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2016
Leadership for
School Improvement
Workshop
“The Administrator –
Key to Student Success”
DATES:
April 6-8, 2016 &
August 15-17, 2016
LOCATION:
Auberge des Gallant
1171, ch. St-Henri,
Ste-Marthe, Québec, Canada
J0P 1W0
1 800 641-4241
www.gallant.qc.ca
A TWO-PART RESIDENTIAL SESSION FOR
Experienced Administrators,
Those Recently Appointed and
Those Aspiring to School Administration
THE CHALLENGE OF School Leadership for Student Success
Workshop Themes
Themes have been selected for their relevance to school administrators in a rapidly changing educational environment, as well
as, the challenges related to the Partnership Agreements between the School Board and the Ministry.
The Mystery of Influence – AINSLEY ROSE
Much of the literature on influence is pointed at the world of business, sales and marketing and based on
countless research studies. I am of the opinion that while the research clearly helps us understand what
causes people to do what they do and how business can shape our behaviours with the products we buy
and the style of clothes we wear, there is a vacuum in the literature about the role and impact that “influence” can
play as a leadership skill in a variety of organizations not the least of which is education.
This year’s Leadership retreat will explore the principles of influence that Ainsley has created. He will speak to
some of the practices leaders need to embrace and will address some of the practical applications required to lead
educational organizations.
Collaborative Teacher Inquiry: An Approach for School and System Improvement – JENNI DONOHOO
Collaborative inquiry is a powerful design for professional learning that supports the notion of teacher leadership
as it recognizes the role of teachers in on-going school improvement. Participants will learn how to facilitate and/
or support teacher teams through a collaborative inquiry cycle in which the link between the actions of educators
and student outcomes are examined and reflected upon. In considering the transformative potential along with the challenges
of collaborative teacher inquiry, participants will gain a better understanding of what “PLC work” is and how it impacts
organizational learning.
Weeding the Garden for Deep Implementation – KAREN POWER
The role of school administrators is often described as a little bit of everything; buses, cafeterias, roof repair, budgets,
teacher discipline, curriculum, assessment, student discipline, programs, resources, sports, parent meetings, special
education, books, technology, coaching, supervising, leadership and the list can go on and on. Priorities are often
“decided” elsewhere and administrators and teachers sometimes see this work as “their” work vs “our” work. What is the right
work? How do we determine the focus and direction most needed for our school? In this session, administrators will learn
about the focus and direction that is needed for continuous improvement and consider ways to “weed the garden” to ensure
deep implementation of effective practices.
Facing The Immunity To Change – DAVID GLEASON
Educators annually prepare and execute curricular and extracurricular programs for their schools. Many strive to
make changes so to promote their primary mission: educating students for a demanding world. Often, unforeseen
barriers impede progress toward these changes. This workshop involves an interactive exercise designed to dislodge
“hidden barriers” to change.
Having Hard Conversations – JENNIFER ABRAMS
As administrators, coaches or teacher leaders, we often come up against situations where difficult topics must be
addressed. What do we know about the best strategies for those moments? What questions should we be asking
ourselves before we speak up and what words shall we use so the conversation can be as humane and growth producing as possible?
Having Hard Conversations is an interactive workshop and personal approach to mastering the art of challenging conversations.
The strategies in the workshop address a wide range of situations, including communications with supervisees, peers, and
supervisors. The workshop helps educators at all levels speak with clarity and courage to directly address difficult situations
within their schools.
THE
OF LEADERSHIP – AINSLEY ROSE
Ainsley will pull together all the various components introduced during the five previous sessions while focusing on
the essential elements of leading people. Research, results, data collection, organization, pedagogy are all important
but success at all levels comes from building strong relationships.
SEMINAR Leaders
Ainsley Rose retired after 35 years in education. As the former Director of Education and
Curriculum for the Western Quebec School Board in Gatineau, Quebec, he has presented
to small and large audiences across Canada, the United States, Bermuda, Hawaii and Lusaka
Zambia, as well as, at the International Effective Schools Conference in Rotterdam. Ainsley
is a contributing author for several recent publications; The Teacher as Assessment Leader,
The Principal as Assessment Leader, The Collaborative Teacher, all with Solution Tree
publishing. Ainsley works as a senior professional development associate for the Leadership
and Learning Centre, the Marzano Research Laboratory, Solution Tree, and the Wayne Hulley
School Improvement Model. He is also the lead trainer for Visible Learning, the work of Dr.
