NCTCA 2025

Finding Your Direction 9:00am - 12:00pm

Flowers Are Our Medicine 12:30pm - 3:30pm

Coat Hanger Weaving 9:00am - 12:00pm

Hitting a High- setting goals through vision boards 12:45pm - 1:45pm

Pastel Perfection: Mastering Chalk and Oil Pastels Techniques 9:00am - 10:00am

Inspire and Create in Mixed Media 10:15am - 11:15am

No salon? Do I have a do for you!! 11:30am - 12:30pm

Emotional Regulation and Art Therapy 12:45pm - 1:45pm

Guided Tours at the Art Gallery of Alberta 9:30am - 11:00am

Conference Day 1 O...

Jessica Janzen - Keynote Session 9:15am - 10:15am

Truth Before Reconciliation 10:45am - 11:45am

Leading from the Edge: Innovative Strategies for Thriving in Tur... 12:45pm - 1:45pm

Tyler Smith - Keynote Session 2:15pm - 3:15pm

The new 2SLGBTQIA+ Perspectives 7-8-9 option course: Lessons fro... 9:00am - 10:00am

Transgender Legislation in Alberta: A Discussion 10:15am - 11:15am

5th Annual NCTCA Teacher GSA 2:00pm - 3:00pm

When Helping Hurts: An overview of compassion fatigue 9:00am - 10:00am

The Basics of Bullying: What it is, what it isn’t and what we ca... 10:15am - 11:15am

Anxious Children and Empowered Teachers 11:30am - 12:30pm

Flip the Script: Taming Student Storms 12:45pm - 1:45pm

Connection vs Correction; How Do you Balance Both? 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Paint by Numbers: Frameworks for Building Mathematical Understan... 9:00am - 10:00am

Intervention in Math: Getting the Big Ideas Right 10:15am - 11:15am

First, we Understand: Visual Algebra and Trig Origami (9-12) 11:30am - 12:30pm

Two Sides to The Story: Trauma Informed Schools 12:45pm - 1:45pm

Hurried & Worried: Understanding Children’s Anxiety 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Media Literacy in the Alberta Elementary Classroom 9:00am - 10:00am

Media Literacy and the New Elementary Social Studies Curriculum 10:15am - 11:15am

Inclusion Made Easy - Practical Strategies for Struggling Learne... 11:30am - 12:30pm

Understanding the ADHD Student - Part A (60 mins) 12:45pm - 1:45pm

Supporting Executive Functions Deficits (ADHD) in the Classroom.... 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Decoding the Psychoeducational Assessment: What Does it All Mean... 9:00am - 10:00am

ADHD: From BAD to GOAT in School and Beyond! 10:15am - 11:15am

It begins with a problem and some empathy - Using technology to... 9:00am - 10:00am

From Fake News to Fact Finders: Empowering Student Decision Maki... 10:15am - 11:15am

Teaching Science and Health Through a Lens of Curiosity and Wond... 11:30am - 12:30pm

FREE Lessons and Resources: Indigenous History in Canada, Indige... 12:45pm - 1:45pm

Sound and lighting equipment 101 (ATA Fine Arts Council) 9:00am - 10:00am

A year in the life of a music teacher. Let’s talk plans. (ATA Fi... 10:15am - 11:15am

Finding Home on The Range: Exploring Alberta’s Wildlife and Cons... 11:30am - 12:30pm

Science on a Budget: Bringing the New K-6 Science Curriculum to... 12:45pm - 1:45pm

French music resources (ATA Fine Arts Council) 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Teaching in a Catholic School: Practical Ways to Build Catholic... 9:30am - 10:30am

“The Good Life” Redefined 11:00am - 12:00pm

Jessica Janzen - Keynote Session 2 12:45pm - 1:45pm

What Should Every Junior High Teacher Know About the New Grades... 9:00am - 10:00am

Math Vocabulary - What Exactly is the Correct Term in Our New Ma... 10:15am - 11:15am

Games Aren't Just for the Young - They Teach! 11:30am - 12:30pm

180 Days of Structured Word Inquiry 12:45pm - 1:45pm

Phonological and Morphological Awareness Using Structured Word I... 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Helping Students Navigate Academic Vocabulary Across Subject Are... 9:00am - 10:00am

How Big Movies Help Students Understand Big Transferable Concept... 10:15am - 11:15am

Creating Next Level Art Exhibitions 11:30am - 12:30pm

The Art of Writing: Exploring Word-and-Image Pairings in Contemp... 12:45pm - 1:45pm

Photography and Mindfulness: Learning to See 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Building Bridges: Empowering Educators to Support Youth Through... 9:00am - 10:00am

