2026 myPITA Fall Conference Call for Workshop Proposals

Apply to present at the Provincial Intermediate and Middle Years Teachers' Association (myPITA) 2026 Fall PSA Day Conference on Friday, October 23, 2026. This conference will be delivered in person at SFU Harbour Centre in Metro Vancouver and online. 

Workshop applications will be accepted until noon on Friday, March 6, 2026. Accepted myPITA workshops are a combination of lectures and hands-on experiential learning that deliver BC curriculum-aligned information and exemplify best practices about any subject or topic relevant to Grades 4–9 intermediate and middle school teachers from across the province. During the workshop, attendees should receive information, techniques, and resources that they can immediately implement in their classroom without purchasing any resources; therefore, workshops that are promotional or that sell a product or service are not accepted.

Questions or concerns, please contact Conference Coordinator, Kristina, at conference@pita.ca.

Provincial Intermediate and Middle Years Teachers Association (myPITA) 

Types of Presenters

Presenters are anyone delivering a workshop.

Teacher-presenters are currently employed teachers by a BC school district or an independent school.

Sponsored presenters are individuals who are paid or volunteer to deliver or facilitate workshop presentations on behalf of an organization. 

Contract presenters are presenters who do not meet the definitions of teacher-presenters and sponsored presenters. myPITA pays contract presenters a negotiated fee per workshop. 

In-person and on-site presenters deliver their workshops at a conference site provided by myPITA. 

Offsite presenters deliver an online workshop from any location with reliable high-speed Internet, and the location is not provided or paid for by myPITA (e.g., home, school, etc.). 

Workshop Honorariums and Benefits for Teacher-Presenters

Teacher-presenters are eligible to receive the workshop honorarium. The honorarium is paid per workshop and not per presenter. If there are multiple presenters, the lead presenter will receive the honorarium and be responsible for sharing the honorarium. The teacher-presenter receiving the honorarium must have their SIN and EFT information on file with the BCTF.

The 2026 myPITA honorarium rate is $200.00 per 75-minute workshop and $250 per half-day workshop. 

Sponsored presenters, contract presenters, and organizations are not eligible for the honorarium.

Teacher-presenters, who are BCTF members, may receive complimentary conference registration and a myPITA membership. A maximum of two teacher-presenters per workshop may receive complimentary in-person or online conference registration and a myPITA membership.

Workshop Fees

Teacher-presenters who request a fee exceeding the honorarium will be classified as contract presenters. myPITA requests that the presenter request an unpaid leave of absence from their employer for the day of the presentation, on the principle that a presenter should not be paid twice.

Contract presenters are paid the contracted and invoiced fee.

Sponsored presenters who are not receiving grant funding to deliver their presentation may request a workshop fee. The fee must be requested at the time of the application.

Contract presenters and sponsor presenters do not receive a complimentary myPITA membership or conference registration.

Workshop Standards

Presenters are expected to deliver workshops that exemplify best teaching practices related to the BC curriculum. Workshop sessions may not sell or promote a product or service that teachers are required to purchase to implement the concepts presented in the workshop. Presenters should not promote resources on Teachers Pay Teachers (TPT) or sites that charge teachers to access resources. 

Presenters, whether teachers or not, are expected to uphold the values of the Professional Standards for BC Educators. Presenters will not disparage another teacher, presenter, or organization’s practice or resources. 

Presentations, especially those sharing information about controversial and sensitive subject areas, must include guidance about ethical, safety, and professional considerations and hazards that teachers should consider before implementing them in their classrooms. Controversial and sensitive subject areas may include, but are not limited to, technology (including AI), and political and/or cultural topics. 

myPITA reserves the right to decline or cancel any workshop without explanation if they feel it does not meet myPITA's, the BCTF's, and/or the Professional Standards for BC Educators. 

Workshop Delivery Formats

75% of myPITA’s Fall 2025 conference audience attended online. Preference will be given to presenters who will deliver workshops online. Online presenters may use their own professional Zoom account, or myPITA will provide a paid Zoom account for you to use. 

Presenters who deliver in-person and online workshops will be provided with a space to give their workshops. Online workshops will be presented in a different room than in-person workshops. 

Proposed Schedule

Workshops are 75 minutes. The proposed schedule for the day is: 

Session A 8:45 AM - 10:00 AM
Session B 10:15 AM - 11:30 AM
Lunch
Session C 12:30 PM - 1:45 PM
Session D 2:00 PM - 3:15 PM

Presenter Technology

Presenters are responsible for supplying a laptop with sufficient performance to present their in-person workshop. The laptop must have an HDMI or USB-C port to connect to the on-site audiovisual technology, including the projector and sound system. If the laptop lacks an HDMI port, the presenter is responsible for bringing a USB-C-to-HDMI adapter.

Offsite presenters are responsible for providing reliable high-speed internet at their own expense. 

Online presenters are responsible for creating, logging in to, and updating their Zoom account at least 72 hours before their workshop presentation. Online presenters must have a Zoom account associated with the email address they provided when they applied to present. The Zoom account may be a free or paid Zoom account. 

Travel Reimbursement Eligibility

Sponsored presenters are not eligible for travel reimbursement. 

All presenters are encouraged to travel by public or active transit to the conference site. There is nearby paid parking. 

Eligibility for teacher-presenters to receive travel reimbursement requires that the teacher-presenter:

• Deliver at least three (3) in-person workshops at the conference site, and

• Live more than 100 km from the conference site and/or require a ferry to travel to the conference site.

If eligible, myPITA will reimburse or pay for a teacher-presenter's:

• Return-trip, economy airfare or ferry fare.* 

• Economy accommodation based on a double-occupancy hotel room of myPITA's choice. myPITA may arrange and pay for a hotel room.*

• Co-presenting presenters are responsible for their own expenses.

*Details to be discussed on an individual basis.