Learning Opportunity
Leading Change: Five Considerations for Leaders
Facilitator: | Kurtis Hewson |
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Date: | October 10, 2024 |
Time: | 1:00 pm to 2:30 pm MTN |
Cost: |
$50.00 |
Location: |
Virtual |
Session Code: | 25-LE-016-CARC |
Type: | Webinar |
Focus: | Leadership |
Target Audience
Educational leaders
About this Learning Opportunity
It is critically important for leaders to understand that the only constant in schools is change. Whether implementing new curriculum, engaging in reimagined instructional practices or initiating a school-wide framework for success, leaders need to understand some basic tenents of change theory and how to navigate waters that can feel unsettled and even possibly contentious. In this session, Kurtis will share five considerations for leaders to understand when leading change and include multilple samples and resources related to those five considerations. Leading change is rarely easy but is incredibly necessary when ensuring organizations that learn, grow and respond to the changing needs of students, communities and the greater educational landscape.
This session addresses the LQS competencies
- 2. Modeling Commitment to Professional Learning
- 4. Leading a Learning Community
This session addresses the TQS competencies
- 2. Engaging in Career-Long Learning
- 3. Demonstrating a Professional Body of Knowledge
This learning opportunity is being subsidized through funding from Alberta Education.
About the Facilitator
Kurtis Hewson
Kurtis Hewson has been an award-winning 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... Read more »