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Kurtis and Lorna reflect upon the need to establish an annual calendar in your school, reflecting key assessment dates, team meetings, PD days and more, to ensure intentionality, alignment and predictability for your collaborative efforts.

Kurtis is joined by David Burkus, a former business school professor turned full-time writer and speaker. Kurtis and David talk about his book Best Team Ever and learn more about the three fundamental elements all high-performing team cultures share.

Discover how Calgary Board of Education educators at Woodlands School are transforming Collaborative Team Meetings into high-impact, teacher-led spaces focused on instructional action, student support, and meaningful Tier 1 and 2 solutions.

Kurtis and Lorna discuss what is the locus of control and why keeping our primary focus on what is in our locus of control can have substantial impact on an organization's culture.

In this replay episode, Kurtis has the opportunity to connect with Will Parker, founder and CEO of Principal Matters, LLC. and host of the podcast Principal Matters. Will and Kurtis discuss the often dual nature we need to consider when it comes to leading…

Kurtis and Lorna discuss the purpose of pre-meeting organizers for the collaborative team meeting and how variations and enhancements to the pre-meeting organizer should be an aspiration for every school over time.

Kurtis and Lorna explore what is an implementation dip and how to attend to them when leading change in your organization.

Lorna and Kurtis are joined by Jeanne Spiller and Mark Onuscheck, two educational leaders, authors and consultants and co-editors of a number of PLC at Work titles. They discuss how to build a highly intentional and focused culture of collaboration, with a…

Discover how Principal Paul Kelly of Weledeh School transformed staff meetings into impactful collaboration through strategic pre-planning, protected professional time, and a sustainable rollout of the Collaborative Response framework.

Discover how Kurtis and Lorna are reimagining collaborative team meetings by prioritizing processing and reflection time, while sharing innovative strategies schools use to spark deeper thinking and meaningful collaboration.