In this episode Jason Schilling, president of the Alberta Teachers' Association, speaks about school leadership in Alberta. He sat down to talk to us during the 2023 uLead conference. For morning information about the Council for School Leadership, please visit our website.

This episode brings you a breakout session from the CAP-uLead conference in 2022 with Kevin Van Lagen. In 2014, enrollment in Altario School was at an all-time low. The future of both the school and community was in question. Today, Altario School is vibrant hub of rural education. By Reimagining rural education, this community school has created a student led farm that not only teaches all things agriculture, it also has increased enrollment in the school, has grown the community and inspired other rural schools to embrace their rural identity.You can find out more about Kevin's work by following him on Twitter and on Facebook.For more information on the Council for School Leadership, please visit our Website.

In this video we bring you a session from a LeadMeet gathering that was held at the Royal Glenora Club in Edmonton in January of 2023. LeadMeets are events organized by the CSL where local leaders share their tips for positively impacting student learning. In this session, we will hear Christina Jones discuss her work around distributed leadership.For information on CSL and our upcoming event, visit our webpage at https://www.atacsl.ca/

In this episode we bring you a session from a LeadMeet gathering that was held at the Royal Glenora Club in Edmonton in January of 2023. LeadMeets are evening gatherings organized by the CSL where local leaders share their tips for positively impacting student learning. In this session, we will hear Meghan Wiens & Lisa Gonsalvez discuss their work with introducing Inquiry practices at their school.You can also watch a video of this podcast on our YouTube Channel.For more information on upcoming events, visit the CSL Webpage.

Welcome to the next edition of our introductions to featured speakers at uLead 2023. For more information on uLead, please visit the website.Eileen Pollack was one of the first two women to graduate from Yale University with a BS in physics; she later earned an MFA from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop. She is the author of five Novels as well as two collections of short fiction. One of her novels, Breaking and Entering, was named a New York Times Editor’s Choice selection. Eileen’s work of creative nonfiction Woman Walking Ahead: In Search of Catherine Weldon and Sitting Bull was recently made into a movie starring Jessica Chastain and Michael Greyeyes. Her investigative memoir The Only Woman in the Room: Why Science Is Still a Boys’ Club was published by Beacon Press in 2015; a long excerpt appeared in the New York Times Sunday Magazine and went viral, after which she spent five years working to advance the opportunities for women and people of colour in STEM fields.Her work has been selected for Best American Short Stories, Best American Essays, and Best American Travel Writing. Eileen’s latest book, an essay collection titled Maybe It’s Me: On Being the Wrong Kind of Woman, was published in January 2022 by Delphinium Books and received starred reviews in both Publishers Weekly and Kirkus Reviews. A former director of the MFA Program at the University of Michigan, she is now a professor emerita and lives and writes in Boston.This episode is brought to you by the Council for School Leadership of the Alberta Teachers' Association.

Welcome to the next edition of our introductions to featured speakers at uLead 2023. For more information on uLead, please visit the website.In this episode we speak with Desiree Cocroft who is an energizing coach and consultant that seeks to empower leaders to fulfill their fullest potential. An experienced facilitator of over 20 years, Desiree elevates the hearts and minds of her audience, while also igniting them to take inspired action.She holds a BA and MBA in Business Administration from Hampton University, as well as a BA from University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in Dance. Desiree is an award-winning author of "Get Your Life Today, 7 Success Hacks for Life, Leadership, and Business." She is also a certified Life and Leadership coach.Desiree is the host of her own podcast, Get Your Life Today, and her expertise has also been featured on Forbes, The Gifters Podcast, Exposed the Podcast, 88Nine Radio Milwaukee, and the PowHer Network. She is also an award-winning author and former Milwaukee Business Journal 40 Under 40 who has appeared on stages for TEDx, Innovation Women, Marquette University, the African American Chamber of Commerce of Wisconsin, and more.In addition to all that she does, Desiree is a full-time consultant with FranklinCovey, where she trains thousands of leaders in their education division each year in 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, trust, leadership development, and strategically achieving organizational goals.This episode is brought to you by the Council for School Leadership of the Alberta Teachers' Association.

