Why Behind Collaborative Response

In episode 25 of The Why Behind Collaborative Response series, Kurtis Hewson shares why every meeting should be starting with celebrations.  Celebrations not only focus on promoting a positive mindset when engaging in conversation, but when we ask “what did we do that led to that celebration”, it promotes high levels of collective efficacy as well as sharing potential ideas and strategies that cou...

In episode 24 of The Why Behind Collaborative Response series, Kurtis Hewson shares why meeting roles are vital to the overall success of any team meeting.  They ensure an environment of shared responsibility, an adherence to meeting structures to support overall effectiveness and productivity, and they boost engagement, as team members attend to their assigned roles.  Learn more about meeting rol...

In episode 23 of The Why Behind Collaborative Response series, Kurtis Hewson shares why an intentional agenda and notes documents for team meetings is integral to ensuring clarity and predictability, two components essential for empowering teams.  He describes five things critical for agenda and notes documents - clarity of purpose, infusion of norms, meeting roles, time indications and inclusion...

In episode 22 of The Why Behind Collaborative Response series, Kurtis Hewson responds to a question often posed in schools trying to integrate key issues within their data overviews - “when we add a more recent set of data, or we see a change for a student in the classroom, should we be updating the key issue?”  Kurtis shares some examples and considerations in relation to this key question. Want...

In episode 21 of The Why Behind Collaborative Response series, Kurtis Hewson discusses how Collaborative Response, when deeply understood by schools with tight alignment between the foundational components, can become a framework for actualizing school improvement goals.  If we want to move the needle in any priority area in our organization, we need to know who we should be focusing on, what we c...

In episode 19 of The Why Behind Collaborative Response series, Kurtis Hewson shares the impact the development, refinement and utilization of a continuum of supports has upon our response to student needs, as well as the ongoing examination of practice.  Once established, a continuum of supports provides an anchor for continuous conversations about classroom practice and the most impactful support...

In this episode of The Why Behind Collaborative Response, Kurtis Hewson covers the understanding of a continuum of supports for tiers 1 and 2. --------- 🔔 Don't forget to subscribe and click the little bell icon to be notified when we post a new video! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3U_RKp7yxQhckpKaQur7ow Jigsaw Learning is a team of educators who work with schools, districts and educational l...

In this episode of The Why Behind Collaborative Response, Lorna Hewson explains the importance of layering meetings.  Learn more about the Purposeful Layering of Team Meetings in this blog - https://www.jigsawlearning.ca/publications/blog-posts/scaffolding-our-collaborative-response-purposeful-layering-t --------- 🔔 Don't forget to subscribe and click the little bell icon to be notified when we p...

In this episode of The Why Behind Collaborative Response, Kurtis Hewson reinforces the idea that a continuum of supports is never finished.  In fact, the first iteration of a continuum is not typically not highly impactful!  The true impact of a continuum of supports on instructional practice, as well as supportive responses for students, happens through continual refinement and ongoing evolution....

In this episode of The Why Behind Collaborative Response, Kurtis Hewson explains what we typically see when a continuum of supports is not having the expected impact, particularly in relation to how it is utilized to inform the responses discussed and determined for students. --------- 🔔 Don't forget to subscribe and click the little bell icon to be notified when we post a new video! https://www....

In this episode of The Why Behind Collaborative Response, Kurtis Hewson explains the history of Continuum of Supports as a foundational component of Collaborative Response, as well as the evolution from being referred to as a Pyramid of Supports. Learn more about the fundamental shifts for Collaborative Response in this blog - https://www.jigsawlearning.ca/publications/blog-posts/fundamental-shift...

In this episode of The Why Behind Collaborative Response, Kurtis Hewson discusses considerations for leaders when organizing data to support student transitions through the development of entry level criteria. This video is developed to be part of a planning organizer for universal screens - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1CmuFJ8IFDbYYWAaCijY-FQcFr1mj_O7U1MnlUDajGIs/edit?usp=sharing Access a s...

