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.
Calls to Action- The 6 year long work of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada yielded 94 Calls to Action as a framework for resetting the relationship between Indigenous and Non-Indigenous peoples in Canada. Participants will analyze the Calls to Action as tools to support First Nations, Metis and Inuit education and advance the reconciliation process in schools.
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.
This learning opportunity is being offered through curriculum implementation funding from Alberta Education.