GETCA 2026
Alberta educators conference on global, environmental, and outdoor education including AI, classroom connections, and school counselling.
Sessions (309)
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2026 President Schilling’s Convention Address
Active Allyship
Adaptive Teaching and Anxiety
Antisemitism Then and Now
Assessment Security in the Classroom
ATRF Your Pension Essentials
Beyond the Average: Why Teacher Judgment Matters in Assessment
Body Mapping & Meaning-Making in English Language Arts
Bridging the Gap for New Teachers Part 1: How to Bring University Planning into the Real Classroom
Building Belonging with Big Beautiful Math Problems and Powerful Picture Books (K-3)
Cancelled by Presenter - Beyond the Diagnosis: Customized Help and Support for Math Students with Neurodiverse Profiles.
Communicate! We’re Shrinking: The Art of Intentional Communication
Dear AI, Help Me Teach Smarter: Crafting Prompts That Actually Work
Developing Resilient and Motivated Students
Don’t Just Spike—Teach It! New Rules & Smarter Ways to Teach Roundnet (Spikeball)
Dynamisez l’enseignement des fractions avec des simulations virtuelles - 1ère à 6e année
Executive Function Meets Expression: The Art of Learning
Explore Positive and Negative Space Drawing & Collage
From Surviving to Thriving: Making School a Sanctuary for Newcomers and All Learners
Games & Activities for Adolescent Self-Regulation and Wellness
Go and See: Bringing Genchi Genbutsu into Instructional Leadership
Hitting a High- setting goals through vision boards
How to engage the student who didn't choose drama as an elective but they're in your class?
Introduction to Traditional Indigenous Games
Lessons From Great Teachers To Teachers Who Want To Be Great
Let’s make miniature paintings!
Monochromatic Composition Collage
Nigerian Folk Songs for Children
Practicing Divergent Thinking & Storytelling
Projet réflexif en mathématiques : Junior High et Secondaire (10-20-30)
Reducing Harm in Schools under New SOGI Policy Frameworks
RELENTLESS | Disrupting the Educational Norm
Strategic Mentorship: Enhancing the Capacity of Educators to Foster Professional Growth
Stuck on HOW to teach Health?
Syllables, Structure, and Literacy, OH MY!
The Agile Teacher — Hiring Guidance and Career Development
The Best Decision We Ever Made: Deferred Leave Demystified
The Tyler in Your Room: Building Health Agency Through Engagement
These Boots Were Made For ME: Reinterpreting the Artifact
Unlocking the Mysteries to Music Literacy
Using Picture Books to Inspire Spelling Instruction with SWI
Valley of the Birdtail: an Indian Reserve, a White Town, and the Road to Reconciliation.
Visualizing Chemistry Through a Tetrahedral Approach
What I Learned About Leadership as a "Come From Away"
What’s New at TI for Math, Science and STEM Teachers?
Yoga and Mindfulness must haves for your elementary classroom.
FULL - “Hands-On Culinary Workshop for Teachers - Learn, Cook & Connect with Chef Madan Lal” Day 1
(K-12) Dance and Mental Health
Actionable Assessments: From Test Scores to Teaching Supports
Animal Education in the New Curriculum
ATRF Steps to Receiving Your Pension
Bill 27, Book Bans, and a Culture of Fear and Censorship
Bridging the Gap for New Teachers Part 2: Linking your Planning to Authentic Assessment
Build School Spirit and Strength through Music
Building Belonging with Big Beautiful Math Problems and Powerful Picture Books (4-6)
Challenges of a Visually Impaired Student
Daily Practice of Daily Sketch
Don’t Forget About the Cut Up Sentence: A Literacy Intervention Tool to Consider
Forces, énergie et territoire : Intégrer le savoir autochtone en Physique 20-30
Get Slimed: Ooey Gooey Science Fun
La droite numérique pour mieux comprendre l’addition et la soustraction - 1ère à 3e année
Leadership in Bloom- Be a Dandelion not an Orchid
Low Equipment, High-Engagement Games for All Group Sizes
MagicSchool: AI That Plans, Assesses, and Inspires
Monet’s Waterlilies: Paint & Inspire
Owning My Identity
Phonological and Morphological Awareness Using SWI
President Schilling: Unplugged
Ready, Set, Focus! Executive Function for the Classroom
Rising Strong After Setbacks
Simple Practices for a Joyful Retirement
SmarterMarks Tips and Tricks
Smashball: Volleyball for Kindergarten to Grade 6
Strategies That Will Influence Your Students To Improve Both Their Academic Achievement and Their Classroom Behavior
Student-centered Chemistry 20-30 Activities: An Anti-worksheet Workshop - Back Again!
