Alison Oakley-Edgelow: Thinking Outside the Box (PreK – K) Session Description: Using a provocation to create a situation that will encourage children (and adults) to think outside the box and explore big ideas. How can we challenge what we think we know, by looking at things differently? Children love to look at objects inside out and upside down and discover new possibilities. This active ssion will encourage participants to look at familiar things in a different way. Bio: Alison has been teaching with Edmonton Catholic School District for 29 years. The first 27 years were in the classroom teaching Kindergarten, Grade One and Two. She recently completed a Masters program at the University of Portland; a program that highlighted inquiry bad learning. Alison is currently an Early Learning Consultant working with the Kindergarten and Pre-Kindergarten programs. | |
Alyson Connolly: What is Dramatic Learning? Session Description: It’s using drama to bring education to life. This ssion will show you how to u drama to enhance your curriculum. Through improvisation, text work, music, and choral speech, you’ll find ways to enliven core subjects. It allows students to express themlves, build lf-esteem, and approach learning through a new and creative perspective. Bio: Alyson Connolly provides Creative Drama and Musical Theatre residencies in schools throughout Alberta with her company, Dramatic Learning. Along with the residencies, Dramatic Learning has produced musicals with children at the Edmonton Fringe Festival. She is currently the Drama Facilitator at the Glenro Rehabilitation Hospital in Edmonton. | |
Amanda Woodward – First Nations Storytelling | |
Amy Swinkels - Making Meaning of Numbers and REALLY Making Them Mean Something – Strategies for Enhancing Number Sen Session Description: In this ssion we will explore a variety of strategies to help develop number n and become increasingly flexible and fluent problem solvers. Specifically, we will explore tasks using five- and ten-frames, subitizing dot cards as well as Rekenreks (Dutch counting frames.) bio: Amy Swinkels is currently the Elementary Mathematics Consultant for Edmonton Catholic Schools. Having taught at a variety of grade levels in both division one and two, Amy firmly believes that students of all ages need to be actively engaged in learning through inquiry and discour. Amy has completed her Masters in Education, focusing her work on student involvement and engagement in inquiry. | |
jbuilderAnna Kirova: Understanding and working with young learners of English as an Additional Language (EAL) Session Description: In order to support language development of bilingual children parents and teachers need to understand the relationship between first and cond language development and how to create environments to support both. Principles of development of bilingual children and strategies for supporting them both at home and in schools will be the focus of the prentation. Bio: Anna Kirova is an Associate Professor of Education, Faculty of Education, University of Alberta, Canada. She holds a Ph.D. from the University of Sofia, Bulgaria, and a Ph. D. from the University of Alberta, Canada. She is currently the Education Rearch Domain Leader with the Prairie Centre of Excellence in Rearch on Immigration and Integration (PCERII) bad at the University of Alberta. Her main rearch interests are in childhood phenomena including loneliness, boredom, and solitude as well as the phenomenon of moving childhoods as it is lived in the experiences of immigration. She has recently co-edited an international volume entitled, Global Migration: Children, Schools and Families. Her most recent publications are related to the exploration of Fotonovela as a rearch method in a collaborative school-bad project, and participatory action rearch with ethno-cultural communities in general and families with young children in particular. | |
Anton Lakusta: Building Authentic Learning Activities for the SMART Board Session Description: Go into most Alberta schools today and you will likely e hanging on the wall a SMART board or some other type of interactive whiteboard. For the students it brings excitement and wonder, but for the teachers it pos the question of how am I going to u this technology to engage my students in meaningful and purpoful learning. In this ssion, Anton Lakusta will provide you with practical examples of how to transform your Interactive whiteboard from just being a great display tool, to making it an interactive learning centre in your classroom both for whole class and small groups instruction. Bio: Anton lakusta is a consultant with Edmonton Public Schools in the area Emerging Technologies. For the past 2 years he has been the lead consultant on a project called Technology Without Borders in which he has been working cloly with 200 teacher in a job embedded professional learning project that helps teachers effectively and purpofully integrate technology into their classroom practice. Anton is a firm believer that we need to harness the 21st Century tools we have available to us and integrate them into our work with children. The world that our children are living in is vastly different from the world we were educated in and therefore Anton maintains that our practice and approach needs to shift as well. Prior to becoming a consultant, Anton was a primary teacher in both the Ukrainian Bilingual program and the regular stream program within Edmonton Public School. He is the father of 3 little boys and loves to share stories about his sons and other children he has obrved learning with technologies. | |
April Brown: Session 1: What’s the Mystery in Mystery Bags Session Description: Have you tried to find a task that students love to do and understand what they are doing? We’ll spend some time delving into the number strand and looking at the task of Mystery Bags. They can be ud to help your students understand number and begin to u strategies to solve problems. We’ll also look at an asssment task that is ud throughout the year to asss students understanding of number. Session 2: How does Daily 5 look in a classroom? Session Description: Have you wondered what Daily 5 and the CAFÉ is? We’ll look at some video and photos of what Daily 5 looks like in a grade 2 classroom. I’ll talk about how I t the room up. Discuss how I teach reading and writing strategies. I’ll share what I’ve learned over the last year and share with you some insights from attending the Summer Workshop in Tacoma, Washington. If you’re interesting in starting Daily 5 and the CAFÉ strategies plea come and learn how easy it is. bio: April Brown has taught either grade 2 or grade 1 for the last 10 years up in Grande Prairie. Her passion is teaching and challenging students to become mathematical thinkers. She divides her time between the classroom and her family which includes her husband and two dogs. | |
Autumn Ballek: Get your ‘boogie’ on & Change the World! Give to a child, and you can change their life. Teach a child to give, and you can change the world. Session Description: In 2004, Wind & Tide Preschool & Kindergarten embarked on an exciting campaign to rai money for children in need, and ended up having a lot of fun doing it! Rachel Cram, Director of Wind & Tide, came up with the idea to have a Dance-a-thon. Children raid pledges by inviting family and friends to support their efforts, and then together, they ‘boogied’ all day, knowing they were making a difference for children all over the world. The early childhood years are when we develop 90% our values, attitudes and beliefs. As educators of young children it is important to u their time in our care, teaching values that invoke optimum success and long term contentment in life. Global Citizenship is a one such value. This year we are inviting YOU to participate in teaching students about Global Citizenship and change the world, one dance-step at a time! Join World Vision Rep, Autumn Ballek, to hear stories about how this movement has not only had a financial impact, but has started to transform teachers, students, families and their extended communities! We will discuss the value of teaching children to be global citizens, and share valuable resources that are available to educators, that help bring the world into your classroom. Books for early readers, videos, activity ideas and regional support from your World Vision Rep – we look forward to exploring this together! Bio: Autumn has been in the international development and disaster relief field since 2004 working with various organizations including World Vision Canada, World Vision France, the Canadian Red Cross, the Ghana Red Cross and the African Hope Foundation of Ghana. While pursuing her passion in humanitarian work, Autumn has worked and volunteered as an advocator, fundrair, creating public engagement, disaster and relief responder and instructor, operations manager, First Aid instructor, First Aid manual co-writer and rearch assistant, mentor to orphaned and vulnerable children, reunifying families, refugee camp food distributor, HIV/AIDS educator, . Currently Autumn works with World Vision Canada as the northern Alberta Reprentative engaging youth, organizations and churches in social justice, take action programs, advocacy and education. She resides in Sherwood Park and is currently completing her degree in Management. And looks forward to the day when she can travel again to beautiful Ghana, Africa! | |
