Welcome to the 85th Annual
Greater Edmonton Teachers' Convention
"21st Century Literacy"
Welcome to the GETCA website for the 2011 convention. Planning is well underway for a fantastic convention and speakers are currently being approached to meet the needs of our diverse professionals.
21st Century Literacy is the theme for GETCA Convention 2011. This theme will be divided into three major strands:
- Enhancing Professional Practices – Best teaching practices
- Promoting Innovation and Creativity: Technological Advances - Understanding the tools of technology; including the benefits and drawbacks of technology
- Moving Forward: Understanding & Engaging Tomorrow’s Learners – Who are we teaching and how can we reach them?
Convention Purpose
Teachers’ conventions have been established through provincial legislation in the province to provide teachers a forum to renew their professional skills on an annual basis.
The Greater Edmonton Teachers’ Convention Association develops programs of general interest to teachers at all levels across a broad field of curriculum. Convention planning takes into account the needs of individual teachers to become aware of new knowledge and trends in teaching and school organization, and also their needs to establish and broaden communications with other teachers on matters of professional concern.
The general nature of the convention is emphasized; by choosing programs and themes with broad appeal; by retaining keynote speakers whose message will be of interest to a majority of teachers; and, by limiting the influence of external special interest groups.
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