Treaty 8 First Nations of Alberta

Facilitator: Gladys Cardinal, Treaty 8 Student Success Program

This session is for anyone involved in Cree language programs, planning, etc. Please bring your ideas/issues to share. We will record and distribute all information to all participants.

Facilitator: Danelle Oosterveld, Scholastic Canada

This is a session for all Read 180 and System 44 educators to come together and dive deeper into these intensive intervention resources. Danelle will take an in-depth look at the Teacher Dashboard and Assessments embedded in System 44 and Read 180. Attendees will be invited to ask questions and share experiences with other educators, as we help our students realize their potential and move forward towards graduation.

Facilitator: Siobhan Murphy

A Comprehensive Approach to Literacy for All Students Gr. K-6

Are you a K-6 teacher trying to meet the needs of all learners in your classroom and wondering how this is possible? If so, come explore how you can create a literacy environment that supports students in taking responsibility for their learning. This session will provide practical tips and strategies for implementing a comprehensive literacy structure in the classroom.

Strategies explored during this session will come from the work of Gail Boushey and Joan Moser- The Daily Five- Fostering Independence in the Elementary Grades, The CAFE Book: Engaging All Students in Daily Literary Assessment and Instruction, Lucy Calkins -Units of Study, One to One and Carl Anderson-How's It Going? A Practical Guide to Conferring with Student Writers.

Facilitator: Siobhan Murphy

Designing Your Math Classroom to Meet the Needs of All Learners

Come explore an effective framework for numeracy that fosters independence and supports mathematical thinking and understanding. You will discover how this structure allows the teacher time to work with small groups or one-on-one while the other students are engaged in math.

Strategies explored during this session will come from the work of Gail Boushey and Joan Moser- The Daily Five (Second Edition) - Fostering Independence in the Elementary Grades and Nicki Newton - Guided Math in Action: Building Each Student's Mathematical Proficiency with Small-Group Instruction.

Facilitator: Grace MacLellan, AANDC

50 in 50: Connections (Plus 30 bonus). 50 in 50 is a high energy session that provides 50 strategies to help the educator connect with, manage, and meet students exactly where they are. This dynamic session provides creative resources and ideas to help connect with students, parents/guardians and even school personnel. Connecting strategies may be in the form of clever classroom management ideas, Thank you gift ideas for volunteers, iPad apps suggestions and so much more. The goal of this session is to find ONE that the educator can apply to make their teaching life a little easier and their students a little happier. Resources are provided at session.

Facilitator: Glenda Thiel, AANDC

Individualized Program Plans are a requirement for students with moderate to profound exceptionalities. IPPs are an extremely useful tool when meeting the needs of these students but sometimes the mystery of them can be overwhelming. Within the IPP effective instructional and learning strategies can be used across grade levels and subject areas and can accommodate a range of student differences. Strategies can: motivate students and help them focus attention, organize information for understanding and remembering and monitor and assess learning. Join in on this presentation and leave with a toolbox full of ideas to implement in your classroom and with your students.

Facilitator: Gerald Auger, Kipaskwatinak Cultural Center

The Cree culture and language are vital in today’s education for our children and youth of today and tomorrow. The tobacco teachings and the importance it plays in protocol in the transfer and sharing of traditional knowledge in the classroom. Why, based on traditional law, it is important to acknowledge and understand traditional protocol when working with traditional knowledge. Respecting the balance between western and traditional knowledge for the classroom of today.

Facilitator: Erin Priddle

Our workshop will introduce you to the Mathletics online learning environment which was developed in Australia and now aligned to the Alberta curriculum. This web-based program is used daily by over 4 million students and over 17,000 schools around the world. We will review tools available for both students and teachers including adaptive learning, problem-solving, online support centre for students, automated markbooks, differentiated learning tools and teacher resources. Teachers are encouraged to bring their laptops and Mathletics teacher login to follow along and explore with the assistance of Mathletics representatives.

Facilitator: Alan Box

Teaching children to read and write with a systematic phonics process involves them in learning letter sounds then blending the sounds to form words, for reading and segmenting the sounds in words, for writing and spelling. Correct letter formation and dealing with irregular “tricky” words are also key components in student's learning. Multi-sensory learning, a fast pace of learning and “bite-sized” teaching moments are key characteristics in the process. Classroom organization and teaching strategies will also be discussed.

Facilitator: Diane Gossen

The Restitution Self Discipline program is a made in Canada program based on Aboriginal child rearing practices and William Glasser’s Control Theory and Reality Therapy. Its goal is to strengthen youth rather than punishing them. Incidents of discipline drop dramatically when Restitution healing is used.

