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

Is it That Easy? Using Quizizz to Support a Self-Paced Learning Environment

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

Westin - Devonian Room

Supporting a classroom of diverse learners is one of the biggest challenges that teachers face. Let’s explore how to effectively leverage Quizizz to create engaging and personalized learning experiences for students, freeing up opportunities for teachers to offer one-on-one support and deeper learning challenges for students rather than focusing on direct teaching content. Join in for a hands-on session where you'll learn how to: - Create quizzes that rock: Discover tips and tricks for making quizzes that are both fun and informative. - Differentiate like a pro: Learn how to tailor your quizzes to meet the needs of all your students. - Track progress and provide feedback: Use Quizizz to monitor student progress and offer personalized support. - Foster collaboration and teamwork: Explore how Quizizz can promote collaborative learning. Whether you're a seasoned educator or just starting out, this session will give you practical strategies to incorporate Quizizz into your self-paced learning environment. Let's make learning a blast together!

Speakers

Meagan Alfano

Meagan brings a decade of educational experience, most recently igniting middle schoolers' passion for STEM in Alberta, Canada. A Google Certified Innovator, she uses design thinking to create real-world, community-driven STEM experiences. Coding, Micro:bit, Makey Makey, 3D modeling... Read More →

Thursday February 6, 2025 9:00am - 10:00am MST
Westin - Devonian Room Westin Hotel Edmonton

Assessment / Évaluation, Technology / Technolgie

Language of Presentation English
Grade Focus All Grades
format Tables
Room Details Westin - Devonian Room (Westin Hotel Edmonton, Tables Max capacity for 240 people)
Tags English, All Grades

9:00am MST

Lab Skills Performance Assessments in Chemistry

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

ECC - Salon 19/20

The use of performance assessments in the chemistry laboratory present unique opportunities for formative assessment. They are authentic ways for students to demonstrate their abilities and can positively affect students’ attitudes toward the lab, their academic achievement, and upon the overall environment of the classroom. When used in conjunction with student self-assessment checklists performance assessments can also promote metacognitive activity. This session will present how to administer performance assessments of five basic lab skills and the benefits to the classroom that result. The lab skills that will be discussed are measuring mass using an electronic balance, measuring volume using a graduated cylinder, lighting a Bunsen burner, measuring volume using a pipet, and completing one trial of a titration. Although this session focuses on high school chemistry, the ideas discussed could easily be adapted to the physics, biology or general science classroom.

Speakers

Tyler Buchan

Tyler Buchan is a teacher at Salisbury Composite High School in Sherwood Park, Alberta. He has taught science for over 15 years at schools in Alberta, Burkina Faso and Jamaica. He has degrees in Education and Arts from the University of Alberta, and a Master’s of Science in Science... Read More →

Thursday February 6, 2025 9:00am - 10:00am MST
ECC - Salon 19/20 Edmonton Convention Centre

Assessment / Évaluation, Science-sciences

Language of Presentation English
Grade Focus Division 3/4
format Tables
Room Details ECC - Salon 19/20 (Edmonton Convention Centre, Tables Max capacity for 40 people)
Tags English, Division 3/4

10:15am MST

Student Self-Marking as Formative Assessment

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

ECC - Salon 19/20

This presentation is an overview of an action research project on the effects of having students mark their own formative quizzes upon their level of metacognition, attitude and academic achievement. In addition, the reliability of student self-grading, and the potential benefits upon the instructor’s time were also evaluated. Come to this session to hear about how this action research was conducted and the takeaways from this project.

Speakers

Tyler Buchan

Thursday February 6, 2025 10:15am - 11:15am MST
ECC - Salon 19/20 Edmonton Convention Centre

Assessment / Évaluation, Science-sciences

Language of Presentation English
Grade Focus Division 3/4
format Tables
Room Details ECC - Salon 19/20 (Edmonton Convention Centre, Tables Max capacity for 40 people)
Tags English, Division 3/4

11:30am MST

Making the Most of Outcomes in Assessment

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

Westin - Leduc Room

You are a great teacher! You engage your students in rich learning tasks, and your students are successfully learning. How do you make sure your assessments reflect the breadth of student learning, and that feedback to students, parents and school administration helps them make informed choices moving forward? Blueprinting assessments (and class time) can help you. This workshop will explore the ideas of intentionally addressing mandated curriculum outcomes and cognitive load through blueprinting. The facilitators, Jason Cooper and Laura Pankratz, have decades of classroom and assessment experience. Participants in this workshop will engage in discussion and exploration of what is currently working in Alberta classrooms.

