Celebrating Love of Literacy

Conference 2022 - October 28, 2022

Registration will open at 8:00 a.m. on Thursday, September 8, 2022
Registration closes at 4:30 p.m. on Friday, October 14, 2022

(No refunds after October 14^th)

Welcome back to in-person connecting and learning with NSTALL! We are delighted to once again be offering a dynamic literacy conference, presented by leading educators from across the province. Join us for a day of adding new ideas, new resources and new energy to your everyday teaching practices. Take advantage of our Early Bird offer! All persons registered by September 30, 2022, will be entered in a draw for one of ten $50 Indigo gift cards. Please keep an eye on our social media for updates and information.

Location:

Cobequid Educational Centre (CEC), Truro

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Registration Information:

Fees 

As per NSTU Operational Procedure 14 E. IV.: receipts of payment and attendance will not be distributed until the conference has concluded.

In order to receive an online confirmation you must include a correct email address.

REGISTRATION DEADLINE: October 14^th

Contacts

Conference Information:  Stephanie Deagle - sddeagle@nstu.ca Mikel Legere - legeremd@nspes.ca or  nstall@nstu.ca

Workshop Sessions

Full Day Sessions (9:00 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.)

A1:  Re-Connecting with Nature - Off Site
Looking for ways to take your class outside, and share your passion for outdoor learning and play? The Re-Connecting with Nature workshop is a hands-on day of outdoor adventure to improve your ability to lead and share an appreciation and understanding of nature with children. Through participation in this program, we hope you will improve your leadership skills, gain practical activity ideas, network with like-minded folks and have fun in nature. This workshop is supported by Hike Nova Scotia.
Workshop Capacity: 20
Presenter: facilitated through Janet Barlow
BIO: presenter still to be finalized
Special Information for Participants:
Location: To be confirmed. Will be off-site, in the Truro area.
Lunch: Please bring your own lunch. There will not be time to fetch food during the day.
Attire: Please wear informal clothing suited for being outside for most of the day, whatever the weather. You will be sitting on the ground and your clothes may get wet and/or dirty. Make sure you have long pants and closed toe footwear. Please bring extra warm clothes and rain gear if there is any hint of coolness or moisture — weather can change fast in Nova Scotia.
Grade levels:grades P-6, or high school teachers interested in youth leadership

A22:  Decolonizing Cultural Conversations in Mi'kma'ki
Decolonizing Cultural Conversations in Mi’kma’ki. Together with Mi’kmaw guests who bring a wealth of diverse experiences and perspectives on living and learning in Mi’kma’ki, we will come together with smudging, talking circles, food, and brave conversations about Mi’kmaw History Month in our schools, classrooms, and communities, as well as our hopes for school culture, Treaty Education, land acknowledgment, and being Treaty People.
Workshop Capacity: 20
Presenter: Matt Arsenault
2021 Edward Burtynsky Award Winner for Environmental Education, Matt Arsenault teaches grade 7 science, math, and health at Redcliff Middle School. His environmental focus is on Nova Scotia, a province which occupies only a small fraction of time in the ongoing history of Mi’kma’ki, the land that has made life and learning possible in the unceded territory of the Mi’kmaw people since time immemorial. He is grateful for the relationships that fill environmental learning with action, hope, and inquiry. He would like to acknowledge that without the Mi’kmaw language, which is shaped-by-and-is-sacred-to the land of Mi’kma’ki and the people whom are Indigenous to it, his students and colleagues would not be able to explore Netukulimk by engaging in Etuaptmumk, and most importantly there is no environmental education without M’sit No’kmaq.

Session A (9:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.)

A2:  Candlelight Yoga
We have had a challenging past two years. This yoga session will be a mingling of yoga, candlelight, essential oils, meditation, and mindfulness. Let the stress melt away as you unwind and reconnect with your body and mind in a meaningful way. This practice is for all skill levels; support and guidance will be offered for any modifications you may need. Beginners are welcome and encouraged.
Workshop Capacity: 20
Presenter: Kelli Cruikshank
Kelli is a local yoga instructor, fitness enthusiast, wife, and a mother of three. Loving all things powerful and strong, she is drawn to guiding others to unleash their warrior within.

