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This list of professional development conferences is provided as a service to members. The Federation does not necessarily endorse all the conferences, nor does it accept liability for errors or omissions in any of the information provided. Individuals planning to attend a conference should contact the sponsoring organization to confirm the dates and other details of registration. Conferences sponsored by the Federation's provincial specialist associations appear in boldface type throughout the calendar.
Please note procedure statement 36.28.10: "That the BCTF's PD Calendar not publish PD events by outside agencies scheduled for the provincial PSA Day."
FEBRUARY 2012
February 13 Squamish, BC. The Sea to Sky Teachers' Professional Development Committee is hosting "DIY! Do it yourself--Build your own PD." Our keynote this year will be given by Jane Turner! Jane will be presenting "Professional autonomy and self-directed PD," and then will give the workshop on the "how to's" of planning your self-directed PD. Our fantastic line-up of speakers include Anne Bracey (Personal Safety: Self-defense for you and your students), Lisa Manzini (PE with Pizzazz!), Helen VanSpronsen (Music), Jackie Sutherland (Voicethread--Web 2.0 tool), Janice and Whitney (Drama in the classroom) and more! Visit the SSTA website http://bctf.ca/ssta/ for workshop descriptions and to register.
February 16-18 Vancouver. BCATA (BC Art Teachers' Association). The BC Art Teachers Conference--Visual Celebrations. Visual art teachers have a lot to celebrate: teaching, learning and art in our lives while host school Magee Secondary celebrates 100 years of education. Join us! This conference is for elementary and secondary teachers wanting a variety of workshops in the visual arts and media arts. Conference includes a marketplace of vendors. Visit our website at http://visualcelebrations.wikispaces.com/. Contact: Myra Morgan at morgan_m@sd36.bc.ca.
February 17 Victoria. BCKSC (BC Kodaly Society of Canada). Conducting and Quality Repertoire with Inge Illman at Oak Bay High School. A conducting refresher suitable for both those with little experience and those wanting a tune up. Conducting patterns and techniques aimed to create the best choral sound from your choir will be applied to quality choral repertoire for children. Learn ways to help children appreciate quality repertoire and to be artful singers. More info at our website at http://www.bcksc.ca/. Contact Sue Herzog at treasurer@bcksc.ca.
February 17 Victoria. Tapestry 2012 Conference. Hosted by Greater Victoria, Saanich and Sooke Teachers' Associations. Tapestry is a K-12 educators' conference that offers over 40 workshops. Location: Esquimalt Secondary School. For workshop listings, visit www.tapestryconference.weebly.com and register at www.onlineregistrations.ca/tapestry.
February 17 Winfield, BC. Okanagan Zone. CUEBC and the BCAMT Regional Conference--Making Connections 2012. This conference is for elementary and secondary teachers. The keynote speaker is Spencer Kagan. Location: George Elliott Secondary. Visit our website at http://www.mycota.ca/professional-development/february-17th-professional-development-day.html. Contact: Joe Jamison at jjamison@sd23.bc.ca.
February 20 . Deadline for accepting online presentation proposals. Now is the time to make plans for participating in the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) 92nd Annual Conference taking place Nov 16-18, 2012. Theme: Windows Opening to the World. Location: Washington State Convention Center, Seattle, WA. 1. submit a presentation proposal online at www.socialstudies.org/conference/proposals. 2. become an online proposal reviewer by registering at http://2012.ncss.org/review/signup.php. (Note: Reviewers receive a 10% discount on 2012 conference registration.)
February 21 . BCTLA (BC Teacher-Librarians' Association) Winter Webinar Series "Critical Thinking and Inquiry in a Digital Age," Part 2. For more information and to register, go to http://bctf.ca/bctla/info/pro-dev.html or contact Arlene Anderson at arander@shaw.ca.
TOP MARCH 2012
March 1 China/Korea. Application deadline March 1, 2012 for 2012 Peace and Reconciliation Study Tour taking place July 5-21. See July 5-21, 2012 for details.
March 1-2 Vancouver, BC. SEA (Special Education Association) is proud to present the 37th Annual Crosscurrents Conference, at the Westin Bayshore Hotel in Vancouver. Keynote: To be announced, plus a variety of quality sessions and exhibitors for regular and special education. For more information, contact or visit the website www.bctf.ca/sea/ or our registrar Carol McAndrew via email at: searegistrar@gmail.com
TOP APRIL 2012
April 13-15 Squamish, BC. "Finding Your Edge in Experiential Education." Join a variety of experiential educators in this weekend of professional development through idea sharing of progressive practices that will inspire you and your students to grow beyond the limits of your own comfort zone. Workshop strands may include K-12, outdoor education, education-based training and development, adventure-based programming, leadership development, facilitation/processing, mind/body/spirit, social justice and ethics, adventure therapy. Conference co-convenors: Bev Oldham: boldham@enviros.org and Janey Chang: janeysea@gmail.com. Website: http://northwest.aee.org/conferences.
April 17 . BCTLA (BC Teacher-Librarians' Association) Winter Webinar Series "Critical Thinking and Inquiry in a Digital Age," Part 3. For more information and to register, go to http://bctf.ca/bctla/info/pro-dev.html or contact Arlene Anderson at arander@shaw.ca.
April 20 Whistler. NOTE: Date change. PITA's Supporting Struggling Students in Literacy and Math, Sixth Annual. Learn practical strategies to support all students. Sessions focussed on intermediate classroom teachers and learning assistance. For information, contact Ray Myrtle, president@pita.ca or visit www.pita.ca.
