Learning Opportunities

We are pleased to announce the fifth season of Alberta Teacher Talks, an online professional collaboration between Learning Network Educational Services (ARPDC) and The Alberta Teachers Association (ATA).  This year’s topics will explore Professional Learning Pebbles, a foundational collection of 24 short activities created by the Alberta Teachers’ Association Walking Together Project to support certificated teachers on their learning journey to meet the First Nations, Métis and Inuit Foundational Knowledge competency in the Teaching Quality Standard.

Teacher Talks 2017-18 is a 6 part webinar series exploring distinct activities organized through four sequenced approaches (Awareness, Acknowledgement, Atonement, Action) conversation starters for groups of educators engaged in Truth and Reconciliation education. Through these short, interactive activities, educators will localize the process and create effective initiatives that best fit their local context.

Deconstructing the TQS- Participants will examine the draft Teaching Quality Standard’s new competencies around First Nations, Metis and Inuit Peoples in Alberta.  Best practices in Indigenous Education to meet the new competencies will be shared and discussed.

NOTE: Unfortunately, our registration system requires participants to register for each session separately.  For your convenience, you can register by clicking the links listed below:

November 14 Awareness Assimilation Case Study

December 5 Awareness Deconstructing the TQS

March 6 Acknowledgement Learning From Australia's Education Reform

April 10 Acknowledgement Cultural Appropriation

May 9 Atonement Truth and Reconciliation Commission: Calls to Action

May 30 Action UNDRIP: United Nations Declaration on Rights of Indigenous Peoples.