Student-Led Learning: Empowering Play, Voice, and Leadership in Action
Teaching Environmental Law: Bridging Policy and Practice
The Inclusive Drama Classroom
The Roots of Resilience
Trauma Informed Practices in Secondary Schools – They're Not Just Lazy!
Understanding the Teenage Brain, Developing Resilient and Motivated student & Maximizing Feedback
Unplugged: Staying Connected With The Natural World
Using Andragogy to Facilitate Mentorship
Where Math Comes From (And Why It Matters For Your Teaching)
“¡En Español, Por Favor!”: The Struggle to Stay in the Target Language
A.I. In Action for EAL Learners
Beau French Band ou le rôle de la musique d'expression française dans un cours en / de français
Brains Over Bots: AI-Resistant Approaches for Authentic Learning
Buddy Time, Big Impact: Creating School Community That Actually Works
Building Belonging with Big Beautiful Math Problems and Powerful Picture Books (7-9)
Cancelled by Presenter - Multiplication and Division Facts for the Whole-to-Part Learner
Cards on the Table: UDL Strategies in Secondary ELA
Code of Conduct: Navigating the Alberta Teaching Profession's Process (K-12)
Dungeons & Dragons For Your Classroom
I Hate Poetry - Engaging Poetry Ideas That Will Transform Your Secondary Classroom
Inclusive Mentorship: Advancing Equity in Teacher Field Placements
Launching Math Lessons with Purpose
Leading with Trust: Building Stronger Schools Through Authentic Leadership
Leveraging AI - Your Personal Teaching Assistant
Living in the Land of the Uprights: A Parent's Journey
Métis Identity in Early Learning
pH Coffee Filter Art & Science
Play-Based Assessment: Using Play to Assess Regulation and Learning Readiness
The Technological Smorgasbord: 21 Tech Resources to Improve Your Teaching
There’s No I in Team: How to Work Collaboratively with Educational Assistants
Thriving Through Adversity: Lessons In Passion and Resilience
Transformative Leadership for Safer, More Inclusive Schools
Trauma-Informed Care in the Classroom
Using Fields to Go Places!
(K-12) Dance Mixer: Simple Moves from a Variety of Styles
#TeachersMatter
Art Connections with Indigenous Representation
Attachment in the Classroom
Being 'Inclusive' in Physical Education
Beyond Managing Meltdowns: Co-Regulation Strategies You Can Use This Monday!
Beyond the Stereotypes: What Homelessness Really Looks Like and The Power of Humanizing Care in Our Classrooms
Bring Canadian History to Life: Empowering Students Through Heritage Fairs
Coaching Basketball - Tactics, Skills & Drills
Coat Hanger Weaving
Come relax - bring your yoga mat
Compassion in Action: Inspiring Empathy Through Animal Education
Comprendre les valeurs de position, un investissement! - 2e à 6e année
Connect Through Storytelling: An Interdisciplinary Project for EAL and Immigrant Students
Crayons, Calculations, and Curiosity: Connecting Art to Everything!
Disability, Difference & 35 Kids: Practical Tools for Complex Classrooms
Edmonton Police Service - Keeping Schools Safe
Engaging with Apprenticeship Education
Failure First, a Growth Mindset Approach to Teaching Band
Financial Wellness: How and What do teachers Get Paid
First We Understand - Visual Algebra 7-12
Five Minute Field Trips: Games That Go Anywhere
From Anxiety to Action: EcoAnxiety as a tool for Action
From Screen Time to Real Time: Reclaiming Connections in Classrooms
Golfing, bungee jumping.... wait, is this really Math class?
Leadership Unplugged
Lit Happens, Harness your Prompt Power
Making Emotions Make Sense: Lessons on Emotional Intelligence
Mapping Our Stories: A Journey Through Our Canadian Landscape
Math Games that Motivate and Educate
Module Breakdown: A Closer Look at FOD 2120: Meal Planning 2
Non-Permanent Learning Surfaces (aka Whiteboards) In the Science Classroom
On With the Show - Ideas for Assemblies, Concerts, and Special Days
Pit band - How, Why, and $%&!
Playful Math Outdoors: Trails, Stories, and Documentation
Poetry Playtime- Ideas for the Elementary Educator
Polar Wildlife
Presence, Practice, Pedagogy, Permanence: Assessing Indigenous Education and Reconciliation in Canadian Schools
Rest, Play, Grow: Making sense of young kids (or anyone why acts like one)
Slow Photography: Cyanotypes and Anthotypes as Creative Resistance
Teaching Jazz Improvisation
The Cell Game: Race to Build the Ultimate Cell!
Thought, AI, and the Core Course: What's a Teacher to Do?