A3:  No More Easy Button, Post Pandemic Teaching Opportunities
As we begin to enter a post pandemic environment, opportunities are about to support new, innovative and more practical ways of thinking about teaching. This session will explore ways pedagogical systems have emerged from disasters to become stronger and more efficient. We will look at four areas that can make learning better and teaching easier and more effective for our students. This session highlights high leverage practices, inclusive policies and culturally relevant resources to support instruction and assessment in a world after COVID. Teachers will gain access to resources and supports they can use, adopt and integrate immediately into their classroom to support all students.
Workshop Capacity: 20
Presenter: Adam Hinton
Adam Hinton is a former teacher in CCRCE and currently serves as the Regional Student Success Consultant.

A:4  Google Slides: Everything you need to know and 10% Extra
In this hands on presentation we will explore the power of google slides and how you can take this powerful tool far beyond using it as a slide show, Explore tips and tricks, and see how you can really make it work for you and your students. Learn how to use Google slides to make eBooks, Posters, Create your own adventures, interactive choice boards and much more. It is recommended that people bring technology that has Google Slides available to this session.
Workshop Capacity: 20
Presenter: Louise Haycocks
Louise is the Technology Integration Learning Consultant for CCRCE. In this role she has worked with teachers and students to integrate technology into curriculums at all ages. Her experience in teaching across the curriculum areas and age levels as well as in multiple countries, allows her to bring a variety of different perspectives to her work.  Louise is on deferred this year.

A5:  Having the Audacity: Democratizing Second Language Acquisition through Podcasting
This workshop is a hands on experience in creation, focusing on listening and speaking as modes of literacy. Participants will be led developing text representing their experience on a subject chosen from a variety of topics. Through the use of free download of the audio program Audacity, participants will find new ways to augment student participation in second language classes. This workshop is interdisciplinary in nature, and educators from all backgrounds and levels are welcome.
Workshop Capacity: 20
Presenter: Dr. Verne Hélène Lorway
Verne has been an adjunct professor at Cape Breton University since 2015 where she has been a sessional instructor in the BEd program. Verne is also co-located in the Cape Breton-Victoria Regional Center for Education as a permanent teacher whose assignments have included a mix of French, social studies, and music. Verne has produced scholarly, peer-reviewed publications, conference papers, and workshops in music education, social theory, psychology, and aesthetic philosophy in regional, national, and international conferences. Verne’s research interests include: French second language education, fine arts education, multiliteracies, innovative methods and methodologies, interdisciplinary learning, holism, differentiated instruction, gifted education, urban schooling, curriculum studies, critical pedagogy, art-based and arts-infused methods and methodologies, music and art therapies.

A6:   Guys Group
Robert MacDonald has been a teacher and boys hockey and softball coach in the Strait Regional Centre for Education for the last eighteen years. In 2016, he completed his Masters in Administration with a concentration in Mental Health from St. Francis Xavier University. Between the classroom and the rink/ball field, spending so much time with the young men in his school, showed him that something more was needed to support the boys at school and give them an avenue to talk in a safe environment about issues that they face in their everyday lives. In the fall of 2018, Robert began the “guys group” at Richmond Education Centre/Academy with support from Morris Green who is retired from the Nova Scotia Department of Health and Wellness where he worked as the Coordinator of Youth Health.
Workshop Capacity: 20
Presenter: Robert MacDonald

