CATCA 2026

Smudging and Prayer with Elder

Opening Remarks from ATA President

6 Super Strategies for Stellar Sex Ed: Best Practices for Teaching Sexual Health

ARTA and the ARTA Benefit Plans – Looking Ahead to NEW ADVENTURES Presented by Alberta Retired Teachers’ Association

Assess and Reflect: Taking Learning Outside the Box (and the Building)

Blast Off with Gizmos: Coding Adventure on Mars for Grades 4-6

Brains over Bots: AI-Resistant Approaches for Authentic Learning

Building Better Futures: Collaborative Approaches to Career Education

Building Safe Spaces: The 4 & 7 of Being Trauma Aware

Come meet a ATA Specialist Group=Middle Years Council, Health and Physical Education Council, ACE (Alberta Colony Education), Council for Inclusive Education, Outreach Education Council

Cultivating Curiosity: How School Gardens Grow Healthy Minds and Habits

Developing algebra from grades 4 to 8

Digital Escape Room

Dill with Stress-Pickleball Session 1

DOUBLE DARE YOU - ENGAGING DICE GAMES FOR UPPER ELEMENTARY MATH

EDCAMP: Secondary Art

FASD: Mythbusting and Building Success

Financial Wellness Start With You - And It Starts Now

Igniting Curiosity: Bringing Science Fair to Your Classroom or School

Indigenous Governance and Cultural Resurgence.

Joyful Resistance in Times of Pushback

La résolution de problèmes différenciée en manipulant!

Let's Weigh an Electron-Group A

Let's Weigh an Electron-Group B

Mat Pilates

Maximizing EA Potential in the Classroom

Mutli Faith Room Day 1

NCCP (and SSA) Coaching Certification Course

Serger Confidence: Thread It, Tame It, Love It!

Sparking Engagement in your Div 2/3 Science Classroom with Free Energy Learning Resources

Student Voice in a Primary Classroom

Teaching First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Culture and history through Breakout EDU

The Power of Words: Transforming Vocabulary Instruction

Therapeutic Play Activities for School Counsellors 1.0

Why Alberta Has Catholic Separate Schools

Writing With Wordless Picture Books

Action Rugby - Flag rugby for all

Activities for the NEW Grade K-6 Science Curriculum using Alberta Tomorrow

ATRF Steps to Receiving Your Pension

Beyond Managing Meltdowns: Co-Regulation Strategies You Can Use This Monday!

Comprendre les valeurs de position, un investissement! - 2e à 6e année

Des sous au sens: Développer la littératie financière et mathématique

Engaging with Apprenticeship Education

Getting at the Nature of Science by Doing!

How EAL Assessments Inform and Enhance Teaching Practices

Inclusive Classrooms in Action: Belonging, UDL, and Strength-Based Strategies

Linking Our Teaching to Indigenous Ways

Making PE Fun With Maximum Efficiency and Simple Equipment

Mindfulness and Teacher Wellness

Myth-Busting with Online Simulations in Science for Division 2 Teachers

Planning Made Simple for Alberta’s New Curriculum

Shameless: How to talk about sexting, pornography, consent and more in today’s sex ed classroom

SOUNDING THE ALARM: SOCIAL MEDIA AND YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH

Stories Are Instrumental

Therapeutic Play Activities for School Counsellors 2.0

Things I Wish I Learned in Principal School: 29 Years of Field-Tested Wisdom

Trending or Truth? Nutrition in the Age of Influencers

Using AI to Generate Effective and Personalized Assessments that are Aligned to Curriculum

Using Visual Journals in a Primary Classroom

Where Math Comes From (And Why It Matters For Your Teaching)

Which Chatbot is right for me?

Academic Competencies for Success in the Skilled Trades

Active Allyship

Activities for the NEW Grade K-6 Social Studies Curriculum using Alberta Tomorrow

An Ever Ancient, Ever New Guide to Education from the Teacher Who Inspired the Pope

Applying First Nations, Metis and Inuit Knowledge as a non-Indigenous educator

Bees and students

Building A Happier Classroom

Canva in the Classroom

Code of Conduct: Navigating the Alberta Teaching Profession's Process (K-12)

Des jeux pour s’engager profondément en maths - 4e à 6e année

Enhancing Mentorship through Reflective Practice: Strategies and Tools to Support Novice Teachers

