Regardless of whether your school has less than 5 staff or over 100, a truly Collaborative Response to support the needs of all learners requires the presence of four layers of collaborative teams. In this free webinar, Lorna Hewson will share the 4 layers of teams essential in every school, as well as share numerous resources, templates and samples. Great news - more than likely at least three of these layers already exist in your school!

January 17, 2023 - 4:00 - 5:00 pm MST (Online)

Facilitated by: Lorna Hewson

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We know that the use of data in schools is essential to inform classroom practices and school-wide responses. In short, effective teams rely upon being informed by data. But how that data is shared with teams matters! In this free webinar, Kurtis Hewson shares 5 mistakes leaders make when organizing data for teams and practical solutions for these mistakes. How data is organized matters - come learn more about effective organization, with access to numerous samples and resources.

February 13, 2023 - 4:00 - 5:00 pm MST (Online)

Facilitated by: Kurtis Hewson

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Overview Workshop - Collaborative Response: Every Child Deserves a Team

Feeling overwhelmed with the expectations being placed on teachers, leaders and educational systems to respond to the diverse needs of our learners? Ensuring success for all students is a moral imperative for all schools, but takes a highly coordinated framework of structures and processes within a school to maximize the collective capacity of the team. Come learn about Collaborative Response, an organizational mindset that involves some fundamental shifts for schools and districts, such as layering collaborative team structures, transforming how we talk about student needs, focusing on students close to meeting expectations through thoughtful organization of data and evidence and ensuring tiering of supports rather than students. Simple shifts that emerge through a focus on Collaborative Response and the good news is that some likely already exist in your building! Numerous school and district examples, as well as access to a large number of resources, will be provided for school leaders wishing to join hundreds of schools using Collaborative Response to ensure high levels of success for students and staff!

All participants will receive a copy of the text Collaborative Response: Three Foundational Components That Transform How We Respond to the Needs of Learners (Corwin, 2022) included as part of the registration fee.

Lunch will be provided.

Facilitated by Kurtis and Lorna Hewson

March 6, 2023 - 9:00 am - 3:30 pm - Regina, Saskatchewan

• Gratton Room, 3118 - 14th Avenue (Holy Rosary School, playground entrance), Regina, SK
  

Overview Workshop - Collaborative Response: Every Child Deserves a Team

Feeling overwhelmed with the expectations being placed on teachers, leaders and educational systems to respond to the diverse needs of our learners? Ensuring success for all students is a moral imperative for all schools, but takes a highly coordinated framework of structures and processes within a school to maximize the collective capacity of the team. Come learn about Collaborative Response, an organizational mindset that involves some fundamental shifts for schools and districts, such as layering collaborative team structures, transforming how we talk about student needs, focusing on students close to meeting expectations through thoughtful organization of data and evidence and ensuring tiering of supports rather than students. Simple shifts that emerge through a focus on Collaborative Response and the good news is that some likely already exist in your building! Numerous school and district examples, as well as access to a large number of resources, will be provided for school leaders wishing to join hundreds of schools using Collaborative Response to ensure high levels of success for students and staff!

All participants will receive a copy of the text Collaborative Response: Three Foundational Components That Transform How We Respond to the Needs of Learners (Corwin, 2022) included as part of the registration fee.

Lunch will be provided.

Facilitated by Kurtis and Lorna Hewson

March 7, 2023 - 9:00 am - 3:30 pm - Saskatoon, Saskatchewan​

• College of Education Student Lounge, Room 1005, University of Saskatchewan, 28 Campus Drive, Saskatoon, SK

Over the past number of years, with the growth of tiered response systems in schools, educational organizations have become proficient at tiering students for intensifying levels of support. When done well, it ensures a systematic approach to supporting a greater number of students and maximizing resources. When not done well, it can lead to higher levels of support becoming overwhelmed and resources stretched thin as more and more students required intensified supports. The great news is there is a better way that comes when you STOP tiering students! In this free webinar, Lorna Hewson will explain the paradigm shift from tiering students to tiering supports and share 5 considerations when organizing a continuum of supports in schools and districts.

March 14, 2023 - 4:00 - 5:00 pm MST (Online)

Facilitated by: Lorna Hewson

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