BTC 2024 - Calgary: Full Schedule

WELCOME TO THE 2024 CALGARY BEGINNING TEACHERS’ CONFERENCE!

Teachers new to the profession are invited to attend the 2024 Beginning Teachers’ Conference, October 4-5, Best Western Premier Calgary Plaza Hotel & Conference Centre, Calgary. There is no registration fee. Space is limited; apply early.

School principals, school jurisdictions and local associations work together to provide substitute teacher coverage as per the collective agreement to facilitate the attendance of beginning teachers at the conference. Substitute teacher coverage must be organized and approved in advance. Please ensure you meet with your school principal to discuss release time and obtain the appropriate absence code to attend this conference.

Teachers in charter, federal and private schools must be associate members of the Association to be eligible to attend the Beginning Teachers Conference.

10:15am MDT

Story Time: Using Children's Literature to Teach K-12 Outcomes (K-12)

Friday October 4, 2024 10:15am - 11:30am MDT

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The focus of this session/workshop will be to help beginning teachers utilize children's literature to teach a range of K-12 outcomes in a variety of disciplines. There will be a short presentation on the importance of literacy across all disciplines and examples of how practicing teachers are incorporating it into everything from high school mathematics to elementary school physical education. Following the short presentation, participants will choose a children’s book relevant to their teaching assignments, explicitly link the book’s content to the broader philosophical ideas, generate essential questions, and design a short lesson plan/teacher resource that they can you use in their classrooms. At the end of the session there will be a gallery walk of all the lesson plans and an opportunity to share and reflect on the workshop.

Speakers

Riley Kostek

Friday October 4, 2024 10:15am - 11:30am MDT
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Science, Division I, II, III and IV | Language Arts, Division I, II, III and IV | Inclusive Education, Division I, II, III and IV

12:30pm MDT

Playful Design: Using the Science of Learning (K–6)

Friday October 4, 2024 12:30pm - 1:45pm MDT

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Learn how to set up your lessons for maximum success. Experience fun ways to help struggling readers while supporting the whole class; try playing games that help students get more out of the lesson, and get tips for scheduling the day and week.

Speakers

Joshua LaFleur

Friday October 4, 2024 12:30pm - 1:45pm MDT
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Inclusiive Education, Division I, II

2:00pm MDT

Building Thinking Classrooms in LA and Social Studies (K–9)

Friday October 4, 2024 2:00pm - 3:15pm MDT

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Building Thinking Classrooms in Mathematics is a series of practices that get students spending more time critically thinking, and engaged in learning, and these practices are fantastic in any subject! Come to this Hands-on workshop to see how you can get your students diving deeper in their learning in Language Arts and Social Studies.

Speakers

Joshua LaFleur

Friday October 4, 2024 2:00pm - 3:15pm MDT
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Language Arts, Division I, II and III | Social Studies, Division I, II and III | Inclusive Education, Division I, II and III

9:00am MDT

My Students Drive Their Learning–How to Keep Up to Your Students' Learning! (4–9)

Saturday October 5, 2024 9:00am - 10:15am MDT

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Design a new environmental sustainable tourist destination, that engages public involvement, considers water and energy consumption, land use, and waste production, while covering content from grade 5-8 science curriculum. This is just one example of how to create new and engaging lessons that cross multiple concepts within your grade 5 - 8 science and social studies classes. that reinforce skill, knowledge and abilities through practical, meaningful projects. The projects are designed to draw from past experiences and knowledge, and ignite creative and practical approaches to connecting the science curriculum between grade levels and curricular topics.

Speakers

Paul Bohnert

Saturday October 5, 2024 9:00am - 10:15am MDT
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CTS/CTF, Division II and III | Science, Division II and III | Social Studies, Division II and III

10:30am MDT

Creativity Versus Innovation (4–9)

Saturday October 5, 2024 10:30am - 11:45am MDT

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Creativity and innovative thinking are extraordinary skills that reflect successful learning in your classroom. Students that learn and possess these skills demonstrate better retention of information and, confidence in their application of knowledge beyond the curriculum and your classroom. This session will focus on how to ignite student curiosity and the innate human desire to learn. Fun, engaging and proven classroom examples will be shared throughout the session. Participants will receive multiple lesson examples, assessment rubrics and online (AI) resources ready to use in the classroom.

Speakers

Paul Bohnert

Saturday October 5, 2024 10:30am - 11:45am MDT
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CTS/CTF, Division II and III | Science, Division II and III | Social Studies, Division II and III