDSTORMS.

Facilitator: Gladys Cardinal

The focus is literacy work stations for Kindergarten to Grade 2 teachers. We will review some new information on Work stations and we will also discuss 5 workstation ideas and what to do at each one. The stations will be: The Alphabet Centre, The High Frequency Word Centre, The Phonological Awareness Centre, The Reading Centre and the Writing Centre.

Facilitator: Grace MacLellan

How would you like to see:

• all students in your classroom learning effectively to their utmost potential?
• your school become a place of happy, successful learners?
• parents become partners with the school?
• a smooth, orderly transition to all areas in the school?
• the school and class climate be one of safety, productivity and excitement for learning?

We all would! Session participants will walk away with many practical, research-derived classroom management ideas. This fun, fast paced session will touch on many outcomes including: reduction of minor disruptions in the class, increase in student on-task behavior, reduction in office referrals, as well as stronger relationships between staff and students. Interactive simulations, demonstrations, and depending on time; practice sessions-interwoven with humor and real life stories provide for an exciting, practical and creative professional development opportunity.

Facilitator: Grace MacLellan

Connections: 80 in 80

80 in 80 is a high energy session that provides 80 strategies to help the educator connect with, manage, and meet students exactly where they are. This dynamic session provides creative resources and ideas to help connect with students, parents/guardians and even school personnel. Connecting strategies may be in the form of clever classroom management ideas, Thank you gift ideas for volunteers, iPad apps suggestions and so much more. The goal of this session is to find ONE that the educator can apply to make their teaching life a little easier and their students a little happier. Resources are provided at completion of the session.

Facilitator: John Walker

As a healthcare professional, I have entered into collaborative problem solving approaches with school, health and community personnel to provide further insight into the stressed relationship between caregiver and child.

Facilitator: Alberta Assessment Consortium

Assessment 911: Help! I have an outcomes-based report card – now what?
Now that you are using an outcomes-based report card, what does assessment and grading look like in your classroom? In this session, participants will explore ways to plan for assessment with outcomes-based report cards in mind. Make adjustments now, and be prepared when report card time rolls around!

Leadership in Assessment
The work of implementing effective assessment in our schools is ongoing. Whether your focus is project-based learning, inclusive education, differentiated instruction, or embedded technology, there is always an assessment dimension to consider. Assessment has the power to inform the learning decisions teachers and students make in the classroom every day, and it is a key component in supporting student success.

Participants will explore Alberta learner outcomes through the lens of assessment, considering the process of planning for assessment with the end in mind, and embedding formative assessment opportunities into daily lessons. School-based leaders (and learning coaches) will examine possible frameworks for supporting enhanced assessment capacity with their schools.

Facilitator: Ever Active Schools

Join Ever Active Schools as we further explore physical literacy and how it looks, feels and lives in our school. As a teacher, you have a direct impact on your students’ physical literacy journey. Learn how to embed physical literacy, along with fundamental movement and sport skills, into your physical education program. Through an inquiry-based process of Teaching Games for Understanding (TGFU) teachers will learn strategies and activities to create an environment where students develop the confidence and competence to be active for life.

Facilitator: Ever Active Schools

Join Ever Active Schools as we further explore physical literacy and how it looks, feels and lives in our school. As a teacher, you have a direct impact on your students’ physical literacy journey. Learn how to embed physical literacy, along with fundamental movement and sport skills, into your physical education program. Through an inquiry-based process of Teaching Games for Understanding (TGFU) teachers will learn strategies and activities to create an environment where students develop the confidence and competence to be active for life.

Facilitator: TC²

Would you like your math students to communicate their thinking more clearly and ensure that their answers make sense without additional prompting? How can we encourage students to consider more than one way to answer a question? How do we help students understand that the habits of mind of perseverance and paying attention to detail are keys to success in mathematics? How can we help students see the value of math in making sound decisions in their everyday lives? This session will explore practical tips and strategies for making math meaningful and for empowering our students to think like mathematicians.

Facilitator: TC²

Do your young students view math as interesting, fun and meaningful in their own lives? Having children develop understanding of mathematics through decision-making in playful, problematic situations helps students become quality mathematical thinkers who love math. This session will explore how to empower our students to think like mathematicians.

Facilitator: Liane Mercredi

The 90 minute session I will be delivering will utilize some of the suicide prevention concepts that come from the training opportunities that I provide. We will learn what signs to watch for and how to support youth through a mental health crisis. We will also learn about the importance of self-care.

Facilitator: Erin Bligh & Kathleen Gibson, Health Canada

We would like to promote awareness and stimulate ideas and actions on how to support healthy eating environments in First Nations schools through group case study discussions.

Facilitator: Helen Metchooyeah

Learn the traditional art of the north with this instructional session on moose hair tufting and take home your project.

Facilitator: Alice Wildcat

Keeping your PowerSchool data clean. This session will focus on cleaning up student data in PowerSchool; student management; and running the School and Section Enrollment Audits. Having accurate student information will decrease the number of PASI conflicts and will make the end of year process run smoother.

Facilitator: Golam Mortoza

Learn how to use PowerTeacher and setting up a gradebook effectively. This session follows with a Q&A.;

Facilitator: Fayth Herman

Come and learn what Solaro has to offer in the teachers portal. Learn how to set up your classes from beginning to end. This session follows with a Q&A; .

Facilitator: Wanda Belland

This session introduces the topic of FASD, a history and general overview of the diagnosis, it’s implications over a lifetime, and supports available in the region and the province.

Facilitator: Wanda Belland

This session reviews the impact of alcohol on the brain and identifies the connection of the behaviours observed in various settings to the brain damage caused by pre natal alcohol exposure. This session explores the importance of recognizing brain differences to create accommodation and support for individuals impacted with FASD.

Facilitator: Loon River

This presentation is intended to demonstrate strategies for engaging students using a variety of resources that are tech-based. Not only are SmartBoards an important medium, but there are ways of engaging students with tools like Project Gutenburg, Audiobooks, Facebook, and much more. Creating collaborative and cross-curricular lessons, Kyle and Cass are Grade 7-12 teachers that have worked on engaging students on a variety of topics with a range learning needs and styles. Kyle teaches Social Studies, Aboriginal Studies, and CTS, while Cass is an English and French teacher, as well as CTS.