Workshop Overview

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.

Who Should Attend

Administrators, teachers, district leaders, EA's, instructional leaders

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.

Location and Date

• October 25, 2019 – Red Deer, AB - Central Alberta Regional Consortium office
  • 9:00 am to 3:30 pm, with lunch provided

Registration Information

Only $75.00 with lunch and snacks included.

• Register for Red Deer 

Workshop Overview

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.

Who Should Attend

Administrators, teachers, district leaders, EA's, instructional leaders

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.

Location and Date

• November 12, 2019 – High River, AB - Foothills School Division office
  • 9:00 am to 3:30 pm, with lunch provided

Registration Information

Only $100.00 with lunch and snacks included.

• Register here 

Workshop Overview

Dr. Brené Brown, a research professor at the University of Houston and four-time New York Times best-selling author, spent years researching leadership and organizational cultures. She interviewed 150 global C-suite level executives on the future of leadership, asking: “What, if anything, about the way people are leading today needs to change in order for leaders to be successful in a complex, rapidly changing environment?” Brené wrote in her 2018 book Dare to Lead, “There was one answer across the interviews: We need braver leaders and more courageous cultures.”

Ten organizational problems have been identified in Dr. Brené Brown’s newest work – things like: we don’t have the hard conversations, we tolerate poor performance, etc. all of which lead to erosion of culture. Or, as she states metaphorically, it’s like “termites are in the walls of our culture, we can’t see them, but they are eating the good out of our organizations”. Some of the signs of culture erosion from her research are: perfectionism, gossiping, comparison, bullying and blaming, to name a few.

Is it time for you to reflect on you, your courage, your toolkit of leadership and coaching tools to support healthy cultures and develop leaders? With over 400,000 pieces of data and decades of working with all types of organizations, this is a program that teaches learnable and translatable skills for leaders, school administrators, teachers and coaches alike. In this work we define leaders as: "Anyone who takes responsibility for finding the potential in people and processes and who has the courage to develop that potential".

Facilitated by Laurie Hillis, you will experience a full day, have intimate conversations with a group of committed learners on this journey and make a plan to apply the concepts in your life – personally and professionally.

About the Facilitator

Laurie Hillis is a Certified Dare to Lead™ Facilitator and the Canadian Case Consultant for the Daring Way™ community. She’s also a Certified Daring Way and Rising Strong facilitator. She has used Brené Brown​'s work for the past 5 years in her keynotes, workshops with industry, government and health care, university/college leaders, and her 1:1 coaching/supervision to support individuals and teams to live courageous lives, professionally and personally. Oh, and she does practice it daily herself (most days).​​

Location and Date

• November 13, 2019 – Lacombe, AB - Lacombe Memorial Centre​
• 9:00 am to 3:30 pm

Registration Information

Only $125.00 with mid-morning snack/refreshments and lunch provided​

•  Register here​

Workshop Overview

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.

Who Should Attend

Administrators, teachers, district leaders, EA's, instructional leaders

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.

Location and Date

• November 15, 2019 – Medicine Hat, AB - Medicine Hat Public School Division office
  • 9:00 am to 3:30 pm, with lunch provided

Registration Information

Only $100.00 with lunch and snacks included.

• Register here