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.

9:00am MST

Playing With Words – Upper Elementary Literacy Games

Thursday February 6, 2025 9:00am - 10:00am MST

ECC - Salon 12

Are you looking for engaging and effective ways to help your upper elementary students gain confidence and competence with key reading, writing and comprehension concepts? Throughout the session participants will have opportunities to play literacy and vocabulary games, learn how to differentiate the activities, how to develop extensions, and how to use the game activities for assessment purposes. Student samples, gameboards, ideas for whole/small group instruction will be provided. Interspersed will be practical ideas for classroom organization and management to ensure effective implementation of games as a teaching strategy. Participants will be able to implement what they learn the next day in their classrooms and schools. Come prepared to play literacy games that incorporate the use of cards, dice, alphabet dice, letter tiles and other easily found literacy manipulatives. Concepts covered include: • Review of Phonics, Word Families and Sight Words • Reading and Writing Strategies • Effective use of Adjectives and Adverbs • Parts of Speech • Questioning strategies An extensive handout with games and gameboards will be available for download.

Speakers

John Felling

presenter, Box Cars And One Eyed Jacks

The workshops and seminars John Felling presents are engaging, informative, fun, and hands-on. In his workshops, teachers learn a variety of games and activities (new ones every year), closely tied to provincial curriculum standards. The games and activities presented integrate easily... Read More →

Thursday February 6, 2025 9:00am - 10:00am MST
ECC - Salon 12 Edmonton Convention Centre

Language Arts / Arts Langagier, Teaching Practices/ Pédagogie

Language of Presentation English
Grade Focus Division 2 (Grades 4-6)
format Tables
Room Details ECC - Salon 12 (Edmonton Convention Centre, Tables Max capacity for 160 people)
Tags English, Division 2 (Grades 4-6)

10:15am MST

Media Literacy and the New Elementary Social Studies Curriculum

Thursday February 6, 2025 10:15am - 11:15am MST

ECC - Salon 03

As regular users of media and technology, teachers and students are confronted with a pervasive stream of social and political opinion that is often misleading and not based in thorough research. The new elementary Social Studies curriculum provides teachers with an opportunity to delve into research processes - "design and implementation, evaluating information to determine validity and draw conclusions, hypothesize next steps and action, and apply ethical practices in research" (New Learn Alberta, Social Studies curriculum, Grade 5, 2024). This session will explain the five key concepts of Media Literacy - access, analyze, compose, reflect, and take action (Renee Hobbs, Media Education Lab). It will demonstrate how these five concepts are tied to the new Social Studies curriculum for Division 2, in the form of ready-to-use lessons for the classroom. Lesson plans and handouts will be provided.

Speakers

Denise Lemay-Moore

Denise Lemay-Moore, an elementary teacher with 30+ years of teaching experience in Calgary and Edmonton, has developed a Media Literacy curriculum website based on the new ELAL outcomes for elementary classrooms. Having recently completed her masters in Educational Technology and... Read More →

Thursday February 6, 2025 10:15am - 11:15am MST
ECC - Salon 03 Edmonton Convention Centre

Social Studies / Études sociales, Technology / Technolgie

Language of Presentation English
Grade Focus Division 2 (Grades 4-6)
format Lecture
Room Details ECC - Salon 03 (Edmonton Convention Centre, Lecture Max capacity for 180 people)
Tags English, Division 2 (Grades 4-6)

10:15am MST

Titre : Un livre- 3 matières et plusieurs idées organisatrices 4-6

Thursday February 6, 2025 10:15am - 11:15am MST

Westin - Leduc Room

Rejoignez-nous pour une session ludique et pratique dédiée aux enseignants de la 4e à la 6e année, où vous découvrirez comment exploiter le potentiel d’un album jeunesse pour enseigner des concepts clés en français, en maths et en sciences.