Bonnie Lebowitz: Fountas & Pinnell Leveled Literacy Intervention Session Description: This practical ssion will introduce participants to Leveled Literacy Intervention designed by Gay Su Pinnell & Irene Fountas. This is a small group intervention for K-3 students who struggle with reading and writing. Participants will have an opportunity to become familiar with the theory, lesson design and materials provided in the LLI System. bio: Bonnie Lebowitz is a Reading Specialist and literacy leader for Edmonton Public Schools. She has taught grades 1-10. Her focus and passion is providing programming for students who struggle with reading and writing. | |
Brandi Clark: Classroom Citizen 2.0 Session Description: How can students share their voices at a Global level? Blast away the classroom walls and join me for a lively discussion on making your classroom web 2.0 compatible. Bio: Brandi Clark works in the Edmonton Catholic School District. This is her fourth year as an English Language Arts Consultant. She has had experience teaching in division I, II and III. | |
Carol Anne Wien KEYNOTE: Windhor: Reggio-inspired teachers and children connecting with their real worlds of thought, feeling, and community Teachers in elementary school programs orchestrate their love for children and children’s development and learning on the one hand, and the demands of standardized curricula and testing on the other. How have teachers and programs cultivated the philosophy and practices of the Reggio Emilia approach so they may function in systems that require high productivity in reaching curriculum expectations? This prentation shares stories from elementary classrooms where teachers cultivate connections and try to think in terms of relations. In doing so, they create a “windhor” of positive energy and keep the breath of life in young children’s education. WORKSHOP 1 Transforming Environments for Early Learning How do the children and their families know that the children are cherished by the school for their efforts to learn and develop? This workshop us five questions to invite participants to explore the meaning of their environments for children, teachers and families. Stories of rethinking the environment will be shared from veral locations across the country and participants will be invited to reflect on their own environment in terms of the questions. WORKSHOP 2 Emergent Curriculum: The Art of Drawing Together into Community This workshop explores examples of emergent curriculum that support the creation of a strong n of community among participants. How do teachers and children create such emergent curriculum? Through invitations to positive learning experiences, unhurried time, participatory structures, design work, and the teacher rearch of pedagogical documentation, teachers and children collaboratively co-create a place with a different nsibility for life. Such a nsibility orchestrates relations, connections, “art as a fusional experience” (Rinaldi), and community as the bonds that unite us through shared creation of culture. bio: Carol Anne Wien is a Professor in the Faculty of Education at York University, Toronto. She has published widely in the field of Early Childhood Education and is the author of Developmentally Appropriate Practice in “Real Life” on child care ttings, Negotiating Standards in the Primary Classroom on how early years teachers approach a standardized curriculum, and the editor of Emergent Curriculum in the Primary Classroom: Interpreting the Reggio Emilia approach in Schools. She has long been a student of the Reggio Emilia approach, encouraging early childhood educators and teachers in Canada to re-imagine what we might create for children, teachers, and families. She is a frequent speaker on emergent curriculum and Reggio-inspired practice at national conferences in early childhood education across Canada and was recently invited to join the Editorial Review Board of Innovations in Early Education: The International Reggio Exchange. She says her commitment is to attempt to bring the possibility of Reggio-inspired ways of teaching and learning into pubic school education. | |
Carol Henderson & Phil McRae: Connecting Rearch and Practical Wisdom Session Description: The prenters will discuss the importance of early learning and literacy for children’s development and our society’s well-being. They will draw on practical wisdom, Association rearch, and stories from their lived teaching experiences to reflect on this theme, and discuss how it should fit within the context of ‘informed transformations’ to Alberta’s education system. The prenters will also highlight the most current rearch on screen time and media exposure for children (averaging 10 hours 45 minutes per day for 8-18 year olds), and open up a discussion on the need to strike a fine balance between children’s literacy development and their technology u. Biographies: Carol Henderson is the President of the Alberta Teachers’ Association. Before being elected president in 2009, Carol Henderson rved two terms as vice-president and five terms as district reprentative for Calgary District. In tho capacities, she chaired the Resolutions Committee, the Curriculum Committee and the Committee on Public Education and rved as a member of the Finance Committee and the Educational Accountability Committee. Ms Henderson, who was a music specialist and primary teacher at Big Rock School in Okotoks prior to her election as president, has taught for Foothills School Division since 1977. As president, she chairs the Canadian Teachers’ Federation Committee, the Membership Eligibility Board and the Committee on the Well-Being of Children and Youth; rves as a member of the Strategic Planning Group and the Teacher Salary Qualifications Board; reprents the Association on the Canadian Teachers’ Federation Board of Directors, the Alberta Education/ATA Consultation Committee and the Alberta Initiative for School Improvement Education Partners Steering Committee; and acts as Provincial Executive Council liaison to the Mathematics Council. Dr. Philip McRae is an Executive Staff Officer with the Alberta Teachers’ Association (A.T.A.) and Adjunct Professor within the Faculty of Education at the University of Alberta where he earned his Ph.D. He was the Director of the Alberta Initiative for School Improvement (AISI) at the University of Alberta from 2005-2009, and taught veral graduate cours in the Master of Education in Educational Studies program. Phil has worked in many educational contexts while living and teaching in the Middle East (United Arab Emirates), Asia (Japan), Europe (Spain), the Lethbridge Public School District and on the Blood (Kainai) Rervation in Alberta, Canada. Phil is the past winner of the Alberta Excellence in Teaching Finalist Award, the University of Alberta’s Queen Elizabeth II Doctoral Scholar Award, and the Alberta Teachers’ Association Educational Rearch Award. | |
Carole Brosau: Exploring Textures in Watercolor Session Description: This hands-on workshop is designed for teachers to explore textures in watercolor. A practical watercolor chart will be created to give teachers an opportunity to practice different ways of generating textures with this medium. This will be followed up with a watercolor quilt project where the new techniques will be applied in a creative way. Come and join us in a fun workshop and discover your inner artist! Bio: Carole Brosau started her career as a Kindergarten teacher and has spent 18 years teaching at the elementary level and 9 years at the junior high level. Prently, she is the Fine Arts Consultant for Edmonton Catholic Schools and this position allows her to work cloly with teachers to support and encourage them in developing not only their art program but to infu the arts into the core curriculums to enhance student learning. Art is an excellent way of motivating students and encouraging them to explore and discover their own gift of creativity. She considers herlf to be very fortunate as she has a job that allows her to work with her passion! | |
Cheryl Shinkaruk: 2 ssions - #1: Yoga Pretzels Session Description: By the end of this ssion, participants will be able to engage their mind and body though various movements that are Yoga-bad. During this ssion, participants will be actively engaged in a variety of pos, breathing exercis, relaxation, and group / partner exercis. We will focus on balance, stability, coordination, rhythm, confidence, and internal focus. Teachers will be able to u a variety of resources, such as Yoga Cards, and lesson plans to help transfer their learnings into their classroom / gym. The main objective of this ssion is to demonstrate how Yoga can help focus children to learn through lf-expression and awareness of one’s lf. #2: Building Literacy Through Movement Session Description: By the end of this ssion, participants will be able to u the concepts of movement skills while building their knowledge in letters, sounds, and sight words. During this ssion, participants will be actively engaged in a variety of physical activities that include alphabet quencing, letter copying, letter matching, letter recognition, sound recognition, word creation, and word spelling. Games, such as Alphabet Sea, Roping Rodeo, Barnyard Game, and Hanging Out to Dry are some of the activities that will occur during the ssion. The main objective of this ssion is to demonstrate how to meet the needs of kinesthetic learners while teaching early literacy skills. Bio – Cheryl Shinkaruk is the AISI Wellness, Physical Education and Health Consultant with Edmonton Catholic Schools. She has contributed to various resources to support physical activity in the schools of Alberta. She was a contributing author for the Daily Physical Activity Handbook for Alberta, the Safety Guidelines for Physical Activity in Alberta Schools, and a Folk Dance resource – Dancing With Your Folks. Cheryl believes that the u of movement, play, and fun motivate students as they learn outcomes from the Programs of Study. | |