Failure in Coding

Inclusive Sexual Health Education: Making sex ed work for all your students

Insights into Students’ Comprehension and Communication, Grades 7-10​

Les mathématiques de la 7e à la 9e année: pour une bonne transition du primaire vers le secondaire

Level Up Your Classroom: A Beginner's Guide to Gamification

Lines of Solidarity - Centering Racialized Teachers' Shared Journeys

Mark Smarter, Not Harder: AI Feedback That Works

PE Math For Kids

POWER PLAY - GAMES FOR TEACHER UPPER ELEMENTARY PLACE VALUE

She Plays

Shifting the Culture of Grading: A Guide for School Leaders

Supporting Students with Suicide Ideation

The Fourth Industrial Revolution: Knowledge is Power, but Clarity Is the New Superpower

The Power of Counting: Building Strong Foundations with Manipulatives K-2

The Power of Scientific Modeling in Elementary Science Education - 4-6 Science

Unlocking the Code: Decoding for Striving Readers in Grades 4-8

(K-12) Encanto to Tik Tok: Dances for Physical Literacy

Aboriginal Games Session

AI in Education: What's Working, What's Not, and What's Next

Alberta Colony Educators – Teaching in the Ultimate Multigrade Classroom

Beyond Burnout: How I Found Joy & Agency In My Classroom

Creating Videos with Canva

Empowering Educators: Addressing Social Issues Through Collective Efficacy

Football Canada Safe Contact 2.0

Forest Bathing & Earthing - Natural Ways to Heal

FRACTION ACTION - MATH GAMES FOR UPPER ELEMENTARY

From Anxiety to Action: EcoAnxiety as a Tool for Action

Hands-on Fluids and Pressure Station Lab

Joyfully Integrating The Liturgical Year In The Elementary Classroom

La droite numérique pour mieux comprendre l’addition et la soustraction - 1ère à 3e année

Leap into Learning with Online Math Simulations for Grades 1-3

Let’s get Scrappy – Exploring Foundation Pattern Piecing

Mastering Feedback: from Miscommunication to Closed-Loop Information

Math in the Wild: Taking Numbers Outside

Money Matters: Teaching Math and Financial Literacy Together

NotebookLM: Your AI Teaching Assistant Just Got a Brain

Propaganda: Using Canadian War Posters to Develop Critical Thinking & Digital Literacy

Question School Leaders ask TEMS

Understanding Treaties and the Treaty Relationship with Indigenous Peoples in Canada

Untangling English: A Brief Journey Through Its History and Rules

Using Picture Books as Mentor Texts for Curriculum

Whimsical Winter Watercolour Village

Young Adult Education Session

(K-12) Dance Mixer: Simple Moves from a Variety of Styles

ASEBP Benefit Overview Presentation

Big Emotions in the Classroom- how to respond

Bringing Math to Life—Outside!

Building Student Self-Efficacy: Fostering Resilience and Growth

Calling all Neurospicy Teachers! You're in good company.

Computational Thinking

Create Calm in your Classroom with Sound

Dealing with volatile situations

Demystifying the Psychoeducation Assessment: Making Assessments Work for Students and Schools

EcoSchools in Alberta: A Curriculum Linked Framework for Environmental and Climate Action

Effective & Inspiring Learning Activities in the Military History Classroom

Enseigner la méthode scientifique à l’aide de simulations virtuelles - Sciences 4e à 6e année

Fraction Fiesta: Scaffolding Fraction Learning with Online Simulations for Division 2 Math

From Clinic to Classroom: STBBI Update for Educators

HuMan - Mental Health, Masculinity, and Relationship with adolescent boys

If I Can...

Learning Life Lessons - the hard way!

Let’s Make French Fun!! Task-Based Resources to Promote Engagement

MagicSchool Bus: AI that plans, assesses, and inspires!

Mapping Step 0: A Strategic Tool for Project Planning & Development

Meaningful PE: Getting Started

MULTIPLICATION MATTERS - MATH GAMES TO TEACH AND PRACTICE MULTIPLICATION

Retiree Education Session

Smudging 101- Basic Information for the Beginner

Will This be on the Test? Shifting from Grades to Growth

CATCA SOCIAL

A Year in the Life of a Div Three/Four Art Classroom

Assessment Security in the Classroom

Birth Control Facts for Educators: What Students Want to Know

Come meet a ATA Specialist Group=Middle Years Council, Health and Physical Education Council, English Language Arts Council, Council of School Counsellors, Outreach Education Council

Div 3 Poetry

Engagement and Differentiation in ELA (7-9)

Financial Wellness: How and What do teachers Get Paid

From Passions to Paycheques: Building Career Clarity and Financial Smarts

Games & Activities for Adolescent Self-Regulation and Wellness

Get 'em Moving! Dynamic and Inclusive Activities for Any Classroom

Mathology (Gr 7-9)

Monet’s Waterlilies: Draw & Inspire with Oil Pastels

More Than Words: Leading Schools Beyond Harm, Toward Healing.

