Thanks, North Central BC educators, for a wonderful 2021 Spring Fling Conference. See you next year on April 29th, 2022. We'll be offering a hybrid conference with both in-person and online programming.
This year's conference on April 23rd, 2021 will be a virtual event hosted on Zoom, with a plenary/keynote session to start the day, and three 1-hour workshop sessions to follow with breaks. Once you've registered, you'll have access to a custom attendee site with instructions for the conference day and options for making changes. While we don't have a single conference theme, you will notice that a number of our workshops relate to compassion and resilience -- so timely as reflect on a year living in global pandemic that has affected our students and ourselves in profound ways.
17th ANNUAL SPRING FLING -- 'olulh noye
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SPRING FLING AT A GLANCE
WHEN:
8:30-9:45 Plenary Session, Introductions from Joanne Hapke, PGDTA president, Welcome from elder, Keynote speaker: Monique Gray Smith
10:00-11:00 Workshop Session I
11:00-11:30 Morning Break / Move your bodies!
11:30-12:30 Workshop Session II
12:30-1:30 Lunch / Move your bodies!
1:30-2:30 Workshop Session III
8:30-9:45 Plenary Session, Introductions from Joanne Hapke, PGDTA president, Welcome from elder, Keynote speaker: Monique Gray Smith
10:00-11:00 Workshop Session I
11:00-11:30 Morning Break / Move your bodies!
11:30-12:30 Workshop Session II
12:30-1:30 Lunch / Move your bodies!
1:30-2:30 Workshop Session III
WHY: There's something for everyone and everyone is welcome. Beyond providing one-off professional development workshops, we have built a program that emphasizes connections between educators, and connections to the ongoing inquiry that occurs in classrooms and schools. Benchmarks, not destinations.
WHO: The Spring Fling is for educators in SD57 (Prince George), SD28 (Quesnel), SD91 (Nechako Lakes), SD27 (Cariboo-Chilcotin) plus other educational professionals, advocates, specialists, assistants, and community members from Prince George and beyond. This conference is the result of the cooperative efforts from the PD Chairs and their committees from the following BCTF "North Central Zone" locals: Prince George (57), Quesnel (28), Nechako (56), and Burns Lake (55), with advice from Cariboo-Chilcotin (27). Thanks also to contributions from CUPE local 3742 and the local chapter of BCPVPA -- the Prince George Principals' and Vice-Principals' Association.
WHERE: This event will be online, hosted on Zoom and set up through the EasyReg system. After registration, participants receive links to their respective workshop sessions, plus login details if they would like to change their workshops.
WHAT: We encourage use of the hashtag #edfling during the conference to communicate professional learning and celebrate the work of educators. You can also add your district #sd57, #sd91, #sd28, or #sd29 as well as #bctf or #bced in order to invite wider dialogue.
WHO: The Spring Fling is for educators in SD57 (Prince George), SD28 (Quesnel), SD91 (Nechako Lakes), SD27 (Cariboo-Chilcotin) plus other educational professionals, advocates, specialists, assistants, and community members from Prince George and beyond. This conference is the result of the cooperative efforts from the PD Chairs and their committees from the following BCTF "North Central Zone" locals: Prince George (57), Quesnel (28), Nechako (56), and Burns Lake (55), with advice from Cariboo-Chilcotin (27). Thanks also to contributions from CUPE local 3742 and the local chapter of BCPVPA -- the Prince George Principals' and Vice-Principals' Association.
WHERE: This event will be online, hosted on Zoom and set up through the EasyReg system. After registration, participants receive links to their respective workshop sessions, plus login details if they would like to change their workshops.
WHAT: We encourage use of the hashtag #edfling during the conference to communicate professional learning and celebrate the work of educators. You can also add your district #sd57, #sd91, #sd28, or #sd29 as well as #bctf or #bced in order to invite wider dialogue.
Conference Registration: opens in early March (aiming for March 9th) -- see the WORKSHOPS and REGISTRATION links above to preview sessions and sign up.
Conference Fees:
Conference Inquiries: email Conference Coordinator gthielmann [AT] sd57.bc.ca or phone 250-562-7214 (PGDTA office)
Conference Fees:
- BCTF members (including TTOCs) in sponsoring districts (SD27, SD28, SD57, SD91 locals 55 & 56): free ($30 fee covered by your PD Funds)
- Administrators, EAs, education professionals & support staff, AbEd Dep't: free (covered by Association contributions)
- Student teachers, PAC & DPAC members, elders, school board trustees in SD57: free (welcomed guests)
- Others (including independent school teachers and BCTF members in non-sponsoring districts: $30 (for the whole day) -- online payment upon registration, or by arrangement with the conference coordinator (e.g. coordinator will provide an invitational code and the school can send a cheque for "SD57 PGDTA PD Fund" c/o PGDTA 101-1968 Queensway, Prince George BC V2L 1M2).
Conference Inquiries: email Conference Coordinator gthielmann [AT] sd57.bc.ca or phone 250-562-7214 (PGDTA office)
We're looking forward to seeing you at the Conference
All the best from
Glen Thielmann, Pro-D Chair, Prince George BCTF local 57 PGDTA
as well as the PGDTA Pro-D Committee -- Joseph Jeffrey, Cindy Martin, Caitlynn Needoba, Noelle Pepin, Trina Chivilo, and Melanie Switzer
and sponsoring Pro-D Chairs Loree Moffat (SD28), Lisa Mason (SD91 local 55) Shawn Lank (SD91 local 56), Ryan Hanley (SD27 Cariboo-Chilcotin)
and additional steering committee members: Julie Fisher (SD57 Fine Arts Support Teacher), Andrea Maurice (SD57 Early Learning Coordinator)
All the best from
Glen Thielmann, Pro-D Chair, Prince George BCTF local 57 PGDTA
as well as the PGDTA Pro-D Committee -- Joseph Jeffrey, Cindy Martin, Caitlynn Needoba, Noelle Pepin, Trina Chivilo, and Melanie Switzer
and sponsoring Pro-D Chairs Loree Moffat (SD28), Lisa Mason (SD91 local 55) Shawn Lank (SD91 local 56), Ryan Hanley (SD27 Cariboo-Chilcotin)
and additional steering committee members: Julie Fisher (SD57 Fine Arts Support Teacher), Andrea Maurice (SD57 Early Learning Coordinator)