Putting the Pieces Together with Jigsaw Learning focuses on stories from the field as leaders implement Collaborative Response.
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FINAL EPISODE: Farewell Putting the Pieces Together - Merging with Leading Collaborative Response
Episode 50
Sunday, December 31, 2023 • Duration 27:41
In episode 50 of Putting the Pieces Together, the FINAL episode, Jennifer, Lorna and Kurtis reflect on the growth of Jigsaw Learning and Collaborative Response as their own advice is taken: from getting started with podcasting to share a message to taking aim by refining the focus to be definitive and purposeful in reaching the intended audiences.
Key learnings over the course of the podcast include being authentic and sharing not only the learning but the heart that went into the celebrations, the challenges, the mistakes, and the successes.
If you can take away one thing from this episode as you continue to refine and deepen your understanding, it is the hope that as you progress, you experience the cumulative effect of making a point of each and every step along the way trying to make things just a little bit better.
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Connect with Kurtis Hewson
Email kurtis.hewson@jigsawlearning.ca
Twitter @hewsonk27
LinkedIn https://ca.linkedin.com/in/kurtishewson
Connect with Lorna Hewson
Email lorna.hewson@jigsawlearning.ca
Twitter @LornaHewson
Linked In https://www.linkedin.com/in/lorna-hewson-713a59104
Access the First Chapter of the Corwin Best Selling Book Collaborative Response: Three Foundational Components that Transform How We Respond to the Needs of Learners
Jigsaw Learning is a team of educators who work with schools, districts and educational leaders to establish collaborative learning structures that ensure success for all students, because every child deserves a team.
Join the Facebook Group “The Collaborative Leader”, to engage in further conversations and resource sharing with others dedicated to ensuring effective teams and collaborative structures - https://www.facebook.com/groups/thecollaborativeleader
Music: “Jigsaw” has been composed, recorded, and produced by Trent Ferguson for Putting the Pieces Together with Jigsaw Learning.
Images: Visuals included in this video not generated under agreement with Jigsaw Learning Inc. have been carefully selected under Creative Commons for their permissions.
Collaborative Response: A Proactive Approach to Supporting All Students
Episode 49
Friday, December 22, 2023 • Duration 53:16
In episode 49 of Putting the Pieces Together, Jennifer, Lorna, and Kurtis prompt Carmen Semeniuk, Principal of Light of Christ School in Lakeland Catholic School Division to revisit the four year journey the school has been on with respect to implementing, refining, and deepening Collaborative Response. Carmen shares ideas that resonated in the process of introduction, key shifts that have made the process more efficient, support provided to the school from the divisional level, and manners in which new staff are introduced to ensure the framework is sustainable. Reflection is focused on what is convenient and purposeful to ensure students AND staff are effectively supported.
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Connect with Carmen Semeniuk
Email casemeniuk@lrcssd.ca
Connect with Kurtis Hewson
Email kurtis.hewson@jigsawlearning.ca
Twitter @hewsonk27
LinkedIn https://ca.linkedin.com/in/kurtishewson
Connect with Lorna Hewson
Email lorna.hewson@jigsawlearning.ca
Twitter @LornaHewson
Linked In https://www.linkedin.com/in/lorna-hewson-713a59104
The Power of Collaboration to Impact Student Learning
Episode 48
Thursday, December 21, 2023 • Duration 47:09
In episode 48 of Putting the Pieces Together, Jennifer, Lorna and Kurtis meet with Jeremy Rolheiser, Principal of St. Brieux School in Horizon School Division in Saskatchewan, to reflect on how small incremental changes focused on teaching can have large and lasting impact on student learning, particularly when those changes are agreed upon collaboratively.
Shifting Paradigms: Student Needs as the Driver for Learning
Episode 47
Wednesday, November 1, 2023 • Duration 01:06:12
In episode 47 of Putting the Pieces Together, Jennifer, Lorna and Kurtis spend some time exploring the story of Principal Carolyn Jensen, who has implemented Collaborative Response in more than one school. Carolyn discusses shifting paradigms to focus on students’ needs to drive instructional practice as well as the ways in which Collaborative Response has “come to the rescue” in the current context of a large suburban high school.
