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Thursday, February 27
 

9:00am MST

Class Meetings, Classroom Culture, and Creating Authentic Questions
Thursday February 27, 2025 9:00am - 10:00am MST
ECC - Salon 3
Start your class period off strong with engaging class meetings! In this session, Kevin shares innovative ways to create interactive class meetings, growing classroom culture, and how to create authentic and engaging questions. He will outline his "Morning Co-host Show," filled with easily implementable ideas requiring little to no prep. This session also includes tips and resources for Social-Emotional Learning (SEL), including the importance of a journal and taking time to play games that build culture. Participants will also explore how to create authentic questions that will help teachers formulate engaging questions for their units of study.
Speakers
avatar for Kevin Butler

Kevin Butler

Multiple sessions both days
Kevin began his teaching career over 2 decades ago in a suburban public school on Long Island, New York. He later moved to California, where he consulted for a startup charter school in Hollywood. For seven years, Kevin taught fifth grade at an independent school in Los Angeles and... Read More →
Thursday February 27, 2025 9:00am - 10:00am MST
ECC - Salon 3
  Classroom Management, CALM/Health/Life Skills
  • Company English
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  • Room Details ECC - Salon 3 (Edmonton Convention Centre (ECC), Max capacity for 170 people)
  • Tags English

10:20am MST

Building School Relationships and Reigniting Your School's Culture!
Thursday February 27, 2025 10:20am - 11:20am MST
ECC - Salon 3
Relationships are the foundation of effective education. In this session, Kevin shares strategies for building strong connections with colleagues, parents, and school staff. Like directors of blockbuster movies, successful educators thrive on relationships and collaboration. This session is divided into two parts. Part 1 focuses on creating a vision for school-wide cooperation. Part 2 will be full of ideas to motivate your school's staff and helping to reignite your school's culture! Kevin gets everyone out of their seats, engaging in laughter and team-building activities that teachers can also use with their students. Games like Egg Roulette, Frozen T-shirt, Lies in a Box, Last One Standing, and more will invigorate your team and provide practical ideas that can also be brought back to the classroom.
Speakers
avatar for Kevin Butler

Kevin Butler

Multiple sessions both days
Kevin began his teaching career over 2 decades ago in a suburban public school on Long Island, New York. He later moved to California, where he consulted for a startup charter school in Hollywood. For seven years, Kevin taught fifth grade at an independent school in Los Angeles and... Read More →
Thursday February 27, 2025 10:20am - 11:20am MST
ECC - Salon 3
  General Interest/Wellness, Leadership
  • Company English
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  • Room Details ECC - Salon 3 (Edmonton Convention Centre (ECC), Max capacity for 170 people)
  • Tags English

11:40am MST

Making new.LearnAlberta.ca work for you
Thursday February 27, 2025 11:40am - 12:40pm MST
ECC - Salon 3
Did you know you can do so much more than just view curriculum on new.LearnAlberta.ca? This session will explore how you can make new.LearnAlberta.ca work for you. You’ll be guided through new.LearnAlberta.ca where you can view new curriculum implementation supports and find available resources for students, parents and for teachers. Please bring a device to explore new.LearnAlberta.ca.
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AE

Alberta Education

Did you know you can do so much more than just view curriculum on new.LearnAlberta.ca? This session will explore how you can make new.LearnAlberta.ca work for you. You’ll be guided through new.LearnAlberta.ca where you can view new curriculum implementation supports and find available... Read More →
Thursday February 27, 2025 11:40am - 12:40pm MST
ECC - Salon 3
  Division 1/2 Core, Division 1/2 Core
  • Company English
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  • Room Details ECC - Salon 3 (Edmonton Convention Centre (ECC), Max capacity for 170 people)
  • Tags English

1:00pm MST

Teach Like a Llama: Embrace Your Gifts; Serve Others.
Thursday February 27, 2025 1:00pm - 2:00pm MST
ECC - Salon 3
You chose to be an educator, which says much about you. You care for others before yourself, find meaning and purpose in the success of others, and live a life of service. Just like a llama! It also means you are exhausted with all the “extras” of teaching that steal your time, energy, and teaching spirit. You spend more time working on improvements rather than embracing your gifts and talents and time with students. This session is a call back to why you chose education and leaning into the things you love about yourself and education. Through group discussion, reflection, and purposeful consideration, you will be rejuvenated in your call and emboldened in your role as a teacher, counselor, leader, and coworker. Llamas are funky and have no business doing the job they do. Yet, they are perfect for it.
Speakers
avatar for Brian Miller

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 →
Thursday February 27, 2025 1:00pm - 2:00pm MST
ECC - Salon 3
  General Interest/Wellness, Classroom Management
  • Company English
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  • Room Details ECC - Salon 3 (Edmonton Convention Centre (ECC), Max capacity for 170 people)
  • Tags English

2:20pm MST

Lead in the Water : 5 Reminders for Leaders in Difficult Times
Thursday February 27, 2025 2:20pm - 3:20pm MST
ECC - Salon 3
If you wrestle with the uncertain future on behalf of another, you are a leader! You are also struggling to keep your head above water. In this session, we will wrestle with the reality of leadership amid conflict and crisis, discover tangible and purposeful ways to take care of ourselves and those we lead, and game plan how best to foster a community that can thrive amid conflict, not merely survive.
Speakers
avatar for Brian Miller

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 →
Thursday February 27, 2025 2:20pm - 3:20pm MST
ECC - Salon 3
  Leadership, Leadership
  • Company English
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  • Room Details ECC - Salon 3 (Edmonton Convention Centre (ECC), Max capacity for 170 people)
  • Tags English
 
Friday, February 28
 

9:00am MST

Prove You’re Alive : Why We Teach and How We Live
Friday February 28, 2025 9:00am - 10:00am MST
ECC - Salon 3
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
avatar for Brian Miller

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
  • Company English
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  • Room Details ECC - Salon 3 (Edmonton Convention Centre (ECC), Max capacity for 170 people)
  • Tags English

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
avatar for Brian Miller

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 10:20am - 11:20am MST
ECC - Salon 3
  Classroom Management, Classroom Management
  • Company English
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  • Room Details ECC - Salon 3 (Edmonton Convention Centre (ECC), Max capacity for 170 people)
  • Tags English

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
avatar for Marco Corbo

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
  • Company English
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  • Room Details ECC - Salon 3 (Edmonton Convention Centre (ECC), Max capacity for 170 people)
  • Tags English

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
avatar for Eppo Eerkes

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 →
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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
  • Company English
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  • Room Details ECC - Salon 3 (Edmonton Convention Centre (ECC), Max capacity for 170 people)
  • Tags English
 
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