Phil Boyte is a Culture Coach, as well as a Professional Development and Culture Summit Facilitator. Phil helps educational leaders to create schools that are so fun, encouraging, and safe they have to beg students and teachers to leave at the end of the day. He has travelled the continent for over thirty years working with school educators in thousands of schools. He is the founder of Learning for Living and the creator of programs such as Link Crew, WEB, and Breaking Down the Walls. He also wrote the book School Culture By Design.Hear more from Phil Boyte by joining us at uLead. More more information and to register, please visit:www.ulead.ca

When it comes to mental health, Stéphane Grenier walks the talk.He was appointed to the Order of Canada and awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws degree by the University of Guelph and Humber College for his contributions to the field of workplace mental health.Stéphane’s riveting keynotes are not only thought-provoking, but also lead to tangible action and sustainable change for those leaders who are prepared to rethink how they support their people.His autobiography, After the War: Surviving PTSD and Changing Mental Health Culture, tells his story from the day he landed in the midst of the Rwandan genocide, through his journey of changing mental health culture in the Canadian military, developing national Guidelines for Peer Support with the Mental Health Commission of Canada, all the way to creating Mental Health Innovations (MHI); a consultancy that leads innovative and sustainable change in organizations to enhance the mental health of their people.Today, he and his business partners, along with countless associates, develop non-clinical mental health interventions as a complement to traditional clinical care for private and public sector organizations, as well as for provincial healthcare systems.Stéphane’s vision is a world where people no longer face barriers to good mental health.Join Stéphane at uLead 2023. Register today at:www.ulead.ca

Armand Doucet is one of the world’s foremost pracademics and teachers in education for this Digital Age. He is a sought after leader, inspirational speaker, coach, columnist, and author. He is one of our Keynote speakers at uLead this year and is part of the pre-conference webinar series that is being offered before the conference in April of 2022.For more information on the uLead conference visit the uLead website.For a full listing of the Professional Development sessions offered by CSL and the ATA, please visit the Alberta School Leaders PD site.Show Notes:Leaders Eat Last by Simon SinekBeing Mortal by Atul Gawande

This episode was recording during the ATA Educational Leadership Academy 2020. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the academy was held online. This session was the second part of a module and speaks about the importance of play for children.If you like this episode, join us at the uLead Conference. Pasi Sahlberg is a Finnish educator who has worked as a schoolteacher, teacher-educator, researcher, and policy advisor in Finland and has studied education systems and advised education leaders around the world. He has written and spoken widely about teaching and learning in school, teachers' work and school improvement, educational change, international education issues, and the future of schools.Armand Doucet (M.S.M., M.Ed.) is one of the world’s foremost pracademics and teachers in education for this Digital Age. He is a sought after leader, inspirational speaker, coach, columnist, author of Teaching Life: Our Calling, Our Choices, Our Challenges in Routledge’s Best-selling Leading Change Series. He is also the lead author of the best-selling book Teaching in the Fourth Industrial Revolution: Standing at the Precipice (Routledge 2018). He has spoken to tens of thousands of teachers on every continent and key international organizations such as UNESCO, WEF and OECD. He has received the Governor General Award for Teaching Excellence in History (2017), Canadian Prime Minister’s Award for Teaching Excellence (2015), is a Meritorious Service Medal Recipient Governor General of Canada, is an Apple Distinguished Educator, Teach SDGs Ambassador, and was named one of the top teachers in the world by the Global Teacher Prize (2017).

