IT Connect

See you at: Lunch With IT - next up, Thursday, December 12

This is an open invitation to IT techs, help desk folk, and other IT stakeholders in school districts across Alberta to meet up and share successes, challenges and more with lunch in hand. See you at Lunch With IT! - with your host, Todd.

Mark your calendar with these 2024-2025 Dates - second Thursday in each month:

  1. November 14
  2. December 12
  3. January 9
  4. February 13
  5. March 13
  6. April 10
  7. May 8
  8. June 12

IT Connects with ALL IT staff!

IT Connect PLN. We're in IT together.

Swap stories, share lessons learned, and talk all things IT. 

Meeting monthly, we'll have virtual lunch together and explore topics of interest to IT support staff in our school jurisdictions. This is a great opportunity to meet your counterparts and make friends with your neighbours from all over Alberta. We'll ask hard questions and lean on the expertise in the room.

You're not alone. We're all in IT together!


Our PLNs are custom-tailored to best meet identified topics and PL models identified by our ATLE members.

Our team is currently contacting those who identified as being interested in leading or co-leading a PLN group. If you are interested in being part of our IT Connect PLN, please indicate that on the survey or reach out directly to ProLearn.

2024-2025 IT Connect Dates

Mark your calendar for the second Thursday of the each month from 12:15 - 1:00 PM. 

Check the ATLE calendar for the next meeting information!

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ATLE is hosting two lunchtime roundtable meetups for those interested in connecting with the larger community and with Pascal Couture from Alberta Education to learn more about the administration of provincial exams using the new Alberta Education Vretta tool.

Session One:

Title: Provincial Exams for IT people
Date and Time: Thursday, February 15, noon - 1 PM in Zoom
Who: IT people
This session will include lessons learned from the January exam administration, what's in development, and more. Bring your questions along.

Session Two:

Title: Leading provincial exam implementation in your schools
Date and Time: Tuesday, February 27, noon - 1 PM in Zoom
Who: ET and district/school leadership people.
Knowing that the teachers supervising provincial exams are likely not the same teachers who may have tested the tool with students in their classes in preparation, and that this exam tool is new to us all, how can district and school leaders support successful implementation of the Vretta tool to maximize familiarity ahead of time, leverage it to support authentic assessment practices, and minimize avoidable hiccups on exam days? What are some good practices we've learned so far? Bring your questions along.