UDLize Systems Thinking Science
Vertical whiteboards and banana labs for your physics students.
What Do You Mean Literature Circles in Junior High?!
Adolescence: Same narrative, different day?
AI Fluency: From curiosity to confidence
Apprenticeship and Industry Training support for CTS.
Artificial Intelligence and the Power of Creative Thinking
Beyond Burnout: The Neuroscience of Qigong for supporting Mental, Emotional and Spiritual Wellness
Beyond the Classroom: A Practical Alliance for Supporting Newcomer Students
Blooming Elementary Science: Verbs, Skills and Smarter Assessments
Climbing the Mountain: Educating for Reconciliation and the TRC 94 calls to action
Drama Warm-ups, Exercises and Games
Enseigner la méthode scientifique à l’aide de simulations virtuelles - Sciences 4e à 6e année
Equitable Climate Justice in the Classroom
First We Understand: Trig Origami 10-12
From Collaborative Team Meeting and/or Professional Learning Communities to Intentional Classroom Instruction: Building Our Instructional Playbook Together
From Jumbled Thoughts to Clear Writing: Strategies That Work
How to 'teach' creativity and innovation skills through art.
Insights into Students’ Comprehension and Communication, Grades 7-10
Integrating Multiple Standards for Greater Understanding
Maximize Impact: Strategic Collaboration with Para-Professionals in Your Inclusive Classroom
Mitigating Risks in a Digital World
Module Breakdown: A Closer Look at FOD 3130: The Food Entrepreneur
Mystery Boxes and The Nature of Science: (active participation session)
Not Just a Conference: How the ATA Social Studies Specialist Council Supports You Year-Round
Piecing Time Together: Mosaics & Mapping History
Ready, set.... line-dance!
Recognizing and Responding to Family Violence (skills-building workshop)
RELENTLESS : Deep Dive
Rooted in Regulation: Tools for Real Classrooms
Sparking Engagement in your Div 2/3 Science Classroom with Free Energy Learning Resources
STEAM Education through Project-Based learning
Stories Are Instrumental
The School Counselling Profession: Examining ways to support the identity of Canadian School Counsellors
Turning Loud Hate into Louder Care: Supporting Queer Youth in Schools
Untold Women of Science: Beyond the genius men of science narrative in high school science.
World's Biggest Problem - Teaching Project Based Learning in Junior High Language Arts
Yoga for better sleep - bring your yoga mat
ᒥᔮᐧᒋᒧᐃᐧᐣ miywâcimowin (a good story)
Access To Play In Crisis
AI + Teachers: The Ultimate Dream Team for Student Success
AI for Elementary Magic: Practical Tools for Engaging Lessons & Efficient Prep
ASEBP Benefit Overview Presentation
Autism and ADHD
Basketball for All: Why Inclusive Sports Matter
Bro Do You Even Learn?- Unpacking Masculinity in Schools
Ecotourism….what are the benefits?
Food for Thought - The Living Schools of the Future
Frameworks - Scaffolding Understanding in Math
Fwango for PE and Athletics: Round-Robin Magic & Tournament Lifesaver
Get Reel || Creative Writing Techniques in Popular Cinema
Graphic Novels for Young Readers
Healing the Great Disconnect- Honoring and Exploring Pathways of Healing Through Nurturing Meaningful Connection with Living Systems
Inclusive Classrooms in Action: Belonging, UDL, and Strength-Based Strategies
Levelling Up Literacy: Video Games as Tools for Storytelling and Empathy
Meaningful PE: Getting Started
Numeracy as a Shared Responsibility: Pedagogical Possibilities Across Subjects
Once Upon a Time
Permeation in a mathematics class? Supporting teachers in bringing faith to life in the math classroom.