Mutli Faith Room Day 2

Power Hour: Know your Bill, Know your Power

Protecting our Future: Safe and Healthy Teachers for Safe and Healthy Students

Quick and Effective Front Loading

Relentless for Division 1+2

Shakespeare Remix: Romeo & Juliet

Source Based Writing Guides and Tips for High School Social Studies.

Supporting Reading Comprehension Improvement

Teaching Art with No Art Room, No Budget and Lots of Kids!

The Hunger Games: That Kid’s Just Looking for Attention…

The Power of Patterns - Making and Modifying Models

The Science of Play – Bringing the Playground into the Classroom

Unchartered Lessons: My Unexpected Journey of Teaching

Unpacking the New Draft Junior High Mathematics Curriculum

What can we do to intervene with students in Grades 7-9 who have significant gaps in their math learning?

Not Your Typical Pinch Pot

Artful Expression: Exploring Canadian Landscapes Through Oil Pastels and Artist Study

Beyond Kindergarten: Building a Play-Based Classroom in the Primary Years

Bienvenue à Scratch Junior! Votre plateforme de codage.

Bridging the Gaps with BLAST: Literacy Intervention That Works

Colour Magic with Pointillism

Developing and Supporting Additive Thinking across the Grades

Div 2 and 3 - Epic end of year projects - what to do in June

Do The Math (K-4)

Energizing Yoga and Mindfulness

ENGAGING MATH GAMES WITH ENGAGING DICE - PRIMARY K - 3

From Surface to Deep: Engaging Students Through Math Games

Get OUT...side and Learn

Hattie in the Classroom

How to write, publish and share your children’s book.

Hurried & Worried: Understanding Children’s Anxiety

Interoception and Self-Regulation: Practical Strategies for Inclusive Classrooms

Mitigating Risks in a Digital World

Nuvo, New-You! – My First-Year Journey with Pre-Band Instruments in the Classroom

Parler en français: Strategies to Grow Oral Language in Early Immersion

PreK/K Literacy: How to Learn Letters WITHOUT doing Letter of the Week

Relentless for Division 3+4

Stop, Think, Prevent! - Empowering Educators with Injury Prevention Tools for the Classroom

The Tyler in Your Room: Building Health Agency Through Engagement

THROW KINDNESS AROUND LIKE CONFETTI BY BEING YOUR OWN BEST FRIEND (ART THERAPY WORKSHOP)

Wake Up "Insert School Name Here"

Algebra in Grades 4–9: Hands-On Learning That Connects

ASEBP MyRetiree Plan Presentation

Bienvenue à Scratch! Votre plateforme de codage.

Building Community Through Art + History

CTRL + ALT + TEACH: My Time-Saving Sidekick AI

Developing and Supporting Proportional Thinking across the Grades

Do The Math (Gr 5-8)

Empowering Students to Move, Learn, and Thrive. Novel Solutions to Health and Wellness Education That Stick!

Goal Setting & Habit Formation: Expert Insights for Lasting Change

Gr 9: Part 2 -Engaging Projects (collective rights, YCJA, charter)

Hands Up! Beginner ASL

How to Teach Humour to Promote Memory, Creativity, Coping and Connection!

Indigenous Youth Mentorship Program

Inspired by Eric Carle: Mixed Media Art with Songs and Stories

Low Equipment, High-Engagement Games for All Group Sizes

Make Some Noise! Advocating for Your Music Program

Needle Felting: Create Your Own Owl or Penguin-SESSION IS NOW FULL

On the Shoulders of (Spiritual) Giants

Play with Purpose: Assessing Curricular Learning Through Play

POWER PLAY - GAMES FOR TEACHING PRIMARY PLACE VALUE

Practical Strategies for Social-Emotional Learning (SEL)

Restorative Yin Yoga (Breath & Stretch)

Still Fighting - A story of grit, grace and growth

Taking Numerical Response Beyond Calculation

Taskification in the Second Language Classroom: Simple Strategies to Implement Task-Based Language Teaching (TBLT)