Christine Chmilar – SMART Boards in Kindergarten Session Description: How am I going to u a SMART Board with my Kindergarten students? Take small steps and have fun with it. This demonstration ssion will provide early childhood teachers with some basics of how to u a SMART board. Sample lessons will be included that tie into the Program Statement. As well, online resources will be showcad that support our teaching. bio: Christine Chmilar has been a teacher with Edmonton Catholic Schools for 10 years. She has been teaching Kindergarten for the past 7 years. Her experiences with a SMART Board began with eing one in a computer lab in University, then attending in-rvices when she got the news that she would be getting one in her classroom. She is on the way to becoming SMART board savvy mostly by trial and error. She finds the best way to learn is by playing and exploring – just like we do with our little learners! | |
Clive Hickson: 2 ssions – #1: Cooperative Activities for Young Children: A Developmentally Appropriate Approach Session Description: Overall, the objectives of this prentation are twofold. First, the prentation aims to assist participants to understand why cooperative activities can be a beneficial component of a physical education program. Second, the prentation will illustrate how teachers can utilize a variety of developmentally appropriate cooperative activities that can enhance physical education programs and promote student learning. The prentation will focus upon the following issues: the importance of cooperative experiences for young children in physical education environments; the lection of developmentally appropriate activities that can promote cooperative behaviors; and the successful teaching of cooperative activities. The ssion will involve participants being physically engaged in a variety of cooperative activities while developing an understanding of the cognitive, psychomotor, and affective learning that can be derived from such activities. #2: Understanding the Need for Education in P.E. Session Description: This prentation will focus on the understanding of why physical education should be an important part of a young child’s learning experiences and how teachers can achieve programs that promote learning and help to develop physically educated children. Bio: Dr. Clive Hickson has been a teacher and school principal in both elementary and high school environments, has rved on numerous education committees, and has worked on provincial curriculum resource development. He is currently an Associate Professor at the University of Alberta where he helps to prepare elementary school pre-rvice teachers to teach physical education. | |
Danny Maas: Digital Storytelling and Online Interactives Across the Curriculum for the Division 1 Classroom Session Description: In this ssion, participants will be shown numerous websites and interactive tools which are highly suitable for students from Kindergarten to grade 3. Tools include tho which are highly visual and involve multimedia, digital storytelling tools which allow students to communicate what they know through multimedia, and interactive online content which can be manipulated both on a classroom SMART Board as well as through a computer lab or netbook environment. Bio: Danny Maas is an Emerging Technologies Consultant with Edmonton Catholic Schools where he rves teachers integrating technology meaningfully across the curriculum. Danny has venteen years teaching experience and was a 2003 recipient of the Alberta Excellence in Teaching Award. Danny was recently conded for three years – two years with Alberta Education as Project Coordinator for Videoconferencing at School Technology Branch and one year with 2Learn.ca Education Society as Provincial Coordinator for the VC Regional Leads Network. Danny has a master’s degree in educational technology and is passionate about learning and collaboration. | |
Dayna Vucurevich & Leona Heuver: Giraffes Can’t Dance…Or Can They – How to Create and U Literacy Bags Session Description: Giraffes Can’t Dance…or Can they? – Come and have fun learning how to create and u literacy bags to extend learning, add spark to your program, and empower parents. Bios: Leona and Dayna are a mother/daughter team. Together they began creating teaching resources in respon to requests from friends and colleagues. Leona has 25 years of teaching and administration experience with a strong focus on early learning. She has her Masters in Education and an Early Childhood Diploma. She is also a proud Nana to 10 grandchildren. Dayna has a Bachelor of Education and a Bachelor of Arts Degree majoring in French. She was a French Immersion teacher in Lethbridge and is now a stay-at-home Mompreneur. | |
| micheal | Debra Bryan: Teaching Creativity to Empower the Next Generation of Innovators and Leaders 认知疗法Session Description: Art can be taught to inspire imagination and innovation. The lessons students learn in one field can drive innovation in another and as the confidence to explore and take risks increas you have a person who blazes a trail for others to follow. From the beginning of civilization clay has been ud by artists in many innovative ways. I begin the prentation with ancient Sumerian cuneiform clay tablets and progress through history linking clay to the curriculum until I reach prent day inventions in clay (precious metal clay and paper clay). I have prepared examples of how ceramics can be ud to teach history, language, science, mathematics, technology and social studies. I will show you how clay can be ud to teach not only problem solving ability and creativity but stimulate the excitement of thinking big! Bio: Debra Bryan has worked with clay for the past twenty years. She began her education at Emily Carr College of Art and Design in BC and supplemented with summer class in clay at Red Deer College “Summer Series” as well as night class at the University of Alberta. In 2002 she was accepted onto the Alberta Foundation for the Arts – Artist in Education Roster and has since done may clay residencies and tile murals in Edmonton Public and Catholic schools. In 2008 she became an instructor at the City Arts Centre in Edmonton where she enjoys teaching students of all ages. |
Donna Lawson, Jennifer Gray: Reprenting Learning Through Visual Journalling Session Description: This is a hands on ssion to explore a variety of visual journaling techniques that will help document students’ learning. During the ssion you will be introduced to the concept of visual journaling and demonstrate ideas such as: lettering, paint techniques, borders, paper folds, etc. We will be sharing visual journals from K-3 to inspire new and experienced teachers alike. The practical ideas will enable students to reprent their learning in numerous ways. Bring your visual journal (if you have one but is not required). Additional materials will be provided. Bio: (collaborative bio) Visual journals have been an integral part of our programs for the past 6 years. We originally participated in a 2 year AISI project with the Calgary Board of Education that focud on integrating visual journaling into all areas of the curriculum. This inspired us to go back to our classrooms and incorporate visual journals into all aspects of our program. Having taught together, we began sharing our ideas with one another. This led us to opportunities to share our ideas with other teachers at a variety of conferences and professional development ssions over the past years. | |
Dr. Maureen Stratton Lemieux and Dr. Joanne Neal: Educating Hearts: Planning for Citizenship Education in the Primary Years Session Description: As early childhood educators, we recognize the importance of planning for citizenship education that is both effective and efficient. We offer illustrative examples, kindergarten through year three, for the organization of specific learner outcomes around big ideas and esntial questions. We align the esntial values from Alberta’s Commission on Learning with lections of children’s picture books, to assist in making powerful connections between the esntial values and children’s world views. Finally, we suggest examples of teaching approaches that are social in nature and feature positive interdependence among children to make citizenship education come alive in early childhood classrooms. Bios: Dr. Maureen Stratton Lemieux is an Associate Professor in the B.Ed. (After Degree) program at Concordia University College of Alberta. Dr. Stratton has been in the field of education for thirty years. Maureen was an early childhood teacher with both Edmonton Catholic and Edmonton Public Schools, and was an assistant principal and principal with Edmonton Public Schools. In the B.Ed. (After Degree) program at Concordia, Maureen teaches early childhood education, educational administration, and planning. Maureen rearches in the area of early childhood and teacher education, and children’s literature. Dr. Joanne Neal is an Associate Professor in the B.Ed. (After Degree) program at Concordia University College of Alberta. Dr. Neal has worked in the field of education for over twenty years as an elementary classroom teacher with Edmonton Public Schools and as a consultant with the TELUS World of Science. Joanne has a strong interest in connecting educational theory to effective classroom practice. In the B.Ed. (After Degree) program at Concordia, Joanne teaches educational philosophy, Science and Social Studies, and planning. Joanne rearches in the areas of asssment, planning models, and citizenship education. | |
