CATCA 2022

Meeting the needs of all our learners in an inclusive classroom can be challenging! More and more students are dealing with traumatic experiences that can make it more difficult to learn. We as educators can be the most significant connection for many of our students. Ensuring our students are “Ready to Learn” requires a Christ Centered Trauma Informed approach. It is not a program, but a transformation of the heart. When we recognize and meet a student’s unmet need(s), we are setting them up for success and the academics will follow. Weaving the works and key messages of Dr. Jody Carrington, Jimmy Casas, David Wells, Pope Francis and more, Patti and Rebecca will share the journey of one school becoming a Christ Centered Trauma Informed community.

Today's leaders have so much on their plates. First things first, in this session, we will discuss how school leaders are tasked with ensuring effective learning environments are in place using their experiences and research. We will explore how this can be done through relationships with teachers and students, how to create joy in education despite obstacles and how choosing the right staff can help schools improve.To have access to this video you will need sign up with the following Google Form:https://forms.gle/UsdgGceaxX5mrMRx6

Teaching has always s been challenging, but now more than ever teachers are processing and considering so many things that affect themselves and their students This calls for even more urgency in Leading with LIGHT. How do we as leaders continue to lead and reach our teachers when the world throws unpredictable situations at them? In this s session, we will consider ways to keep the light shining. To have access to this video you will need sign up with the following Google Form:https://forms.gle/UsdgGceaxX5mrMRx6

Creating a Healthy School Community is not unlike building a puzzle. It takes time, and patience, and if any pieces are missing it's such a bummer! Discover how you can best build your healthy school puzzle through the Canadian Healthy School Standards. In this session, participants will meet the Canadian Healthy Schools Alliance and explore the Healthy School Standards. What are they & how do they look, live and breathe within the school system?

Being effective and at your best requires you look after yourself first. If you don’t, eventually over time you will feel burnt out and exhausted with little energy left for anyone or anything.
For many of us, putting ourselves first can be difficult as we feel selfish doing so. It starts with you is about looking after yourself first, to bring back the joy in your life, so you can have a better quality of life and continue to effectively help others.
Using a variety of simple techniques I will teach you how to lead a healthier life physically, mentally and emotionally.
If not now, then when?

Building positive relationships are the key to successful coaching mentoring. This session will start with the importance of building positive relationships and how you can leverage those relationships to positively support and lead. We will examine how coaching and mentoring impacts personal growth and the success of learners. Coaching questions, modeling, engaging in professional dialogue, and examining data and evidence will be explored as ways to impact practice. Resources including key coaching questions will be shared.

Do you find that you end the day and wonder what just happened? Why did that class go sideways? Why did that student react the way they did? How could I have been more effective? We've all been there! We know we need to make connections to bridge the communication gap. The problem is, how do we do it? This session introduces you to the SILA Skills Transforming Classrooms Workshop where you learn the How along with the What and the Why of connecting and communicating effectively.
This session is applicable to K-12 teachers and administration.
In this seminar, you will begin to learn the skills which will help you to
Introduce you to the purpose and passion of SILA Skills.
*Show the background of DBT Skills, of which SILA Skills workshops are based.
*Share the superhero powers gained through a SILA Skills Workshop.
*Give you a taste of the skills you will learn in a SILA Skills Transforming Classrooms workshop.
*Demonstrate the transformative effect that a SILA Skills Workshop can bring to your everyday life.
At the conclusion of this session, you will have some practical skills you can start using as soon as you leave the workshop. You will leave feeling hopeful and inspired to do things differently in your classrooms on Monday.
You will also have the opportunity to register for the Transforming Classrooms Workshop where you will delve deeper into the skills which will transform your teaching practice, and really your life!

How is this session related to teaching practices?
When you take a SILA Skills Transforming Classrooms Workshop, you will effectively address the Alberta Teacher Quality Standards #1 Fostering Effective Relationships and #4 Establishing Inclusive Learning Environments.
Today’s seminar introduces you to the Transforming Classrooms workshop and offers opportunities to register for an upcoming workshop. You won’t be disappointed!

“ I alone cannot change the world but I can cast a stone across the waters to create many ripples” St. Teresa of Calcutta.

