Early Childhood Education Council - ECEC UofC

Just a friendly reminder to signup before September 30th to automatically be entered for a chance to win a 25$ Indigo Gift Card!! Link is in our bio📝

Thank you to everyone who stopped by our booth today! We loved connecting with you and are excited to kick off the year together. Don’t hesitate to reach out to us if you have any questions🍎

Join us this Thursday at the Doucette Library for Werkland’s Student Opportunities Fair!

Stop by our booth and enter for a chance to win a $25 gift card. The draw will take place on September 30th, and winners will be notified by email.

Meet the 2025/2026 Executive Council! Get to know the team working behind the scenes to make this year a success—we can’t wait to connect and share a memorable year with you all🤍

Welcome back to the 2022-2023 school year, everyone! Our PD sessions and registration for the Early Childhood Education Council is open. ECEC memberships are FREE with the purchase of an ESA membership. You will then have full access to our Professional Development sessions, as well as a community of people passionate about early childhood education. To become a member, please follow the link below to the Microsoft Form, fill out your information, click yes to become a ECEC member, and then e-transfer $20 to the ESA. Please keep in mind that if you were a member last year, you must re-register this year as memberships are annual. As a thank you for joining the ECEC, we are giving away four $25 gift cards to Indigo. Sign up by October 1st to win!

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Stay tuned for our first newsletters and the winners of the gift card draw! For more information, please email [email protected]

We are so excited for this!!! If you are one of our ECEC members, you get to attend this amazing Conference for FREE!!

Calling all ECS and Grade 1, 2, and 3 Teachers: The Early Childhood Education Council, a specialist council of the Alberta Teachers' Association, is excited to announce our 2022 Conference presenters and conference dates. Due to the ever-changing Covid-19 pandemic, we will be hosting our conference on a live virtual platform on Friday, April 22nd, 2022 in the evening & Saturday, April 23rd, 2022. The conference will be available and FREE for all ECEC members. Please be sure to double check your membership status before March 15th to receive an email invite in April to our 2022 Conference. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us at: [email protected]

We are happy to announce that registration for our second PD session of the year is open! First-Year Teacher Panel:

Date and time: Thursday, February 3rd, 2021 6:30 - 8:00 PM via Zoom

Who would benefit the most: All students, especially those whose teachable subject is Elementary and Early Childhood

Description: Our second PD of the year will have first-year teacher panellists from a variety of positions (full-time, part-time, substituting, online teaching, temporary contracts) and school boards (Calgary Catholic, Calgary Public, etc.) coming to speak about their experiences. Our panellists will share their experiences, portfolios and answer your questions. This is a great PD to attend if you have questions about applications and what it is like to be a first-year teacher. Please note that a PD certification will be sent out following the workshop and that this workshop will be followed by the ECEC Annual General Meeting 2022.

Registration Link: https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=7KAJxuOlMUaWhhkigL2RUVFD2_XCRGJAvw1zSg0RIvxUMVhCVTZCMDg3Uk5GOUlDWjlJOUlZV0JOVy4u

The Early Childhood Education Council is looking for executive members for the 2022-2023 school year and we would love for you to join our team! You do NOT have to be in the Early Childhood stream to be a part of the council. It is a great opportunity for all pre-service teachers! We have four executive positions available: two PD Coordinators, ECEC-ESA Liaison and Secretary/Treasurer. The presidency role has been filled. Descriptions of the roles are in the comments. To apply, please fill out our Microsoft Form (linked below) and attach your resume and cover letter.

Deadline for application submission: Thursday, January 27th, 2022.

Please note that the positions will be announced at the Annual General Meeting via Zoom on February 3rd, 2021 following the First-Year Teacher Panel PD workshop.

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We are happy to announce that registration for our first PD session of the year is open! Providing Essential Literacy Experiences for Young Learners:

Date and time: Thursday, January 27th, 2021 6:30 - 8:00 PM via Zoom

Who would benefit the most: All students, especially those whose teachable subject is Elementary and Early Childhood and English Language Arts

Description: This workshop will focus on the three key literacy learning experiences that strongly support children’s learning, especially during this time of the pandemic. Children have been impacted in a variety of ways, and in order to give them a solid literacy foundation despite loss of learning, teachers have tools to guide them. Within the workshop, we will examine some fundamentals of Guided Reading, look at two high-yield strategies for word work, and look closely at reading and writing elements to support early learners.

This workshop will be presented by Darla Wutzke who graduated from the University of Calgary Master of Teaching program in 2004, and has been teaching with the Calgary Board of Education for about 15 years. She has primarily taught Grades One and Two, and this year moved to Grade Three for a new experience. Her learning passions include early literacy and numeracy, which has consumed most of her professional development time.

Please note that a PD certification will be sent out following the workshop.

Registration Link: https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=7KAJxuOlMUaWhhkigL2RUVFD2_XCRGJAvw1zSg0RIvxUMEExMUxLREw1UlFHWkZWNFJET0c2UVVCUS4u

As a member of our council, you can register for this awesome 6-part PD!

Who doesn’t love free PD! Check out these! To register follow this link!

https://www.crcpd.ab.ca/program/7791

It's that time of year again! Stay tuned for exciting news this week about our two upcoming professional development sessions that you WILL NOT want to miss, free admission with your ESA/ECEC membership.

Stay tuned! We have two ECEC professional development sessions coming soon with limited spots available. Make sure to check your emails later this week for details!