A7:  Loving Literacy: Images Inspire Imaginations
Experience how a hands-on visual approach teaches writing and reading skills, and easily integrates into the science and socials curriculums. Use various forms of art: pictures, drawings, and paintings to reveal words from children’s listening and speaking vocabularies. Inspire creativity, imagination, and participation with this interactive, discovery based approach to literacy learning.
View classroom settings as students actively discover language concepts by writing to images, and   manipulating words, sentences and paragraphs to develop language and build cognitive skills. 
For elementary teachers.
Workshop Capacity: 20
Presenter: Phyllis Engram
Phyllis Engram is a dynamic, engaging educator with many years of experience in classroom teaching and curriculum advisor. She has spent the majority of her career teaching in Nova Scotia and various communities throughout Nunavut. She discovered many exciting, hands-on approaches to teaching literacy skills through her interest in children's literacy and working with various grade levels. Phyllis is currently a literacy consultant and has presented workshops at conferences and at various schools across the province.

A8:  Literacy, Digital Choice and UDL
This workshop will focus on exploring digital tools that engage students while supporting UDL practices in the classroom. The session will discuss UDL and best practices around digital tools and digital choice boards. We will look at how to create effective digital choice boards, and examine programs for digital storytelling. Attendees are encouraged to bring a device that allows them to look these tools.
Workshop Capacity: 20
Presenter: Katie Creelman
Katie is a Technology Integration Learning Specialist for CCRCE. Prior to this position, she worked as an ELA and SS teacher at the middle school level. Her core beliefs around technology use in the classroom center around engaging students to learn in new and various ways, and "Creation over Consumption", encouraging students to use technology in various ways to create products that express what they have learned.

A9:  Gamification of the Middle School Classroom
Increase engagement and efficiently manage behavior by turning mundane classroom activities and lessons into high energy games your students will love. No need for technology, since gamification doesn’t involve playing video games. Instead, you’ll learn how teachers can use the concepts routinely employed by game designers to make their games more engaging. You’ll leave this workshop with a few ideas to use the next day in your classroom, as well as the framework needed to gamify any activity.
Workshop Capacity: 20
Presenter: Phil Carter
Phil is a Grade 6 teacher, at Redcliff Middle School, in Bible Hill. He team-teaches in an open classroom, where he has stolen every good idea his partners have ever had, and now he wants to pass those onto you.

A10:  Who Am I in This Crazy World: Using UDL to Integrate Social Emotional Learning Into the Grade 7 (or any grade) Curriculum
Social Emotional Learning is at the forefront of education across the globe as rates of depression, anxiety, and suicide skyrocket.  SEL explicitly teaches students what's needed to live happier lives.  This workshop will reflect on an informal “pilot project” that integrated SEL into the classroom using a completely modifiable series of UDL infused lessons, researched, created, and implemented successfully by the presenter during the last two years.  Lessons and materials will be shared.
Workshop Capacity: 20
Presenter: Tammy Chitty
Tammy Chitty has been a Learning Support Teacher for 17 years, and for the last 11 years, at Redcliff Middle School in Valley, NS.  In the 10 years before that, her experience was very diverse, teaching students from Grade 2 to high school to adult learners, and teaching reading, English, Social Studies, Drama, and Math to students of all ability levels.  A Masters concentrating on Diverse Learners made sense for Tammy, and her passion for Educational Technology led her to finish her second Masters in 2021.  Her knowledge of the Science of Happiness keeps Tammy often in a happy place near the water, with loved ones, capturing as many sunset skies as possible while dreaming up how to change the world.

A11:  Creating Interactive Digital Activities
Do you want to engage your students with interesting and appealing digital activities?  This workshop will show you the basics of creating interactive activities (i.e. drag and drop, multiple-choice, etc.).  Familiarity with Google Suite for Education apps is an asset, but not necessary.  Devices are required, preferably a Chromebook or laptop over a tablet. 
Workshop Capacity: 20
Presenter: Gale Doyle
Hi.  I have been an upper elementary teacher with HRCE for the past 15+ years, following a 16+ year career in the film and television production industry.  Technology integration into lessons and classroom activities is a passion of mine.  I hold Graduate Diplomas in both Curriculum Studies and Educational Technology from CBU and am currently completing a Master of Curriculum Studies with a Technology Integration concentration at MSVU.  