Planning Made Simple for Alberta’s New Curriculum
Provoking With Purpose: Supporting Literacy Development Using Loose Parts & Invitations for Learning
Questions School Leaders ask TEMS
Self-Regulation: Evidence-Based Strategies to Teach Self-Management
Teaching Exponents with Understanding
That's Not What This Keynote Is About
Track & Field 101 for Teachers
Women in Leadership: A Personal Journey
FULL - “Hands-On Culinary Workshop for Teachers - Learn, Cook & Connect with Chef Madan Lal” Day 2
Accessing Minecraft Education: or, How to Punch Trees in Your Classroom
Apprendre en jouant : des jeux mathématiques pour engager les élèves
ASEBP MyRetiree Plan Presentation
Bringing Nature Back: What It Takes to Reclaim a Coal Mine
Building Bridges Across the Autism Spectrum
Dealing with Volatile Situations
Developing Proportional Reasoning
Fostering Authentic Learning, Engagement, and Inclusivity
I Survived ISIS: One Woman's Story of Escaping ISIS and Surviving the Yazidi Genocide
Leading With Fun - Games and Activities for Building Morale
Line It Up! Supporting Making Fluency with Number Lines
Maîtrise des faits de base sans calculatrice au présecondaire
Mathology (7-9)
Maximizing Feedback
Open Rehearsal with the Northern Alberta Junior Honour Band
Reaching the Reluctant: Making Music Relevant for Grades 4-6 Students
Rising Writers: A Creative Writing Starter Kit
Supporting One, Supporting All: Collaborative classroom support models for inclusive classrooms
Talking About the World When the World is on Fire
Teaching Nutrition with Trust: Practical Tools & Resources for Diverse Classrooms
The Future of Food
Using Play to Teach Story, and Story to Teach Play, with a Doomed Egyptian Prince
Using the Eight Senses to Foster Student Success
Utilizing regulation strategies for sustainable classroom management
AI Isn’t Neutral — And Neither Are We: Spotting Bias and Evaluating AI in K–12 Education
Canning as a part of connecting with our past
Classe collabo-réflexive en maths au junior high
Exchanges: Embark on a journey that will inform, inspire and transform your teaching or leadership journey
Financial Wellness Starts with You and It Starts NOW!
Hands-on Minds On: The Intersection of Trades and STEM in K-12 Education
Indigenous Art and Knowledge Walk
It’s Raining Pokémon, McDavid, and Sharks: Why Thematic Teaching Isn’t Just for Littles
Laughter and Learning in Multilingual Classroom Spaces
Let's Be Proactive About Our Mental Health
Mad Minutes with Mr. Sacco
Restorative Discipline: Connect and Redirect : Good from Bad
Science Made Simple: Low-Prep Routines for Big Engagement
Second Voices - Bring a Holocaust Survivor's Voice to your Classroom
Spot Them, Support Them
Support for Neurodiverse Teachers
Surviving to Thriving
The Things They Carry: Partnering with Families of Students on the Autism Spectrum
Utiliser le DELF comme cadre de l'enseignement
Verbathon®: Comment s'amuser avec les verbes et la grammaire!
When Kids Flip Tables: Recognizing the Signal of Primal Survival Response
Walking Soccer
15 Lessons I Learned from Retiring Teachers
Big Ideas, Little Learners: The New Kindergarten Social Studies Curriculum
Colours of hydrogen: Using systems thinking to bring energy transitions and sustainability into the classroom.
Creative Classrooms That Connect: Student-Centered Practices in the Arts (ATA Fine Arts Council)
Creative Mindfulness, Meditation and Relaxation
CTF:Food Studies Discussion Session
Everyday Discussions of the Ensuring fairness in Safety in Sport Bill
Exploring the New Curriculum Through MakeCode Arcade Games
Fear, Feelings & F(Ph)ones: Working Towards Healthier & More Functional Youth
Finding Strength Through the Struggle
Handbells for Beginners
Harry Potter and the Magic of Static Electricity
Herding Cats: Elementary School Classroom Management for New Teachers
Increasing Student Engagement in Physical Education
Interrupting “the boys”: Can male teachers be advocates for change?
Le langage inclusif en français
Maximizing Instructional Time Through Engaging Transitions in the Elementary Music Classroom
My Life as a Gorilla Keeper
Nature Nurtures: Teaching Beyond the Classroom Walls
Outcome-Based Grading: Because Your Gradebook Deserves a Makeover
Practical Tips and Tools to Supporting Students with Autism
Rethinking Childhood in the Digital Age: Why Delaying Smartphones Matters
Stones and Their Stories
That's Not What This Breakout is About
The Gift of Playful Learning
TI-84 Tips and Strategies for New High School Math Teachers
Verbathon®: How to have fun with verbs and grammar!
When Correction Feels Like Rejection
12 Profound Teaching Practices I Learned from Colleagues & Friends
ARTA and the ARTA Benefit Plans – Looking Ahead to NEW ADVENTURES Presented by Alberta Retired Teachers’ Association
Be The Educator That You Are!
Blackfoot History Revitalization
Cell Phone use and Habits of Today's Youth: Why we should be concerned
Coding for Climate - Using Micro:bits to Teach about Energy and Sustainability
CTF: Construction - Sharpening the Saw
Expanding Horizons for Youth - An unsuspected partner
Gender Inclusive Language
Is it ADHD or Could it Be Something Else?
Robot Bootcamp
The Number Path in Kindergarten: Anchoring Early Counting Through Play
The Stories We Tell -How Boys Become Men.
Thinking On-The-Spot