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2023 Conferences Resources
Thursday July 6, 2023 Presentations
1:45 PM - 2:45 PMSystem Leadership
Anna Villalta: Mirrors, Windows, and Equity: A Reflective Workshop on Courageously Shifting PracticesNewcomers
Douglas Stewart, Colleen Galley: Beyond Donuts; Tools and Strategies for Connecting With Your School Community andrea Snyder, Judy Merkel Year One of Trauma Informed Mental Health Leadership Implementation at Waterloo Catholic DistrictMental Health/Wellbeing
Andrea Snyder, Judy Merkel: Year One of Trauma Informed Mental Health Leadership Implementation at Waterloo Catholic District School BoardSystem Leadership
Mike Tobin, Kirk Smith: Riding the Waves of Leader-ShipThursday July 6, 2023 Presentations
3:00 PM - 4:00 PMSystem Leadership
Karen Shipka, Allan Beckingham, Mike Bowden, Claire Guy: http://conference.cassa-acgcs.ca/downloads/2023-conference/05-The_Spirit_of_Leadership.pdfRecruitment and Retention
Reg Klassen : Trials and Tribulations of Teacher Recruitment: Presentation
Presentation Not AvailableSystem Leadership
Maria Vasanelli, Kerry Desjardins, Rima Mounayer & Paul Tsekouras: System Leadership & Educators’ Perspectives on Relationships During Covid-19
Presentation Not AvailableAnti-Racism
Peter Smith, Matthew Martin, Therese Trofimencoff: Antiracism: One District’s Journey
Presentation Not AvailableIndigenous Education
Daniel Stargratt: The Answers Lie in the Community
Presentation Not Available
Friday July 7, 2023 Presentations
9:20 PM - 10:20 PMMental Health/Wellbeing
Heather Gerber: Get out of Judgment and Into Curiosity
Presentation Not AvailableSystem Leadership
Kathleen Lane:
Systems and Cultures that Support WellbeingSystem Leadership
Michaelle Jean-Paul: Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Anti-Racism: Faking It or Making It?Inclusive Practice
Ward Streuby: Innovation, Inclusion and Student Success: Post-Graduation Community Transition
Presentation Not AvailableInclusive Practice
Jeannie Armstrong, Joan Carragher, Sean Heuchert, Steve O’Sullivan, Jonathan Di Ianni, Sheila Piggott, Julie Selby, Laura DiIanni: A Transformative Approach: Building Brave, Equitable, and Accessible Spaces
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2022 Conferences Resources
Opening PlenaryClosing Plenary
• • • • •Thematic Session papers:
1. A Focus on Equity for All Learners
2. Building the Capacity of System Leaders
3. Mental Health and Well-Being
4. Racial Equity and Educational Justice
5. Thematic Session - Student Voice
6. Truth and Reconciliation
• • • • •Conversation Starter papers:
1. Contextual LiteracyFacilitated Session slides:
Session 1: Contextual Literacy
Session 2: Adaptive Leadership
Session 3: Compassionate Leadership
Session 4: Leading for Equity
Public Safety Canada Online Child Sexual Exploitation (OCSE) Campaign
The OCSE campaign targets youth in Canada aged 10-17, as well as parents and caregivers of youth aged 5-17. The campaign aims to increase the target audiences’ awareness levels of online child sexual exploitation by increasing public and parental understanding that children (persons under 18) who engage in sexting could be at risk of OCSE; and increasing awareness that OCSE could be happening in your own backyard or neighbourhood – it is not something that happens “somewhere else”.
The new OCSE website can be found here: Canada.ca/child-exploitation.
On this site, you can find featured information and resources for youth, caregivers and educators. The site also includes “Teacher’s Toolkits” under our Resources for Educators page. These toolkits are a series of resources meant to help guide teachers in speaking to caregivers and youth of different ages on the various aspects of OCSE. The youth toolkits are tailored to different youth age segments (10-12, 13-14 and 15-17). The caregiver toolkits are also tailored according to these youth age segments, however they include resources for caregivers of youth under 10 as well. Products within each toolkit include fact sheets, booklets, presentations, posters
Public Safety Canada Cyberbullying Campaign
The Cyberbullying campaign targets youth in Canada aged 12-17, as well as parents, caregivers and educators of youth aged 6-17. The campaign aims to increase awareness of where youth and caregivers can get the help they need to deal with cyberbullying. In addition, the campaign will try to empower young people to take action to protect themselves and others from cyberbullying.