A12:  Explicit Spelling Instruction for Grades 3-6.
A lack of understanding of the reliable patterns in English often cause writers to simplify their ideas in writing because the spelling is just so darn challenging.  Simply Spellbound! is an assessment-based and responsive series of lessons that Erna designed to support teachers in their attempts to help their students become more competent spellers.  Units have been developed for:

• vowel sounds and combinations
• common reliable patterns
• beginning consonant combinations
• prefixes, suffixes and roots
• plurals

Workshop Capacity: 20
Presenter: Erna Fraser
Now retired, Erna has always been a grounded, reality-based thinker about teaching and learning.  Throughout her career she taught Resource as well as Grades 2-5.  She was the Literacy Consultant in the Valley for approximately 15 years.  Even in retirement (prior to the pandemic), Erna mentored scores of teachers especially with respect to reading comprehension, strong writing programs, and, of course, spelling.  From an early age, Erna loved the nuances of the English language and now in retirement starts her day with crosswords, and, of course, the new rage of Wordle!  There's lots to learn about how you can help your students become better spellers, and I'm sure you'll agree with Erna that these days kids need that!!!

A13:  Read & Write: Everyday, for everyone!
This presentation will give examples, ideas and resources to use Read&Write for Google every day, with everyone, in all your classes. All students have access to this amazing tool, and its integration into lessons helps to support inclusion, universal design, and general productivity. Learn how you and your students can use this Chrome Extension to everyone's benefit!
Workshop Capacity: 20
Presenter: Kate English
Kate English is a Technology Integration Learning Specialist with CCRCE.  She has taught everything from grade 3 to 12, in-person, online, and in China. She is not only eager to share, but also to learn new skills and interesting ways to engage students in meaningful ways.

A14: Untangling the V in MSV
Why do we circle the V when we are analyzing a running record? The focus of this session will be designing instruction for the use of visual information and learning how to notice this independent transfer as we work toward learner success and teacher confidence. Teachers will come away with new /renewed ideas and resources to support a responsive approach to the needs of every student. This session is intended for Early Elementary Classroom Teachers, Early Literacy Intervention Teachers and Reading Recovery Teachers
Workshop Capacity: 20
Presenters: Jana Logue-Arbou, Lisa Hoover
Jana has been an educator for over 35 years. She has spent more than 25 of those years as an Early Elementary Classroom Teacher where she thrived ensuring that the needs of the individuals in her classroom dictated what and how she taught. She has an incredible passion for literacy that keeps her from retiring! Jana works as a teacher leader in AVRCE and supports Reading Recovery Teachers and Early Literacy Support Teachers along with the teachers and students in Primary and Grade One.
Lisa Hoover has over 30 years’ experience with several school districts across Canada as an elementary classroom teacher, EAL teacher, literacy consultant, and Reading Recovery Teacher Leader. She sees teaching as a lifelong learning journey and is passionate about supporting teacher professional development. She is thankful for all the exceptional educators who travel with her on a continuous professional journey with endless opportunities to discover what’s possible.

A15:  Literacy Games in the Elementary Classroom
In this workshop, you will learn how to incorporate literacy games into your lessons to help enhance learning and build skills. These lessons promote creativity, fun, and teamwork, all while falling under the UDL umbrella.
Workshop Capacity: 20
Presenter: Kyle Cormier
I am a grade 5 ELA teacher at Redcliff Middle School. I love using gamification in my classroom to keep students of all abilities engaged and make lessons fun!

A16: Bandlab for Podcasting
Learn to use a cloud platform to create engaging podcasts that will inspire, educate and entertain. Teachers will create a Podcast episode on a topic of their choice, save to the cloud and submit.
Workshop Capacity: 20
Presenter: Paul Butler
CCRCE Technology Integration Specialist since 2005. Semi-retired after a 35-year teaching career. I live in New Glasgow.

