GETCA 2025: Full Schedule

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

9:00am MST

Small Batch Fermententation

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

This CLASSROOM session will focus on small batch fermentation that can be used in a Jr. or Sr. high Foods Studies class. A variety of types of Ferments will be reviewed and tasted with recipes and applications available to participants. Participants will leave with some dried sourdough starter and will have recipes and resources ready to use in their classroom right away! Unfortunately due to the time fermentation takes, we will not be making and eating anything in this session; it is informational only. However, there will be some tasting of a variety of small batch ferments.

Speakers

Jodie Kachkar

Teacher, Edmonton Public Schools

Jodie Kachkar, PHEc. Jodie has been a Foods or Fashions teacher within Edmonton Public Schools for over 20 years. She is a passionate creator and brings that interest to her classroom every day. During the COVID-19 lockdown when she moved her high school foods studies classes online... Read More →

Thursday February 27, 2025 9:00am - 10:00am MST
Centre High - Room 305 Centre High

CTS/CTF, CTS/CTF

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10:20am MST

How to Teach High School - Action Points

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

Centre High - Room 305

Are you a new teacher, new to high school, or an education student? Do you wish that you had an experience where you were given specfiic action points to help you succeed right from Day 1? This session will focus on those action points to give you the confidence you need to step into a high school classroom. We will focus on how to start the class, manage behaviour, create effective engaging lessons, question strategically, and of course, use formative assessment. You will participate in a lesson where we will pause occasionally to explicitly discuss the methods used. Following the lesson, we will apply these action points to substitute teaching and how they can be modified for success.

Speakers

Jill Agnew

Jill Agnew has taught high school science across the country and has recently been a supply teacher with CBE. She has contributed to the writing of a short manual on how to teach high school, from the perspective of a supply teacher.

Jane Diner

Jane Diner and Jill Agnew have more than 50 years teaching as full time and supply high school science teachers. They have collaborated on writing a manual on how to teach high school: just enough to get started. This is a valuable tool for new teachers and anyone needing a refre... Read More →

Thursday February 27, 2025 10:20am - 11:20am MST
Centre High - Room 305 Centre High

Retirement/New Teachers, Classroom Management

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1:00pm MST

Growing Native PLANTs?! in your School Garden!

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

Centre High - Room 305

From kindergarten to grade 6 the new science curriculum has an organizing idea studying plant and animal life. Growing native plants can help preserve local wildlife populations, provide pollen/food/shelter for natural wildlife, are more likely to thrive in our climate and require less maintenance and resources to grow. We can also use them to teach about our natural ecology and the history of the many different group’s who call Canada home. We will talk about raising Painted Lady Butterflies and Darkling Beetles with local company Wings N’ Wishes. We will also learn about the AMA School Garden Studio site that can connect gardeners to curriculum plans, grant opportunities, planting guides and to a teacher-exclusive community forum.

Speakers

Nathan Bell

Teacher, Edmonton Catholic Schools

I am passionate about incorporating gardening into my instructional practices as I have been witness to how this practice can transform the school atmosphere. Students love to watch their plants grow and are even more excited to eat what they have grown. Fostering students' natural... Read More →

Thursday February 27, 2025 1:00pm - 2:00pm MST
Centre High - Room 305 Centre High

Biology/Physics/Chemistry/Science, General Interest/Wellness

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2:20pm MST

Growing PLANTs in Class?!

Thursday February 27, 2025 2:20pm - 3:20pm MST

Centre High - Room 305

Want a relatively low cost, easy to do, ongoing class project that can be used in multiple classes? There are many ways of growing plants for use at school. Some are more expensive and/or labor intensive than others. In this session, I want to talk to you about the cheapest and easiest ways that you can grow houseplants with your class. Join us in this session to learn ways to challenge students, grow plants and teach environmental stewardship!

Speakers

Nathan Bell

Teacher, Edmonton Catholic Schools

Thursday February 27, 2025 2:20pm - 3:20pm MST
Centre High - Room 305 Centre High

Biology/Physics/Chemistry/Science, General Interest/Wellness

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