Our President's Welcome
Welcome SEATCA Attendees!
On behalf of all your retired teacher colleagues, as President of MHADRTA—Medicine Hat And District Retired Teachers Association—it is with great pleasure that I welcome all active teachers to your first virtual SEATCA Teachers’ Convention. Not only is it virtual, but this is the first year that SEATCA and SWATCA have teamed up for a joint Southern Alberta Teachers’ Convention. Some of my retired teacher colleagues will be joining you in some of the sessions. I see that some of the presenters are retired teachers, as well.
During all my many years of attending Teachers’ Conventions in Medicine Hat, I always enjoyed meeting my friends and colleagues from other schools and districts/divisions. Even as a retired teacher, I enjoyed attending the convention annually. The social aspect, collegiality and professional development that occurred were all an important part of the convention. School art displays and exhibitors rounded out a perfect convention.
The line-up of presenters is an excellent one. I wish each and every one of you a wonderful convention. Enjoy the two days. When you return to your classroom on Monday, you will feel refreshed and rejuvenated.
Mel Deydey,
President, MHADRTA
Registration
This year's teacher convention is on-line and being run over zoom. In order to "attend" sessions, you will need to register. Once you have done that, you will be automatically registered for keynotes and can register for other sessions which pique your interest.
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Once you have registered, click on the link at the top entitled: "Info for Teachers". This will open a new page. In the highlighted bullet which says, "Starting on January 26" there is a link starting with http. If you open this link you will be able to choose sessions.
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According to the information on the page, you will get an email notification with the zoom connection about 10 minutes before the session starts.
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ARTA Presentation
ARTA is hosting a zoom session from 11:30 to 4:00 on Thursday and from 9:00 to 3:00 on Friday. A link to the relevant page is here. If you wish to sign up for the ARTA session, it is at 9:00 a.m. on Friday and can be found in the "Career and Retirement Planning" section.