A17:  EAL(English as an Additional Language) and the importance of home language
Can I teach my bilingual EAL students with the perspective that they can successfully navigate in two languages?   If this is something you have wondered about, you want to join in.  This approach provides EAL students with a sense of belonging and a feeling of being valued in their classrooms.  Furthermore, cross-cultural knowledge and culturally responsive teaching eventually benefits all students and not just the EAL students. 
Workshop Capacity: 20
Presenter: Nanda Shirke
Teacher of English as an Additional Language with CCRCE (since 2012).  Lived and worked (as a teacher) in India and the Middle East for over a decade. 

A18:  Supporting students with reading and writing in an inclusive classroom
The purpose of this workshop is to introduce and demonstrate practical inclusive teaching strategies for jr/sr high school teachers. We will rotate through four learning stations for some hands-on experience with each strategy. The four stations will be separated into Quick Writes, FlipGrid Video Responses, Guided Reading, and Google Read & Write. Technology will be supplied for the required stations.
Workshop Capacity: 20
Presenter: Jean-Marc Rioux (He/Him)
Jean-Marc Rioux is currently a Resource Teacher at Springhill High School in Springhill, NS. Mr.Rioux is a passionate educator who works hard to ensure students' culture and heritage are at the center of their learning. He is an activist, ME.d student and most importantly, a father of two.

A19: Using Math Games as Part of Balanced Assessment
Have you ever thought of using a math game to assess a students’ mathematical understanding? This session will explore a variety of mathematics games and how to use them through an assessment lens. Bring along your favourite math games to share. Be ready to play the role of teacher and student as we play and collaborate.  Grades 1-4
Workshop Capacity: 20
Presenters:  Kerry Pemberton & Shelley Muttart
Kerry and Shelley are both Student Centred Math Coaches in AVRCE.

A20:  Picture book Potluck
I love picture books, don't you? One of my favourite things is getting book recommendations from fellow early years teachers. Please bring along some of your most loved picture books to share, especially if they are lesser known. The session will be sharing books and the work we do with them. Be prepared to read one!
Workshop Capacity: 20
Presenter: Alasdair Lanyon (He/him)
A Scottish trained elementary teacher, Alasdair has been teaching in elementary classrooms for over 20 years, he competed an MEd. in Early Elementary Pedagogy in 2017 and teaches Grade Primary in Antigonish county. He is currently interested in the discourses (public and hidden), surrounding play and how they influence our classroom practice.

A21:  Strategic Activity in Reading (For Grades P-2 Classroom Teachers)
Have you ever felt puzzled by a student’s reading, or unsure about choosing next steps for instruction? Do you ever wonder what running records are really telling you, aside from the score? We will explore what is happening in students’ brains as they process text, how to recognize a student’s strengths, and how to use this information to plan for instruction.
Workshop Capacity: 20
Presenter: Carmen Wyllie
Carmen is a Reading Recovery Teacher Leader in CCRCE.

Session B (10:30 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.)

B1:  Bodybreaks 101 -ADHD is my superpower; not a disability, a DIFFERENT ability!
Since 1999 onboard the Walt Disney Cruise Lines, I have traveled the world collecting, innovating, and creating my own body break activities to promote and value learning differences within my 7th grade classroom. Group participants will experience what the games feel like as a student, and how they develop excellent speaking and listening skills which in turn develops relationships throughout the classroom. Come join me to play them first hand!
Workshop Capacity: 20
Presenter: Mikel Legere
Walt Disney Cruise Lines Programmer & Professional Beach Lifeguard and now Teacher for 16 years!

