NCTCA 2025: Full Schedule

EVENTBRITE (PRE-REGISTERED SESSIONS) -- Get your tickets here!
Tickets go on sale Monday, December 9th at 7PM
- EVENTBRITE IS THE ONLY WAY TO SECURE YOUR SPACE IN A PRE-REG SESSION!
- ONLY add a pre-registered session to your schedule on Sched if you have purchased your Eventbrite ticket.
- Sales end Monday, January 27 at 12PM

Wednesday Social - KARAOKE NIGHT!!
Location: The Westin Hotel - Devonian Room
Time: 7PM - 10PM
Appetizers will be provided throughout the evening.

2025 Tours
Art Gallery of Alberta
"Guided Tour": Thursday February 8th 9:30AM - 11:00AM
"Guided Tour": Friday February 9th 12:00PM - 1:30PM

Telus World of Science - Edmonton
Thursday February 8th PM

Fort Edmonton Park
Thursday, February 6th 9AM - 3PM
Friday, February 7th 9AM - 3PM

Muttart Conservatory
Thursday, February 6th 12:30PM - 1:30PM
Friday, February 7th 9AM - 10AM

Royal Alberta Museum
FRENCH Classroom: Thursday, February 6th 9:30AM - 11AM
ENGLISH Classroom: Thursday, February 6th 1PM - 2:30PM
FRENCH Tour: Friday, February 7th 9:30AM - 11AM
ENGLISH Tour: Friday, February 7th 1PM - 2:30PM

2025 Partners In Education Luncheon with Scott Ervin -- Get your ticket here!
Tickets go on sale Monday, December 9th 2024 at 7PM
10:30AM Doors open
11:15AM Program begins
11:30AM Scott Ervin to speak
12:15PM Lunch will be served

2025 Venues:

The Westin Edmonton: 10135 100 St. NW
Edmonton Convention Centre: 9797 Jasper Avenue, Edmonton
Saville Community Sports Centre: 11610 65 Ave, NW, Edmonton
Art Gallery of Alberta: 2 Sir Winston Churchill Square, Edmonton
Offsite locations: There are numerous offsite locations which all require an Eventbrite ticket. All Attendees with an Eventbrite ticket will be emailed directly with a location address.

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9:00am MST

Resurrecting a Rural Band Program

Friday February 7, 2025 9:00am - 10:00am MST

ECC - Room D2

Over the last 7 years, my rural gr. 7-12 band program has been through the wringer: I was the third band teacher in three years, then junior high band was scheduled only once a week, and finally the COVID-19 pandemic hit. With that being said, I have had my work cut out for me to rebuild it from the ground up. In the last three years, I’ve had more students taking part in band than I’ve seen in my time at my school. Come spend some time with me and I’ll share with you what has worked in my situation and we can brainstorm ideas for your programs.

Speakers

Quinn Shelton

Quinn is a passionate music educator in Alberta. She grew up surrounded by music, beginning with early childhood music classes, church music, and private piano lessons. In junior high, she joined the band class and learned to play the flute. It was during her high school career that... Read More →

Friday February 7, 2025 9:00am - 10:00am MST
ECC - Room D2 Edmonton Convention Centre

Fine Arts, Music / Musique

Language of Presentation English
Grade Focus Division 3 (Grades 7-9)
format Lecture
Room Details ECC - Room D2 (Edmonton Convention Centre, Lecture Max capacity for 60 people)
Tags English, Division 3 (Grades 7-9)

9:00am MST

VERBATHON®: How to Have Fun With Verbs and Grammar!