EXPECTED OUTCOME OF SESSION ONE:

Understand the difference between external, rule-based discipline and internal, belief-based self-discipline.

EXPECTED OUTCOMES OF SESSION TWO:

1. Acquire information and strategies for teaching students their basic needs, the components of their behavior and how to manage their feelings without hurting others.
2. Have the tools to create a social contract among themselves and with their students.
3. Design a process for developing a set of classroom expectations with students using role definition.
4. Acquire specific creative strategies for healing and restoring a student to the group, based on aboriginal philosophy.

Facilitator: Paul Neethling

This session will focus on using ROBOTICS to enhance virtually all learning outcomes. We will be specifically discussing Albert Education Curriculum links for all Grades from K to 12 and illustrating how robots can be used as way of engaging student interest. We will explore several aspects such as overcoming teacher apprehension. No prior knowledge of robotics is not required.

The ROBOTICS used in this session is called LEGO MINDSTORMS.

Facilitator: Paul Neethling

Example robots will be demonstrated and discussed. Robots to assist teaching literacy, numeracy, science, music, Cree Culture, etc. A robot capable of competing in a “SUMO” and “LINE FOLLOWER” tournament will be demonstrated and discussed. Prior robotics knowledge is not required but is recommended.

The ROBOTICS used in this session is called LEGO MINDSTORMS.

Facilitator: Wendy Legaarden, Scholastic Canada

Young students are always asking questions. They are interested in ‘big ideas’. How can we help promote developmentally appropriate exploration, questioning, and problem-solving techniques to focus our students on thinking critically and digging deeper into important topics? This session will offer resources and practical ideas for beginning conversations about topics such as stewardship, sustainability, empathy, self-awareness, and problem-solving. Examine resources that facilitate inquiry learning where students practice 21st century skills through listening, questioning, collaborating, talking, moving, dramatizing, playing, and artistic expression. This session will extend your understanding of Inquiry Learning and help you develop a plan for implementation for students.

Facilitator: Megan Stock, Speech-Language Pathologist

This session will cover the key language skills that are essential for learning, literacy development, and classroom functioning. It will emphasize factors that help build a language rich environment in the classroom; how to easily incorporate these key components into daily activities; and discuss ways to enhance book sharing and storytelling as an excellent tool for promoting language and critical thinking. Handouts and tips to easily incorporate these language targets into daily classroom activities will also be provided.

Facilitator: Christina Jervah, Treaty 8 Student Success Program

Children start at an early age to wonder at the world around them. They live in a world of questions and curiosity. This workshop explores the role non-fiction plays in our lives and how we as teachers can use our students’ natural inclination to question and wonder about our world and set our students on a path to understanding non-fiction writing. Participants will leave with a variety of ideas and strategies for non-fiction writing.

Facilitator: Christina Jervah, Treaty 8 Student Success Program

This workshop explores how teachers who begin their instruction with an end in mind, ensures that the important elements all fit together and guide students to become more effective writers. Participants will learn about the steps necessary in the Assessment-Based Writing Process and how to develop and construct success criteria. By having an end in mind, we are involving our students in understanding what we are looking for in order for our students to be successful as they actively participate in creating the tools that will be used for evaluation.

Facilitator: Alice Wildcat, Power School Support, Treaty 8 Education

1. PowerSchool 8 Review
2. PowerSchool Admin panel and training.
3. Reporting preview and training.
4. Gradebook Installer review.
5. Question and Answer Session.

Facilitator: Golam Mortoza and Heather Connolly,

This session will be tailored toward an Introduction to Dossier for anyone using Dossier for Special Education.

Facilitator: Golam Mortoza, IM/IT Specialist, Treaty 8 Education

1. What is PASI?
2. How does the PASI works?
3. Gradebook Setup and review
4. Question and answer session.

Facilitator: Carla Comber, CINE Audio Visual

This session will offer best practices in using Smart Notebook software, customizing the toolbar, creating interactive lesson activities and reviewing additional resources for the Smart Board.

Facilitator: Raimona Ullah, Provisional Psychologist

Assertive discipline is an approach to classroom management. This approach involves a high level of teacher control in the class. It is also called the "take-control" approach to teaching, as the teacher controls their classroom in a firm but positive manner.

I will be offering a half day session. In the workshop you will learn about the behaviour management cycle and how to implement that into your classrooms to be able to facilitate learning and positive behaviour.