Emma Brinson: Connecting to the World Through Play Session Description: This ssion will take a deeper look at the importance of play in childhood and in fact for lifelong learning. Unfortunately, play is rapidly disappearing in many classrooms. This decline must be reverd in order to prerve the vehicle through which children best learn - play. Let's let "children's voices be heard and their footprints en" as we, as teachers, provide them with rich play experiences in school. Bio: From a very young child I wanted to teach. That dream has been realized. I have had the privilege to teach both children and adults at different times in my 37 year teaching career. Very early in my teacher training I realized the importance of play in the lives of both children and adults. Rearch on play has shown us over and over again that it is vital to young children's learning. Throughout my teaching career I have become passionate about the importance of play in children’s learning. If children learn to be good players in their childhood they will likely be good players in adulthood! | |
Gail Bartel: Art is in the Making: Multicultural Art Techniques Session Description: Come join Gail Bartel for an exciting ssion as we explore the world one art adventure at a time. You’ll learn how to captivate the imagination of your students through the universal language of art. We’ll try our hand at Gyotaku, Wycinanki, Wayang Kulit, Khamsas, as well as many more projects you might actually be able to pronounce. Our whirlwind tour will touch down on some exotic locales like paper tapas in Tonga, Koinobori in Japan, Aztec suns in Mexico, and frescoes in Italy. So indulge your wanderlust no passport is required. As with all the “art is in the making” prentations you’ll learn practical advice, step by step instruction and gain some “hands on” experience so you can start the projects right away in your classroom. bio: Gail Bartel B.Sc., B.SW. is a lf taught artist and consultant from Calgary, AB. She is the author of the popular (top 100 art blogs for 2009/2010*) “that artist woman” blog and has a passion for creating art with kids. Although an accomplished watercolourist, Gail explores numerous mediums for her creative work with students. Her most popular work being glue batik, asmblage and unusual painting techniques. A lifelong artist Gail, in her former life, worked as a Social Worker facilitating “art & crafts” groups with patients at Foothills Hospital and Alberta Hospital Edmonton as well as disabled adults through her work as Executive Director of The Keeler Society. After having her own kids Gail focud exclusively on work with children finding their openness to take risks and push themlves creatively inspirational to her own personal work. Gail and her work have been featured online and in print including sources like alpha mom, The Baltimore Sun, Totally Tots, Design Mom, The Crafty Crow, Fave Crafts, CRAFT, One Pretty Thing, as well as in Davis Publications Art Textbook ries. She is also excited to be featured in an upcoming issue of Disney’s “Family Fun” magazine. She brings her practical advice and creative ideas to this year’s conference with a unique “hands-on” prentation in her “Art is in the Making” ries: Multicultural Art Techniques. / | |
Heidi Devlin: Making it irresistible, a visual feast–it just has to be fun. Creating an engaging environment where a thirst for an art adventure through exploration is the motivation. During the last two years, Edmonton Catholic has embarked on a journey to inspire Early Learning children to grow and express their voices through art experiences. Artist, Heidi Devlin’s journey to make it irresistible for the children will be explored in a visual feast as well as connecting each of you to delightfully transforming your imagination with hands on provocations. There is no limit when the imagination is your tool. From branches to butterflies, inspired by the Reggio Emilia approach to learning, artist Heidi Devlin takes on the role of Atelierista and facilitates art experiences in Pre-K classrooms. Join Heidi Devlin and Early Learning Consultant Carleen Greaves on an exploration of promi, inspiring children to discover and grow creatively. bio: BIO Aussie born artist Heidi Devlin studied Art & Design at Moorabbin TAFE College and attended Melbourne University studying a B.Ed of Visual Art before the distraction of travel. After establishing herlf in her husband’s home town of Edmonton, Heidi has worked as a graphic artist before her position as a contracted artist. Thriving on making art exploration exciting, Heidi Devlin has joined Edmonton Catholic ‘100 Voices’ program (pre-kindergarten) in Edmonton as well as Daycares since 2008. BIO Carleen Greaves is an Early Learning Consultant with Edmonton Catholic Schools. She has over 25 years experience as an Early Learning Educator and has been involved with the Reggio Inspired 100 Voices Programs, Junior Kindergarten and Kindergarten programs in Edmonton Catholic Schools. She has a background in early learning and art education and loves inspiring children to create!resample | |
Jenny Culbertson and Monique Draudson: Self-Portraits Session Description: "Ah! Portraiture, portraiture with the thoughts, the soul of the model in it," Vincent van Gogh exclaimed to his art-dealer brother, Theo. Van Gogh's compassionate heart and interest in individual character - plus the wish of this lonely man to know himlf and others - find expression in his portraits. In this ssion, you will receive many ideas on how to incorporate the u of lf-portraits with the concept of identity and individuality. It is an excellent way to teach the principals and elements of design and composition. The ssion will begin with a demonstration of the many various examples included in the theme and will conclude with a hands-on activity where you will create your own lf-portrait. Bio: Jenny Culbertson: Jenny Culbertson is currently teaching Grade 5 at Good Shepherd Catholic Elementary School. She was the Art Specialist teacher at St. Boniface Fine Arts Focus Elementary School with the Edmonton Catholic Schools District for 2 years teaching visual arts from Kindergarten to Grade 6. She has classroom experience in grades 2,3, 4 and 5. She comes from a family of artists and has grown up going to art galleries and shows. Jenny loves to travel and through her travels has en many different exhibitions. Monique Draudon: Monique Draudson is currently teaching Grade 5 at Good Shepherd Catholic Elementary School. She has taught Art to children in grades 3 through 9. Monique has always enjoyed creating and learning through various studio cours and workshops. She continues to enhance her art education and appreciation by attending drop in class at the AGA. | |
Jes Hillas: The Real World Classroom Session Description: How do we bring the real world into the early childhood classroom? How do we provide our students with meaningful and developmentally appropriate opportunities to learn about the world around them? Through a brief review of current literature, samples of student work, photographs and videos of student work and anecdotal stories a vision will be built of how to bring the real world into your classroom. Resources will be provided of where to find information, who to engage in your own community and how to access relevant and engaging materials and experts. Opportunities will be provided for discussion and sharing of ideas and how we can implement the ideas into your own classroom. Bio: Jes Hillas is a passionate and enthusiastic teacher that believes that students learn best when they engage with the real world. He believes that this may come in the form of expert speakers in the classroom, off-site activities and/or the bringing in of engaging artifacts and evidence. He works currently with the Calgary Board of Education as a Division I classroom teacher in a multi-aged classroom tting. | |
Joy DeNance: More Time to Learn? Full-Day Kindergarten: A Review of the Rearch Session Description: Joy will prent an overview of full-day kindergarten as it exists in Canada and Alberta. A summary of the rearch will be shared as will suggestions for recommendations to Alberta Education. Food for thought: Should all children have access to a full-day Kindergarten experience? Bio Joy de Nance is currently employed with the Calgary Board of Education and has taught Kindergarten for 27 years. She completed her Masters degree in Early Learning this past summer graduating from the first Early Learning Cohort program offered at the University of Alberta. The topic of her final capping paper was a review of the rearch on Full-day Kindergarten. | |
