Workshops, Seminars and Courses


Booking a Government Workshop
Booking a Professional Development Workshop
Booking a Member Services Workshop
Booking a Teacher Welfare Workshop

Action for Citizenship

Building Human Rights Communities
Character and Citizenship Education in Alberta Schools
Global Issues: Target 2015
Globalizing Your School
Green Street—Environment and Global Education
Our Circle and Beyond—Becoming Global Citizens [Elementary/Secondary]

Competent Classroom Practice

Assessment Can Become Effective Instruction
Brain Matters-Teaching Strategies with Syn-Ap
Brain Research—Applications for Teaching and Learning
Critical Thinking: Essential Questions for Inquiring Minds
Differentiated Instruction
Exploring Multiple Intelligences
Instructional Intelligence—Consciously Competent Teaching
Learning Disabilities in the Inclusive Classroom
Media Literacy—Reading Beyond the Lines
Student Portfolios—Beyond the Scrapbook
Winning Strategies for Struggling Students (Elementary or Secondary)

First Nations, Métis and Inuit Education

1: Understanding Alberta’s First Nations, Métis and Inuit Peoples
2: Communicating with First Nations, Métis and Inuit Students, Parents and Caregivers
3: Addressing Prejudice and Discrimination Relating to First Nations, Métis and Inuit Students
4: Increasing Resiliency in First Nations, Métis and Inuit Students

Focus on Administrators

Association Services for Administrators
Building a Collegial Atmosphere: A Workshop for Administrators
Building Resiliency for School Leaders: Setting Leadership Priorities
Common and Emerging Issues for Administrators
Creating a School Vision
Developing a Professional Learning Community
Energize Your Staff Meetings
Facilitating Administrator Retreats
Facilitation Skills for Collaborative Meetings
Ignorance is No Excuse: Administrators Need to Know the Law
Leadership Development for School Improvement
Leadership in a Professional Learning Community
Professional Portfolios for Administrators
Shared Decision Making for School Improvement
Supervision and Evaluation of Professional Staff: Dealing with Teachers at Risk
Supporting Teacher Professional Growth
Teacher Growth, Supervision and Evaluation

Legal Issues Affecting Teachers

Confidentiality Issues for Guidance Counsellors
Dealing with Harassment
Duty of Care: Rights Responsibilities and Liabilities
E-Liability
Healthy Interactions
Hot Point Issues
Parents and the School
Potential Liabilities of Teaching Medically Fragile Students
Practice Review
Professional Conduct Is in Order
Staying Employed: What New Teachers Need to Know
Teacher Liability Inside and Outside the Classroom
Teachers and Teacher Assistants
The Law and the Teaching Profession: What EVERY Teacher Needs to Know
Supervision and Evaluation: What Teachers Should Know
What does Member Services Do For You?

Politics and Public Relations

Educational Accountability in the Next Alberta
Media Relations
Politics and Education

Positive School Climate

Classroom Management—What Works?
Communication Strategies for Educators
Preventing and Dealing with Bullying
Increasing Student Resiliency [session also available in French]
Invest in Yourself—Share the Profits
Opening Pandora's Box—Addressing Controversial Issues in Schools
Team Building for Tomorrow
Teachers and Parents: Same Goals, Different Roles

Professional Collaboration

Building a Culture of Learning
Data-Based Decision Making
Developing a Learning Community
Developing Teacher Leadership Capacity
Facilitation Skills for Collaborative Teams
Focus on Assessment
Focus on Instruction
Focus on Student Learning
Professional Inquiry and Classroom-Based Research
Shared Mission, Vision, Values and Goals
Team Dynamics
Tools for Collaborative Teams

Respect for Diversity

Building Inclusive Schools—Focus on Racism, Sexism or Homophobia
Here Comes Everyone: Responding to Cultural Diversity in Alberta Schools
Respecting All Faiths in Alberta Schools
Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (1): Exploring the Issues
Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (2): Examing Prejudice, Power and Privilege
Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (3): Taking Action to Create Safe Schools

Teacher Welfare Issues

Alberta School Employee Benefit Plan (ASEBP)
Collective Bargaining—How It's Changing
Collective Bargaining for Alberta Teachers
Costing the Grid
Counting Time
Economic Policy Committee Training
Employment Insurance (EI) for Teachers
Grievance Arbitration Cases
Handling Grievances
Health Spending Accounts (HSAs)
Human Rights: Impact on the Workplace
Introduction to Negotiation Theory
Legislation Affecting Bargaining
Maternity Leave Entitlements
New Issues in Collective Bargaining
Part-Time Teachers
Pension Basics for Local Officials
Preparing for Collective Bargaining
Retirement Planning Workshop / Pre-Retirement Workshop
Reading a School Board Audited Financial Statement
School-Based Administrators and the Collective Agreement
So You’re Thinking About Retirement
Soliciting Membership Input
Special Education Bargaining Issues
Substitute Teachers
Workload Provisions
Workplace Health and Safety
So You’re Thinking About Retirement Someday