This episode was recording during the ATA Educational Leadership Academy in 2020. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the academy was moved online and a number of sessions were presented. This session features Dr. Micheal Rich and Dr. Phil McRae speaking about research around digital wellbeing.Growing Up Digital Findings 1Growing Up Digital Findings 2Michael Rich, MD, MPH, is Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School, Associate Professor of Social and Behavioral Sciences at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and practices Adolescent Medicine at Boston Children’s Hospital. Pediatrician, researcher, father, and filmmaker, Dr. Rich is the Founder and Director of the Center on Media and Child Health (CMCH) and the first evidence-based medical program addressing physical, mental and social health issues associated with digital technology, the Clinic for Interactive Media and Internet Disorders (CIMAID).Dr. Phil McRae is Executive Staff Officer and Associate Coordinator, Government-Research with the Alberta Teachers’ Association and Adjunct Professor within the Faculty of Education at the University of Alberta where he earned his Ph.D. He was the Director of the internationally recognized Alberta Initiative for School Improvement (AISI) at the University of Alberta from 2005-2009, and taught several graduate courses in the Master of Education in Educational Studies program.

This episode is a recording of a session presented during the Educational Leadership Academy 2020 with Dr. Lynora Saxinger. Dr. Saxinger is an infectious diseases physician and associate professor of medicine and microbiology and immunology at the University of Alberta. She does clinical work, teaching and research in general infectious diseases, HIV, HCV, tropical medicine, and antibiotic stewardship and resistance. In this session she speaks about research that outlines ways to reduce COVID transmission as students return to school in the fall of 2020.You can follow her on twitter @AntibioticDocFor more professional learning for school leaders in Alberta, visit uLead.ca

Armand Doucet is one of the world’s foremost pracademics and teachers in education for this Digital Age. He is a sought after leader, inspirational speaker, coach, columnist, author of Teaching Life: Our Calling, Our Choices, Our Challenges in Routledge’s Best-selling Leading Change Series. He is also the lead author of the best-selling book Teaching in the Fourth Industrial Revolution: Standing at the Precipice (Routledge 2018). He has spoken to tens of thousands of teachers on every continent and key international organizations such as UNESCO, WEF and OECD. He has received the Governor General Award for Teaching Excellence in History (2017), Canadian Prime Minister’s Award for Teaching Excellence (2015), is a Meritorious Service Medal Recipient Governor General of Canada, is an Apple Distinguished Educator, Teach SDGs Ambassador, and was named one of the top teachers in the world by the Global Teacher Prize (2017).For more information on upcoming session offered by the Council for School Leadership, please go to the uLead website.

In this episode, we are getting perspective from some different leaders around Alberta on ways that they are supporting teachers during the COVID-19 pandemic. We know that like in other parts of the country and the world, schools in Alberta are engaged in remote learning. Teachers and Leaders have had to adapt fast to this new changing environment.We asked one simple question to leaders, “What are the ways you are supporting teachers during the pandemic?”. We think their answers are enlightening and may help you navigate this difficult environment.We would like to thank Shane Gau (@gaushane), Kathy Kloschinsky (@cropnkathy), and Bryn Spence (@brynspence) for contributing to this episode.For more information on the uLead conference and the work of the Council for School Leadership of the Alberta Teachers' Association, visit the uLead website.

In this episode, we are getting perspective from some different leaders around Alberta on ways that they are supporting teachers during the COVID-19 pandemic. We know that like in other parts of the country and the world, schools in Alberta are engaged in remote learning. Teachers and Leaders have had to adapt fast to this new changing environment.We asked one simple question to leaders, “What are the ways you are supporting teachers during the pandemic?”. We think their answers are enlightening and may help you navigate this difficult environment.We would like to thank Mark Sylvestre (@MarkSylvestre), Lynn Leslie (@LynnLeslie2), and Kim Carson (@KimYCarson) for contributing to this episode.For more information on the uLead conference and the work of the Council for School Leadership of the Alberta Teachers' Association, visit the uLead website.

