Welcome to the Alberta Teachers’ Association Specialist Council event page for the 2021/2022 school year. These events are sponsored by the 21 specialist councils of the Alberta Teachers’ Association. All active teachers in the ATA are entitled to one no-cost Specialist Council membership and can subscribe to as many other councils as they like. To join a council, members can click on https://bit.ly/SpecialistCouncilJoin.
To find more about any of the events, you can click on the event and follow the subsequent link.
Mission The Science Council of the Alberta Teachers’ Association is a group of dedicated professional science teachers committed to promoting, supporting and enhancing excellence in science education. The Science Council strengthens the quality of science education in Alberta schools.
Vision Facilitate Career-long Professional Development Enhance Professional Expertise and Practice Advocate on Professional Issues Build communities of Practice
Objectives The objective of the Science Council (SC) is to promote science education in Alberta's schools through constant improvement in the quality of science instruction.
Activities To carry out its mandate, the Science Council promotes seminars on science teaching throughout the province of Alberta and encourages the establishment of regional councils. To aid in professional development, the Science Council has established a list of resource personnel in the field of science and also provides teams of such personnel to fill requests from regionals and locals for workshops.
The Science Councils holds an annual conference and encourages the pooling and sharing of ideas. The Council also actively encourages the sharing of successful classroom results among all members of the Council and abides by the notion that an individual triumph is also a group triumph.
Publications The SC publishes The Alberta Science Teacher newsletter and the Alberta Science Education Journal.
https://sc.teachers.ab.ca/Pages/Home.aspx