ESTCA 2025: Full Schedule

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Morning Selections 7:30 - 11:00 (Hall B) :
Slice of Banana or Zucchini bread (vegetarian) $3.25, Fruit to go cups (vegan/gluten free) $3.25 Yogurt Parfait Cup (vegetarian) $ 3.25

Beverages Selection:
Bottled Water $4.00
Soft Drinks $3.50
Canned Juices $3.50
Starbucks Coffee (12oz) $3.00

Concession/Collaboration Lounge - Lunch Specials 11:00 - 15:00 (Hall B) :
Old Fashioned Ham, tuna & egg Salad sandwich $5.00
Bistro Sandwich $7.50
Crudites in a Cup (vegan/gluten free) $3.75
Whole Fruit - $2.25
Gluten Free Granola Gar (gluten free/vegetarian) $4.75
Assorted Cookies (vegetarian) $2.50

Hot Specials Lunch -
Daily -
Chefs Choice Daily Soup with brioche bread $5.00
Pizza (Hawaiian, pepperoni & Cheese $5.00
Thursday - Ukrainian Box with Perogies, kielbasa and lazy cabbage rolls $12.00
Friday - Teriyaki Chicken $12.00

10:30am MST

Journaling Adventures: Transforming your Classroom with Nature

Thursday February 13, 2025 10:30am - 11:30am MST

Salon 01

Explore how nature journaling can boost mental health and deepen students' environmental responsibility. This session introduces hands-on activities aligned with your curriculum, helping students connect their learning with nature. Walk away with practical tools to enrich your classroom practice and inspire a meaningful relationship with the land.

Speakers

Samantha Ur

Thursday February 13, 2025 10:30am - 11:30am MST
Salon 01

Div 3

11:45am MST

Playwriting for the LA and Drama Classrooms

Thursday February 13, 2025 11:45am - 12:45pm MST

Salon 01

What is a play? What goes into the writing of a play? What can I learn through writing a play? This session breaks down the skills of playwrighting into some small digestible exercises. We all have stories to tell, and this program will show teachers how they can encourage their students to write through the lens of a playwright. Perfect for your LA, Drama, Social Studies and CALM classroom and adaptable to all grade levels!

Speakers

Workshop West Playwrights' Theatre

Youth Education and Outreach Coordinator, Workshop West Playwrights' Theatre

We offer in-school playwrighting workshops for high school, junior high, and elementary classrooms. Our program guides students to write their own plays and is facilitated by our skilled teaching artists.

Rebecca Bissonette

Thursday February 13, 2025 11:45am - 12:45pm MST
Salon 01

Div1-4

1:00pm MST

Re-thinking Student Individualized Program Plans (IPP's): Moving from conference to conversation

Thursday February 13, 2025 1:00pm - 2:00pm MST

Salon 01

While student Individualized Program Plan (IPP) meetings are key processes to create and support meaningful learning opportunities for students, these meetings can create tensions and uncertainties for families (Alberta Education, 2015). As a result, misunderstandings and communication breakdowns between families and school teams can occur. The session “Student Individualized Program Plan (IPPs): Moving from conference to conversation” will provide educators with a greater insight into a parent’s perspective of IPP meetings. Combined with educational theory and lived experiences, this session will present approaches and structures to support more authentic and collaborative IPP conversations with families that centres the gifts and abilities of students.

Speakers

Brittany Ouellette

Ph.D. Candidate, School Administrator

Brittany is a certified K-12 Educator and School Administrator in Alberta. She obtained a Master’s degree from the University of Alberta in Educational Psychology and is now a Ph.D. candidate. During her career, Brittany has worked collaboratively with educators as both a Learning... Read More →

Thursday February 13, 2025 1:00pm - 2:00pm MST
Salon 01

Div1-4

10:30am MST

Numerical Response in Social 30-1

Friday February 14, 2025 10:30am - 11:30am MST

Salon 01

Alberta Education has indicated that the Vretta online assessment platform will fundamentally change how selected response questions are structured for students in the near future. In the context of Social Studies, multiple choice has been the sole method that selected response questions have been formatted for decades.

This presentation seeks to introduce Numerical Response style questions into the Humanities with an emphasis on Social Studies 30-1. A wide variety of questions will be provided to participants to help conceptualize the various formatting structures that Alberta Education might pursue as it rolls out its new assessment platform.

Vretta's new selected response question format strongly correlates to older Numerical Response formats, as seen in the Science PATs and DIPs. As such, our question formats will be strongly influenced by the formatting structure used in the Sciences.

This will be a workshop-style presentation in which participants will be given an extensive sampling of questions to engage in discussion with each other and the presenters.

Speakers

Michael Bayer

Physics teacher, Wm. E. Hay Stettler Secondary Campus (WEHSSC)

Friday February 14, 2025 10:30am - 11:30am MST
Salon 01

Div 4

11:45am MST

Food for Thought Unlocking the Link Between Your Nutrition and Mental Wellbeing

Friday February 14, 2025 11:45am - 12:45pm MST

Salon 01

Does stress influence food choices or do food choices influence stress? Both! Join an AHS Registered Dietitian to learn about the connection between your food, brain, and body. This 1-hour workshop will translate the latest science in nutrition and mental wellbeing into practical nutrition strategies tailored for busy teachers. Participants will leave equipped with tangible steps to support their own wellbeing through food, and in turn, the wellbeing of their students.

Speakers

Jessica Dugan

Registered Dietitian, Alberta Health Services

Jessica Dugan is a Public Health Dietitian in Central Zone. In this role she engages with local, regional, and provincial partners to improve nutrition through consultation, education, evaluation, and collaboration.

Friday February 14, 2025 11:45am - 12:45pm MST
Salon 01

Div1-4