2024 Canadian Virtual Webinar Events
September / October / November
Virtual link will go out the morning of the event to those that have registered.
All registration costs are charged in USD and include GST and programs. Prices are approximate based on currency conversion at the time of set up. Your credit card will convert to CAN. Checks are acceptable payable in USD to A4LE, 11445 E Via Linda, Ste 2-440, Scottsdale, AZ 85259.
3 Webinar Price: $75.00 CAD / $55.00 USD
Individual Webinar Price: $30.00 CAD / $22.00 USD
Register
Last day to register for September 13 event – September 12
Last day to register for October 4 event – October 3
Last day to register for November 8 event – November 7
Friday, September 13, 2024
12:00 – 1:00 PM CST
Transforming Teamwork
Bring an example of a recent project and learn how your organization, school and learning environments can be transformed through teamwork.
This session includes opportunities to get to know your teammates, take on authentic challenges and utilize a 4-part framework to grow the capacity of your team.
Friday, October 4, 2024
12:00 – 1:00 PM CST
Web of Support
Bring another example of a recent project and learn how the ICAR-US Web Of Support© will change your organization, school and learning environments. This session includes Derek Peterson’s famous Napkin Talk, interactive conversations and challenges to apply to your setting.
Friday, November 8, 2024
12:00 – 1:00 PM CST
Mittens & Gloves
Bring one more example of a recent project and learn how to test your organizational readiness for the future using a simple Mitten & Glove framework. This session includes brief presentations, dynamic conversations and practical applications for your organization, school and learning environments.
Speaker: Nick Salmon
Nick is the founder and president of the
Collaborative Learning Network. He is a ninth-generation educator focused on educational facility planning, professional development of educators and design support for future-flexible learning environments that cost less to design, build, own, operate and maintain. He is the world’s first self-certified educational furniture whisperer– capable of coaxing the greatest potential out of the unruliest school furnishings.
His global practice (6 continents, 35 countries, 42 US states) includes co-facilitating Harvard’s annual Learning Environments For Tomorrow Institute. In addition to working with more than 200 schools on more than 40 educational visioning and master planning efforts, Nick is a co-founder (with Dr. Fran Locker & Gabriel Diago) of the Revolution in Education Congress in Bogota and Cartagena, Colombia where he leads hands-on project-based learning experiences built upon personal, local, cultural, or global passions. Nick is the four-time host of the online webinar 24Hours of PBL+, an international celebration of Project Based Learning that includes learners and educators from 75 schools and organizations in 40 countries on 6 continents.
He is the co-author (with Erin O’Reilly & Mar Cano) of TeamED: Building more effective teams for projects, education and community. He is co-authoring Web Builders Nigeria with Paul Iwok & Derek Peterson. Nick is the author of Almost, tales of failure, recovery & persistence and near brushes with discomfort. Nick has also written a children’s book entitled Pelchers: childhood memories of the village store. A second children’s book Fireflies will be published in 2024.
2024 Annual Grant Winners
The British Columbia Chapter announces the 2024 winners of the learning environment enhancement annual grant:
1st Place ($6,000): Deroche Elementary School
Mission SD#75
Deroche Forest – Interpretive Trail
2nd Place ($4,000): Steeples Elementary School
Southeast Kootenay SD#5
The Re-Set Process
3rd Place ($2,000): Ecole des Pionniers
Francophone SD#93
Reading Resource Room & Beyond