The new Cyberbullying website can be found here: Canada.ca/cyberbullying.
On this site, you will also find resources for youth, teachers and caregivers. Products on the site include fact sheets and booklets that teachers can use in classrooms for youth and caregivers, broken down by youth age group (6-11, 12-13, 14-15 and 16-17).
Copyright and Fair Dealing
Copyright rules for educators have changed significantly in recent years. While teachers have new opportunities to use copyright-protected materials in their lessons, they also have responsibilities. There are limits to what can be copied and communicated in the classroom. Teachers must know what they can and cannot do with the copyright-protected works of others.
As part of Fair Dealing Week 2022, we are pleased to feature the Fair Dealing Decision Tool which helps teachers decide whether "fair dealing" permits classroom use of print materials, artistic works, or audiovisual materials without first getting copyright permission. There are also new infographics, produced to support the teacher's understanding of these important issues.
Download Fair Dealing Works: English | français
Download Expenses and Distribution: English | français
BC Framework for Continuity of Learning Opportunities
In support of the move to learning at home made necessary by COVID-19 British Columbia School District 23 has produced a document to inform their community about what is being done "in an effort to make sure learning is manageable and positive, and to make sure students feel connected and supported as they continue to learn at their grade level."
Format: PDF File
How Principals Support SEL Learning and Create Caring Schools
Principals are more ready than ever to lead but personal and professional development are essential.
This new policy brief from Penn State’s Edna Bennett Pierce Prevention Research Center provides principals and their school districts with guidance and recommendations on ways to handle principals’ job-related stress and increase the well-being of school districts and their communities.
Format: PDF File
Advancing Outdoor Play and Early Childhood Education: A Discussion Paper
Format: Links to PDF Document, Web Pages and images
The Lawson Foundation is pleased to release Advancing Outdoor Play and Early Childhood Education: A Discussion Paper which is a synthesis of a multi-sector symposium convened in October 2018. The discussion paper shares the major themes of the Symposium and proposes concrete actions to advance outdoor play and early childhood education.
Please join us in circulating this discussion paper far and wide. Note that the French version will be available in a few weeks. If you are able to disseminate the paper through a major distribution network, please advise our Communications Director, Amanda Mayer amayer@lawson.ca.
Links to resources related to the discussion paper:
- Discussion Paper - Advancing Outdoor Play and Early Childhood Education
- Executive Summary (2 pager)
- Stakeholders in Outdoor Play diagram (image)
- Outdoor Play - An ecosystem lens diagram (image)
- Discussion paper front cover image
We also want to take the opportunity to extend our congratulations to Mariana Brussoni, the CEECD team, and all of the authors of the new outdoor play topic that's now part of the Encyclopedia on Early Childhood Development. The information, recommendations for policy and practice, and research questions identified will serve many stakeholders and our own ongoing work. We encourage you to share this within your networks.
Collection of CASS Professional Resources
Format: Web Page
Our thanks to the College of Alberta School Superintendents (CASS) for access to the seven sets of resources on this page.
Professional Practice Standards
Format: Web Page
Our thanks to the College of Alberta School Superintendents (CASS) for access to their Professional Practice Standards for Superintendents, Principals and Teachers (English & French)
Practice Profiles
Format: Web Page
Our thanks to the College of Alberta School Superintendents (CASS) for access to their Practice Profiles for Superintendents and System Leaders, for Professional Growth Planning (English, with French version to be posted soon)
Practice Profiles Comparison
Format: Web Page
Our thanks to the College of Alberta School Superintendents (CASS) for access to their comparison of superintendent and system leaders practice profiles
McConnell Foundation - Empathy and Well-being for Educators Summary Report
Format: Downloadable PDF
Principal Work-life Balance and Well-being Matters
Format: Downloadable Document
In November 2016, delegates from over 32 school leader associations (SLAs) from across the globe participated in the third Annual International Symposium on the Role of Professional Associations for School Leaders held in Toronto, Ontario. The symposium explored research on work intensification, generational theory and its influence on principal work and aspirations, and work-life balance and well- being.