Speakers

Elyse Morin

Learning Network, APLC et le Consortium Francophone de l'Alberta

Élyse est une enseignante dynamique et créative avec plus de 20 ans d’expérience en immersion française, en enseignement virtuel et en coaching pédagogique. Apprenante passionnée, elle reste à jour avec les dernières recherches et aime créer et partager des ressources... Read More →

Thursday February 6, 2025 10:15am - 11:15am MST
Westin - Leduc Room Westin Hotel Edmonton

Teaching Practices/ Pédagogie, Francais

Language of Presentation French
Grade Focus Division 2 (Grades 4-6)
format Tables
Room Details Westin - Leduc Room (Westin Hotel Edmonton, Tables Max capacity for 50 people)
Tags French, Division 2 (Grades 4-6)

11:30am MST

How to Bring Canadian History to Life - The Fur Trade

Thursday February 6, 2025 11:30am - 12:30pm MST

Westin - Yukon Room

Want to bring history to life in your classroom? Want your students to experience history? This session will walk you through a series of simulations that you can run to explore the fur trade in Canada. Your students will be actively engaged in their learning and WANT to know more! They will have opportunities to put themselves into history and become the characters on their journey and actively experience the trials and tribulations alongside them! Lots of humanities cross curricular opportunities! You will walk away with the complete simulation packages, tasks and assessment for multiple simulations that connect together to teach various stages of fur trade and cross curricular final projects to assess a wide variety of outcomes.

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 →

Thursday February 6, 2025 11:30am - 12:30pm MST
Westin - Yukon Room Westin Hotel Edmonton

Language Arts / Arts Langagier, Social Studies / Études sociales

Language of Presentation English
Grade Focus Division 2 (Grades 4-6)
format Lecture
Room Details Westin - Yukon Room (Westin Hotel Edmonton, Lecture Max capacity for 100 people)
Tags English, Division 2 (Grades 4-6)

11:30am MST

Are You Sure? Questions that Build Thinking Classrooms (Math).

Thursday February 6, 2025 11:30am - 12:30pm MST

ECC - Salon 12

Simple questions can lead students to think deeply about how they got to an answer and often leads them to explain their process. Effective questioning strategies and sample questions will be modeled and highlighted by the presenter throughout the session as participants engage in a variety of math games. Asking students the right kind of question often leads them to retrace the steps they took to come up with an answer and sometimes self-correct or refine their answer along the way. A secondary focus of the presentation will be on mental math and estimation strategies and activities. The math games presented use regular cards and dice, commonly found at “dollar stores” and department stores. Participants will gain the knowledge, skill and confidence to embed higher level thinking questions throughout their math games classes (and hopefully, other classes as well).

Speakers

John Felling

presenter, Box Cars And One Eyed Jacks

Thursday February 6, 2025 11:30am - 12:30pm MST
ECC - Salon 12 Edmonton Convention Centre

Math, Teaching Practices/ Pédagogie

Language of Presentation English
Grade Focus Division 2 (Grades 4-6)
format Tables
Room Details ECC - Salon 12 (Edmonton Convention Centre, Tables Max capacity for 160 people)
Tags English, Division 2 (Grades 4-6)

11:30am MST

Enseigner la méthode scientifique à l’aide de simulations virtuelles

Thursday February 6, 2025 11:30am - 12:30pm MST

Westin - Turner Valley Room

Les Gizmos sont des simulations disponibles en ligne. Enseigner les sciences à l’aide des Gizmos augmente l’intérêt et l’engagement en modélisant des phénomènes naturels. Les apprenants peuvent ainsi développer et donner un sens à des concepts scientifiques complexes en interagissant avec les variables, en observant les changements et en tirant des conclusions. Lors de cette session, les meilleures pratiques d'enseignement avec Gizmos seront modélisées. À noter que l'accès aux Gizmos pour les enseignants de la maternelle à la 6e année est rendu possible par Alberta Education. Si possible, apportez un appareil numérique pour profiter au maximum de cette session.

Speakers

Renée Michaud

Gizmo Presenter, ExploreLearning

Renée Michaud est consultante en mathématiques. Elle offre des formations en français et en anglais dans l’ouest canadien et au-delà en présentiel et en distanciel. Elle présente régulièrement des ateliers pratico-pratiques aux différents congrès annuels d’enseignants... Read More →

Thursday February 6, 2025 11:30am - 12:30pm MST
Westin - Turner Valley Room Westin Hotel Edmonton

Teaching Practices/ Pédagogie, Science-sciences

Language of Presentation French
Grade Focus Division 2 (Grades 4-6)
format Tables
Room Details Westin - Turner Valley Room (Westin Hotel Edmonton, Tables Max capacity for 80 people)
Tags French, Division 2 (Grades 4-6)

12:45pm MST

180 Days of Structured Word Inquiry

Thursday February 6, 2025 12:45pm - 1:45pm MST

ECC - Salon 09

Are you interested in trying Structured Word Inquiry (SWI) with your class, but not sure where to start? I'll share the daily lessons and games that I used with a Grade 2 class to help us learn about word families and the logic of spelling.

