PDTCA 2022: Full Schedule

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1:00pm MST

30D Build Your Healthy School Puzzle with the NEW Canadian Healthy School Standards

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Creating a Healthy School Community is not unlike building a puzzle. It takes time, and patience, and if any pieces are missing it's such a bummer! Discover how you can best build your healthy school puzzle through the Canadian Healthy School Standards. In this session, participants will meet the Canadian Healthy Schools Alliance and explore the Healthy School Standards. What are they & how do they look, live and breathe within the school system?

Speakers

Ever Active Schools

Supporting Healthy School Communities

Ever Active Schools is a charity that supports healthy school communities all across Alberta. We offer professional development opportunities for teachers and administrators on a wide variety of topics to advance well-being in schools. Ever Active Schools puts on annual events such... Read More →

Canadian Healthy Schools Alliance

The Canadian Healthy Schools Alliance is a network of organizations on a mission to promote health and well-being in school communities across Canada. Combining evidence-based and community-oriented approaches, the Alliance aims to help school leadership improve a wide variety of... Read More →

Ever Active Schools Teachers Convention 2022 Links and Resources pdf

Thursday February 24, 2022 1:00pm - 1:45pm MST
Pre-Recorded

Health & Wellness (TQS 3), Div1 (Gr 1-3), Div2 (Gr 4-6), Div3 (Gr 7-9), Div4 (Gr 10-12) | School Leadership (LQS 1-9), Div1 (Gr 1-3), Div2 (Gr 4-6), Div3 (Gr 7-9), Div4 (Gr 10-12)

Level of content Intermediate content
Presentation Language English
Session Format Pre-recorded available 30 days

3:00pm MST

30D COVID-19's "Parallel Pandemic;" The Mental Health Impact

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The Covid-19 pandemic has created a parallel mental health pandemic causing a sharp increase in anxiety and depression symptoms among people of all ages.

National award-winning speaker, author and mental health advocate, Wade Sorochan, addresses the new "mental health pandemic" and shares openly about his mental health struggles, which includes being emotionally and mentally abused and abandoned as a child, experiencing five mental breakdowns, eventually hitting rock bottom, and how he is living with mental illness today. Wade's powerful and inspiring message will connect with those who are struggling, and their supporters, providing encouragement and hope. He shares practical tips on how to maintain good mental health, especially during a challenging life event, along with facts about mental illness to help break the silence and end the stigma. Wade Sorochan is recognized as Canada's leading mental health advocate.

Moderators

Amanda Caporicci (Moderator)

PDTCA Board Member

Speakers

Wade Sorochan

Owner, Wade Sorochan Communications

Wade Sorochan is an accomplished broadcaster and national award-winning speaker, author and mental health advocate. Nicknamed the “Tone Arm,” Wade became the first broadcaster in history to spontaneously use song clips to enhance a radio talk show. As a mental illness survivor... Read More →

Thursday February 24, 2022 3:00pm - 3:45pm MST
Zoom Room 73

Health & Wellness (TQS 3), Div3 (Gr 7-9), Div4 (Gr 10-12) | School Leadership (LQS 1-9), Div3 (Gr 7-9), Div4 (Gr 10-12)

Level of content General Overview for Novice learners
Presentation Language English
Session Format Zoom then available 30 days

9:00am MST

30D The Future is Female: Preparing Students for the Next Decade

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The millions of women marching in protest around the globe the last few years, along with the Me Too movement and the whistle blowing on workplace harassment behaviours have blown the doors open on the gender equality discussion. But how do we prepare students for the upcoming shift away from a patriarchal system and into something equal and fair that hasn’t even been created yet? This presentation is an open-minded brainstorming session on gender parity and the new minefields everyone faces as we examine the complex issue of feminism in our modern world.

Moderators

Lindsay Fagan (Moderator)

PDTCA Board Member

Speakers

Julianne Harvey

Author. Speaker. Nurturer.