Judy Bourassa: Hands-on Literacy Session Description: Hands-on Literacy is a ssion that is bad on the premi that students learn best through social interaction and frequent, ongoing opportunities to play with oral and written language. Practical, hands-on ideas for engaging kindergarten and grade one students in meaningful reading and writing throughout their day will be shared. Teachers can intentionally promote incread literacy in the classroom with more opportunities for students to engage in reading, writing and speaking activities that make n to them. Bio: Judy currently teaches for the Edmonton Public School Board. She has 20 years experience in Div 1 – mostly in kindergarten and grade one. She believes in the philosophy that children (and teachers) learn best by doing. Judy has also done writing and editing for the Edmonton Public Resource Development (Hands-on Literacy) and for Alberta Education (health curriculum, math curriculum) as well as prenting a variety of ssions at teacher professional development conferences in Edmonton and Calgary. | |
Kara Kulak: Teaching Dance to Young Children Session Description: Come prepared to learn and move in this hands-on ssion. Kara Kulak will walk you through a variety of warm up, creative dance and folk dance activities to u with your students in division one. Helpful teaching tips for working with wiggling students and sample exercis will be provided. Plea wear clothing you can move in. Bio: Kara Kulak received her BEd from the University of Alberta and currently teaches the Elementary Dance program at Victoria School for the Arts in Edmonton. She was a company member with the Ukrainian Shumka Dancers for ven years, and has experience in a variety of other dance forms including ballet, jazz, modern, African and other folk dance. She has taught dancing to children of all ages in both studio and school ttings for over eight years. | |
Katherine Voth: You Have a SMART board, Now What? (Gr. 3) Session Description: So, you teach gr.3 and have a wonderful smart board in your classroom or school but are not sure how to u it to its fullest potential. Come to this ssion and let us show you how to u your SMART board throughout the day in all curricular areas. We’ll show you how to make interactive activities your students will love, how to asmble a ries of slides to assist in your lesson prentation and a list of other resources. Come and have fun with the SMART board! Bio: Kathy Voth is a grade three teacher at St. Mary School in Edmonton. She has been a teacher for 12 years and has her Masters degree in Language Arts. She has taught in a variety of classrooms and has successfully implemented the SMART board in her classroom on a daily basis. | |
Kathy Laycock & Brenda Zugman & Sarah Kesler: Imagine the Possibilities/Bringing the World into Your School Community Session Description: Empower your students, staff and school community to bring the world into your school environment. Prenters will speak about how global citizenship projects can and have been developed within school communities and how the curriculum is interwoven into the fabric of the work. Leadership skills, student empowerment and student voice are a sampling of some of the aspects of a project that will be addresd. Participants will return to their classrooms with a toolkit of ideas and strategies ready to begin a global citizenship project with their students. Bio: Brenda Zugman and Kathy Laycock are retired Principals from the Calgary Board of Education. Sarah Kesler is currently teaching at Douglasdale School. All three educators have been actively involved in global citizenship work with school communities for the past veral years. Their projects have taken them to Thailand, Kenya and work in many local organizations. Their most recent and ongoing project, “Keeping the Circle Strong” is documented in a feature length film entitled, Letters From Litein, produced and directed by Matt Palmer. Brenda, Sarah and Kathy recently returned from their cond trip to Kenya where they continued to work with schools and an orphanage. | |
Laurie Greenwood: (Friday evening) Speaking Volumes; Best Books For The Early Years Session Description: As a bookller for 30 years and commentator on CBC Radio and Global TV, Laurie’s passion for reading is infectious and a lot of fun. In this ssion Laurie will talk about the greatest books to encourage young children to read and enjoy literature. bio: Laurie was born and raid in Edmonton and graduated from the U of A with an Arts degree. For thirty years she has been a bookller and book commentator on CBC and Global TV. She has sat on many arts juries, the U of A Senate as well as being in demand for her book talks with schools, libraries and book clubs. She is married and has two daughters. When not reading, Laurie loves to cook, garden and fish. | |
Lee Makovichuk: Pedagogical Documentation – Looking at Powerful Learning Session Description: The Penny Jar: In this prentation, Lee will share her u of pedagogical documentation to co-create a story of mathematical learning along with children – discovering possibilities that emerged from opening a penny jar. The penny jar sat upon a window ledge at the children’s height. The jar – clear and revealing – as the light reflected from the coppery surfaces. Catching the eye of a child who asked, “Will we count the pennies?” This story demonstrates how children’s learning can evolve from a teacher’s active listening, obrvation and questioning to guide further exploration with materials. Bio: Lee teaches at the Child Study Centre at Garneau School. She loves her work with children and families and enjoys opportunities to mentor and facilitate pre-rvice teachers in the child-centered, teacher framed work that she is involved in. Having completed her Masters, studies in early learning, and a visitor to the schools of Reggio Emilia, Lee continues to think deeply about the philosophical ideas at the core of pedagogical documentation to nurture the love of learning in young children. | |
Line Marie Perron: The 20 Minute Challenge to Change a Child’s Life Session Description: Rearch shows that by investing a mere 20 minutes in a child’s life, teachers can have a profound impact on the trajectory of that child’s life. This prentation will explore the recent Early Development Instrument data collected by kindergarten teachers in Alberta and the state of our children’s social and emotional well-being. We will then explore some 20 minute strategies that can support the development of social competence and emotional maturity in our young children and help redirect challenging behaviors. Bio: Line Perron brings over 25 years of facilitation and teaching experience and likes to weave theory with real life practices to create meaning in a humorous and engaging style. Line received her Degree in Psychology and Sociology, and her Masters in Family Life Education from the University of Alberta and then pursued an Indigenous Early Childhood Development Leadership Management certification from the University of Victoria. In the last 10 years, Line has spent her time coordinating and facilitating professional development for ECD programs in the province as Executive Director of Early Childhood Development Support Services. She is a certified Neurolinguistic Practitioner and a Reflective Practice trainer. She is currently working as the Community Development and Mobilization Manager for the Provincial Early Child Mapping Project at the University of Alberta. Line has five children ranging in age from 12 to 24 and is an avid soccer player. | |
Lori Bell: Tomorrow’s Technology Today: DreamBox Learning (sponsored by Pearson Education) Session Description: Discover the next generation of web-bad learning. Informed by leading mathematics educator, Cathy Fosnot, and powered by an innovative “recommendation” engine, DreamBox Learning K-3 utilizes continuous asssment and dynamic adaptation to determine the next appropriate instructional move a student needs to optimize learning. It harness great mathematics and powerful technology – all in a game-like environment that engages kids at home and school. All participants will receive a 30 day free trial that they can u with their entire class. Bio: Lori Bell has been an Early Childhood teacher for the past 20 years. She has recently completed her Masters in Elementary Math and Science. She is currently teaching Kindergarten at Onoway Elementary School. Lori believes that integrating technology with curriculum is esntial for the 21st century classroom. | |
Lynda Horvath: makeChange: The Ladybug Foundation Education Program Session Description: makeChange: The Ladybug Foundation Education Program is a resource to help empower young people to make a difference in their world. Derived from the experiences of Hannah Taylor, a simple message of caring and sharing will be prented, with examples of involving students to makeChange within their own lives and the lives of tho around them. Bio: Lynda Horvath, recently retired from 34 years in the classroom, was inspired by a student to become involved with The Ladybug Foundation Education Program. She shares idea from the ‘makeChange’ resource that empowered her classroom, and the entire school, to make a difference in their city and world. | |
