GETCA 2025: Full Schedule

Welcome to GETCA 2025! We are excited to see you soon...

9:00am MST

Creativity Versus Innovation

Thursday February 27, 2025 9:00am - 10:00am MST

Creativity and innovative thinking are extraordinary skills that reflect successful learning in your classroom. Students that learn and possess these skills demonstrate better retention of information and, confidence in their application of knowledge beyond the curriculum and your classroom. This session will focus on how to ignite student curiosity and the innate human desire to learn. Fun, engaging and proven classroom examples will be shared throughout the session. Participants will receive multiple lesson examples, assessment rubrics and online (AI) resources ready to use in the classroom.

Speakers

Paul Bohnert

Lead Teachers -, The Faculty

Innovation in Education has been Paul's passion and focus for the past 30 years. He has shared his classroom and educational experiences with more than 15,000 educators and pre-service teachers across North America speaking at regional, national and international conferences/workshops... Read More →

Thursday February 27, 2025 9:00am - 10:00am MST
Centre High - Room 304 Centre High

Biology/Physics/Chemistry/Science, Social Studies

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10:20am MST

My Students Drive Their Learning - Keeping Up to My Students'!

Thursday February 27, 2025 10:20am - 11:20am MST

Centre High - Room 304

Design a new environmental sustainable tourist destination, that engages public involvement, considers water and energy consumption, land use, and waste production, while covering content from grade 5-9 science curriculum. This is just one example of how to create new and engaging lessons that cross multiple concepts within your grade 5 - 9 science and social studies classes. that reinforce skill, knowledge and abilities through practical, meaningful projects. The projects are designed to draw from past experiences and knowledge, and ignite creative and practical approaches to connecting the science curriculum between grade levels and curricular topics.

Speakers

Paul Bohnert

Lead Teachers -, The Faculty

Thursday February 27, 2025 10:20am - 11:20am MST
Centre High - Room 304 Centre High

Biology/Physics/Chemistry/Science, Social Studies

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1:00pm MST

The Power of Perspective: Transformative Practices in Holocaust Education

Thursday February 27, 2025 1:00pm - 2:00pm MST

Centre High - Room 304

In this session, participants will learn about current best practices in Holocaust education – including the importance of using first-hand accounts, incorporating trauma-informed pedagogical strategies and selecting appropriate content and methodologies for the contemporary Canadian classroom. Participants will leave with a better understanding of how to teach the Holocaust with a meaningful, appropriate and sensitive approach, in addition to a plethora of free resources that are ready to use.

Speakers

The Azrieli Foundation

Educator, La Fondation Azrieli Foundation

Michelle Sadowski is an experienced educator with almost 20 years working in the field of education. As the granddaughter of a Holocaust survivor, Michelle was always drawn to the stories and history of her family. Now, as an educator for the Holocaust Survivor Memoirs Program, she... Read More →

Thursday February 27, 2025 1:00pm - 2:00pm MST
Centre High - Room 304 Centre High

Social Studies, Diversity/Equity/Anti-racism

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