Workshop Overview

It is virtually impossible for a teacher to know how to successfully provide instruction and support for all students in diverse, inclusive contemporary classrooms. Come learn about a Collaborative Response, a school framework that values collaboration, action focused responses, data-informed discussions, and timely intervention to ensure all students can experience success. Come learn how hundreds of school leadership teams in Canada and beyond are establishing inclusive structures to ensure support for every student, while enhancing professional expertise and collective efficacy. Numerous school and district examples, as well as access to a myriad of resources will be provided.

About the Facilitators

Kurtis Hewson has been a teacher, vice-principal, and principal, as well as taught at the post-secondary level. With over a decade of experience as an administrator, Kurtis has championed the call for collaborative structures in schools to ensure success for all students. In addition to two finalist awards from Alberta Excellence in Teaching program and an Edwin Parr award recipients for excellence in his first year of teaching, Kurtis was an honoree for the ASCD Outstanding Young Educator Award in 2010. Kurtis is one of five Alberta principals featured in Reflecting on Leadership for Learning: Case Studies of Five Alberta Elementary School Principals, addressing exemplary leadership practices in elementary schools in Alberta. He is the co-founder of Jigsaw Learning, a co-author of the text Envisioning a Collaborative Response Model, and currently works with districts and schools across the province establishing Collaborative Response Model frameworks, interacting with thousands of educators annually.

Lorna Hewson is an award-winning educator with multiple years of experience in the classroom, school leadership, district leadership and involvement on many provincial organizations . She has a passion for curriculum, instruction, assessment, literacy and inclusive education. Lorna is the co-founder of Jigsaw Learning, co-author of the text Envisioning a Collaborative Response Model, and currently works with districts and schools across the province establishing Collaborative Response Model frameworks as well as supporting districts and schools in areas of growth.

Location and Date

• March 10, 2020 - Southern Cross Public School - Chickiba Drive Ballina East, North South Wales
  • 9:00 am to 3:30 pm, with lunch provided

Registration Information

Only $100.00 with lunch and snacks included.

• Register here (Schools will be invoiced)

Workshop Overview

It is virtually impossible for a teacher to know how to successfully provide instruction and support for all students in diverse, inclusive contemporary classrooms. Come learn about a Collaborative Response, a school framework that values collaboration, action focused responses, data-informed discussions, and timely intervention to ensure all students can experience success. Come learn how hundreds of school leadership teams in Canada and beyond are establishing inclusive structures to ensure support for every student, while enhancing professional expertise and collective efficacy. Numerous school and district examples, as well as access to a myriad of resources will be provided.

About the Facilitators

Kurtis Hewson has been a teacher, vice-principal, and principal, as well as taught at the post-secondary level. With over a decade of experience as an administrator, Kurtis has championed the call for collaborative structures in schools to ensure success for all students. In addition to two finalist awards from Alberta Excellence in Teaching program and an Edwin Parr award recipients for excellence in his first year of teaching, Kurtis was an honoree for the ASCD Outstanding Young Educator Award in 2010. Kurtis is one of five Alberta principals featured in Reflecting on Leadership for Learning: Case Studies of Five Alberta Elementary School Principals, addressing exemplary leadership practices in elementary schools in Alberta. He is the co-founder of Jigsaw Learning, a co-author of the text Envisioning a Collaborative Response Model, and currently works with districts and schools across the province establishing Collaborative Response Model frameworks, interacting with thousands of educators annually.

Lorna Hewson is an award-winning educator with multiple years of experience in the classroom, school leadership, district leadership and involvement on many provincial organizations . She has a passion for curriculum, instruction, assessment, literacy and inclusive education. Lorna is the co-founder of Jigsaw Learning, co-author of the text Envisioning a Collaborative Response Model, and currently works with districts and schools across the province establishing Collaborative Response Model frameworks as well as supporting districts and schools in areas of growth.

Location and Date

• March 11, 2020 - Lismore - To be Determined
  • 9:00 am to 3:30 pm, with lunch provided

Registration Information

Only $100.00 with lunch and snacks included.

• Register here (Schools will be invoiced)

Are you looking to elevate trust and build healthy relationships on your team or within your wider organization? Look no further than CIQ.

About this Event

Conversational Intelligence® is the hardwired and learnable ability to connect, navigate, and grow with others – a necessity in building healthier and more resilient organizations in the face of change. C-IQ begins with trust and ends with high quality relationship and organizational success.

In Conversational Intelligence 101, we will:

introduce a functional knowledge of the neuroscience of conversations, so you can understand how to avoid common traps that send your team into fight or flight;

learn CONVERSATIONAL ESSENTIALS you can implement before, during, and after conversations to make sure they hit the mark; and

leave with simple, practical tools you can use at work AND in your personal life so you can experience the power of CIQ immediately!

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Join educators from across the province and beyond, sharing successes and challenges experienced when developing, refining and sustaining the Collaborative Response framework to respond to the needs of all students. This year's event will take a considerable shift, adopting a "retreat" approach focused on each and every school and district team in attendance walking away with a solidified plan for engaging in next steps for their organization. The learning format will focus on a "what does your organization need?" mindset, through the empowerment of collaborative networks and innovative program design.

For more information, visit the Retreat Website at http://crmconference.ca.

Dates: April 30 - May 2, 2020

Location: Lacombe Memorial Centre, Lacombe, Alberta

Pre-Retreat Sessions - Thursday, April 30, 2020

Option #1 - Envisioning a Collaborative Response Model: Supporting ALL Students - presented by Lorna Hewson

It is virtually impossible for a teacher to know how to successfully provide instruction and support for all students in diverse, inclusive contemporary classrooms. Come learn about a Collaborative Response Model, a school framework that values collaborative, action focused responses, data-informed discussions, and timely intervention to ensure all students can experience success. Come learn how hundreds of school leadership teams are establishing inclusive structures to ensure support for every student, while enhancing professional expertise and collective efficacy. Numerous Alberta school and district examples, as well as access to a myriad of resources will be provided.

Option #2 - Going Deeper with Collaborative Response Model-Advanced Workshop- presented by Kurtis Hewson

Leadership teams across the province and beyond are engaging in the essential work of establishing Collaborative Response Models, a school-wide framework that values collaborative, action-focused responses, data-informed discussions, and timely intervention to ensure all students can experience success. This advanced session will allow educational leaders a chance to dig deeper and determine further next steps for their Collaborative Response Model, particularly in relation to deepening staff collaborative efforts that dramatically enhance collective efficacy across the organization.

Kurtis will share numerous ideas and examples from schools and districts across the province, as well as provide extended opportunities for focused conversations with those in attendance. Come ready to share your successes, challenges and learn from others to assist in determining where to go next with your team.

Main Retreat - May 1 & 2, 2020

Registration Information​