Marilynn Reid & Dr. Maureen Stratton Lemieux: Using Children’s Literature to Develop Mathematical Problem Solving Skills K-3 Session Description: “Students learn by attaching meaning to what they do, and they need to construct their own meaning of mathematics.” (Program of Studies, Alberta Education, p. 1) Students’ mathematical development is dependent upon skills of arithmetic and attitudes of confidence and perverance. This prentation will feature children’s literature as a context for mathematical problem solving. Various mathematical strands will be explored through manipulative-bad learning. Bios: Marilynn Reid was an educator for thirty years with Edmonton Public Schools. She taught at the primary level, grades one through three, and was also a Mathematics consultant with the district. Currently, Marilynn is a ssional instructor in Mathematics with Concordia University College of Alberta in the Bachelor of Education (After Degree) program. Marilynn is also a consultant for Math Their Way, and has prented workshops throughout Canada and the United States. Dr. Maureen Stratton Lemieux is an Associate Professor in the B.Ed. (After Degree) program at Concordia University College of Alberta. Dr. Stratton has been in the field of education for thirty years. Maureen was an early childhood teacher with both Edmonton Catholic and Edmonton Public Schools, and was an assistant principal and principal with Edmonton Public Schools. In the B.Ed. (After Degree) program at Concordia, Maureen teaches early childhood education, educational administration, and planning. Maureen rearches in the area of early childhood and teacher education, and children’s literature. | |
Mark Edwards: Technology and Physical Education: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly and The Happy Session Description: The amazing technological developments of the last decade have had a mostly negative impact on the activity levels of children. This ssion the relationship of technology and physical education and provide attendees with some easy to u tools and resources they can u in the gym and classroom to increa the amount of activity of their students. Bio: Mark Edwards has been teaching since 1979 at the elementary, junior high and nior high levels. He also teaches the Physical Education and Health ction of EDUC 511, a methods cour for student teachers, at Concordia University/College and is a co-author of The ABCD’s of Movement, an Alberta Education approved resource. He has 5 children and 2 step children who constantly amaze him that they are normal in spite of his being their parent. | |
Mary Anne Nisn: Making Learning Real through Problem Solving Session Description: The revid Program of Studies for Mathematics, K – 9 states, “learning through problem solving should be the focus of mathematics at all grade levels”. How is teaching through problem solving similar to or different from teaching problem solving? How are the children’s voices evident as they learn personal strategies for problem solving? The benefits of teaching through problem solving, curriculum connections, and considerations in the planning and delivery of problem-bad lessons will be prented. Participants will be actively involved in hands-on activities that develop understanding of the big ideas in teaching through problem solving. Handouts with ready-to-u classroom activities will be provided. Bio: MaryAnne Nisn has a B. Ed Degree (major math and minor science) and an M. Ed Degree in Curriculum and Instruction. She has extensive teaching experience across the grades and also taught a math methods cour at the University of Alberta. In addition, she worked for Alberta Education in asssment and curriculum. More recently, she was a consultant for Elk Island Public Schools, working with teachers on two successive AISI projects on math and literacy. Prently, MaryAnne is working for the Edmonton Regional Learning Consortium and is enjoying mi-retirement. | |
| 自考英语二 | Miriam P. Trehearne: 2 ssions Session 1: Kindergarten: Learning Literacy and Loving It Session Description: There is no more important grade than kindergarten. Literacy learning in kindergarten can change lives. Rearch indicates that what happens in kindergarten has a long-lasting and powerful impact. This practical ssion will demonstrate how kindergarten teachers can provide their students (including ESL/ELL students) with rearch-bad, developmentally appropriate, effective and engaging literacy learning. Session 2: Building Strong Early Literacy Skills in Kindergarten Using Quality Cross Curricular Canadian Read Alouds Session Description: Kindergarten teachers know the importance of reading aloud to their students. This ssion will share proven read loud techniques that help students to develop vocabulary, comprehension, oral language and writing skills. The majority of powerful fiction and nonfiction read alouds which will be shared in this ssion are books written by Canadians that support cross curricular learning ( e.g. Social Studies and Science) using Canadian content. Bio: Miriam Trehearne has been a classroom teacher, resource teacher, program specialist (exceptional needs students) coach, Literacy Specialist and University Associate. As a Literacy Specialist, she led a very successful rearch-bad literacy initiative in a large urban school district (156 elementary schools) which focud on 56 high-needs schools. The results have been documented by the University of Calgary and an independent program evaluator. She prently devotes much for her time to rearching literacy best practices, prenting to teachers, literacy coaches and school administrators at conferences and writing books and journal articles. Miriam spoke at the World Congress of the International Reading Association in Edinburgh, Scotland and in Costa Rica. She was a Featured Speaker at the I.R.A. 49th Annual Convention in Reno, Nevada. Miriam Keynoted at the ASCD 24th Annual Kindergarten Conference in Chicago and co-chaired a one day Institute with renowned literacy expert Regie Routman at the 50th Annual IRA Conference in San Antonio. She frequently speaks at International Reading Association Conferences including the European Reading Conference in Braga Portugal in 2009. She also speaks regularly at ASCD conferences as well as early childhood conferences such as AEYC, ECEC, NAEYC and the Annual ASCD Pre-kindergarten/Kindergarten Conference. As a proud Canadian, her greatest thrill is working with fellow Canadian teachers, administrators, parents and departments of education, coast to coast. She has published in veral professional journals, has authored student resources and was nior author of The Language Arts Kindergarten Teacher’s Resource Book (Nelson Learning Ltd), the 2006 AEP award winning Language Arts Grades 1-2 Teacher’s Resource Book and The Comprehensive Literacy Resource for Preschool Teachers. The Comprehensive Literacy Resource for Grade 3-6 Teachers was published in January 2006 and was a finalist for the AEP Award 2007. Miriam has been honoured as a Canada Post 2001 Literacy Educator Finalist. |
Nancy Bromley: Can we walk on clouds? Of cour we just have to get there. Session Description: Can we walk on the clouds? Of cour we can we just need to get there! From scientific to metaphorical. A ries of inquiry projects that led to inspirational discoveries for both teachers and students alike. Bio: Being introduced to inquiry bad learning systems like Reggio Emilia and Waldorf has brought new inspiration to an already passionate teacher. Nancy Bromley is excited to share her discoveries and insights into children and learning that were gained through her class' inquiry | |
Natalie Prytuluk: - Ensuring Success in the Early Years Session Description: Current rearch on brain development, play, and optimal learning environments for young children provide the foundation for developing inclusive, effective early childhood practices to support young children. This ssion will look at rearch and promising practices and how this impacts teaching young children. We will also explore and reflect on our own classroom practice, the challenges we face, and how we can provide the very best early childhood program for the children in our care. Bio: Natalie Prytuluk is an elementary education teacher with specialization in early childhood and fine arts education. Currently she works for Alberta Education as a Senior Manager with Early Learning and has worked in curriculum development for Arts Education. Prior to her work with Alberta Education, Natalie taught young children at a variety of schools in Edmonton Public School district, such as George P. Nicholson school, Virginia park fine arts school, Victoria school of performing and visual arts, the child study centre at the University of Alberta, as well as inner city schools in the heart of the city. In 1995, Natalie was a recipient of the Excellence in Teaching award for her work with Kindergarten children. Natalie actively supports professional development and provides inrvices across Alberta in the areas of early learning and fine arts. | |
Pat Tarr, Sayward Wilkinson Blanc: Creating Curriculum Possibilities with Materials Session Description: Drawing from examples Reggio Emilia and from a grade 1/2 Canadian classroom we will explore possibilities for integrating the arts and children’s u of materials as ways for children express understanding. This in-depth ssion will include hands-on experiences with materials as well as opportunities for discussion. Bios: Pat Tarr is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Education at the University of Calgary. She has been rearching the Reggio Approach since 1990 and was instrumental in bringing the Hundred Languages of Children exhibit to Calgary in 1997 and 2006. Sayward Wilkinson Blanc is a teacher at the Calgary Arts Academy. She became inspired by Reggio during her undergraduate program in the Faculty of Fine Arts. She often prents about her Reggio inspired work with kindergarten, grade 1 and 2 students. She is currently president of the Calgary Reggio Network Association. | |