In this episode of The Why Behind Collaborative Response, Kurtis Hewson discusses considerations for leaders when organizing data to inform collaborative team meetings, including the importance of colour-coding students and including a key issue indicated by the data. This video is developed to be part of a planning organizer for universal screens - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1CmuFJ8IFDbYY...

In this episode of The Why Behind Collaborative Response, Kurtis Hewson discusses considerations for leaders when organizing data for team analysis when engaging in collaborative planning, looking at general trends, strengths and areas to address for student cohorts. This video is developed to be part of a planning organizer for universal screens - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1CmuFJ8IFDbYYW...

In this episode of The Why Behind Collaborative Response, Kurtis Hewson discusses considerations when thinking about how you collect your data and evidence from universal screens, including how that information becomes colour-coded to help visualize the information for analysis. This video is developed to be part of a planning organizer for universal screens - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1C...

In this episode of The Why Behind Collaborative Response, Kurtis Hewson shares the importance of developing a schedule for collecting school-wide data and evidence, that not only clearly communicates dates to staff team members, but also helps to align subsequent collaborative planning and collaborative team meeting scheduling. This video is developed to be part of a planning organizer for univers...

In this episode of The Why Behind Collaborative Response, XX Hewson discusses the importance of determining a universal screener for any priority area in the school, to help determine students we should be focusing on, as well general trend data to inform team responses. This video is developed to be part of a planning organizer for universal screens - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1CmuFJ8IFD...

In this episode of The Why Behind Collaborative Response, Kurtis Hewson shares why asking “what screeners should we be using?” is the second most critical question schools should be asking in relation to Data and Evidence. This video is developed to be part of a planning organizer for universal screens - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1CmuFJ8IFDbYYWAaCijY-FQcFr1mj_O7U1MnlUDajGIs/edit?usp=shari...

In this episode of The Why Behind Collaborative Response, Kurtis Hewson explains what we typically see when data and evidence is not having the expected impact, particularly in relation to how it is utilized in the collaborative conversations about students.

In this episode of The Why Behind Collaborative Response, Kurtis Hewson explains the history of Data and Evidence as a foundational component of Collaborative Response, as well as the evolution from being solely referred to as Assessments. Learn more about the fundamental shifts for Collaborative Response in this blog - https://www.jigsawlearning.ca/publications/blog-posts/fundamental-shifts-colla...

In this episode of The Why Behind Collaborative Response, Lorna and Kurtis Hewson explain the history of Collaborative Response, moving from a grassroots model to respond to the needs of students to a collective mindset adopted by educational organizations throughout the world. Learn more about the fundamental shifts for Collaborative Response in this blog - https://www.jigsawlearning.ca/publicati...

In this episode of The Why Behind Collaborative Response, Kurtis Hewson explains what we typically see when a collaborative team meeting is not having the expected impact. Go deeper into exploring collaborative team meetings in this series of blog postings - https://www.jigsawlearning.ca/publications/blog-posts/27-ideas-going-deeper-collaborative-team-meetings

In this episode of The Why Behind Collaborative Response, Kurtis Hewson shares the evolution of the WeCollab system, software designed to support and enhance Collaborative Response in schools and across school districts. Learn more about WeCollab at https://www.jigsawcollaborativesolutions.ca/ Get an overview of some of the new features found in the Fall 2022 release https://youtu.be/Mg_8Tfal1LM

In this episode of The Why Behind Collaborative Response, Kurtis Hewson shares the evolution of the WeCollab system, software designed to support and enhance Collaborative Response in schools and across school districts.

In this episode of The Why of Collaborative Response series, Kurtis Hewson shares the importance of team norms. You can also check out a posting related to establishing and reinforcing team norms, which is part of a series, aimed at sharing high-impact ideas and practices for consideration in relation to Collaborative Team Meetings - https://www.jigsawlearning.ca/publications/blog-posts/examining-...