John Hattie from Auckland, New Zealand.
Jenni Donohoo works full time for the Curriculum and Assessment Policy Branch of the
Ministry of Education in Ontario. She is a former classroom teacher and a former Research
and Program Evaluation Consultant with the Greater Essex County District School Board.
Jenni completed her doctorate in Educational Studies in 2010 and is currently working with
several school boards assisting with school improvement planning. Jenni has published a
best-selling book entitled Collaborative Inquiry for Educators: A Facilitator’s Guide to School
Improvement and is an Education Consultant with Corwin.
Karen Power has entered her 35th year in education. Karen’s experience includes classroom
teacher, vice principal, principal, superintendent and leadership coaching with the Minister
of Education in the Province of New Brunswick. Her most current project in New Brunswick
has been to co-chair the writing of recommendations for a Ten Year Education Plan.
Since retiring from full time work, Karen has had the opportunity to work as a consultant,
primarily in the United States and Canada for Solution Tree and Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
As part of a school improvement team, Karen’s work is focused with working low performing,
high poverty schools to support leadership, instruction, assessment and collaborative
structures.
Dr. David Gleason is a clinical psychologist with over 25 years of providing counseling,
consulting and neuropsychological assessment services within independent and international
schools. In 2002 Dr. Gleason joined Concord Academy in Concord, Massachusetts, as that
school’s Consulting Psychologist. In addition to his clinical work, Dr. Gleason has taught
psychology courses at the secondary, undergraduate and graduate levels and has presented
professional workshops and seminars at numerous schools and at several national conferences
in the US, and at many international conferences in Asia and Europe. Dr. Gleason’s article,
“Trouble In Paradise,” was published in NewsLinks (Fall, 2013), and he has just completed a
book on a related topic targeted for publication within this year.
Jennifer Abrams is an educational consultant who specializes in new employee support,
effective collaboration in a multigenerational workplace, and having hard conversations.
Jennifer’s publications include Having Hard Conversations (Corwin, 2009), and The
Multigenerational Workplace: Communicate, Collaborate & Create Community, (Corwin,
2013) and her upcoming book tentatively titled, Having Hard Conversations 2.0: Extending
the Learning (Corwin, 2016). Her blog, “Voice Lessons,” is available at:
www.jenniferabrams.com and she can be found on Twitter @jenniferabrams.
WORKSHOP Registration
This two-part workshop is sponsored by The Leadership Committee for English Education in Quebec (LCEEQ). There is no
registration fee. Costs for travel and hotel accommodations are the responsibility of the school board or the school. There
are substantial subsidies available for Boards/Associations. For details on how it applies to residential projects, please see
the LCEEQ Cost Sharing Policy on the LCEEQ website (www.LCEEQ.ca).
Please Note: This Workshop consists of two parts; registered participants are required to attend in April and in August
2016. Registration for one part of the Workshop is not an option. To register on-line go to www.LCEEQ.ca. Registration is
limited.
Deadline for registration will be March 31, 2016 or when available spaces are filled.
Cost at Auberge des Gallant:
• $130 + tax + service per person, per night double occupancy
• $178 + tax + service per person, per night single occupancy
These prices include 3 meals a day and access to all hotel facilities.
Participants will be booking their hotel reservations; additional information will be provided following your registration.
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Former Participants’ REFLECTIONS
The conversations were the most valuable aspect for me. Being able to talk and debate out
ideas with like-minded people is rare in our schools and so that was very refreshing. The subject
matter was also very pertinent; challenged some pre-conceptions and I learned a lot.
Research-based presentations are always appreciated. A wealth of ideas, resources that address all
dimensions of leadership from public speaking to character and change techniques. I appreciated the
opening: “Unless the leader can change him/herself – the leader can change nothing and no one else.”
Fantastic! I enjoy how positive the sessions are. They focus on concrete examples
of actions that we can take and provide enough strategies and “food for thought”
to keep me going until we meet again! I honestly believe that the workshops
have helped me become a better principal. No doubt about it!
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