How do we ensure our educational assistants are empowered as an integral part of the team?
As a school or district leader, you know that educational assistants (EAs) are a vital resource. But are they fully empowered to contribute to collaborative team meetings? Without a clear understanding of the purpose and their role, their valuable insights can be lost, and the team's overall effectiveness is limited.
Ensure your support staff have a clear understanding of the collaborative team meeting and their critical role with it!
This online course is the solution. Designed specifically for EAs, it provides the essential clarity they need to become confident and active participants in your school’s Collaborative Response efforts.
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Why This Course is a Game-Changer for Your School!
- Builds Collective Capacity: This training empowers your EAs to contribute their wealth of knowledge and experience, ensuring collaborative team meetings serve as a powerhouse of shared expertise.
- Ensures a Clear Purpose: The course clarifies how the collaborative team meeting differs from other meetings, so everyone is aligned on the shared goal of supporting students through sharing classroom practice.
- A Proven Framework: Facilitated by Jigsaw Learning's co-founder Lorna Hewson, this course reinforces the foundational components of Collaborative Response, building a cohesive approach across your entire staff.
- Practical & Actionable: Participants will learn the specific structures and processes critical for success, preparing them to contribute effectively in any collaborative team meeting.
Module Overview
By the end of this online course, you will have engaged in the following topics and key outcomes:
Course Outcomes:
- Recognize the purpose and focus of the Collaborative Team Meeting and how it differs from other layers of collaboration in Collaborative Response
- Identify the structural components that are important for understanding participation in Collaborative Team Meetings
- Identify the role of an educational assistant when participating in Collaborative Team Meetings
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Included with the Course:
- Five Online Modules: A comprehensive overview of collaborative team meetings, their purpose, key structures, and the valuable role EA’s play.
- Flexible Learning: The course takes approximately 3 hours to complete, allowing for flexible, self-paced professional development.
- Official Certification: Upon completion, participants can print a Certificate of Completion for their records.
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Unleash the Full Potential of Your Team!
Every member of your team has a crucial role to play in a Collaborative Response. This course is an investment in your people and a step towards a more effective, cohesive school culture.
Enroll your educational assistants today and empower them to become an integral part of your collaborative team meetings!
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Looking to Extend the Learning for Your Educational Assistants?
We also have a FREE Facilitation Guide available!
For each module in the course, we’ve provided:
- An overview of the module
- Extension activities, whether engaging with participants in-person or online
- Reflection questions for discussion
Provide an additional layer of support when having multiple educational assistants accessing the course!
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No Purchase Necessary
Unlike traditional meetings filled with updates and talk, collaborative team meetings are designed to spark meaningful, student-focused problem solving.
Get everything you need to facilitate your first one with confidence—Grab the Collaborative Team Meeting Starter Kit - it’s FREE!
Meet the Presenter
Lorna Hewson is a passionate educator who is engaged full time with Jigsaw Learning as a Lead Learner and co-author of the Corwin Best Seller Collaborative Response: Three Foundational Components That Transform How We Respond to the Needs of Student. Lorna’s diverse roles in schools and districts has provided a wealth of experience in essentially every area of development in supporting the needs of schools, staff and students. With Jigsaw Learning, Lorna engages in a variety of support structures with systems, including coaching, mentoring, leading and facilitating schools and districts in the areas of Collaborative Response, designing and coordinating teams throughout systems, building literacy and early years frameworks, and designing inclusive learning frameworks.
- Co-Author of the Corwin Best Seller Collaborative Response: Three Foundational Components That Transform How We Respond to the Needs of Students
- District leadership roles in curriculum, learning and inclusive services as well as experience in curriculum implementation and design with provincial prototyping and working groups
- Past Chair of the Alberta Assessment Consortium
- Recipient of the Alberta Excellence in Teaching Award
- Engaging presenter, facilitator, coach and mentor for educators throughout the province and internationally
Impacting Educational Assistant Professional Growth!
Listen to how Katie Graham, Assistant Superintendent - Learning Services, utilizes the Collaborative Team Meetings for Educational Assistants online course to deepen professional learning.
Completion Time
Each module in the course should take 15-60 minutes to complete, based on the specific content for the topic. Total completion time is approximately 3 hours.
Cost and Access
This online learning series is $49 per participant. For organizations intending to provide access for multiple employees, a 10% discount is provided for 10 or more registrations. Please contact if wishing to discuss the volume discount.
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Customization and Support
Organizations have the ability to customize the learning series for their school or district, to include reference to specific policies, processes and procedures. Customization cost is $5,000, with an automatic 10% discount for all access codes purchases for the organization's customized series.
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