COTA October 25th, 2024 Professional Development Day
The COTA October 25th Professional Development Conference is set to take place at Mount Boucherie Secondary as well as at two other off-site locations. There is also one virtual offering! Sessions are generally 90 minutes in length and run primarily from 8:30-10, (break) 10:30-12 (lunch) and 1-2:30. There are, however, some offerings that are full day and/or begin and finish at alternate times. We welcome all educators to attend as well as our CUPE partners and UBCO teacher candidates and interns.
We are excited to have Mike Shaw as our keynote speaker 8:30-10 as well as hosting a breakout session 10:30-12.
We also have Bunny Hugs Fresh Food Collective catering the event.
We will be using the platform ebase to register. Please create an account https://cota.ebasefm.com/programs , if you haven't already done so. You can do this before registration begins. COTA members PLEASE USE your SD23 email account to register. UBCO teacher candidates and interns, PLEASE USE your UBCO student account. (Out of district fee is $70 payable by cheque to COTA or cash at the conference, UBCO covers the costs for teacher candidates and interns). Please be sure to read the session description as some require that you bring materials/resources to the session. Also, be sure to sign up for lunch at MBSS if you are in a full day session or have sessions before and after lunch (conference attendees only). Registering for lunch is absolutely necessary as it informs our caterer for food preparation purposes.
Registration opens Friday October 4th at 3:30 pm and ends October 23rd. You will not be able to sign up until registration opens.
Please do not reach out to individual presenters to register or to see if there is space in their sessions.
Here is a document detailing the offerings: COTA Conference Oct 25, 2024 session descriptions
You must complete a Self-Directed form if you are not attending the COTA conference (drop down menu Professional Development and then Personal Pro-D (Self Directed) PRIOR to October 15th. A self-directed form must be completed if you are attending any conference or session on October 25th not offered by COTA or if you are doing alternate pro-d activities. SD23 requires employees to be on an SD23 site if not at a conference as October 25th is considered to be a workday.
If you are interested in presenting at a COTA Professional Development Day, please go to Call for Presenters and fill out the application form. Submissions are due September 27th for the October 25th day and January 10th, 2025 for the February 14th, 2025 Regional Conference and the deadline to submit an application to present at the Summer Conference 2025 is May 30th, 2025.
Please reach out to your COTA school/site Professional Development Representative or to COTA Professional Development Chairperson Barb Huva (cotaprod@sd23.bc.ca) if you have any questions or concerns, or if you require additional information.
Programs in Professional Development brought to you by the Central Okanagan Teachers' Association
Pro-D Handbook 2023, 2024.docxAbove is the link to the COTA Pro-D Handbook if you are curious about what is considered to be pro-d and what you can use your pro-d funds for reimbursement.