Friday February 7, 2025 9:00am - 10:00am MST

Westin - Chancellor Room

Do you want to teach VERBS and GRAMMAR in a unique, fun and effective way? Do you like to play games? Then come and participate in this dynamic workshop and make learning VERBS and GRAMMAR one of the most exciting events of your class by using the VERBATHON® kit! Motivate, inspire and challenge your students with sports-style events! Integrate math, social studies, even rap and rock music. Learn how to organize a tournament for your class, school, district and even participate in a national tournament! Experience shows that students learn and retain more through active play. Verbathon games and activities are effective because they are based on the INFINITE principle: Inclusive, Fun, Interactive, Integrative, Team-based and Empowering. Verbathon can be used by teachers from elementary through university for both Immersion and FSL. Originally developed in French, Verbathon is also available in Spanish and German. Emmanuel Escueta, creator of Verbathon, is also president of ESCUTECH Educational Products Ltd. and he is a recipient of the Prime Minister's Award for Excellence in Teaching. Grade focus is Grade 6-12 FSL/Spanish/German.

Speakers

Emmanuel Escueta

Emmanuel Escueta is a retired French Immersion Educator with 34 years experience teaching in different school districts in British Columbia and Manitoba. He is currently a TTOC (Teacher Teaching On Call) in the Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows School District in BC. He established ESCUTECH... Read More →

Chairperson

Machioudi Bello

French Immersion Teacher

Friday February 7, 2025 9:00am - 10:00am MST
Westin - Chancellor Room Westin Hotel Edmonton

Second Languages / Langues Secondes, Second Languages / Langues Secondes

Language of Presentation English
Grade Focus Division 3 (Grades 7-9)
format Lecture
Room Details Westin - Chancellor Room (Westin Hotel Edmonton, Lecture Max capacity for 50 people)
Tags English, Division 3 (Grades 7-9)

10:15am MST

ELA and SS - Engaging Tasks Connected to Conflict

Friday February 7, 2025 10:15am - 11:15am MST

Westin - Yukon Room

Want to bring conflict and military history to life in your classroom? Want your students to connect to different challenges associated with people's experiences with conflict? Want your students to think critically and build skills? We will be looking at a variety of different conflicts connected to the curriculum (EG: War of 1812, Conquest of the Americas, Remembrance Day, etc.) in social studies as well as a variety of different ELA texts that have conflict as a theme (EG: The Sniper, War Poetry, songs connected to war and peace, etc.). Students get to explore and understand situations where individuals are interacting with conflict and war and the consequences individually and for society. There are many connections to be made to other times in world history to allow students to critically think about the movement of peoples. You will walk away with the complete lessons, activities, projects and resources.

Speakers

Nicholle Morrison

Teacher, Calgary Board of Ed.

Nicholle has a BA in Sociology and a BEd Education. She has taught for 14 years. She began by primarily teaching elementary grades 5 and 6 and then 9 years teaching social studies and humanities at the junior high level. Nicholle currently is a high school Social Studies teacher with... Read More →

Joanna Zakus

Joanna has a BA History and a BEd Secondary Social Studies. She has been teaching primarily social studies and humanities for the last 20 years at the junior high level. Joanna currently is a teacher at a junior high school with the Calgary Board of Education. She focuses on interactive... Read More →

Friday February 7, 2025 10:15am - 11:15am MST
Westin - Yukon Room Westin Hotel Edmonton

Social Studies / Études sociales, Language Arts / Arts Langagier

Language of Presentation English
Grade Focus Division 3 (Grades 7-9)
format Lecture
Room Details Westin - Yukon Room (Westin Hotel Edmonton, Lecture Max capacity for 100 people)
Tags English, Division 3 (Grades 7-9)

11:30am MST

Easy Visual Effects for Junior High Tech

Friday February 7, 2025 11:30am - 12:30pm MST

ECC - Salon 19/20

This session will introduce you to some simple, fun, and effective visual effects projects using Adobe Premiere Pro. You'll learn simple green screen effects, explosions, and even how to leverage Adobe's new AI-powered features to create amazing and engaging videos!

Speakers

Shane Lawrence

Shane has been teaching for 19 years. In that time, he's taught everything from English to Photography, Drama to Computers. Through it all, he's developed a passion for creativity and creation which he now explores through teaching Art, Film, Drama, and Technology.

