This year's conference includes three speakers with a wealth of knowledge around the theme, "Relationships and Connections in Education".
Two-Day Tickets include a CEC One Year Membership.
Yes I Can! Awards are being held Thursday Evening at 7pm at the Victoria Inn.
MCEC's AGM will take place Friday from 12-1pm.
Art and Basket raffle tickets will be available for purchase on both days of the events, and ticket sales go towards YIC! International Nominees.
Thursday - Rina and R.M.'s half day workshops dive into relationships, stories, empathy, executive function, and emotional connections!
Friday - Kim agrees that her full-day Trauma-Sensitive Education Workshop she is delivering on Friday is a great follow-up to last year's Workshop on Becoming a Behavioural Detective.
Thursday, February 29,2024
Morning Presenter:
Rina Whitford
Relationships, Stories, and Time
Rina Whitford is a passionate educator and advocate for equitable and inclusive education. Herexperiences include supporting big picture thinking with school leaders, supporting school teamswith curriculum and assessment, as well as leading the establishment of programs and initiativesthat are grounded in Indigenous perspectives.
Growing up in Sandy Bay First Nation, Rina credits much of her current knowledge base to her livedexperiences derived from her Indigenous roots. Rina's current research interests involve honoringthe voices and knowledge of marginalized populations in educational settings. Being immersed inIndigenous ways of knowing and doing has provided her the foundations for shifting mindsets thatchallenge current practices within the colonial education system in order to meet the needs of alllearners in meaningful ways.
Afternoon Presenter:
Ryan Michael (R.M.) Caligiuri
Empathy, Executive Function, and Emotional Connections!
R.M. Caligiuri is a Leadership Development Facilitator and the CEO of High-Rise Leadership. Hespecializes in executive functioning skills, critical thinking, empathy, self-leadership, andleadership behaviors.
R.M. wants to leave our world better than when he came in and knows countless people are tryingto do the same thing but believes his experiences and skillset provide him an opportunity tospread seeds of empathy, critical thinking, and self-leadership to unlock leadership behaviors thatextend into our families, companies, and communities thereby making our world a more unitedand compassionate place.
Friday, March 1, 2024
Kim Barthel
Trauma-Sensitive Education
We all know circumstances in a student’s life outside of school impacts their development andcapacity to learn. What is becoming clearer is what we can do about it to support all our students,and ourselves. This one-day workshop illuminates the impact that trauma has on the developingbrain and on relationships, and on how learning can happen within a framework of secureattachment in our school environment. School-based professionals are invited to understandmore about the science behind stress, complex behaviour, attunement, co-regulation andlearning - and ultimately how as educators we can help bring out the best in all of our students.
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