ACSI’s ONTARIO TEACHERS’ CONVENTION
November 5 & 6, 2015
Brampton Christian School, Caledon, Ontario
Tim Barnett, Speaker for Stand to Reason, General Session: Engaging the Minds of our Students
Seminars:
 How to Teach our Students to Trust the Bible
 Why Science Should Strengthen our Students’ Faith
 What Every Student Should Know About Evil and Suffering before Experiencing It
 How to Use PowerPoint to Maximize Student Learning
Jonathan Van Maren from the Canadian Centre of Bio-Ethical Reform, General Session:
Pornography and Our Students—What We Can’t Afford to Ignore it!
Seminar
Biblical Sexuality—Including Heterosexual and Homosexual Relationships and Trans-Gender Issues
Jason Biech, Principal at Grace Christian School, Charlottetown
TBA
Shawna MacKellar, M. Ed., OACCOO, Psychometrist
 Children of Divorce: recognizing, understanding and supporting the learning and emotional needs of
children caught in the crossfire of divorce
 Children and Mental Health
Jill Petherick, M.Sc. SLP
 Understanding and Supporting the Language Needs of Students on the Autism Spectrum
 Promoting the Development of Critical Language skills within the Classroom
Shawna and Jill
 Selective Mutism 101: and introduction and overview of the complex characteristics and interventions
petting to children with selective mutism.
Dr. Steve Sider
 School Leadership: Collisions, Disruptions and Diffusions (Parts I-IV)
Kerry Wilson, PK Wilson Education
 Understanding the New Ontario Sex Education Curriculum Parts I and II
Matthew Turton, Special Education
 Hands-on Use of Educational Resource Materials for Special Needs
 How Memory Works and How to Develop It
 Reading Difficulties--Dyslexia, Eye Tracking and Letter Recognition
 Listening Comprehension—Don’t Hear what I am Not Saying
Brett Ullman, The Sex Talk, Parts I and II
Dr. Jane MacIntyre, Tyndale University
 Music Matters in Kindergarten
 Kindergarten Matters
Monica Kay from Youth Unlimited, Growing Leaders in your Classroom
Marianne Deeks
 Understanding Adolescent Sexuality
 Pressures Every Girl Will Face, Parts I and II
Lynn Campanella: Phlay Literacy—A Fusion of Play and Physical Literacy
Ryan Tindale
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Bringing the World into Your Classroom with Skype
Three Fun Ways to Assess with Technology—Kahoot, Google Forms and Socrative
Using Google Earth to Teach Social Studies, History and Geography
Melissa Eberlin: Inquiry Based Learning in the Kindergarten Classroom
Jeremy Kuikman: Problem Solving and Collaboration in the Math Classroom
Matej Perisa: Create Interactive Classrooms with Response Technology
Donna Jo Hewitt: Meeting the Needs of all God’s Creatures—Including You!
Mike Grabham
 Making Words Come Alive: Drama within the English Classroom
 Guiding Questions: Investigating the Role of the Guidance Counsellors
Laura McCourt
 Math Journaling in the Primary Grades
 Reading and Writing in Kindergarten
Victoria Bissell: Cyberbulling and Bullying
Diane Geerlinks of NILD: Special Education
 It’s All about the Eyes and Ears
 Teaching with the Brain in Mind
Mary Lou Maclean of NILD: Special Education
 Executive Function—Air Traffic Control
 Those Inner Voices
Scott Newbury
 The Nimbus Math Classroom
 Teaching Math in a Blended Classroom
Yvette Martin (Arts and Drama teacher)
 Creative Expressions
 Standing Stronger
Jordan Ellis, IT, from Grace Christian School in PEI
Leslie Donovan, The Zayed Future Energy Prize: Alternative Energy Education
AND MORE...