Speakers

Amber Cahill

Structured Word Inquiry

Amber Cahill is a teacher with Edmonton Public Schools. She has 19 years experience as a classroom teacher and has completed a Master's Degree in Special Education with a focus on Reading, Writing, and Oral Language Disabilities. She has been incorporating Structured Word Inquiry... Read More →

Thursday February 6, 2025 12:45pm - 1:45pm MST
ECC - Salon 09 Edmonton Convention Centre

Language Arts / Arts Langagier, Learning Resources

Language of Presentation English
Grade Focus Division 2 (Grades 4-6)
format Tables
Room Details ECC - Salon 09 (Edmonton Convention Centre, Tables Max capacity for 120 people)
Tags English, Division 2 (Grades 4-6)

12:45pm MST

Exciting New Social Studies Project on The Regions of Canada that allows for Challenge and Differentiation!

Thursday February 6, 2025 12:45pm - 1:45pm MST

Westin - Yukon Room

Are you struggling to meet the diverse needs in your classroom? Want your students to be engaged and passionate at their own level? Want your students to think critically and build research and writing skills? Students will be creating either a magazine, website, webcast etc. This session will walk you through how to explore the regions of Canada from the geography to history to the economics and cultural diversity. Activities include exploration of a job of a journalist, a look at different mediums including videos, google slide, texts, website etc.. Your students will be actively engaged in their learning and WANT to do these types of projects again and again! They will have opportunities to put themselves into the roles of a historian and journalist! Lots of humanities cross curricular opportunities! You will walk away with complete packages and resources.

Speakers

Nicholle Morrison

Teacher, Calgary Board of Ed.

Joanna Zakus

Thursday February 6, 2025 12:45pm - 1:45pm MST
Westin - Yukon Room Westin Hotel Edmonton

Language Arts / Arts Langagier, Social Studies / Études sociales

Language of Presentation English
Grade Focus Division 2 (Grades 4-6)
format Lecture
Room Details Westin - Yukon Room (Westin Hotel Edmonton, Lecture Max capacity for 100 people)
Tags English, Division 2 (Grades 4-6)

2:00pm MST

Phonological and Morphological Awareness Using Structured Word Inquiry

Thursday February 6, 2025 2:00pm - 3:00pm MST

ECC - Salon 09

Structured Word Inquiry investigates English spelling to find the logic of the spelling system. It is known for building morphological awareness, but it also embeds many phonological awareness activities. Come see how you can use spelling work to build phonological awareness in your students.

Speakers

Amber Cahill

Structured Word Inquiry

Thursday February 6, 2025 2:00pm - 3:00pm MST
ECC - Salon 09 Edmonton Convention Centre

Language Arts / Arts Langagier, Learning Resources

Language of Presentation English
Grade Focus Division 2 (Grades 4-6)
format Tables
Room Details ECC - Salon 09 (Edmonton Convention Centre, Tables Max capacity for 120 people)
Tags English, Division 2 (Grades 4-6)

2:00pm MST

Mastering Multiplication and Place Value – Upper Elementary

Thursday February 6, 2025 2:00pm - 3:00pm MST

ECC - Salon 12

Multiplication and Place Value games and strategies for upper elementary students will be shared and modeled by the presenter throughout the session. Participants will be able to use the games and strategies from the session immediately back in their classrooms. The games and strategies presented mostly utilize simple cards and dice as manipulatives for engaging, hands-on learning and practice of these two extremely important areas of upper elementary math. They also apply the most up-to-date findings in brain research regarding effective ways to instill learning into permanent memory (mastery). The presenter will model and highlight easy and effective ways to manage the manipulatives and implement the games and strategies into classrooms without extra work by the teachers. Easy and effective differentiation and assessment strategies including assessment tools will be shared during the session and in the extensive handout that will be provided for download before and after the session.

