GETCA 2025: Full Schedule

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9:00am MST

Prove You’re Alive : Why We Teach and How We Live

Friday February 28, 2025 9:00am - 10:00am MST

Teaching is the most demanding and vital profession there is. Sadly, it is also all too easy to be sucked dry and left exhausted. With demands such as data and test score analysis, professional development, discipline, and internal or external conflict (just to name a few), it is easy to lose focus on why we chose this profession in the first place! In this session, we will walk through various strategies, stories, and brainstorming opportunities that will encourage, inspire, and breathe life and purpose into our daily lives and worthy professions. We will discover what it means to Prove You Are Alive! and how we may inspire our students to do the same.

Speakers

Brian Miller

MS Principal, Great Falls School District

Brian is the principal at North Middle School in Great Falls, Montana, and a published writer, international speaker, and podcaster (Schurtz and Ties). He is dedicated to building healthy school cultures, developing quality educators, and improving education. He has taught in rural... Read More →

Friday February 28, 2025 9:00am - 10:00am MST
ECC - Salon 3

Leadership, General Interest/Wellness

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10:20am MST

Clarifying Engagement: A Tangible Breakdown for Classroom and Student Success

Friday February 28, 2025 10:20am - 11:20am MST

ECC - Salon 3

Engagement is often an elusive yet critical component to educators. We know it is essential, but what does it mean, exactly? What does it look like? This session will break engagement into six+1 categories, offer tangible insights and practical tools, and empower educators and students. Join me as we unravel the intricacies of engagement and chart a course toward enhanced classroom dynamics and academic achievement.

Speakers

Brian Miller

MS Principal, Great Falls School District

Friday February 28, 2025 10:20am - 11:20am MST
ECC - Salon 3

Classroom Management, Classroom Management

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11:40am MST

Rise, Know Your Worth, Find Your Way

Friday February 28, 2025 11:40am - 12:40pm MST

ECC - Salon 3

Canadian recording artist Marco Corbo has dealt with depression and anxiety for many years. These conditions have led to low self-esteem, isolation, loneliness, and shame. They have taken him down some dark roads. Marco’s presentation intertwines storytelling with songs composed throughout his journey. Marco has managed to overcome these challenges and have a successful career as a teacher, as well as becoming an accomplished singer-songwriter. Marco is sharing his story, hoping to help end the stigma surrounding mental health. He hopes that opening up about his own struggles will encourage kids and adults alike, to talk about mental health openly, and to seek help when they need it.

Speakers

Marco Corbo

singer-songwriter

Canadian recording artist Marco Corbo has been a teacher with Edmonton Catholic Schools for 15 years, and a professional musician for over 20 years. He has been fortunate to have recorded with members of Foo Fighters, and other well known bands and has enjoyed radio success throughout... Read More →

Friday February 28, 2025 11:40am - 12:40pm MST
ECC - Salon 3

General Interest/Wellness

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1:00pm MST

Return To The Falls - A Documentary on the True Story of Residential School Survivor Elder Betty Ross

Friday February 28, 2025 1:00pm - 3:20pm MST

ECC - Salon 3

This will be a presentation of a new Documentary film retelling the story of a little girl Betty who survived the Residential School System. Educator Guide Fleury of Samson Nation and film director Eppo Eerkes will present this true story to help futher gain momentum to include this in the Alberta Education Curriculum. It also will have a companion Teachers Guide applicable to the story timeline. This engaging new film will give teachers a new tool in the delivery of the needed materials to include the Residential School story in Curriculum. ***PLease be advised that this is not a graphic film of abuse but rather a film that shows how the sacred teachings of an indigenous father will help his young daughter survive the Residential School system. IT will show how the story of Elder BEtty Ross is that of resilience, forgiveness and reconciliation. Delivery is for Grades 5 - 12

Speakers

Eppo Eerkes

At the cutting edge of his craft, director Eppo Eerkes is known as being a strong and innovative visual storyteller, with an ability to spot and draw-out the real-life drama behind any situation. The power of his gift is to gain trust and connect with the character or actor to reveal... Read More →

Guide Fleury

Guide Fleury is an Indigenous educator with an extensive background as a support worker to the publicity and PR of various nations including Samson Nation. Further bio to come.

Friday February 28, 2025 1:00pm - 3:20pm MST
ECC - Salon 3

Indigenous, Indigenous

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