B2:  See A2 for description

B3:  Sound Walls: Following the Science to Support Success in Literacy
A workshop that will explore the science of sound development and challenge some traditional approaches to phonemic and phonological awareness. Participants will be introduced to basic linguistic theory behind phoneme introduction, how to use theory to build a sound wall and resources that can support the implementation.
Workshop Capacity: 20
Presenter: Lacey Phinney
Lacey is currently a LST and Reading Recovery teacher in the SRCE. She completed her BA(Linguistics) and BEd (Elementary) at MUN and just completed her MEd (Curriculum and Instruction) in Inclusive Education from St. FX. 

B4:  See A4 for description
B5:  See A5 for description
B6:  See A6 for description
B7:  See A7 for description
B8:  See A8 for description
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B14: Teacher Language: What we say really matters!
Effective communication with parents, administrators, colleagues, and especially our learners, plays a significant role on teacher well-being and student achievement.  Keeping conversations open, tools for difficult conversations, and the benefits to using an economy of language while teaching young learners will be explored during our time together. This session is intended for intervention and classroom teachers
Workshop Capacity: 20
Presenters: Jana Logue-Arbou, Lisa Hoover
Jana has been an educator for over 35 years. She has spent more than 25 of those years as an Early Elementary Classroom Teacher where she thrived ensuring that the needs of the individuals in her classroom dictated what and how she taught. She has an incredible passion for literacy that keeps her from retiring! Jana works as a teacher leader in AVRCE and supports Reading Recovery Teachers and Early Literacy Support Teachers along with the teachers and students in Primary and Grade One.
Lisa Hoover has over 30 years’ experience with several school districts across Canada as an elementary classroom teacher, EAL teacher, literacy consultant, and Reading Recovery Teacher Leader. She sees teaching as a lifelong learning journey and is passionate about supporting teacher professional development. She is thankful for all the exceptional educators who travel with her on a continuous professional journey with endless opportunities to discover what’s possible.

B15:  See A15 for description

B16: Digital Portraits
Unleash student creativity with digital portraits using Google Drawings. Google Draw portraits are great for classroom community building, expressing ideas from a piece of text, reflecting, or building digital design skills for future projects & assignments. Students can create portraits of themselves, novel characters, inspirational heroes, or bring a creative writing character to life.
Workshop Capacity: 20
Presenter: Paul Butler
CCRCE Technology Integration Specialist since 2005. Semi-retired after a 35-year teaching career. I live in New Glasgow.

B17:  See A17 for description
B18:  See A18 for description

B19: Small Group Instruction in Mental Math
This session will focus on small group instruction in mental math. It will explore ‘how to’ identify gaps in your student’s math fact fluency and be responsive in your instruction and next steps. Participants will engage with Dr. Nikki Newton’s professional resources;  Fluency Doesn’t Just Happen with Addition & Subtraction & Math Running Records in Action. Grades 2-4
Workshop Capacity: 20
Presenters:  Kerry Pemberton & Shelley Muttart
Kerry and Shelley are both Student Centred Math Coaches in AVRCE.

B20:  See A20 for description

B21:  Planning for ANL/Planification de l'ANL
Description: Planning for ANL
Have you been introduced to the neurolinguistic approach, but need practical tips to integrate it smoothly in your lower elementary French Immersion classroom? This session is for you! In this session, collaborate with fellow P-3 French Immersion teachers to review strategies for planning effective instruction using the Neurolinguistic Approach. This session will include practical examples using art, technology, and hands-on learning to help you to "boucle la boucle" and build your students’ oral language, reading and writing skills.
Planification de l'ANL
Vous avez été initié à l'approche neurolinguistique, mais vous avez besoin de conseils pratiques pour l'intégrer facilement dans votre classe d'immersion précoce? Cette séance est pour vous ! Au cours de cette séance, collaborez avec d'autres enseignants d'immersion française P-3 pour examiner les stratégies de planification d'un enseignement efficace à l'aide de l'approche neurolinguistique. Cette session comprendra des exemples pratiques utilisant l'art, la technologie et un apprentissage pratique pour vous aider à "boucler la boucle" et à développer les compétences en langue oral, en lecture et en écriture de vos élèves.
Workshop Capacity: 20
Presenters: Sarah Chamberlain-Boyle and Martha Shephard Duguay
Sarah Chamberlain-Boyle (she/her/elle) is a Primary French Immersion teacher in Truro. She has been teaching French Immersion in lower elementary since 2017, and has been integrating the Neurolinguistic Approach in her Primary classroom since participating in the DoEECD initial trial group in 2019. Since then, she has assisted in the delivery of several training sessions on the approach, and has been featured in a DoEECD video about the approach in lower elementary. In her spare time, Sarah enjoys spending time with her 3 young children and tending to a growing flock of backyard chickens.
Martha Shephard Duguay (she/ her/ elle) has been teaching French immersion for over twenty years and is a literacy mentor in CCRCE. In her spare time she enjoys reading and spending time with her family. 