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Connect with Carolyn Jensen
Email carolyn.jensen@psd.ca
Connect with Kurtis Hewson
Email kurtis.hewson@jigsawlearning.ca
Twitter @hewsonk27
LinkedIn https://ca.linkedin.com/in/kurtishewson
Connect with Lorna Hewson
Email lorna.hewson@jigsawlearning.ca
Twitter @LornaHewson
Linked In https://www.linkedin.com/in/lorna-hewson-713a59104
Harnessing Collaboration So That the Results Speak for Themselves
Episode 46
Saturday, August 12, 2023 • Duration 11:42
In episode 46 of Putting the Pieces Together, Jennifer, Lorna and Kurtis spend time with Principal Joe Marion and Family Outreach Worker Rhonda Miron of Dr. Brosseau School (part of Lakeland Catholic Schools). Topics covered include creating space for robust and balanced conversations around academics and mental health, the impact of early assessment, implementation dips and peaks, the importance of onboarding, and how to shift from working for the continuum to have the continuum work for the educators.
In episode 45 of Putting the Pieces Together, Jennifer, Lorna and Kurtis connect with Rob Champ, a Learning Leader at Ernest Manning High School with Calgary Board of Education.
Rob articulates how their high school staff of over seventy engage enthusiastically in Collaborative Response to meet the needs of their students. Through the highly structured Collaborative Team Meeting that is supported by the school’s Collaborative Response Committee, staff are able to engage with one another on a professional level in a safe environment. As a result, a community has been built on their commitment to trust, support, and learn from one another.
Literacy Success for ALL Students: Building a Schoolwide BLAST Intervention
Episode 44
Saturday, July 15, 2023 • Duration 50:18
In episode 44 of Putting the Pieces Together, Jennifer, Lorna and Kurtis connect with the recently “retired” Nancy MacLellan, who, while having the opportunity to cruise the world with her travel consultant husband Chris, has an equal amount of enthusiasm for supporting schools and staff looking to implement BLAST (Building Literacy and Supporting Teamwork) as a schoolwide intervention to ensure literacy success for all students.
In episode 43 of Putting the Pieces Together, Jennifer, Lorna and Kurtis connect with Jeff Thompson again, a couple of years after his initial guest spot on the show. Jeff, now Deputy Superintendent of Peace River School Division, shares his experience in modeling Collaborative Response at the district level, his understanding of Collaborative Response as a framework on which to hang all other practices and priorities on, and his belief that Collaborative Response is a journey, not an event (and one that needs time to be played out in context).
Creating Lasting Change: Collaborative Response as a Framework to Enhance Instruction and Learning
Episode 42
Saturday, June 17, 2023 • Duration 01:06:35
In episode 42 of Putting the Pieces Together, Jennifer, Lorna and Kurtis spend time with Trevor Van Someren and Aaron Weimer, the administrative team of Clear Vista School in Westaskiwin Regional Public Schools. Topics of the conversation include assessing student learning, intervening with learning sprints, the importance of engaging in Collaborative Response with integrity and fidelity, and planning to be disappointed (initially) because implementation is a learning process.
Getting Better Together: Harnessing Vulnerability to Power Collaboration
Episode 41
Saturday, June 3, 2023 • Duration 47:43
In episode 41 of Putting the Pieces Together, Jennifer, Lorna and Kurtis spend some time with Dave Fender, Principal of W.A. Day School in Livingstone Range School Division. Topics of conversation include vulnerability in creating conditions for collaboration, “de-grading” the school system, and how a changing society means changing schools in response.
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Jigsaw Learning is a team of educators who work with schools, districts and educational leaders to establish collaborative learning structures that ensure success for all students, because every child deserves a team.
Join the Facebook Group “The Collaborative Leader”, to engage in further conversations and resource sharing with others dedicated to ensuring effective teams and collaborative structures - https://www.facebook.com/groups/thecollaborativeleader
Music: “Jigsaw” has been composed, recorded, and produced by Trent Ferguson for Putting the Pieces Together with Jigsaw Learning.
Images: Visuals included in this video not generated under agreement with Jigsaw Learning Inc. have been carefully selected under Creative Commons for their permissions.
Jigsaw Learning is a team of educators who work with schools, districts and educational leaders to establish collaborative learning structures that ensure success for all students, because every child deserves a team.