Julianne Harvey is an author, educator, and nurturer from South Surrey, BC. She’s written four books and her work has appeared in several literary magazines. Julianne holds an MFA and a BA in Creative Writing, along with a certificate in Counselling Skills. For more information... Read More →

The Future is Female PDF pdf

Friday February 25, 2022 9:00am - 10:45am MST
Zoom Room 65

Diversity, Div1 (Gr 1-3), Div2 (Gr 4-6), Div3 (Gr 7-9), Div4 (Gr 10-12) | Equity & Human Rights (TQS/LQS 4), Div1 (Gr 1-3), Div2 (Gr 4-6), Div3 (Gr 7-9), Div4 (Gr 10-12) | School Leadership (LQS 1-9), Div1 (Gr 1-3), Div2 (Gr 4-6), Div3 (Gr 7-9), Div4 (Gr 10-12)

Level of content Intermediate content
Presentation Language English
Session Format Zoom then available 30 days

10:00am MST

30D Creating Calm in the Centre of Chaos | learning to breathe deeply while gasping for air

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Being a teacher & living a peaceful life really is possible! We try to walk on this tightrope called “work-life balance” but often feel like we are about to fall off, and can’t find a safety net below us! In the middle of deadlines, paperwork, phone calls, lessons plans, and... right... the actual students we teach & the outside life we supposedly live, we can still have a calmness and peace within our own lives. Peter touches on ten key concepts to help us stay focused on the big picture & not get lost in the shuffle. A few laughs along the journey never hurt either!

Speakers

Peter Hill

CPM Enterprises

Peter is a licensed minister, author, motivational speaker, and math teacher. During the school year, he teaches high school math in the city of Calgary. Outside of his teaching career, he is involved in the training, support, equipping and encouragement of an array of different leadership... Read More →

Friday February 25, 2022 10:00am - 10:45am MST
Zoom Room 81

Professional Issues (TQS 6) [emerging topics - teacher career retirement wellness], ECE (Pre K-K), Div1 (Gr 1-3), Div2 (Gr 4-6), Div3 (Gr 7-9), Div4 (Gr 10-12) | School Leadership (LQS 1-9), ECE (Pre K-K), Div1 (Gr 1-3), Div2 (Gr 4-6), Div3 (Gr 7-9), Div4 (Gr 10-12)

Level of content General Overview for Novice learners
Presentation Language English
Session Format Zoom then available 30 days

11:00am MST

30D Crafting Safe Spaces for Authentic Connection

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We all long for true connection with other people, but emotional vulnerability requires safety. How do teachers create and maintain spaces for students to converse respectfully and authentically? This session is about group dynamics in a shifting cultural landscape. We’ll cover setting expectations for group safety, why we need to be intentional about our emotional connections and what to do when a student behaves in a way that feels unsafe for others. Prepare to share stories, brainstorm ideas, and practice vulnerability in a safe space so you can craft new levels of empathy in your life and your classroom.

Moderators

Bev Hohenwarter (Moderator)

PDTCA Board Member

Speakers

Julianne Harvey

Author. Speaker. Nurturer.

Crafting Safe Spaces PDF pdf

Friday February 25, 2022 11:00am - 12:45pm MST
Zoom Room 68

Diversity, ECE (Pre K-K), Div1 (Gr 1-3), Div2 (Gr 4-6), Div3 (Gr 7-9), Div4 (Gr 10-12) | Equity & Human Rights (TQS/LQS 4), ECE (Pre K-K), Div1 (Gr 1-3), Div2 (Gr 4-6), Div3 (Gr 7-9), Div4 (Gr 10-12) | School Leadership (LQS 1-9), ECE (Pre K-K), Div1 (Gr 1-3), Div2 (Gr 4-6), Div3 (Gr 7-9), Div4 (Gr 10-12)

Level of content Intermediate content
Presentation Language English
Session Format Zoom then available 30 days