The Career Technology Education Council (CTEC) Annual Conference: Full Schedule

1:30pm PST

Raising the Next Generation of Leaders... How to Build a Leadership Program

Friday November 6, 2026 1:30pm - 2:45pm PST

Limited Capacity seats available

This session will give you the basics of building a leadership program for grades 7-12. It will go over different ways to program it and lots of activity ideas to get you started. This session is great for CTF and High School Teachers.

Speakers

Heather McCaig

District Representative, South East, The Alberta Teachers' Association

Heather Dawn McCaig is a long-time educator at Crescent Heights High School in Medicine Hat, Alberta, where she teaches leadership and other subjects and has helped build an active leadership program that engages students in community service and school events. She has been involved... Read More →

Friday November 6, 2026 1:30pm - 2:45pm PST
Cougar Room - Coast Hotel

General Interest

3:00pm PST

Vertical Gardening

LIMITED

Friday November 6, 2026 3:00pm - 4:15pm PST

Cougar Room - Coast Hotel

Limited Capacity seats available

Our primary goal is to empower educators with practical ways to teach indoor gardening in an engaging, hands-on and simplistic manner (no greenhouse needed). Indoor vertical gardening makes food production possible in the tightest, most unexpected of spaces. In this workshop, we will delve into our experience building up a gardening program from scratch and offer tips and tricks to those looking to begin or expand upon their own.

Speakers

Joel Heyland

CTS teacher. Gardener. Landscaper. Graphic designer. Athlete past his prime raising toddlers. Began gardening on a patio of the rental I stayed at in college. Favourite plant to grow: peas. Favourite recipe to make using garden produce: borscht. Future gardening aspirations include... Read More →

Friday November 6, 2026 3:00pm - 4:15pm PST
Cougar Room - Coast Hotel

NAT- Natural Resources

11:00am PST

Going from CTS to CTF: It is Possible!

LIMITED

Saturday November 7, 2026 11:00am - 12:00pm PST

Cougar Room - Coast Hotel

Limited Capacity seats available

In this session we will go over how to reshape your mind from the CTS high school mindset to the CTF junior high. I will share examples from my teaching career and give you the outline to design the CTF program of your dreams. My goal with this session is to show you how a Jr. High Foods class can be more than smoothies and Crudités platters. *Note: the examples will be from Foods classes but the ideas behind it can be applied to any CTF classroom.

Speakers

Sara Nestorovich

Sara Nestorovich has been teaching since 2018. Since she started she has taught between two districts and 11 different schools with various diverse populations. Currently she teaches Foods 7 to 9 through a STEM lens at Father Michael Troy Junior High in Edmonton, AB. When she isn't... Read More →

Saturday November 7, 2026 11:00am - 12:00pm PST
Cougar Room - Coast Hotel

CTF, CTF

The Career Technology Education Council (CTEC) Annual Conference

1:30pm PST

Heather McCaig

3:00pm PST

Joel Heyland

11:00am PST

Sara Nestorovich

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