Speakers

John Felling

presenter, Box Cars And One Eyed Jacks

Thursday February 6, 2025 2:00pm - 3:00pm MST
ECC - Salon 12 Edmonton Convention Centre

Math, Teaching Practices/ Pédagogie

Language of Presentation English
Grade Focus Division 2 (Grades 4-6)
format Tables
Room Details ECC - Salon 12 (Edmonton Convention Centre, Tables Max capacity for 160 people)
Tags English, Division 2 (Grades 4-6)

9:00am MST

Math Vocabulary - What Exactly is the Correct Term in Our New Math Grades 4-6?

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

ECC - Salon 09

So many of the terms we use each day in mathematics classes are the very concepts we want our students to learn and make connections with. Using the appropriate terminology can provide clarity and consistency. Do your grade partners use the same language as you? Would students entering different math classrooms in your school hear the same language? Come and check out some of the math terminology we have for you to engage with.

Speakers

Chris Zarski

Chris is an Educational Consultant supporting Alberta teachers as a Designer of Professional Learning with the Central Alberta Regional Learning Consortium. She has served as a Teacher, Administrator, Curriculum Director of Curriculum, Examiner with Alberta Education, and Author... Read More →

Friday February 7, 2025 9:00am - 10:00am MST
ECC - Salon 09 Edmonton Convention Centre

Math, Teaching Practices/ Pédagogie

Language of Presentation English
Grade Focus Division 2 (Grades 4-6)
format Tables
Room Details ECC - Salon 09 (Edmonton Convention Centre, Tables Max capacity for 120 people)
Tags English, Division 2 (Grades 4-6)

10:15am MST

Apprenons la division et les fractions en MANGEANT et en JOUANT! (3e à 6e)

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

Westin - Turner Valley Room

Aidez les élèves à comprendre la division et les fractions en utilisant de la nourriture, de la pâte à modeler, des rubans métriques et de l'argent ! Posez-leur des questions comme : Que se passe-t-il si nous partageons 6 pépites de chocolat entre 2 personnes ? Que se passe-t-il s'il y a 7 pépites à partager entre 2 personnes ? Une fois que les élèvess comprennent ces concepts, apprenez à les amener à travailler avec des nombres et des concepts plus grands.

Speakers

Sarah Melo

Sarah Melo est une enseignante de la 4e/5e année d’immersion à Winnipeg, Manitoba et une maman de trois enfants. Elle a sa maîtrise en mathématiques et son post-baccalauréat en counseling et elle a enseigné en Chine, au Japon et en Angleterre. Elle est la fondatrice de www.melomath4kids.ca... Read More →

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

Math, Francais

Language of Presentation French
Grade Focus Division 2 (Grades 4-6)
format Tables
Room Details Westin - Turner Valley Room (Westin Hotel Edmonton, Tables Max capacity for 80 people)
Tags French, Division 2 (Grades 4-6)

12:00pm MST

Alberta Landscape Art and Haida Art with Music and Stories!

Friday February 7, 2025 12:00pm - 3:00pm MST

Art Gallery of Alberta - Studio 2

YOU NEED TO PURCHASE AN EVENTBRITE TICKET TO ATTEND THIS SESSION.
Purchase your Eventbrite ticket here!
Price: $12.00
Capacity: 30
***Please be aware: anyone who has marked this session on their schedule without purchasing an Eventbrite ticket will be removed.***

Bring a fun art projects into your classroom with connections to music and stories! Join me in this hands-on, interdisciplinary session as we first study a local artist, Jason Carter, use Feldman’s art critique to critique his art, look at stories connected to the themes in the artwork, sing songs, and recreate a landscape painting! Our second art project involves an animal study, Canadian history, Haida art study from the West coast, and creating your own Haida art. No music experience is necessary! These art projects will give you opportunities to express your creativity with sketching and painting, while making connections to children’s literature, music, and social studies. Project ideas and resources will be shared to bring into your class right away!

