NCTCA 2025

Psychoeducational (or ed psych) assessments are important pieces of information for teachers, but so much of the data is often told in a different language. How do we decode the assessment reports and use them to inform planning for students? This session will give teachers a better sense of the data sources and information within an ed psych, and how they can apply it to supporting their students within the classroom and the larger school. The goal of this session is to leave teachers feeling more confident in understanding how to use ed psych data.

Students with ADHD are often be misunderstood or even overlooked, especially when it comes to handling and understanding behaviours. This session is designed to provide insight into the whys and the hows of the ADHD brain, and how school staff can best support students with this challenging (and sometimes confusing, vexing, and exasperating) neurodevelopmental disorder. Teachers will leave with a a better understanding of the nature of ADHD, how it impacts different domains of functioning, as well as a variety of resources, ideas, and information to take their students with ADHD to Greatest Of All Time status!

How do you transform your fears, chronic stress and burnouts from energy-draining experiences into fuels for your passion and purpose? This is the question Chidi Iwuchukwu has asked thousands of people, and the responses gives true insights into what makes us resilient ,optimistic and persistent. This keynote is crafted to help learners in educational settings see difficulties as opportunities for personal and professional growth. By harnessing humor, engaging storytelling, insightful questions, and actionable advice, Chidi aims to inspire educators to navigate life's pressures with optimism and confidence. Kidnapped at gunpoint and held for ransom, Chidi Iwuchukwu lives to share his remarkable journey from overcoming harrowing life experiences to become “The PRO Guy- Persistent, Resilient and Optimistic” and it rings true in every sense of the words. His amazing story of survival and thriving will wow your audience. Watch as he uses impactful story telling, insightful questions, and engagement on your stage to share on staring terror, trauma and torture in the face, coming back from the brink, imperatives of self-care, actionable insights to transform self-care ideas into reality, and practical and battle-tested strategies to build resilience. Chidi will rock your stage with his presence, passion, purpose. Chidi’s vulnerability, openness and insights not only inspires but transforms an audience! As an experienced Toastmaster, he meticulously crafts every winning performance in order to make a difference with his message. His dynamic aura on stage turns to dynamite instantly! He knows how to build motivation, amp up his audience through emotional rollercoasters with laughing, crying and reflecting together to deliver lasting results. If Chidi can survive and thrive given all life has thrown at him, anyone can overcome and soar. Arriving at this self-evident truth will take a soul-searching and self-reflective journey from stories he shares from the stage. This is not just a keynote. This is an immersive performance.

Avec franchise et humour auto-dérisoire, Carole Anne lève le voile sur la vie d'une présentatrice de nouvelles qui peut sembler glamour et excitante. Pourtant, derrière les caméras, la réalité est bien différente. Elle parlera de ses responsabilités quotidiennes, en tant que chef d'antenne, et de son parcours pour en arriver là où elle est aujourd'hui. De plus, Carole Anne partagera la manière dont quelques mots bienveillants d'une enseignante ont allumé une étincelle et ouvert des portes vers des rêves qu'elle n'aurait jamais pensé avoir.

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Jodie shares how harnessing the power of choice is possible, even in the most challenging times. Drawing from her personal journey, she explores themes of resilience, communication, support, and growing through grief. She emphasizes that joy can coexist with pain and underscores the power of choice in decision-making to find meaning while living through adversity. Jodie offers practical lessons and inspires others to embrace self-discovery for growth and healing, providing tools to help themselves and those they love and serve. Her message is one of connection, hope, and the possibility of finding joy amidst life’s most difficult moments.

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.