What is your critical purpose? How have you been called? When you can articulate your critical purpose, you have a compass which gives you clarity and a foundation that allows you to show up with passion and feel energized. With this clear sense of direction, your vision is affirmed, your inner fire is fueled and you show up each day as you have been called. Patti and Rebecca hope to inspire and encourage you to welcome the profound wisdom from your inner compass. Sharing their story is about inspiring others to transform and change the world through the service of others, and in particular the most vulnerable, the children in our schools. Be prepared to “Be the Stone” that creates ripples of change

“It is ultimately joint work that leads to improvement through exploring challenging questions about practice together” (Hargreaves & Fullan, 2012, p. 112). So, how do you build a collaborative community? The tradition of improvisation offers some surprising insights. This informative and engaging session introduces participants to eight research-informed, actionable practices for leading collaboration. Participants will examine a framework for leading collaboration in their schools and consider the implications for their leadership practice.

Your actions matter. You’re making a huge impact. Your role in education is similar to a gardener. You plant seeds, water them and sometimes don’t see them grow. Sometimes it takes 15 years before a student reaches out to tell you how much of an impact you had on them. Sam’s teacher, Michael Loudfoot, changed his life. He believed in Sam when Sam stopped believing in himself. You have the opportunity with the students in your classroom. Through this keynote, Sam shares what Mr. Loudfoot did that made him buy into his lessons and leadership. You and your colleagues will leave this session remembering why you started teaching years ago.

Sherlock Holmes. Inspector Morse. Miss Marple. As an interviewer, you have more in common with characters from classic detective fiction, film and television than you may realize. Both detectives and interviewers are seeking evidence. Who committed murder most foul? Which candidate is the most suitable for the job? Discover how investigative techniques are similar to best hiring practices.

What key elements provide the greatest leverage when leading for equity?

Four key elements that are pivotal to leveraging equity for all will be discussed in this thought-provoking session. School leaders will be invited to reflect on their existing school structures and investigate innovative ways to further promote an inclusive culture. We will begin by discussing the importance of establishing an inclusive culture and specific strategies that include students, staff, families and the community. The intentional layering of teams to support all students will be explored, along with the creation of a schedule that supports success for all. The session will conclude with instructional leadership strategies to support staff in an inclusive school.

This session is to collaborate with other K-12 Administrators teachers. Bring any ideas to talk about and use the following 2017 and 2018 document to spring some ideas and record your responses for future EdCamp collaboration sessions. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RycIP81GymLGTvNcHkhtvLjD6vHGotGVwpqLxgWbgrk/edit?usp=sharing

Sure, principals and other administrators should be recognizing staff for their contributions and achievements, but that shouldn’t be the end of it. Peer recognition came become a powerful way to create a workplace where people feel valued as individuals and appreciated for what they do. This session will include suggestions of what administrators can encourage and support peer recognition and of how all staff members can recognize their colleagues.

School leaders are charged with not only leading teachers but students and their families as well, despite their race, origin or background. In this session, we will discuss how leaders can support teachers by creating a school climate where racism is not tolerated and children are loved, supported, and uplifted regardless of the colour of their skin. To have access to this video you will need sign up with the following Google Form:https://forms.gle/UsdgGceaxX5mrMRx6

Global evidence suggests that children, parents, and families are presenting to all levels of educational systems with increasingly complex psychosocial needs from a variety of forms of trauma. Therefore, future success of classrooms of all ages will be dependent on the need for continually seeking out creative trauma informed interventions.

This workshop will include discussions from both a trauma informed therapeutic parent and a trauma informed family counsellor to link specific trauma informed literature bases for students of all ages. Strategies and interventions discussed will be suitable for implementation level for both individuals students as well as entire school systems.

Working with children and teens struggling with challenging behaviours can be a very difficult and stressful part of teaching. Collaborative Problem Solving® (CPS) is an evidence based, trauma informed, neurobiological approach that provides a philosophy and tools for working with children and youth with challenging behaviours. This session is an introductory training on CPS. During the session we will explore what causes challenging behaviours and provide an overview of the three key components of the approach. This training is a foundation for professionals and parents interested in learning more about CPS.

Have you ever wondered, “What was I thinking when I hired this guy?” His on-the-job performance doesn’t match what his resume and interview promised. What went wrong? It’s tempting to attribute hiring decisions that don’t work out to “just being unlucky.” Turns out that luck has little to do with it. Most bad hires can be traced back to mistakes that could easily have been avoided. By the end of this session, participants will understand the 13 reasons managers are “unlucky” when hiring and how to avoid these missteps.

