Leadership Academy

Take Your Collaborative Efforts to the Next Level with the Collaborative Response Leadership Academy!


We often use the term “simplexity” when describing Collaborative Response - simple in its three foundational components but highly complex when trying to align them with coherence and intentionality at the school level.

How can you get the support needed to really make an impact for school?


Leadership Academy registration for the 2024-2025 school year has now closed.

Our next cohort will begin in 2025. Join the waitlist and receive early notification of registration opening for 2025-2026!

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Consider enrolling in the Leadership Academy for 2025-2026!

This comprehensive and highly impactful team professional learning opportunity includes:

  • Online engagement in year long learning intended to deepen your team’s understanding and establishment of Collaborative Response
  • Networking with other schools also engaging in this work, to share progress made and challenges being experienced
  • Access to author Kurtis Hewson multiple times during the year to support your school’s efforts
  • Dedicated time for team planning and determination of next steps to support ongoing implementation

Every Child Deserves a Team!


We understand that a single teacher alone cannot possibly meet the needs of their diverse classrooms.

Every child deserves a team? But how can we do it in our school?

Join the hundreds of educational organizations who are seeing success through Collaborative Response, a system-wide framework that values collaborative, action-focused responses, data-informed discussions, and timely support to ensure all students can experience success.


For the one-time cost of $999, you will receive:

Four half days of professional online learning

Assemble your team in a space where you can access the Zoom webinar together and four times a year, engage in a half-day of networking, learning and team planning, to celebrate your progress made and determine actionable next steps. These sessions are recorded and made available to participating schools.

Three Q and A sessions

Between the half day sessions, three 90 minute question and answer sessions will be established, for Kurtis to provide personalized responses to the questions being generated by participants. These sessions are recorded and made available to participating schools.

Access to the Collaborative Response Membership (up to $495 value)

Receive an annual subscription to the Collaborative Response Membership for up to five team members, with access to hundreds of resources, online recordings and more!

Access to the Overview of Collaborative Response on-demand workshop (up to $245 value)

Receive access for your team (up to five team members) for the Overview of Collaborative Response on-demand workshop, to provide an overview of Collaborative Response with lifetime access to the learning materials.
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Network with and learn from colleagues engaging in the journey alongside your school!

You are not alone in this journey!

Through the leadership sessions, connect and network with similar schools also working to implement Collaborative Response in their schools.

The learning design of the online leadership days provides multiple opportunities to interact and learn from other schools. Maximize the power of networking to grow your understanding and walk alongside other schools to deepen the learning of your team!

In addition, an online community will be established to share artifacts, engage in conversation, ask questions and engage directly with Kurtis.


Benefit from dedicated time for team planning!

We know that schools are busy places and opportunities to pause and plan do not come along often!

Each leadership session embeds time for dedicated and directed team planning, with opportunities for individualized support for your team. Resources are provided to help support your team planning but ensures your team has time to unpack the learning and work together to determine next steps for your school!

Take advantage of dedicated time to help your team determine the next steps forward for your school!



Through the 4 Online Leadership Sessions, school teams will focus on the following key questions related to Collaborative Response:

  • What are the four layers of collaboration essential in each and every school and what do they look like in our school context?
  • How do we establish effective collaborative team meetings to transform how we identify and respond to the needs of students?
  • How we identify screening tools aligned with our organizational priorities and organize our key data effectively?
  • What are the four tiers of support and how do we establish, refine and utilize robust continuums of support to deepen classroom practice?
  • How do we establish a culture of collaboration focused on increased collective efficacy and success for all students?
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2025-2026 dates to be determined!

Leadership Sessions

9:00 am - 12:00 pm

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Q and A sessions

4:00 - 5:30 pm

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All times are MST/MDT and all sessions are facilitated via Zoom. All sessions are recorded and made available for all participants.



Got Questions?




Lead Learner Kurtis Hewson shares further information about the Collaborative Response Leadership Academy.


Leadership Academy requires a minimum of four registered schools. If less than four schools register, full refunds will be issued (but keep the Overview of Collaborative Response on-demand workshop as a token of our appreciation!)

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