Patricia Milan: Mark Making in Art: From Their World to Paper Session Description: Participants will learn the theory behind mark making, how to u the activity to enrich art exploration in the Art class, learn how to u the activity in more concrete visual images and how to teach children to “e” connections between their world and art production. Bio: For the last 14 years I have been busy learning about art and the art of teaching. I have taught kindergarten to grade 12 and was an Art/Drama consultant for two years. For the 20 years prior to teaching, I was a freelance artist and guest artist in a number of schools. | |
Phil McRae: Recognizing the Signal(s) in All the Noi: Emerging Technologies, Children and 3 Horizons of Change Session Description: Education systems around the world are in the midst of a period of change unlike any other time over the last 100 years, and technology is being positioned as a major force in this transformation. Phil will highlight three horizons of technological change over the next decade, and open up a discussion around how emerging technologies will likely reshape our classrooms, students, communities and society. This ssion will also open up a discussion about issues related to technologies and developmental appropriacy for children. Biographies: Dr. Philip McRae is an Executive Staff Officer with the Alberta Teachers’ Association (A.T.A.) and Adjunct Professor within the Faculty of Education at the University of Alberta where he earned his Ph.D. He was the Director of the Alberta Initiative for School Improvement (AISI) at the University of Alberta from 2005-2009, and taught veral graduate cours in the Master of Education in Educational Studies program. Phil has worked in many educational contexts while living and teaching in the Middle East (United Arab Emirates), Asia (Japan), Europe (Spain), the Lethbridge Public School District and on the Blood (Kainai) Rervation in Alberta, Canada. Phil is the past winner of the Alberta Excellence in Teaching Finalist Award, the University of Alberta’s Queen Elizabeth II Doctoral Scholar Award, and the Alberta Teachers’ Association Educational Rearch Award. | |
Pina Hackman & Shannon Kolt: Speech the SMART Way Session Description: Do your children love interacting with the SMART Board? Do they have articulation difficulties? Then come join us for an interactive ssion that will enable you to support and motivate your “speech kids” through activities and games on your SMART Board designed for articulation practice. Delegates will have the opportunity to e and learn veral strategies, activities and lesson ideas that will assist in developing and improving articulation and language development in kindergarten children. They will also learn how to create their own activities using the Teacher Toolkit that is available through Notebook program. Bio: Pina Hackman is a kindergarten teacher at St. Dominic School with Edmonton Catholic School District. Her 27 year teaching career has been as varied as the students in her class. Shannon Kolt is a registered Speech Language Pathologist under contract with Edmonton Catholic School District. | |
Robert Dmytruk: Art, Creativity and Meaning Session Description: Discover many new ideas, plans and preparation that give meaning to art. This ssion will promote imaginative and independent thinking, confidence in children’s own ideas and means of expression. Bio: Robert Dmytruk is a teacher, an artist and a consultant. He has worked as an art educator in the public school district for over twenty-five years and was department head of the visual arts department at Victoria School for the Arts in Edmonton. Currently, as an art consultant with Edmonton Public Schools, Robert provides professional development to teaching staff and he promotes meaning to art at many conference ssions. Robert is a practicing artist and shows his paintings throughout Alberta. | |
Sue Jackson: (3 ssions sponsored by Scholastic) Session 1: Small Group Shared Reading – Fun and Powerful Learning for Emerging Readers, K-1 Session Description: Do you have students in your classroom who require more literacy experiences to develop book handling, word tracking, and other print concepts? Attend this dynamic workshop outlining the transitional approach of small-group shared reading. This approach enables you to narrow and focus instruction to allow emerging readers and writers to become familiar with the alphabet, print features, vocabulary, and language patterns so that they develop reading and writing confidence and fluency. Don’t miss out on a chance to win great door prizes from Scholastic. Session 2: Planned, Purpoful and Playful Talk: Promoting Oral Language Development, K-1 Looking for ways to promote and extend the development of oral language skills? This dynamic workshop will focus on methods to support early learners through planned, purpoful, and playful opportunities to talk. Easy-to-u oral language strategies will be demonstrated. The ssion will highlight ways to: promote text conversations using rhymes, songs, print, digital text, and graphical text; develop storytelling and retelling skills; enhance vocabulary acquisition through interactive Read Aloud; and promote talk during play experiences. Pick up practical tips! Session 3: Beginning with Comprehension, K-1 Are you looking for ways to promote the development of comprehension with young students? This interactive workshop will highlight instructional approaches and engaging resources to support the development of strategic reading. Learn how to explicitly teach comprehension strategies within a balanced reading approach so that all students are able to respond to texts at a deeper level. See how you can connect reading experiences to promote writing skills. Attend this ssion to win a sample of Scholastic’s new LPEY unit. bio: Sue Jackson, National Literacy Consultant, Scholastic Education Canada Sue is an enthusiastic and innovative speaker, author, consultant, and educator. Prior to her role as Scholastic’s National Literacy Consultant, Sue was a Learning Coordinator for the Thames Valley DSB in Ontario where she assisted teachers with the implementation of provincial and board literacy initiatives. Additionally, Sue has taught cours for the University of Western Ontario and she has written many educational publications, including Scholastic’s Moving Up and Stepping Up resources. As a classroom teacher for 20 years, Sue brings a wealth of experience and a passion for hands-on, inquiry-bad learning to her ssions. | |
Terri Williamson, Deb Cavanaugh, Melinda Garner, & Gillian Booth: The Magic of Using Puppets to Teach Comprehension Session Description: Interested in discovering strategies to help children to grow as thinkers? Come watch teachers from Canadian Rockies Public School Division u the magic of puppets to connect, predict, question, clarify, and summarize. Reciprocal Teaching at work. Yes, even in Pre-K, K! Let us share our journey with you. Bio: We are teachers from Banff, Canmore, and Exshaw schools; each with diver and varied background. We have a wide range of teaching experience from ten to thirty years. The four of us have worked collaboratively through an Action Rearch Grant on early indicators of reading success across our division over the past four years. | |
Tonya Byrne and Lindsay D’Agostini: Working with SMART Boards in Primary Grades Session Description: This prentation informs, educates, and motivates teachers to integrate SMART Board technology in their everyday teaching. It will provide teachers with an understanding of how the SMART Board is beneficial to all students by allowing students to learn in a new and exciting way. It will show audience members hands-on participation with the SMART Board, a vast range of resources available, and evidence of using the SMART Board to enhance student learning. Prenters Tonya and Lindsay both have practical and hands-on knowledge of using SMART Board technology within the classroom. Together they have four years of experience using a SMART Board and have created educational resources and lessons available on the World Wide Web. This prentation will surely benefit anyone interested in incorporating the SMART Board into the K-3 classroom. bio: Tonya Byrne My name is Tonya Byrne. I attended Memorial University of Newfoundland and University of Alberta where I received my Bachelor of Education in 2004. I am currently teaching cond grade at St. Mary Elementary School which is a SMART Showca School. This is my sixth year of teaching. I have also taught kindergarten and Junior Kindergarten. I feel very fortunate to have been trained in SMART Technology. It gives me the opportunity to make learning, for my students, more interactive. I am featured on the ECSD website under 21st Century Skills demonstrating how the Smart Board is an interactive tool that can be utilized by all students. I am very interested in emerging technologies and am eager and excited to create an engaging 21st-century learning environment in my classroom. Lindsay D’Agostini My name is Lindsay D’Agostini and I am a University of Alberta graduate. I am a Language Arts specialist with a Bachelor of Education degree. I have been teaching for 7 years and I am currently on maternity leave from St. Mary School. I have taught grades 2, 5, and most recently grade 6 at Our Lady of Victories. I have been working with the SMART Board in my classroom for 5 years now and have been a part of the Edmonton Regional Learning Consortium regarding SMART Board technology in the classroom. I love sharing my knowledge about using technology in the classroom and learning from other educators as well. It is my absolute pleasure to prent again this year at the ECEC conference! | |