From Silence to Trust: Building Safe Spaces for Youth to Speak T... 10:15am - 11:15am

Where Staff Believe They Belong 11:30am - 12:30pm

Leadership Unplugged: Real Talk, Real Solutions and Building Rea... 12:45pm - 1:45pm

Playing With Words – Upper Elementary Literacy Games 9:00am - 10:00am

PLAY ON WORDS - PRIMARY LITERACY GAMES FOR DIFFERENTIATED LITERA... 10:15am - 11:15am

Are You Sure? Questions that Build Thinking Classrooms (Math). 11:30am - 12:30pm

Mastering Multiplication and Place Value – Upper Elementary 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Experiments, Videos, Stories: Explore STEM Resources For All Gra... 9:00am - 10:00am

Première Nation/ Math, sciences et phys.20et30 (2eme cycle) 10:15am - 11:15am

Tree Teachings: ​​Combining Indigenous Earth Science & Western S... 11:30am - 12:30pm

Difficultés d'apprentissage chez les adolescents - stratégies 12:45pm - 1:45pm

La langue du Michif 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Elves, Orcs, Hobbits and the Meaning of Life According to J.R.R.... 9:00am - 10:00am

The Psalms, Air Pods, and God 10:15am - 11:15am

L'oral au secondaire en toute simplicité 11:30am - 12:30pm

Find Your Voice: Learn Public Speaking Skills for You and Your S... 12:45pm - 1:45pm

Effective & Inspiring Experiential Learning Activities in the Ca... 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Le filet de sécurité des enseignants : droits et protection dont... 9:00am - 10:00am

Removing the Stop Signs at the Intersections of Gender and Leade... 10:15am - 11:15am

Teacher Safety Net 11:30am - 12:30pm

Evidence Based Practices in Structured Literacy 12:45pm - 1:45pm

Building Relationships with Athletes (and other students!) 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Lab Skills Performance Assessments in Chemistry 9:00am - 10:00am

Student Self-Marking as Formative Assessment 10:15am - 11:15am

STEAM for Free! Innovative STEAM teaching without breaking the b... 11:30am - 12:30pm

STEAM Playground - Coding, Robotics, 3D Printing, and more! 12:45pm - 1:45pm

Unlocking the Vault: Secrets of Exemplary Football Programs in A... 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Fort Edmonton Tour #1 9:00am - 3:00pm

Guided Tour- Muttart Conservatory Tour #1 12:30pm - 1:30pm

So You Want to Start an Aviation Program... 9:00am - 12:00pm

Bread Making 9:00am - 3:00pm

Intermediate/Advanced Watercolor 9:00am - 3:00pm

Ribbon Skirt Making - Thursday 9:00am - 1:00pm

Timeless Modern Furniture - Corded Danish Stool 9:00am - 3:00pm

Schnitzel and Spaetzle 9:00am - 3:00pm

How to Make a Rag Quilt 9:00am - 3:00pm

RAM: L'apprentissage des langues en action : l'approche basée sur les objets (Classe) 9:30am - 11:00am

RAM: Hands-On Language Learning: Exploring Object-Based Learning (Classroom) 1:00pm - 2:30pm

(K-12) Developing Physical Literacy through Dance 9:00am - 10:00am

(K-12) Sports-Themed Dances to Develop Physical Literacy 10:15am - 11:15am

Smashall: Volleyball for ages 6-12 year old 9:00am - 10:00am

KAOS X SPORT (chaos cross sport) 10:15am - 11:15am

Pickleball for Beginners 12:45pm - 1:45pm

Advanced Pickleball 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Flag Football for grades 7-12 Physical Education 9:00am - 12:00pm

Big Games for Big Classes 12:45pm - 1:45pm

HPEC-Bring Your PE Alive 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Explore the TELUS World of Science - Thursday PM 12:00pm - 3:00pm

Kairos Blanket Exercise 9:00am - 12:00pm

Sacred Smudging: Healing and Connection 12:45pm - 1:45pm

Snowflakes and Stories: Embracing Winter's Narrative Tradition 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Create Calm in your Classroom with Sound 9:00am - 10:00am

Forest Bathing and Earthing – Natural Ways to Heal 10:15am - 11:15am

3 Simple Tricks That Make Editing Fun and Easy (And Other Lies) 11:30am - 12:30pm

Building Resilience with Self-Compassion 12:45pm - 1:45pm

What Could Go Wrong? The Simple Question Your Students Can Build... 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Numeracy and Young Learners: a Developmental Affair 9:00am - 10:00am