Friday February 7, 2025 11:30am - 12:30pm MST
ECC - Salon 19/20 Edmonton Convention Centre

CTS, Technology / Technolgie | CTF, Technology / Technolgie

Language of Presentation English
Grade Focus Division 3 (Grades 7-9)
format Tables
Room Details ECC - Salon 19/20 (Edmonton Convention Centre, Tables Max capacity for 40 people)
Tags English, Division 3 (Grades 7-9)

11:30am MST

Novel Studies - How to do it well!

Friday February 7, 2025 11:30am - 12:30pm MST

Westin - Yukon Room

Do your students hate reading? Do they struggle to complete tasks/assignments due to lack of engagement? Please join us for engaging ways to teach novels that will have your students asking, “Are we going to read today?” We will be going through a variety of different novels for different grade levels/abilities, as well as different approaches to novels and reading, strategies to build literacy and comprehension skills, tasks to develop academic writing, the gathering of evidence, critical analysis of the text and creative hands on projects.

Speakers

Nicholle Morrison

Teacher, Calgary Board of Ed.

Joanna Zakus

Friday February 7, 2025 11:30am - 12:30pm MST
Westin - Yukon Room Westin Hotel Edmonton

Language Arts / Arts Langagier, Language Arts / Arts Langagier

Language of Presentation English
Grade Focus Division 3 (Grades 7-9)
format Lecture
Room Details Westin - Yukon Room (Westin Hotel Edmonton, Lecture Max capacity for 100 people)
Tags English, Division 3 (Grades 7-9)

12:45pm MST

Reading Comprehension Success!

Friday February 7, 2025 12:45pm - 1:45pm MST

ECC - Salon 13/14

As teachers we ask, “How can I improve my students’ achievement in reading comprehension? “Students ask, “How can I get better at reading comprehension?” This session describes how to categorize reading comprehension questions into 5 reading skill categories allowing teachers and students to determine which skills require improvement and how to unpack each skill and determine the alignment to curriculum outcomes.

Speakers

Brigitta Goerres

President, Edu-Best Educational Resources

I have been involved in education for over 30 years. I had the fortune of starting my career as a classroom teacher immediately after graduating from the University of Alberta. I continued my career working with the Ministry of Education and from there worked for a decade as the Executive... Read More →

Friday February 7, 2025 12:45pm - 1:45pm MST
ECC - Salon 13/14 Edmonton Convention Centre

Language Arts / Arts Langagier, Learning Resources

Language of Presentation English
Grade Focus Division 3 (Grades 7-9)
format Tables
Room Details ECC - Salon 13/14 (Edmonton Convention Centre, Tables Max capacity for 60 people)
Tags English, Division 3 (Grades 7-9)

2:00pm MST

How Well Do Your Students Read?

Friday February 7, 2025 2:00pm - 3:00pm MST

ECC - Salon 13/14

This 1-hour session will explore some of the practical ways in which Grades 7-10 teachers can model and scaffold for readers and writers the skills needed to more actively and meaningfully engage with texts of all kinds. Teachers will come away with tools and strategies that enable students to make visible to us the often-invisible process of comprehending, a process that can’t always be captured by a standardized multiple-choice assessment. Tannis will also provide a brief overview of Pearson’s new Literacy Success Assessment (Grades 7-10), a tool for gaining insights into how our students comprehend and communicate.

Speakers

Tannis Niziol

Throughout her 32-year career as a teacher, administrator, and curriculum consultant, in Alberta and Manitoba, Tannis has remained passionate about teaching and learning. She believes all learners deserve access to rich, diverse learning experiences and to a safe equitable space in... Read More →

Friday February 7, 2025 2:00pm - 3:00pm MST
ECC - Salon 13/14 Edmonton Convention Centre

Language Arts / Arts Langagier, Assessment / Évaluation

Language of Presentation English
Grade Focus Division 3 (Grades 7-9)
format Tables
Room Details ECC - Salon 13/14 (Edmonton Convention Centre, Tables Max capacity for 60 people)
Tags English, Division 3 (Grades 7-9)