The ATA News , February 17, 2026 ❚ 9
Teachers’ convention season kicks off
Lindsay Yakimyshyn ATA News Managing Editor F or more than 80 years, the ATA’s teachers’conventions have created space for meaningful professional growth for Alberta’s teachers.This year, conventions kicked off on February 5–6 in Edmonton with the North Central Teachers’Convention (NCTC), where members made memories, networked, and learned new strategies and pedagogical approaches they can apply to their teaching context. Teachers across Alberta will be attending conventions throughout February. Convention season will wrap up on March 5–6, with the Mighty PeaceTeachers’Convention in Grande Prairie. What has been your favorite learning from this year’s teachers’ conventions? Let us know! Send an email with your name, local and a brief description of a memorable moment of professional development to newsandmag@ata.ab.ca by March 1. Feel free to include a relevant photo as well. Your submission may be featured in the ATA News .
LINDSAY YAKIMYSHYN Keynote presentations featured a variety of topics, including productive struggle and its application within the classroom, the power of story and the joy of missing out. Bestselling author Carl Honoré (pictured above) spoke on the value of slowing down to build resilience and connection in the digital age.
LINDSAY YAKIMYSHYN Presenter Ian Doktor showed off his homemade catapult as he led a session on engineering projectile motion that gave physics and science teachers new ways to engage their students.
LINDSAY YAKIMYSHYN Conventions created opportunities for learning and connection during sessions, at the ATA booth and in the exhibitor hall.
LINDSAY YAKIMYSHYN Presenter Melanie Fricot got participants up and moving during her line dancing session.
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