This White Paper draws on the work of the symposium and the wider evidence base to argue that we currently face a crisis in principal well-being on a global scale that, without urgent policy and practice intervention, will impact school- and system-level outcomes for generations.
Download White Paper (PDF 1.4 MB)
Assorted Research Papers Commissioned by CASS
Format: Downloadable Documents
Our thanks to the College of Alberta School Superintendents (CASS) for providing this link to research papers that they have commissioned on a wide variety of topics of interest to education leaders across Canada.
New Brunswick Department of Education
Principals are more ready than ever to lead but personal and professional development are essential.
This new policy brief from Penn State’s Edna Bennett Pierce Prevention Research Center provides principals and their school districts with guidance and recommendations on ways to handle principals’ job-related stress and increase the well-being of school districts and their communities.
Format: PDF File
Advancing Outdoor Play and Early Childhood Education: A Discussion Paper
Format: Links to PDF Document, Web Pages and images
The Lawson Foundation is pleased to release Advancing Outdoor Play and Early Childhood Education: A Discussion Paper which is a synthesis of a multi-sector symposium convened in October 2018. The discussion paper shares the major themes of the Symposium and proposes concrete actions to advance outdoor play and early childhood education.
Please join us in circulating this discussion paper far and wide. Note that the French version will be available in a few weeks. If you are able to disseminate the paper through a major distribution network, please advise our Communications Director, Amanda Mayer amayer@lawson.ca.
Links to resources related to the discussion paper:
- Discussion Paper - Advancing Outdoor Play and Early Childhood Education
- Executive Summary (2 pager)
- Stakeholders in Outdoor Play diagram (image)
- Outdoor Play - An ecosystem lens diagram (image)
- Discussion paper front cover image
We also want to take the opportunity to extend our congratulations to Mariana Brussoni, the CEECD team, and all of the authors of the new outdoor play topic that's now part of the Encyclopedia on Early Childhood Development. The information, recommendations for policy and practice, and research questions identified will serve many stakeholders and our own ongoing work. We encourage you to share this within your networks.
Collection of CASS Professional Resources
Format: Web Page
Our thanks to the College of Alberta School Superintendents (CASS) for access to the seven sets of resources on this page.
Professional Practice Standards
Format: Web Page
Our thanks to the College of Alberta School Superintendents (CASS) for access to their Professional Practice Standards for Superintendents, Principals and Teachers (English & French)
Practice Profiles
Format: Web Page
Our thanks to the College of Alberta School Superintendents (CASS) for access to their Practice Profiles for Superintendents and System Leaders, for Professional Growth Planning (English, with French version to be posted soon)
Practice Profiles Comparison
Format: Web Page
Our thanks to the College of Alberta School Superintendents (CASS) for access to their comparison of superintendent and system leaders practice profiles
McConnell Foundation - Empathy and Well-being for Educators Summary Report
Format: Downloadable PDF
Principal Work-life Balance and Well-being Matters
Format: Downloadable Document
In November 2016, delegates from over 32 school leader associations (SLAs) from across the globe participated in the third Annual International Symposium on the Role of Professional Associations for School Leaders held in Toronto, Ontario. The symposium explored research on work intensification, generational theory and its influence on principal work and aspirations, and work-life balance and well- being.
This White Paper draws on the work of the symposium and the wider evidence base to argue that we currently face a crisis in principal well-being on a global scale that, without urgent policy and practice intervention, will impact school- and system-level outcomes for generations.
Download White Paper (PDF 1.4 MB)
Assorted Research Papers Commissioned by CASS
Format: Downloadable Documents
Our thanks to the College of Alberta School Superintendents (CASS) for providing this link to research papers that they have commissioned on a wide variety of topics of interest to education leaders across Canada.
New Brunswick Department of Education