www.bellmedia.ca Sports journalist Michael Landsberg is the keynote speaker at the Southeastern Alberta Teachers' Conference at Medicine Hat College
About 1,100 teachers from across the region will be participating in the Southeastern Alberta Teachers’ Conference at Medicine Hat College on Thursday and Friday.
The headline speaker is sports journalist Michael Landsberg, who will be delivering a talk on living with depression.
Other keynote speakers are Dr. Phil McRae, who will speak about the effects of digital media on children today, and Sarah Prevette, who will discuss entrepreneurship.
There will also be a performance by New Blood, a music and dance performance on Truth and Reconciliation of Indigenous people.
In addition to the speakers and performance, teachers will have the opportunity to choose from more than 100 sessions on various topics, such as curriculum, technology, classroom management, mental health and well-being, assessment and Indigenous history.
New this year is “Teachers Give Back,” a raffle for items donated by local businesses. Tickets will be purchased at the convention and all proceeds will go toward the Medicine Hat Be Youth Centre, SPEC in Brooks and Oyen’s Family Community Support Service.
The convention is open to teachers only.