Speakers

Coreen Blenkhorne

Coreen has taught with the Calgary Board of Education for over 18 years, is a mother of three wonderful boys, and married to an amazing husband who is also a teacher. Her teaching career has brought her experience teaching a variety of grades from grade K-6, literacy specialist, and... Read More →

Friday February 7, 2025 12:00pm - 3:00pm MST
Art Gallery of Alberta - Studio 2 Art Gallery of Alberta

Pre-registered (Requires Eventbrite Ticket), Fine Arts

Language of Presentation English
Grade Focus Division 2 (Grades 4-6)
format csv
Room Details Art Gallery of Alberta - Studio 2 (Art Gallery of Alberta, Max capacity for people)
Tags English, Division 2 (Grades 4-6)

12:45pm MST

IDÉLLO, des ressources éducatives en français pour toutes les matières

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

ECC - Salon 06

Les vidéos éducatives et les outils pédagogiques IDÉLLO offrent un support inégalé aux enseignants de français, rendant l'apprentissage encore plus captivant et efficace pour les élèves. De nombreuses stratégies permettent l’exploration de thèmes pertinents et en lien avec le curriculum, tout en proposant un travail d’enquête pouvant toujours déboucher sur des tâches actionnelles authentiques. Au cours de cet atelier, nous allons montrer des ressources incontournables ainsi que des stratégies pour aller plus loin, selon les méthodes du CECR. De la 1ère à la 12e année, tous les niveaux et toutes les matières sont représentés dans IDÉLLO, véritable allié indispensable pour l’enseignement du français.

Speakers

Barbara Franchi

Agente de liaison spécialiste FLS - IDÉLLO, IDÉLLO par Groupe Média TFO

Passionnée par les voyages, la linguistique et l'éducation, Barbara a entamé sa carrière en enseignant le français en Asie. De retour en Europe, elle a travaillé dans la formation professionnelle de nouveaux cadres des pays de l'Est. Au Canada, elle a enseigné le français... Read More →

Friday February 7, 2025 12:45pm - 1:45pm MST
ECC - Salon 06 Edmonton Convention Centre

Francais, Teaching Practices/ Pédagogie

Language of Presentation French
Grade Focus Division 2 (Grades 4-6)
format Tables
Room Details ECC - Salon 06 (Edmonton Convention Centre, Tables Max capacity for 50 people)
Tags French, Division 2 (Grades 4-6)

12:45pm MST

La résolution de problèmes en manipulant!

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

Westin - Turner Valley Room

Est-ce que vous avez des élèves qui ne savent pas comment résoudre les problèmes? En jouant avec les manipulatifs, en discutant en grand groupe et en pratiquant avec une méthode systématique, tous les élèves peuvent apprendre comment résoudre les problèmes en même temps. Les problèmes peuvent être différenciés pour tous les niveaux des élèves très facilement. Les thèmes abordés seraient l’argent, les fractions, les millilitres/litres, les grammes/kilogrammes et le temps. Les liens des vidéos seraient fournis.

Speakers

Sarah Melo

Friday February 7, 2025 12:45pm - 1:45pm MST
Westin - Turner Valley Room Westin Hotel Edmonton

Math, Francais

Language of Presentation French
Grade Focus Division 2 (Grades 4-6)
format Tables
Room Details Westin - Turner Valley Room (Westin Hotel Edmonton, Tables Max capacity for 80 people)
Tags French, Division 2 (Grades 4-6)

2:00pm MST

Maegan Giroux - Keynote Session 4-6

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

ECC - Salon 04

For two years, Maegan Giroux, alongside her co-author Peter Liljedahl, investigated tasks for their bestselling book, ‘Mathematics Tasks for the Thinking Classroom, K-5’. Their book covers everything about tasks, from the launch script to consolidation to tips for making your own tasks, all viewed through a uniquely elementary lens. In this workshop, Maegan will lead participants through a grade 4-6 task beginning to end and explore crucial micro and macro moves for an elementary thinking classroom.

Speakers

Maegan Giroux

Maegan Giroux is an accomplished mathematics teacher, instructional coach, and educational consultant, currently working in Regina Catholic Schools. Having taught for over a decade at every grade level from kindergarten to grade 8, Maegan's teaching philosophy is rooted in innovative... Read More →

Friday February 7, 2025 2:00pm - 3:00pm MST
ECC - Salon 04 Edmonton Convention Centre

Feature / Conférencier, Feature / Conférencier

Language of Presentation English
Grade Focus Division 2 (Grades 4-6)
format Lecture
Room Details ECC - Salon 04 (Edmonton Convention Centre, Lecture Max capacity for 308 people)
Tags English, Division 2 (Grades 4-6)