In ‘Listening, Laughing and Leading’ Mitchell shares his long journey to being a better listener. The themes are introduced with songs on guitar and banjo. Mitchell outlines how his experiences as teacher and principal led him to examine his listening skills.
After retirement from education, Mitchell continued his transformation from speaker to listener while working as Faculty Development Facilitator at the College of the Rockies and as Social Governance Officer for the Ktunaxa First Nation. He learned about Indigenous listening from the Ktuanxa and from Dr. Laura Brearley’s ‘Indigenous Deep Listening’ project in Australia.
The following topics are addressed with research, theories, songs and anecdotes:
Listening Info You Already Know: a review of listening research, types of listening and habits of poor listeners.
Listening to Ourselves: you can’t truly listen to others until you’ve listened to yourself. How do we listen to ourselves? Finding our “sweet spot” on the introvert-extrovert continuum. What drains our energy and what restores it?
Listening to Students: Dr. Scott Peck’s Creative Upward Cycle of Growth explains how listening builds relationships with students.
Listening to Colleagues: finding a listening partner to share the journey.
SSLANT Program: a program that can be implemented in the classroom to encourage respectful communication among students. It also encourages shy students to assert themselves and to participate in classroom discussion. Reflecting on ideas from the book Quiet, participants discuss how these strategies could impact students.
Laughter: The Open Loop: explores how laughter unites people and creates a trusting climate. In a neurological sense, laughter represents the shortest distance between two people because it instantly interlocks limbic systems.
How Listening and Laughing Inform Servant Leadership: knowing who we are, what we believe and what we value, should inform our actions as leaders and our communication patterns.

The benefits of multitasking are a myth. Meaningful and productive work happen in a state of deep focus. Transformational relationships and life fulfillment are also a result of this intentional attention. What is deep focus? How can you harness its power in your life? Learn strategies to break through distraction, cultivate deep focus, and experience its powerful shift in the ways you work, love, and make a difference in your community.

Life is all about self-awareness, making better choices and living a life in balance. You don't always need to be moving- getting stuff done. At times its okay, and necessary to sit back, relax and recharge.

Are YOU living a life of balance and wellness? Join Mike as he explores the "Wellness Wheel" offering you strategies to immediately being living a full-filling, happy, healthy life- in BALANCE.

Administrators see observation as a treasure hunt, and teachers see it as a witch hunt! It's time we take the mystery out of what administrators are looking for during a classroom observation! Join Melissa to learn what treasures administrators are looking for when they visit classrooms. Melissa will give you loads of tips and tricks to make sure all of your observations are fabulous! This is a pre-recorded session that is offered by TYHO (Teach Your Heart Out).To have access to this video you will need sign up with the following Google Form:https://forms.gle/UsdgGceaxX5mrMRx6

Logan Boulet inspired over 100,000 Canadians to register to become organ donors after the Humbolt Tragedy in April 2018. In 2019, the family of Logan Boulet held the first annual national Green Shirt Day in honour of their son Logan and the Broncos family. They aimed to increase awareness about the importance of organ donation and honour Logan’s precious gift. This highly impactful annual campaign is known as Green Shirt Day and takes place on April 7. Knowledge is key to addressing young people’s concerns about organ and tissue donation. It can help them feel empowered to talk about donation with their families and equip them to make informed choices in the future. In this session an excellent array of classroom resources is shared to teach about organ donation and plan Green Shirt Day activities in your school and community. Presenters include the perspectives of Logan’s family, a transplant recipient, medical team members who treat pediatric transplant patients and the creator of the educational materials.

No time here for theory!
Just 97—or more—simple, cost-effective tips, tools and techniques to recognize staff. Guaranteed! There will even be a few minutes left over to answer your questions (and maybe, just a little bit of theory).

Change is inevitable and difficult for many. When we feel forced to change this can create a sense of losing control of our environment which can lead to increased stress, anxiety, depression, anger and loss of hope to name a few. Do we really have control over our environment and what happens to us?
CHANGE is about making a change, doing something different, so we can have a different outcome. Join us to learn a variety of techniques to help you and your students better cope and adapt to changing times.