Facilitator: John Walker, Occupational Therapist

Teachers are at the forefront of interacting with children of all ages while in the school system. Although teachers are training educators most are often not prepared to address behavioral, mental health, medical, and or perceptual (I.e. Deaf, blind,) challenges within the classroom setting. When teachers do not have the skills, insight or resources to adapt educational approaches, the teacher/child relationship often becomes stressed with further negative outcomes including; increased absenteeism, emotional withdrawal, defiance, and/or poor academic performance.

As a healthcare professional, I have entered into collaborative problem solving approaches with school, health and community personnel to provide further insight into the stressed relationship between caregiver and child. Collaborative approaches include;

1. Improving practical knowledge of diagnosed conditions through documentation review and in-servicing the caregiver as requested and/or required.
2. Improving self-care strategy awareness and usage for child and caregiver. Strategies include training, mentoring and/or coaching in one or more of the following areas:
   1. De-escalation techniques
   2. Attachment
   3. Nutrition
   4. Sleep
   5. Conflict resolution
   6. Communication
   7. Curriculum adaptation
   8. Anxiety reduction
   9. Sensory diet
   10. Ergonomic adaptation
   11. Supporting constructive behaviors.

Areas of discussion will include:

1. Mechanisms for decreased engagement in the classroom.
2. Restorative practices for improving engagement in the classroom.
3. Confident learner, Inclusive Classroom, Continuum

Facilitator: Judy Kim-Meneen, North Peace Tribal Council

Have you ever wondered why it seems like you aren’t connecting with your students, colleagues and people in general? Color Spectrum is an interactive workshop where you get to know you better, understand your strengths and how to use those strengths in a productive way. There are four different colors within the color spectrum that represent different personality characteristics:

Gold – Organizational development
Green – Intellectual development
Blue – Emotional development
Orange – Physical development

Participants will sort their colors to reveal their unique personality strengths and challenges that come with those strengths. Additionally, participants will learn how to deal with those challenges and engage their students and colleagues to be a resourceful educator.

Facilitator: Judy Kim-Meneen, North Peace Tribal Council

“Trying something new…it could be magic or it could be tragic but ultimately we learn…”. Everyone has the potential to be a leader, but in order to be an aspiring leader one needs certain skills (engage, empower and equip) and understanding of oneself.

Participants will learn and understand different aspiring leadership competencies and how to develop a leadership development plan.

Facilitator: Keir Kutney

This presentation looks at the severity of bullying and some of the extremes that are becoming more and more common with kids. We will look at types of bullying, and then focus on how to prevent bullying, protection and planning for safety.

Facilitator: Wendy Legaarden, Scholastic Canada

“Oral language is at the heart of literacy and the foundation for learning.” Literacy and the Young Child, ETFO

How can we use this talk to support our young readers, writers and thinkers?

This session will explore specific strategies to engage your students in active listening, oral participation, posing questions and meaningful dialogue in Language Arts and across the content areas. A variety of motivating materials and literature connections will be shared to help teachers harness student talk as a learning tool in a planned, purposeful and engaging way.

Facilitator: Michelle Mitchell, Northern Lakes College

This session will be totally devoted to all of the Education Assistants in our schools and will cover a number of topics that EAs encounter on a daily basis.

Facilitator: Olive Chapman

This session will focus on how to help students to develop numeracy with understanding through the use of games and manipulatives. It will provide participants with hands-on experience to make sense of the meaning of mathematics concepts they have to teach.

Facilitator: Shannon Zwicker, Alberta Science Network

Smarter Science™ is a framework for teaching and learning science in grades 1–12 and for developing the skills of inquiry, creativity, and innovation in a meaningful and engaging manner. Students engaged in Smarter Science-based activities are actively investigating and problem solving, enabled by a teacher who helps them address challenges relevant to their world. As they learn to think and act like scientists, students become increasingly independent and self-confident learners.

With lots of hands-on examples to get you started, this session is suitable for anyone who teaches science and wants their students to become more inquisitive, hands-on learners.

Presenter Shannon Zwicker is Executive Director of the Alberta Science Network, whose goal is to get students excited about science. She believes that the key to having students who love science is having teachers that love science. She strives to make her professional development for teachers fun, hands-on and engaging – come prepared to laugh and explore!

Facilitator: Helen Metchooyeah, Dene Tha First Nation

Learn the traditional art of the north with this instructional session on moose hair tufting and take home your project.

Facilitator: Constance Willier, Sucker Creek First Nation

If you’ve ever wanted to learn how to do your own beadwork, this class will show you how to begin, what tools you will need and instruction on beading for the first time.