Top 10 Numeracy Activities for Preschool/Kindergarten 10:15am - 11:15am

Exploring outdoors: Discovering Math in Nature 11:30am - 12:30pm

Discovering Literacy While Exploring The Outdoors 12:45pm - 1:45pm

Emergent Literacy .. Making It Meaningful! 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Skills Canada Alberta - Inspire. Develop. Elevate. 9:00am - 10:00am

Nutrition, fitness and health habits for a successful school yea... 10:15am - 11:15am

Lego, Photosynthesis, Cellular Respiration and Student Success 9:00am - 12:00pm

Learning With Lego 12:45pm - 1:45pm

Active Citizenship & Democracy in the Classroom 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Is it That Easy? Using Quizizz to Support a Self-Paced Learning... 9:00am - 10:00am

Transforming Student Learning: Harnessing Canva's Audio, AI, and... 10:15am - 11:15am

Leveraging ChatGPT for Sustainable Teaching Practices 11:30am - 12:30pm

Un livre 3 matières et plusieurs idées organisatrices M-3 9:00am - 10:00am

Titre : Un livre- 3 matières et plusieurs idées organisatrices 4... 10:15am - 11:15am

Les comportements difficiles - idées et stratégies incluant les... 11:30am - 12:30pm

La motivation et l'engagement en salle de classe 12:45pm - 1:45pm

ALIC: Connecting and supporting language teachers in Alberta 2:00pm - 3:00pm

ARTA and the ARTA Benefit Plans - Looking Ahead to New ADVENTURE... 9:00am - 10:00am

ATRF Your Pension Essentials 10:15am - 11:15am

ATRF Steps to Receiving Your Pension 11:30am - 12:30pm

ASEBP Benefit Overview Presentation 12:45pm - 1:45pm

ASEBP MyRetiree Plan Presentation 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Using AI to Enhance Human-Centered Work 9:00am - 10:00am

President Schilling: Unplugged (Session 1) 10:15am - 11:15am

AI Prompting for Teacher Success 11:30am - 12:30pm

Code of Professional Conduct: Navigating the Alberta Teaching Pr... 12:45pm - 1:45pm

President Schilling: Unplugged (Session 2) 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Enseigner les sports à l'élémentaire 9:00am - 10:00am

Celebrating Intercultural Connection and Inclusion in Physical E... 10:15am - 11:15am

Southern-African Music for Children 11:30am - 12:30pm

Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) or Tapping for Students 12:45pm - 1:45pm

Ensemble Building in the Drama Classroom (Fine Arts Council of t... 2:00pm - 3:00pm

De l’arithmétique à l’algèbre - 1ère à 9e année 9:00am - 10:00am

Téflon ou Velcro - Comment maximiser l’apprentissage - 1ère à 12... 10:15am - 11:15am

Enseigner la méthode scientifique à l’aide de simulations virtue... 11:30am - 12:30pm

Fun, Fast, Fresh, Free! New Resources for Teaching K-6 Physical... 12:45pm - 1:45pm

ATA Science Council presents Oreo Cookies and Scientific Method 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Spirit of the Metis 9:00am - 10:00am

Indigenous War Veterans and My Cree Father's POW Experience 10:15am - 11:15am

How to Bring Canadian History to Life - The Fur Trade 11:30am - 12:30pm

Exciting New Social Studies Project on The Regions of Canada tha... 12:45pm - 1:45pm

Gr 9 - Engaging Projects 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Botanical Art with Music and Stories! 10:15am - 11:15am

Neurographic Art 12:45pm - 1:45pm

Alberta Landscape Art and Haida Art with Music and Stories! 12:00pm - 3:00pm

Art and the Holocaust 12:45pm - 1:45pm

The Sailing of the St. Louis 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Guided Tours at the Art Gallery of Alberta 12:00pm - 1:30pm

Conference Day 2 O...

Scott Ervin - Keynote Session 9:00am - 10:00am

Why are outcomes for Indigenous students so unequal? 10:30am - 11:30am

Maegan Giroux - Keynote Session 12:30pm - 1:30pm

Laurie McIntosh - Keynote Session 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Resurrecting a Rural Band Program 9:00am - 10:00am

Unmasking Racism: Redefining Education 9:00am - 10:00am

Advancing Equity in Education: Culturally Responsive Teaching, A... 10:15am - 11:15am

Making Meaningful Institutional Changes: using ERGs to create sa... 11:30am - 12:30pm

Be An Upstander: Finding Hope in Complex Times 12:45pm - 1:45pm

Pathways to Possibility: Navigating the Transition from High Sch... 2:00pm - 3:00pm