April 21 Victoria. BCKSC (BC Kodaly Society of Canada). Two sessions at UVic, Listening and Musical First, Listening: Attentive, engaged and enactive with Mary Kennedy. This workshop will introduce participants to three levels of active listening for the elementary classroom with Western European Art Music and the realm of world music. Second, Musical Gymnastics with Connie Foss More. Energize yourself and your teaching skills by utilizing Kodaly-style tools like solfa and rhythm duration syllables to more fully experience "what makes the music tick." Beginners will have a gentle introduction while experienced teachers can stretch their skills. More info at our website at http://www.bcksc.ca/. Contact Sue Herzog at treasurer@bcksc.ca.
TOP MAY 2012
May 5 Vancouver. Investigating Our Practices 2012, 15th annual conference. Co-sponsored by the UBC Faculty of Education and the BCTF. Teachers from different educational contexts convene at UBC to share their investigations, understandings and questions. Registration fee $25 ($15 for students). Lunch and refreshments included. Scarfe Education Building, 2125 Main Mall, UBC. Proposals for presentations can be submitted online at http://eplt.educ.ubc.ca/iop-cfp. The deadline for submissions is February 20, 2012. For more information about IOP 2012, visit www.eplt.educ.ubc.ca/iop or contact Judy Paley at 604-822-2733 judy.paley@ubc.ca.
May 6-8 Vancouver, BC. Child and Youth Mental Health Matters. This conference brings together an interdisciplinary group of professionals working in the field of mental health to share knowledge and experiences related to child and youth mental health. Three themes woven through the conferences: Parental mental health, children of parents with mental illness and young carers. A forum for focusing on the needs of families as they struggle with issues related to mental health concerns across the generations. The overall goal is help us develop a common language and understanding of the needs of young people and families. By bringing together people from diverse backgrounds, we hope to enrich our collective knowledge of mental health strategies, best practices and the latest research in order to improve outcomes for young people and families. For further information please visit our website www.interprofessional.ubc.ca , or contact us at ipcde2@interchange.ubc.ca or 604-827-3112. We are currently accepting presentation submissions until September 26, 2011. The presentations can be submitted on line at http://www.interprofessional.ubc.ca/ChildandYouthMentalHealth.htm.
May 11 Alert Bay, BC. BCRSSTA (British Columbia Rural and Small Schools Teachers" Association) Annual conference "Learning from Each Other" featuring innovative school organization from Zeballous Elementary, as well as presentations on teaching practices from other North Island rural communities. Host school: Alert Bay Elementary. Contact information: cmacdonald@sd85.bc.ca or vcivey@xplornet.com.
TOP JULY 2012
July 5-21 China/Korea. March 1, 2012 application deadline. 2012 Peace and Reconciliation Study Tour. BC ALPHA (Association for Learning and Preserving the History of World War II in Asia) would like to invite BC educators, who are interested in learning about the History of WWII in Asia, to apply to join this journey of discovery. The itinerary will cover Hong Kong, Shanghai, Nanjing, Harbin in China, and Seoul in South Korea. For application details and highlights of previous study tours, visit http://alpha-canada.org/StudyTour, or contact Thekla Lit at 604-313-6000 or bcalpha@alpha-canada.org. Scholarship will be offered to selected applicants to cover part of the tour costs.
TOP AUGUST 2012
August 13-15 Parksville, BC. Achieving Excellence in Writing Annual Summer Seminar, presented by Susan Augustyn, provides an exceptionally effective method of teaching writing to children. Covering various stylistic techniques as well as structures, both expository and fictional writing are addressed. The material is structured and easy to teach. This program provides an extremely powerful tool for teaching students to write effectively. Meeting the requirements of both criteria-based assessment and ministry performance standards, this approach is ideal for teachers eager for their students to achieve excellence in writing. Applicable for teachers with classes from Grades 2-11. Contact Susan Augustyn at saugustyn@shaw.ca or phone 250 248-6434.
TOP OCTOBER 2012
October 18-20 Victoria. Sponsored by BCAMT (BC Association of Mathematics Teachers). BC Northwest Mathematics Conference "Math in Bloom." For further information, go to www.nwmc2012.com.
TOP NOVEMBER 2012
November 16-18 Seattle, WA. Seattle National Council for the Social Studies 92nd Annual Conference. Theme: Windows Opening to the World. Location: Washington State Convention Center. Accommodation: Headquarters hotel--Sheraton Seattle Hotel (and others). Information coming soon: http://www.socialstudies.org.
TOP Future October PSA days (BCTF procedure statement 30.A.14)
30.A. 14 That for the purposes of a province-wide PSA day, the BCTF supports the third Friday in October as the day on which all districts hold a professional day, except in years in which Thanksgiving Monday falls in the same week, in which case the fourth Friday would be the designated day.
| 2012 - 2013: October 19, 2012 2013 - 2014: October 25, 2013 2014 - 2015: October 24, 2014 2015 - 2016: October 23, 2015 |
TOP Links to Conference Sites
- Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD) Conferences
- Autism Community Training
- Centre for Educational Leadership, McGill University, Faculty of Education
- Continuing Studies in Education at the University of Victoria
- CREED seminars, helping educators examine and extend the effectiveness of their professional practice.
- Gordon Neufeld, making sense of kids
- http://saltspringcentre.com/retreats-programs/yoga-in-your-school/
- Institute for Boosting Social Responsibility/Watters & Associates
- Jack Hirose and Associates Inc. workshops for education and mental health professionals'
- judy.paley@ubc.ca
- Justice Institute of British Columbia
- Mentoring Boys
- Naramata Centre
- Phi Delta Kappan (PDK) International Conferences
- Solution-Focused Counselling workshops by Nancy McConkey
- University of British Columbia Faculty of Education, External Programs & Learning Technologies
TOP Additions or changes? E-mail Betty Goto.
Compiled and maintained by Betty Goto, Acting PSA services co-ordinator, Professional and Social Issues Division, BCTF.