Name: Needle felting in the Fashion classroom DOUBLE SESSION PRE-REGISTRATION REQUIRED
Start: 2025-03-06T09:00:00-0700
End: 2025-03-06T11:40:00-0700

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

📝 We are currently accepting applications for exhibitors for our 2025 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.

Here are a few key points to get you started:

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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

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Thursday March 6, 2025 9:00am - 11:40am MST

CS 156

Get to know the craft of needle felting! With just some coarse wool roping, serrated needles, and foam pads, you can have your students sculpting and designing right from the first day of class. This is a hands-on, practical session, so please come prepared to create! In the first half of this session, we will create a project that I use with my own Fashion 9 students to help them learn the basic techniques. Then, in the second half, we will take it a step further and learn to use the softer fibres of merino top coat wool roving to add rich layers of colour to our creations. PRE-REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED Contact speaker at terispracklin@hotmail.com *$10.00 registration fee

You will leave with practical tips for teaching this craft in your Fashion classes, my list of recommended Canadian (Albertan, when possible) suppliers for materials, and a completed project you can use as a model for your students.

Session Objectives:
1. Participants will gain experience with needle felting supplies and safe use of specialized needle felting tools
2. Participants will learn how to address some possible logistical challenges with relation to using this project in the classroom
3. Students will gain confidence in their ability to introduce this unusual craft to their students.

Speakers

Teri Todd

Thursday March 6, 2025 9:00am - 11:40am MST
CS 156 20 Knowledge Way, Grande Prairie, AB

Division 3/ Grades 7-9, Career & Technology Studies/Foundations | Division 4/ Grades 10-12, Career & Technology Studies/Foundations

Pre-registration Contact speaker at terispracklin@hotmail.com *$10.00 registration fee

MPTCA 2025

Teri Todd

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