How to Keep the Movers, Shakers, Doers, and Makers in the Academ... 9:00am - 10:00am

Practicing Metissage for Compassion, Narrative Communication, &... 10:15am - 11:15am

Dangerous Language Arts: Praxis to Support Safety in Risk-Taking 11:30am - 12:30pm

Bringi(NG) the Three Sisters Garden and Inuit Life and Culture t... 12:45pm - 1:45pm

Maki(Ng) More Magic & Science Fun! 2:00pm - 3:00pm

21 People Services Skills That Help School Leaders 9:00am - 10:00am

22 Timely Topics on Teacher Health & Wellness - Ideas I Stole Fr... 10:15am - 11:15am

Note-Taking for School Counsellors and Administrators 11:30am - 12:30pm

Help! There is a Critic Living in my Head! 12:45pm - 1:45pm

Learn to Live Forward- Lessons in Resilience! 9:00am - 10:00am

Carole-Anne Devaney - Keynote Session 10:15am - 11:15am

Connie Jakab - Keynote Session 11:30am - 12:30pm

Choosing Your Tomorrow: Harnessing Your Power of Choice 12:45pm - 1:45pm

Maegan Giroux - Keynote Session 4-6 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Exploring the New Curriculum Through MakeCode Arcade Games 9:00am - 10:00am

Computational Thinking 101: Foundations for Every Educator 10:15am - 11:15am

Supporting Neurodivergent Students at School 11:30am - 12:30pm

Addressing neurodiversity in the language arts classroom 12:45pm - 1:45pm

Expressive Writing for Wellbeing 9:00am - 10:00am

L'enseignement explicite : plus que de l'enseignement magistral! 10:15am - 11:15am

Comment enseigner les productions écrites en études sociales : L... 11:30am - 12:30pm

IDÉLLO, des ressources éducatives en français pour toutes les ma... 12:45pm - 1:45pm

Maegan Giroux - Keynote Session K-3 9:00am - 10:00am

Favoriser l’insertion professionnelle du personnel enseignant d’... 10:15am - 11:15am

Scott Ervin - Breakout Session 1:45pm - 2:45pm

Math Vocabulary - What Exactly is the Correct Term in Our New Ma... 9:00am - 10:00am

All Aboard for Algebra! 10:15am - 11:15am

Case Studies and More! Unpacking Concepts in the New Science Cur... 11:30am - 12:30pm

Outcomes, Triangulation and Gradebooks - OH MY! 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Worldbuilding Fun for Fiction Writing 9:00am - 10:00am

Teaching Students to Write Cool Characters, Superheroes, and The... 10:15am - 11:15am

Reading, Writing, Speaking: The Metacognitive Connection 11:30am - 12:30pm

Using Riddles and Unsolvable Problems to Encourage Oral Language... 12:45pm - 1:45pm

All Who are Weary and Heavy-Laden 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Chidi Iwuchukwu - Breakout session 11:30am - 12:30pm

SHAKE UP YOUR OPERATIONAL FLUENCY - GAMES FOR PRIMARY ADDITION A... 9:00am - 10:00am

CONNECTING THE DOTS - DOMINO MATH GAMES FOR WHOLE GROUP AND CENT... 10:15am - 11:15am

Cuisenaire Rods: The Math Manipulative You Can't Live Without 11:30am - 12:30pm

Allyship in STEM 12:45pm - 1:45pm

STEM Stations - Engaging students in authentic learning and coll... 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Ordinary Things 9:00am - 10:00am

Who Killed Barney Greenman? 10:15am - 11:15am

Land Reclamation In The Classroom - Educating Through Game 11:30am - 12:30pm

Reading Comprehension Success! 12:45pm - 1:45pm

How Well Do Your Students Read? 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Propaganda: Using Canadian War Posters to Develop Critical Think... 9:00am - 10:00am

The Eras Tour (Elementary Art Version) 10:15am - 11:15am

Une classe ludifiée au secondaire pour le développement langagie... 11:30am - 12:30pm

Enhance Well-being, Enhance Learning: The CSH Approach 12:45pm - 1:45pm

Let’s Talk About Food: Reframing messaging for an inclusive clas... 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Counting Time 9:00am - 10:00am

Heading overseas with ATA’s international cooperation opportunit... 10:15am - 11:15am

