Learning Opportunity

Leading Change: Five Considerations for Leaders

Registration closes:
Oct 09, 2024 at 11:00 pm MTN
Webinar will be recorded
Facilitator: Kurtis Hewson
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 »