MPTCA 2025: Full Schedule

Greetings and a warm welcome to the 2025 Mighty Peace Teachers’ Convention!

Convention will be held at Charles Spencer High School (CS) and St. Joseph Catholic High School (SJ), with some off-site sessions as well.

MPTC Wifi password: Mighty2025

Here are a few key points to get you started:

Keeping informed about MPTC 2025- The most up to date information is posted on our website and in our Facebook Group. Keep an eye on our posts and emails for upcoming social events, speakers, and contests. These opportunities will provide valuable insights, resources, and networking possibilities.
Read the February Newsletter.
Build your schedule - Be sure to read the descriptions!: Please note that adding a session to your schedule DOES NOT guarantee you a seat in the room. We allow attendees to select multiple sessions per time slot when creating their schedule to allow for maximum flexibility on the day of Convention. All sessions are first come, first served, unless otherwise stated in the session description. Some sessions are double sessions and some require pre-registration and may have a fee to cover costs of materials. Please read and follow the instructions in the descriptions. We are excited to include several off-site sessions this year, so be sure to check the location as well.

3. New schedule - There are four time slots when sessions are held on each day. Sessions are 70 minutes long and there is 20 minutes between sessions to allow time to get to the other venue(s) if necessary.
Session 1: 9am-10:10am
Session 2: 10:30am-11:40am
Lunch 11:40am-12:40pm
Session 3: 12:40pm-1:50pm
Session 4: 2:10pm-3:20pm

Teachers’ Conventions are organized by volunteer teachers from each of the participating locals.
If you are interested in joining the MPTCA Board, please contact your local president.

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10:30am MST

Quizizz, the Basics and Beyond

Thursday March 6, 2025 10:30am - 11:40am MST

SJ 137

Post-Convention Survey

Quizizz is a data-driven digital formative assessment platform that has been going and growing strong for years.
In their latest updates Quizizz added lots of new ways to gauge student understanding and learning.
The goal of this session is to explore the possibilities of the Quizizz platform and build a stronger understanding of how tools like Quizizz can help you better understand where your students are at with a minimum of extra planning on the back end.

Session Objectives:
1. Build familiarity with Digital formative assessments
2. Learn how to use more advanced Quizizz tools
3. Collaboration and sharing time between experienced and new users of these tools.

Speakers

Andrew Bullen

Science/numeracy teacher, PRSD

My name is Andrew Bullen and I have been teaching Div IV Science in rural Northern Alberta for going on 10 years now. I taught in a blended classroom before it was cool/mandated and I have been working to incorporate technology as a tool rather than a toy in my classroom for years... Read More →

Thursday March 6, 2025 10:30am - 11:40am MST
SJ 137 10520 68 Ave, Grande Prairie, AB

Division 2/ Grades 4-6, Curriculum & Pedagogy, Technology | Division 3/ Grades 7-9, Curriculum & Pedagogy, Technology | Division 4/ Grades 10-12, Curriculum & Pedagogy, Technology

12:40pm MST

99 Ways to Build Catholic School Culture

Thursday March 6, 2025 12:40pm - 1:50pm MST

SJ 137

Post-Convention Survey

This presentation is told in the context of many 'real life stories', laced with humour, as I was an active Catholic school teacher and administrator for most of my teaching career. Over the course of that time, I had many insights and ideas for ways to ensure that the school truly became 'holy ground'. It is presented with many concrete ideas that will make a real difference in the implementation and building up of the Catholic culture in your school community within the framework of the liturgical year. These ideas are easy to implement, to permeate throughout the school, yet based in sound theological roots.

Speakers

Carmen Moore

Director, CMoore in Education

Carmen Moore is a passionate educator, parent and storyteller who has been working within the field of education for over twenty-five years. She completed two Masters of Education, spurring on a research project: Project Independence. Carmen has attained the credentials and experience... Read More →

Thursday March 6, 2025 12:40pm - 1:50pm MST
SJ 137 10520 68 Ave, Grande Prairie, AB

Administration, Religious & Moral Education | Division 1/ Grades 1-3, Religious & Moral Education | Division 2/ Grades 4-6, Religious & Moral Education | Division 3/ Grades 7-9, Religious & Moral Education | Division 4/ Grades 10-12, Religious & Moral Education | Pre-K/ K, Religious & Moral Education

2:10pm MST

Let's Talk About Subs!

Thursday March 6, 2025 2:10pm - 3:20pm MST

SJ 137

Post-Convention Survey

Planning for another adult to be at the front of the room is a part of the job that gets relatively little discussion time in the education conversation compared to how often it happens.
I've reached out to some people who sub and they have agreed to share what they like and don't like in sub plans, pet peeves and things they like to see in sub plans. I've also compiled some example sub plan templates from across a few different grade levels, so we can look at how people like to organize things and what works for different professionals in my area.

The goal of this session is to collaborate and talk about what we're doing now and what we can better do as professionals to support our student's learning when we're not "the adult in the room".

Session Objectives:
1. Group discussion of best practices around planning for substitute teachers
2. Group discussion around the current state of substitute teaching in our area

Speakers

Andrew Bullen

Science/numeracy teacher, PRSD

Thursday March 6, 2025 2:10pm - 3:20pm MST
SJ 137 10520 68 Ave, Grande Prairie, AB