Extended/Long Term Disability: It’s All About the Medical 11:30am - 12:30pm

Promote Yourself: Resumes and Cover Letters that Get Noticed 12:45pm - 1:45pm

Good or Bad Foods - Making the Most Out of a Tasting Experience 9:00am - 10:00am

Food Context - Understanding Food From Multiple Perspectives 10:15am - 11:15am

Easy Visual Effects for Junior High Tech 11:30am - 12:30pm

Fort Edmonton Tour #2 9:00am - 3:00pm

Guided Tour- Muttart Conservatory Tour #2 9:00am - 10:00am

Ribbon Skirt Making - Friday 9:00am - 1:00pm

Visit the Royal Alberta Museum (FRENCH Tour) 9:30am - 11:00am

Visit the Royal Alberta Museum (Tour) 1:00pm - 2:30pm

An Inclusive Drama Classroom. 9:00am - 10:00am

Choreography Building Blocks (ATA Fine Arts Council) 10:15am - 11:15am

Nurture Starts with You 9:00am - 10:00am

Organization Strategies to Simplify Life 10:15am - 11:15am

A Reasonable Act of Worship | understanding & teaching the conne... 11:30am - 12:30pm

The Purity Pandemic | dealing with disaster in our postmodern wo... 12:45pm - 1:45pm

Visual Block-Based Coding with Minecraft Education Edition 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Self-Regulation Strategies on Behavioral Skills during Early Chi... 9:00am - 10:00am

What's happened to our students and how can we help? 10:15am - 11:15am

Math Intervention Made Easy with Cross-Number Puzzles 11:30am - 12:30pm

I'm Having Weird Thoughts: a Universal Language for Social Think... 12:45pm - 1:45pm

VERBATHON®: How to Have Fun With Verbs and Grammar! 9:00am - 10:00am

Verbathon®: Comment s'amuser avec les verbes et la grammaire! 10:15am - 11:15am

The Science of Language Learning for Schools and Homes 11:30am - 12:30pm

What is MoodleHub? 12:45pm - 1:45pm

Fun Times with H5P! 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Quelle est ma classe? Partie A 9:00am - 10:00am

Quelle est ma classe? - Partie B 10:15am - 11:15am

Culturally Sensitive Trauma Informed Practices in the Classroom:... 11:30am - 12:30pm

Plus j’écris, mieux j’écris, mieux je lis : c’est établi -Partie... 12:45pm - 1:45pm

Plus j’écris, mieux j’écris, mieux je lis : c’est établi -Partie... 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Every Child Deserves a Team: Layering Meeting Structures to Supp... 9:00am - 10:00am

Stop Tiering Your Students! Establishing, Refining and Utilizing... 10:15am - 11:15am

Making the Most of Outcomes in Assessment 11:30am - 12:30pm

Using Assessment to Improve Teaching 12:45pm - 1:45pm

Les 10 meilleures activités en numératie destinées aux élèves en... 2:00pm - 3:00pm

AI Tools to Make Teacher Life Easier 9:00am - 10:00am

Accessibility and AI Tools to Help Differentiate for All Student... 10:15am - 11:15am

Personal Retiree Plan education session 11:30am - 12:30pm

AI & I: Empowering Student Creativity 12:45pm - 1:45pm

Financial Wellness – it’s more than just investments! 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Stop Wasting My Time!! Strategies for Effectively Facilitating T... 9:00am - 10:00am

eSports Community of Practice 10:15am - 11:15am

Intentional Use of Data to Guide and Inform the Collaborative Co... 11:30am - 12:30pm

How to Say No 12:45pm - 1:45pm

Risk. Rest. Resilience. 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Rock your Yoga level one 9:00am - 10:00am

Rock your Yoga with friends level two 10:15am - 11:15am

The Arctic Experience: Goota's Journey Through Inuit Traditions 11:30am - 12:30pm

Trickster Theatre Presents: Storytelling 12:45pm - 1:45pm

Trickster Theatre Presents: Science Through Theatre 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Comment corriger les erreurs des nombres 1 à 1 000 (mat à 3e) 9:00am - 10:00am

Apprenons la division et les fractions en MANGEANT et en JOUANT!... 10:15am - 11:15am

Write On: Hands-On Activities To Get Your Students Going 11:30am - 12:30pm

La résolution de problèmes en manipulant! 12:45pm - 1:45pm

Non-Permanent Learning Surfaces (aka Whiteboards) In the Science... 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Writing for Social Studies (Div 3 and 4) 9:00am - 10:00am

ELA and SS - Engaging Tasks Connected to Conflict 10:15am - 11:15am

Novel Studies - How to do it well! 11:30am - 12:30pm

Askîhk Kiskinohamâtowin - Weaving Métis Ways of Knowing into Lan... 12:45pm - 1:45pm

Exploring Inuit Games: Tradition, Skills, and Community 2:00pm - 3:00pm