In this episode we feature an interview that highlights the current state of school leadership in Alberta. Dr. Bonnie Stelmach and Dr. Phil McRae speak to us about the recently published report entitled “Alberta School Leadership Within the Teacher Profession 2019”. This research outlines some areas of success and difficulty for school leaders in Alberta. It also identifies some questions regarding the work of school leaders that need to continue to be investigated. You can get a copy of the report from the Alberta Teachers’ Association Website.Dr. Phil McRae is Executive Staff Officer and Associate Coordinator, Government-Research with the Alberta Teachers’ Association. Phil has worked in many secondary and post-secondary educational contexts while living and teaching in the Middle East (United Arab Emirates), Asia (Japan), Europe (Spain), and in Alberta, Canada with the Lethbridge Public School District and at Red Crow College with the Blood Tribe (Kainai First Nation). Phil is the past winner of the Alberta Excellence in Teaching Finalist Award, the University of Alberta’s Queen Elizabeth II Doctoral Scholar Award, Minister of Education's Innovation Award, and the ATA Provincial Educational Research Award.  Dr. Bonnie Stelmach is a Professor in the Faculty of Education (Educational Policy Studies) at the University of Alberta. She has been an educational researcher and university instructor since 2006, first at the University of Saskatchewan, and now at the University of Alberta. She has examined parents’ roles in education at the post-secondary level.  Her current research is moving toward an examination of school “community”.  In particular, she is contemplating the discourses that shape the notion of “school community” in light of diversification of families, trends toward radical individualism, and boundary shifting. Here is our conversation with Dr. Bonnie Stelmach and Dr. Phil McRae.

In this episode we feature a session from uLead 2019 about Learning Space Design with Rebecca Hare. After a decade in Italy as a design consultant and creative director, Rebecca became fascinated with education. The young designers she hired, she found, struggled with problem-solving and critical thinking. She returned to the U.S. to study education and built on her BFA in Industrial Design. Her Master's thesis focused on Design Thinking and evaluating and enhancing creativity through the study of design and art. Now, Rebecca is an art and design teacher with Clayton Public Schools in St. Louis. She's also a learning space designer and co-author of the book: The Space: A Guide for Educators. She has worked with a number of schools to collaboratively design learning spaces and experiences that enhance student learning, agency and making thinking visible.For more information on Rebecca, please visit her website or follow her on Twitter.If you enjoy this session, it is one of the many that uLead offers every year at our conference. Please join us this coming year in Banff. You can get more information and register at uLead.ca.

In this episode we present a session from uLead 2019 with Richard Gerver. Richard Gerver has been described as one of the most inspirational leaders of his generation. He is an award-winning speaker, bestselling author and world-renowned thinker.He began his career in education, most notably as headteacher of the failing Grange Primary School. In just two years, famously transformed into one of the most acclaimed learning environments in the world. He was celebrated by UNESCO and the UK Government for its incredible turnaround.For more information Richard Gerver, please visit his website or follow him on twitter.If you enjoy this session, it is one of the many that uLead offers every year at our conference. Please join us this coming year in Banff. You can get more information and register at uLead.ca.

In our first episode we bring your a break out session with Dr. Simon Breakspear from the 2019 uLead conference in Banff, Alberta. You will hear Dr. Breakspear talk about developing teacher expertise and ways he suggests planning professional development to maximize impact on teacher learning. Dr. Breakspear is known internationally for helping educational leaders navigate complex change, harness research evidence and drive continuous improvement for better learning. He is the Founder and Executive Director of Agile Schools. He is also a Visiting Fellow at the University of New South Wales, and Research Fellow of the Asia Pacific Centre for Leadership and Change at The Education University of Hong Kong.For more information on Dr. Breakspear and Teaching Sprints, you can visit the Teaching Sprints website or follow Simon on Twitter.If you like this episode, why don’t you consider joining us at uLead this coming year in Banff? You can get more information and register at uLead.ca

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