Tracey Kuffner: Painting with Wool (felt making) Session Description: Join author and illustrator Tracey Kuffner for a fun and informative hands-on ssion. Teachers will learn the ancient art of felt making and how they can incorporate it into a classroom tting to reinforce learning when studying the fur trade, Peru, early pioneers and urban and rural communities. Felt making is also an enjoyable way to introduce children to the fibre arts as it is mesmerizing to e a handful of fluffy wool turn into a sturdy piece of fabric. Everyone has a little artist in them!!! Bio: Tracey Kuffner has been a felt maker/fibre artist for the past 17 years. She is an author and illustrator of two children’s books and designer of her felted wool clothing business. She has toured over 100 school since her first book was published 5 years ago and teaches fibre art camps for children throughout the summer month’s at Old’s College and on her farm that she shares with her husband, two children, 150 sheep and a handful of llamas. | |
Shannon Horricks: (sponsored by Wintergreen) First Session: Teaching Quality P.E.: Activities to Promote a Recipe for Success Session Description: If you need quality PE lessons that meet the expectations of the program of study, then this workshop is for you! Ever Active Schools has gathered lesson plans and packaged them into an easy to follow and u resource. Participants will come away with an understanding of the ABCD’s of PE. Second Session: DPA in Action! “Physical Activity plays an important role in facilitating learning and academic achievement” (Active Healthy Kids Canada Report Card, 2009.) Come and learn new ways of how to incorporate physical activity ideas for the classroom, gymnasium, multipurpo room and outdoors. bio: Shannon obtained her Bachelor of Education degree from the University of Alberta with a degree in Elementary Education, minoring in Educational Psychology. She taught elementary for six years, during which she taught grades 1-6 and coached various sports teams. In her current position with Ever Active Schools and Battle River School Division, Shannon Horricks works on a daily basis to build relationships, facilitate workshops and communicate the message of physical activity, healthy eating and positive mental well-being. She brings energy and enthusiasm to her prentations. Most recently she was the recipient of PHE Canada's Andy Anderson Young Professional Award. Her love of teaching is evident, not only with her previous students, but with her group fitness class. Shannon can usually be en training for an upcoming race of some sort. In fact, her latest challenge was taking on The Canadian Death Race and the MS Mountain Bike Tour. Shannon will challenge you and help you reach your potential. | |
Trevor Calkins – Power of Ten Educational Consulting LTD Session 1 – “There’s a Math Pandemic in the Western World” – Let’s talk early prevention. No one admits publicly that they are unable to read. However, thousands say they are not good at math. We need to u our tremendous skills in teaching reading to help us become better teachers of mathematics. In math we organize the curriculum and often teach as if there is a “one-best way to learn it” and a specific order to teach it. This ssion will focus on how we learn math and why if we do less counting and more visualizing fewer people may say “I’m not good at math.” Session 2 – Games as a Tool for Teaching Basic Facts and Problem Solving Playing games with ten-frame cards and integrating place value can be a powerful tool for learning basic facts if we make the connections to problem posing. This is an immersion approach to teaching math that parallels the way we teach reading and speaking. The ssion will be very active. swimmerSession 3 – Creative Number Crunching with Egg Cartons and Blocks The traditional “Calendar Time” gets expanded and turned on its head. A 20 minute video of a grade one class exploring number gets us thinking about how we can turn calendar time into an active way for students to express themlves mathematically. All you need is a t of blocks and some egg cartons. Bio (from website): Trevor Calkins, creator and author of Power of Ten, has spent his adult life studying how children develop numeracy. As teacher and administrator, he thoughtfully obrved children struggling with numeracy skills, who "just can't do math". Equally, teachers expresd frustration about their inability to "get through to the kids". After years of obrvation, questioning, and studying, Trevor concluded that many of the old methods of teaching numeracy and mathematics were not working; new approaches were required. Power of Ten was the result of his effort. Combining his experience with formal study of current brain rearch, Trevor has developed a system which guides teachers and give students a fresh and exciting way to develop numeracy skills. | |
Vince Gowmon: Remembering to Play – Inspiring Creativity, Engagement & Self Care Session Description: The “remembering to play” journey begins with knowing My World, meaning my values, interests, bias, fears and more – who I am and what is important to me around play. The journey into Their World is a process of getting to know the inner and outer landscape of the important people in your life, again, who they are and what is important to them regarding play. Our World reprents a relationship between My World and Their World, which could include a relationship with a child, a team, organization, family, or community. By becoming aware of My World and then Their World, we are better able to consciously co-create a shared landscape (Our World) that is inclusive in nature and that everyone enjoys! Remembering to Play teaches communication and awareness skills that support participants to be good travelers and have excellent “international relations”. By learning to be a good traveler, participants are then able to inspire the people they care about, such as children, to also be good travelers and to open to the possibilities of Our World. Participants learn using various forms of creative expression (movement, art, music, storytelling and more), as well as written material and open discussions. Bio: Vince Gowmon is the founder of Remembering to Play Events, and is a Certified Professional Life Coach trained through one of the world’s top accredited coaching programs, The Coaches Training Institute and their Leadership Program. He has also received advanced training in Organization Relationship & Systems Coaching through the Centre for Right Relationship. He is also a graduate of Simon Frar University where he earned a Bachelor of Business Administration focusing on Human Resources, Marketing and International Business. Vince coaches individuals and leads public and corporate workshops on all aspects of well-being. He volunteers his time leading at kids’ camps and for various non-profit organizations. For complete information on Vince and his rvices plea visit . | |
Willie Wongbuu: Watercolor for Beginners happy new year什么意思Session Description: Willie has taught K to adults in Edmonton area for the last 24 years. Most projects are designed to encourage students to be playful with colors. Delegates will be helped to free the mind and have fun with colors by creating a hands on easy project that can be finished in a short time. bio: Born in Malaysian Borneo, land of the head hunters, this vanishing tropical island of exotic flowers and birds influenced Willie Wong to study art in various locations throughout south East Asia under various renowned Chine artists. After completing the Senior Cambridge examinations, Willie ttled in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada in 1979. There he studied at both the Alberta College and the University of Alberta. Embracing Edmonton’s cultural liveliness, Willie participated off and on at the Works and The Fringe festivals, as well as having rved on the Board of Directors for The Art Park. Willie also rved as art critic and juror throughout the city for various art groups, and as a watercolor instructor for the Edmonton Public School Board in its Continuing Education programs. Also, he has conducted veral watercolor workshops at Edmonton’s Devonian Gardens and numerous other workshops for various art clubs throughout Alberta. Willie Wong traveled to Yellowknife and Inuvik to conduct workshops for the Great Northern Arts & Crafts Festival in July for veral years between 1990 and 1995 where his ‘Northern Lights’ art shows held in Inuvik were some of the most popular events enjoyed among the many European tourists. Collected publicly as well as privately all across Canada, the United States, Malaysia and Singapore, some collectors of Willie’s work include Amoco, the Alberta Foundation for the Arts, Canada Council for the Art Bank, Northwestern Utilities, the Royal Bank, Telus and the University of Alberta Hospital. | |
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