Speakers

Jason Cooper

Onsite contact: Jason Coooper

Jason Cooper is the creator and owner of SmarterMarks, a tool that helps teachers and students do more with paper and online assessments. Before making the switch to supporting and developing SmarterMarks full-time, he worked as a high school science teacher in Calgary for 9 year... Read More →

Laura Pankratz

Western Canada Teacher Network Coordinator, Perimeter Institute

Laura Pankratz is an educator with more than 30 years of working with students and teachers. One of her principles of education is the learning is messy. Her passion is finding the nugget of value in that mess and then helping the learner to build around it. Laura’s career included... Read More →

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

Assessment / Évaluation, Science-sciences

Language of Presentation English
Grade Focus Division 3/4
format Tables
Room Details Westin - Leduc Room (Westin Hotel Edmonton, Tables Max capacity for 50 people)
Tags English, Division 3/4

12:45pm MST

Using Assessment to Improve Teaching

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

Westin - Leduc Room

Assessments take many forms, from qualitative observations to assignments and tests. All of these are opportunities for feedback not just for students, but also for teachers. So how can you take advantage of that, and improve what you’re doing in your classroom, without adding a bunch more work to your life? This workshop will explore how you can use the results from all types of assessments to improve your teaching. The facilitators, Jason Cooper and Laura Pankratz, have decades of classroom and assessment experience. Participants in this workshop will engage in discussion and exploration of what is currently working in Alberta classrooms.

Speakers

Jason Cooper

Onsite contact: Jason Coooper

Laura Pankratz

Western Canada Teacher Network Coordinator, Perimeter Institute

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

Assessment / Évaluation, Science-sciences

Language of Presentation English
Grade Focus Division 3/4
format Tables
Room Details Westin - Leduc Room (Westin Hotel Edmonton, Tables Max capacity for 50 people)
Tags English, Division 3/4

2:00pm MST

Fun Times with H5P!

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

Westin - Chancellor Room

Have you ever encountered dull lessons where students just read the material, and nothing engages them. H5P.org has been around for several years to promote a fun and engaging way to learn. You can have embedded material from Crosswords, Interactive Videos, Flashcards, Game Map and so much more. To be exact another 50 to choose from. I will quickly show you the ins and outs of storing your material on this server and the use of AI, specifically ChatGPT you can have questions made on any concept in seconds to formatively assess your students.

Speakers

Angelo Delli Santi

Mastering Online Tools for Any Science and Math Learner

Angelo Delli Santi has completed his Master of Distance Education from Athabasca University in 2022 and is continuing to learn more skills of the teaching profession as a life-long learner. He resides in Red Deer, Alberta, and teaches high school online science courses (Biology, Chemistry... Read More →

Friday February 7, 2025 2:00pm - 3:00pm MST
Westin - Chancellor Room Westin Hotel Edmonton

Assessment / Évaluation, Technology / Technolgie

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

2:00pm MST

Outcomes, Triangulation and Gradebooks - OH MY!

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

ECC - Salon 09

We know that tests and traditional grading are not necessarily the most effective for assessing and reporting student learning, but how to make the transition from what we’ve always done to what we want to do? This session will share ideas and resources for tracking student progress, setting up an outcome based gradebook and reporting achievements in a way that meaningfully describes what students know and can do.

Speakers

Julie Arsenault

Science Lead Teacher, Science Council

After receiving her Bachelors and Masters degrees in Microbiology and Biotechnology, Julie entered the Faculty of Education at the University of Alberta to pursue her teaching career. She has been teaching with Edmonton Public Schools since 2002 and has developed a passion for incorporating... Read More →

Friday February 7, 2025 2:00pm - 3:00pm MST
ECC - Salon 09 Edmonton Convention Centre

Assessment / Évaluation, Science-sciences

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