ACE Conference 2024: Full Schedule

ACE - Colony Educator Conference - “Making Connections”

10:45am MDT

Story Ninjas Rock

Friday October 25, 2024 10:45am - 12:00pm MDT

Join author Sigmund Brouwer for a fun and engaging session that includes access to charts that you can post in the classroom for students to apply 21 tips to both fiction and non-fiction. More importantly, it will give students extra purpose and motivation to their writing.

Speakers

Sigmund Brouwer

Over the last three decades, Sigmund has delivered the Story Ninja Presentation to more than a million students at schools across North America. As the bestselling author of dozens of titles, with over 4 million books in print in multiple languages, Sigmund Brouwer writes for both... Read More →

Friday October 25, 2024 10:45am - 12:00pm MDT
Room 3

Breakout & Collaborative Sessions

1:00pm MDT

The Elimination Contest

Friday October 25, 2024 1:00pm - 2:00pm MDT

Room 3

Looking for a writing game that will involve everyone in classroom? Sigmund Brouwer shows an easy way for writers at any level to come with a great story through a Secret Code, Xs and Os, an Elimination Contest, as well as through Snakes and Ladders. You’ll also receive a writing folder to share in the classroom.

Speakers

Sigmund Brouwer

Friday October 25, 2024 1:00pm - 2:00pm MDT
Room 3

Breakout & Collaborative Sessions

2:30pm MDT

Enhancing Student Learning Through Math Manipulatives and Tools

Friday October 25, 2024 2:30pm - 3:30pm MDT

Room 3

Are you looking to expand your teaching strategies and engage your students in deeper, hands-on learning? Join us for an interactive and enriching session, *Enhancing Student
Learning Through Math Manipulatives and Tools*, designed for educators of all grade levels. In this workshop, we’ll explore how math manipulatives and various instructional tools can
transform abstract mathematical concepts into tangible, experiential learning opportunities for your students.
We’ll dive into a range of tools—some that have stood the test of time, alongside innovative, fresh-from-the-press resources you may not have encountered yet. Whether you’re a seasoned pro or just starting to integrate these strategies into your lessons, this session will offer practical guidance on how to use these tools effectively across different grade levels.
By the end of this session, you’ll leave with an expanded repertoire of teaching strategies and fresh ideas for immediate application in your classroom. The goal is for each participant to walk away with new approaches, tips, and resources to add to your teaching toolbox, empowering you to create more engaging, student-centered math experiences.
Come prepared to collaborate, share ideas, and discover how hands-on learning, using the right tools and strategies, can make math both meaningful and fun for your students!

Speakers

Cherri-Lynn Kohlman

My name is Cherri-Lynn Kohlman. Originally from BC, I currently live in Rolling Hills, Alberta with my husband who has managed to put up with me for the past 36 years. I am the proud mother of two daughters, 19 and 24, both who are currently studying to become teachers. I started... Read More →

Friday October 25, 2024 2:30pm - 3:30pm MDT
Room 3

Breakout & Collaborative Sessions

10:45am MDT

Teaching using Accountability Binders and Rotations

Saturday October 26, 2024 10:45am - 11:45am MDT

Room 3

The session is geared to inspire colony teachers, seasoned and new alike. For those wanting a new experience and seeing one way of approaching multigrade
teaching, this also is for you. If you are a German teacher, this may give some insight on the process of what teachers go through when they join your colony. Because nothing is perfected, I will be asking you for suggestions and ideas that may make this system more epic. Key takeaways:
-the experience of becoming comfortable as a colony teacher
-an “inprogress” binder system that shows teachers how to teach multiple grade levels while
respecting the AB curriculum and yet still reaching colony goals
-a feeling of collaboration, participants get to share suggestions and ideas for possible
improvement.

Speakers

Monique Tardif-Blakley

Well, if you like energy, out-of-the-box thinking, adventures, and new experiences in teaching, cats, and chocolate, you’ve come to the right place. I am a 1993 undergraduate with distinction from the Faculté St. Jean at the University of Alberta, Edmonton. Yup, a French Immersion... Read More →

Saturday October 26, 2024 10:45am - 11:45am MDT
Room 3

Breakout & Collaborative Sessions