Teach Loud: Rediscover Your Impact. Reclaim Your Purpose

The Deadly Dinner Party: Writing a Murder Mystery 101

A Spiritual "Booster Pack"

ATRF Your Pension Essentials

Aunties and Uncles in Training

Beyond the Average: Why Teacher Judgment Matters in Assessment

Building Great Multiple Choice Questions

Charge Your Battery by Incorporating SEL & Mindfulness into the Classroom

Collaborative, AI-supported Projects for language learning and soft-skills development

Developing and Supporting Multiplicative Thinking across the Grades

Dill with Stress-Pickleball Session 2

Effectively Balancing Your Time When There’s So Much to Do

From Foundations to Futures: Draft Financial Literacy Grades 7–9

Hands Up! Next Steps in ASL

Initiez vos élèves à l’IA avec Teachable Machine et micro:bit.

Let There Be Light! – A Fun & Practical Guide to Stage Lighting

Mosaics of Meaning: Art, Animals, and the 7 Sacred Teachings

My Life as a Teacher with ADHD

Press Start: Launching Your School Esports Program

Reclaim your authentic Presence in the Classroom and your life

Reset and Recharge: EMDR-Inspired Tools for Teacher and Student Wellness

SS Writing Part 2: Historical Narratives and Debates (persuasive/position papers)

The Agile Teacher — Hiring Guidance and Career Development

The Happiness Project: Transforming Life Through Intentional Living

The Red Deer Indian Industrial School: histories and stories from our own back yard

There's Always Time for morph+o+log+y!

Time Management

Writing in French Immersion Made Simple

EDCAMP: Career Counselling/Work Experience/RAP

EDCAMP: Gr 6-12 Social Studies

EDCAMP: Grade 1

EDCAMP: Grade 2

EDCAMP: Grade 3

EDCAMP: Grade 4

EDCAMP: Grade 5

EDCAMP: Grade 6-9 CTS/CTF

EDCAMP: Grade 6-9 English

EDCAMP: Grade 6-9 French

EDCAMP: Grade 6-9 Mathematics

EDCAMP: Grade 6-9 Science

EDCAMP: High School English

EDCAMP: High School Math

EDCAMP: High School Science (Bio, Chem, Physics and General Science)

EDCAMP: ILT [Inclusion Lead Teacher] (Ins and Outs of ISPs + Level C process - From Referral to Results?)

EDCAMP: Indigenous Education

EDCAMP: K-12 Administrators

EDCAMP: K-12 Counsellors

EDCAMP: K-12 Fine Arts/Drama

EDCAMP: K-12 Languages/ELL/ESL/EAL

EDCAMP: K-12 Music/Band

EDCAMP: K-12 Physical Education

EDCAMP: K-12 Technology [Maximizing AI in your teaching]

EDCAMP: Kindergarten and Pre-K

EDCAMP: Online Learning/Outreach

President Schilling: Unplugged

The Gutter Bowling

Wizard Loft Board Game Adventures

ASEBP Benefit Overview Presentation (Post Recording Video)

ASEBP Spending Accounts: Making the Most of your ASEBP Benefits (Post Recording Video)

Creating Videos with Canva (Post Recording Video)

CTRL + ALT + TEACH: My Time-Saving Sidekick AI POST RECORDING VIDEO

Exploring Your EFAP with GreenShield Health (Post Recording Video)

Press Start: Launching Your School Esports Program POST CONVENTION VIDEO

Unchartered Lessons: My Unexpected Journey of Teaching POST CONVENTION VIDEO

Wake Up "Insert School Name Here" POST CONVENTION VIDEO

Building A Happier Classroom (Post Recording Video)

Canva in the Classroom (Post Recording Video)

Colour Magic with Pointillism (Post Recording Video)

Digital Escape Room (Post Recording Video)

FASD: Mythbusting and Building Success (Post Recording Video)

Mapping Step 0: A Strategic Tool for Project Planning & Development (Post Recording Video)

Mastering Feedback: from Miscommunication to Closed-Loop Information (Post Recording Video)

Mindfulness and Teacher Wellness (Post Recording Video)

Monet’s Waterlilies: Draw & Inspire with Oil Pastels (Post Recording Video)

My Life as a Teacher with ADHD (Post Recording Video)

Needle Felting: Create Your Own Owl or Penguin (Post Recording Video)

Whimsical Winter Watercolour Village (Post Recording Video)