IGNITE 2022

8 a.m. - Meet and Greet

Enjoy a warm beverage and catch up with your colleagues.

9 a.m. - Welcome and Greetings

Greetings from the ATA Local President, NLPS Board Chair, and Superintendent Rick Cusson.

9:40 a.m. - Keynote Speaker - Allan Keller, Mental Health Advocate

10:40 a.m. - Wellness Break

11 a.m. - Morning Session

Choose from a variety of in-person sessions or connect with a virtual session.

12 p.m. - Lunch

Join your colleagues for a one hour lunch break.

1 p.m. - Afternoon Session #1

The afternoon is split into two 60-minute learning sessions. Choose from a variety of in-person sessions or connect with a virtual session.

2 p.m. - Wellness Break

2:20 p.m. - Afternoon Session #2

The afternoon is split into two 60-minute learning sessions. Choose from a variety of in-person sessions or connect with a virtual session.

Due to the large number of people expected at IGNITE 2022, we are asking staff for their co-operation to ensure we do not negatively impact surrounding residents and businesses.

The school parking lot is located on the south side of the building and there is on-street parking on the north and east sides of the building.

Please pay careful attention to nearby parking lots that are reserved for specific businesses (town office, provincial building, library, pool, etc.

To reduce traffic congestion and parking issues, we recommend that as many staff as possible carpool.

Buses will be running from Lac La Biche and Cold Lake for staff who indicated they wanted to take the bus to the event. Transportation staff will be contacting people next week to confirm pick up times and locations.

Not familiar with our Bonnyville area schools? The majority of the day's sessions will take place at BCHS which is located at 4808  49 Street.

Bonnyville Outreach School has also agreed to provide space for some sessions as well as an area for people to connect to virtual sessions. Bonnyville Outreach is located at 5006 - 50 Avenue and is a short walk from BCHS.

The meet and greet will start at 8 a.m. and Opening Ceremonies promptly at 9 a.m. Please be seated in the gym at least 5 minutes prior so we can start on time.

We are using sched.com to share session information and locations with everyone.  We have added new sessions since our last email, so please go to Sched to see what's new! If you have not explored the sessions yet, please log in and select the ones you are interested in.

Please note: Selecting a session DOES NOT guarantee you a spot in that session. Sessions will be first-come, first-served and are limited by the capacity of the various classrooms. We recommend you get to the location of your sessions early to ensure you get a seat and advise everyone have a back up plan for what sessions they will attend if their first choices are full.

Please watch the video for tips on how to use Sched and select sessions.

Our keynote speaker for IGNITE 2022 is Allan Kehler.

Allan has developed a genuine appreciation and passion for learning and working with Indigenous peoples and communities. He spent the majority of his teaching career instructing the Mental Health & Wellness program at the Saskatchewan Indian Institute of Technologies, and shares his powerful message on reserves across Canada. These cultural teachings have played a key role in his own recovery, and a holistic approach towards healing can be found in his presentations.

His presentation will focus on Life-Changing Mental Health Conversations and how one teacher can change a student's life in 10 minutes.

Allan will have books and merch available for sale during IGNITE 2022. He will be donating $5 from each purchase to the BCHS Santa's Elves program. 

In addition to in-person sessions that may require access to technology, this year we are also offering several virtual sessions. Staff participating in virtual sessions will need to bring their own devices to IGNITE 2022 and will need to have a headset or ear buds as there may not be classrooms assigned for the virtual sessions.

Areas that are recommended for accessing virtual sessions include the HUB, staff rooms and courtyard at BCHS (if the weather is nice), and the main room at Bonnyville Outreach.

Staff who need access to Wifi to participate in a session, can login as a Guest:

• Select NLPS-Guest as your network
• Your guest pass key (password) is ignite2022

This year's lunch is being prepared by Yum's The Word and will include a selection of boxed lunches. Staff who don't wish to eat the lunch that is being provided are encouraged to bring something from home. 

To make the distribution of 700+ lunches as efficient as possible, we will set everything up what used to be the old school gym, north of the main entrance, (marked theatre 180 on the map).

Staff who pre-arranged  through their school administrators to have lunches prepared that address severe allergies can pick up their lunches in the foods lab.

There are many places to eat at the school, both inside and outside. Please ensure you dispose of all garbage in the receptacles provided and are on time for your afternoon PD session.