Join the Facebook Group “The Collaborative Leader”, to engage in further conversations and resource sharing with others dedicated to ensuring effective teams and collaborative structures - https://www.facebook.com/groups/thecollaborativeleader
Jigsaw Learning is a team of educators who work with schools, districts and educational leaders to establish collaborative learning structures that ensure success for all students, because every child deserves a team.
Join the Facebook Group “The Collaborative Leader”, to engage in further conversations and resource sharing with others dedicated to ensuring effective teams and collaborative structures - https://www.facebook.com/groups/thecollaborativeleader
Music: “Jigsaw” has been composed, recorded, and produced by Trent Ferguson for Putting the Pieces Together with Jigsaw Learning.
Images: Visuals included in this video not generated under agreement with Jigsaw Learning Inc. have been carefully selected under Creative Commons for their permissions.
Jigsaw Learning is a team of educators who work with schools, districts and educational leaders to establish collaborative learning structures that ensure success for all students, because every child deserves a team.
Join the Facebook Group “The Collaborative Leader”, to engage in further conversations and resource sharing with others dedicated to ensuring effective teams and collaborative structures - https://www.facebook.com/groups/thecollaborativeleader
Music: “Jigsaw” has been composed, recorded, and produced by Trent Ferguson for Putting the Pieces Together with Jigsaw Learning.
Images: Visuals included in this video not generated under agreement with Jigsaw Learning Inc. have been carefully selected under Creative Commons for their permissions.
Jigsaw Learning is a team of educators who work with schools, districts and educational leaders to establish collaborative learning structures that ensure success for all students, because every child deserves a team.
Join the Facebook Group, “The Collaborative Leader”, to engage in further conversations and resource sharing with others dedicated to ensuring effective teams and collaborative structures
Music: “Jigsaw” has been composed, recorded, and produced by Trent Ferguson for Putting the Pieces Together with Jigsaw Learning.
Images: Visuals included in this video not generated under agreement with Jigsaw Learning Inc. have been carefully selected under Creative Commons for their permissions.
Jigsaw Learning is a team of educators who work with schools, districts and educational leaders to establish collaborative learning structures that ensure success for all students, because every child deserves a team.
Join the Facebook Group “The Collaborative Leader”, to engage in further conversations and resource sharing with others dedicated to ensuring effective teams and collaborative structures - https://www.facebook.com/groups/thecollaborativeleader
Music: “Jigsaw” has been composed, recorded, and produced by Trent Ferguson for Putting the Pieces Together with Jigsaw Learning.
Images: Visuals included in this video not generated under agreement with Jigsaw Learning Inc. have been carefully selected under Creative Commons for their permissions.
System Approach to Collaborative Response Part 2: A Sustained Journey https://youtu.be/RnQyZ9mifVM (A continuation of Jeff Thompson’s first guest appearance on PTPTwJL)
Jigsaw Learning is a team of educators who work with schools, districts and educational leaders to establish collaborative learning structures that ensure success for all students, because every child deserves a team.
Join the Facebook Group “The Collaborative Leader”, to engage in further conversations and resource sharing with others dedicated to ensuring effective teams and collaborative structures - https://www.facebook.com/groups/thecollaborativeleader
Music: “Jigsaw” has been composed, recorded, and produced by Trent Ferguson for Putting the Pieces Together with Jigsaw Learning.
Images: Visuals included in this video not generated under agreement with Jigsaw Learning Inc. have been carefully selected under Creative Commons for their permissions.
Jigsaw Learning is a team of educators who work with schools, districts and educational leaders to establish collaborative learning structures that ensure success for all students, because every child deserves a team.
Join the Facebook Group “The Collaborative Leader”, to engage in further conversations and resource sharing with others dedicated to ensuring effective teams and collaborative structures - https://www.facebook.com/groups/thecollaborativeleader
Music: “Jigsaw” has been composed, recorded, and produced by Trent Ferguson for Putting the Pieces Together with Jigsaw Learning.
Images: Visuals included in this video not generated under agreement with Jigsaw Learning Inc. have been carefully selected under Creative Commons for their permissions.
Jigsaw Learning is a team of educators who work with schools, districts and educational leaders to establish collaborative learning structures that ensure success for all students, because every child deserves a team.
Join the Facebook Group “The Collaborative Leader”, to engage in further conversations and resource sharing with others dedicated to ensuring effective teams and collaborative structures - https://www.facebook.com/groups/thecollaborativeleader
