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.

9:00am MST

Move Over Cigarettes: Vapes and Nicotine Pouches are Hooking Our Youth

Thursday March 6, 2025 9:00am - 10:10am MST

SJ 152

Post-Convention Survey

Alberta Health Services health professionals will discuss vaping and nicotine pouch use amongst youth.

Participants will learn:

Trends in and prevalence rates of e-cigarette use for school-aged youth in Alberta

Best practices for preventing nicotine use

An Overview on nicotine pouches

Marketing tactics targeting youth

Grade-appropriate prevention education for schools

A summary of available resources for students and teachers to prevent and reduce nicotine use by young people

Session Objectives:
1. Best practices for preventing nicotine use in youth will be explored.
2. Teachers will learn about grade appropriate prevention education for schools.
3. A summary of available resources for students and teachers to prevent and reduce nicotine use by young people

Speakers

Aaron Ladd

Health Promotion Facilitator 2, AHS

Aaron Ladd has been a Respiratory Therapist for over 20 years, currently working with Alberta Health Services, with the Tobacco Vaping and Cannabis Program as a Health Promotion Facilitator. Throughout his professional career, he has dedicated much of his time and energy to the field... Read More →

Thursday March 6, 2025 9:00am - 10:10am MST
SJ 152 10520 68 Ave, Grande Prairie, AB

Administration, Counselling & Student Support, Health & Wellness, School Leadership | Division 2/ Grades 4-6, Counselling & Student Support, Health & Wellness, School Leadership | Division 3/ Grades 7-9, Counselling & Student Support, Health & Wellness, School Leadership | Division 4/ Grades 10-12, Counselling & Student Support, Health & Wellness, School Leadership

10:30am MST

Quizizz and Blooket, digital formative assessments made easy

Friday March 7, 2025 10:30am - 11:40am MST

SJ 152

Post-Convention Survey

Digital formative assessments are useful tools for improving student engagement, gauging student learning, and encouraging retention of material. The goal of this session is to do deep dives on two particularly useful digital formative assessment tools, show how they work, discuss ways to employ them effectively, and share best practices. Participants should bring a device and expect to walk out with tools to use in class the next week.

Session Objectives:
1. Build familiarity with Digital formative assessments as a concept
2. Learn how to use the Blooket and 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 →

Friday March 7, 2025 10:30am - 11:40am MST
SJ 152 10520 68 Ave, Grande Prairie, AB

Division 3/ Grades 7-9, Assessment, Technology | Division 4/ Grades 10-12, Assessment, Technology