Session C (1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.)

C1:  See B1 for description
C2:  See A2 for description
C3:  See B3 for description

C4:  Making it Interesting with Makey Makeys
A lot of schools across the province have Makey Makey’s or have access to them. These simple and easy to use boards will engage students at all grade levels. In this hands on session you will explore how to integrate the Makey Makeys into interactive posters, 3D models and other digital tools. It is recommended that people bring technology that has a usb port to this session.
Workshop Capacity: 20
Presenter: Louise Haycocks
Louise is the Technology Integration Learning Consultant for CCRCE. In this role she has worked with teachers and students to integrate technology into curriculums at all ages. Her experience in teaching across the curriculum areas and age levels as well as in multiple countries, allows her to bring a variety of different perspectives to her work.  Louise is on deferred this year.

C5:  See A5 for description
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C7:  See A7 for description
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C14: Powering Up Readers through Writing in the Reading Recovery Lesson
Marie Clay has called writing the Cinderella of the literacy world. This session will look at powerful writing opportunities during the Reading Recovery lesson and explore ways the teacher can support the young learner’s use of both reading and writing to accelerate literacy learning. This session is intended for Reading Recovery teachers (training or trained).
Workshop Capacity: 20
Presenters: Jana Logue-Arbou, Lisa Hoover
Jana has been an educator for over 35 years. She has spent more than 25 of those years as an Early Elementary Classroom Teacher where she thrived ensuring that the needs of the individuals in her classroom dictated what and how she taught. She has an incredible passion for literacy that keeps her from retiring! Jana works as a teacher leader in AVRCE and supports Reading Recovery Teachers and Early Literacy Support Teachers along with the teachers and students in Primary and Grade One.
Lisa Hoover has over 30 years’ experience with several school districts across Canada as an elementary classroom teacher, EAL teacher, literacy consultant, and Reading Recovery Teacher Leader. She sees teaching as a lifelong learning journey and is passionate about supporting teacher professional development. She is thankful for all the exceptional educators who travel with her on a continuous professional journey with endless opportunities to discover what’s possible.

C15:  See A15 for description

C16: Take your Google Slides from Drab to Fab
In this presentation teachers will learn numerous tips and tricks to help students create more engaging presentations.
Workshop Capacity: 20
Presenter: Paul Butler
CCRCE Technology Integration Specialist since 2005. Semi-retired after a 35-year teaching career. I live in New Glasgow.

C17:  See A17 for description
C18:  See A18 for description

C19: The Amazing Math Race
Are you looking for an engaging activity that contributes to a culture of teamwork and problem solving through mathematics concepts?  Trying to find a way to get kids up and moving beyond the walls of your classroom? Come ready to race, wearing your comfy shoes and your sense of adventure. You’ll leave with the tools to create your own Amazing Math Race to engage students throughout the year.
Grades 2-5
Workshop Capacity: 20
Presenters:  Kerry Pemberton & Shelley Muttart
Kerry and Shelley are both Student Centred Math Coaches in AVRCE.

C20:  See A20 for description
C21:  See B21 for description

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