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ECSD Elementary School Teams: Coaching for Excellence
Welcome to the third round of School Teams, where we continue to grow together in our shared commitment to student success. This round’s focus is on Coaching for Excellence, emphasizing how every educator, like even the most elite athletes, benefits from thoughtful guidance and tools to perform at their best. Through this lens, we will dive into our new curriculum subject areas, equipping you with strategies to support optimal teaching and learning.
Explore 16 impactful sessions designed to empower K-6 teachers, instructional leaders, and coaches, including a special kindergarten throughline that establishes the foundations for lifelong success. Together, we’ll foster collaboration, build skills, and set the stage for excellence in every classroom.
Dive into the schedule below to find inspiring sessions, resources, and tools to help you and your team succeed. Let’s empower our educators and students to reach new heights!
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Robots, Resources, and Ready-to-Use LIMITED
Tuesday February 11, 2025 1:00pm - 2:15pm MST
2B
Session Materials
Join us for a hands-on, interactive session where we’ll dive into the exciting world of Makey Makey, micro:bit, and Code & Go Mouse Bots—tools readily available in your ECSD Science bins. Discover how these innovative resources can enhance computer science skill progression in the K-6 curriculum while showcasing their cross-curricular potential. Start with quick-start mini-lessons to build confidence using the tools, then collaborate to design engaging, classroom-ready activities with support from Copilot AI. Leave with a practical project, actionable ideas, and the inspiration to empower your students as creative problem-solvers and future-ready coders
Speakers
avatar for Nicole Cunningham

Nicole Cunningham

Emtech, Edmonton Catholic School Division
Nicole Cunningham is a Consultant with the Emerging Technology team in Learning Services with Edmonton Catholic Schools. She has been an educator with ECSD for 24 years, teaching K-6 students and serving as a technology coach for Early Learning, Inclusive Education and Curriculum... Read More →
avatar for Haidee deRoca-Garcia

Haidee deRoca-Garcia

STEM Consultant, ECSD
Haidee de Roca-Garcia is the STEM Consultant for ECSD. She has taught K-6 for almost 30 years and is passionate about making learning fun and engaging for all learners. She believes curiousity is a superpower and robots are the best! When not learning something new every day, she... Read More →
avatar for Joel Kristiansen

Joel Kristiansen

Emerging Technology Consultant, Edmonton Catholic School Division
Joel is part of the Emerging Technology team at Edmonton Catholic Schools. Joel has worked in ECSD for over a decade, spending most of his time in K-9 schools teaching design, robotics, and collaborating with teachers to integrate makerspaces into their subject area.
Tuesday February 11, 2025 1:00pm - 2:15pm MST
2B
  K-6

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