Building a Culture of Collaboration

FREE Webinar - Transform Your Team Meeting bit.ly/transformteams DOWNLOAD Your FREE Collaborative Meeting Spaces Guide  bit.ly/spacechecklist In this episode of Building a Culture of Collaboration, Lorna and Kurtis are joined by Ashley Moore, also known as Principal Mo. Ashley is an award-winning educator, leader, and nationally certified principal mentor with over 15 years of experience in teachi...

Access a workshop guide to ensure you are truly engaging as a team - https://bit.ly/JLgroupteam This virtual summit is for educators, school leaders, and anyone else who wants to increase their impact on student success.  Don't miss this opportunity to learn and collaborate with educators from all over.  Register now at bit.ly/datasummit2025. In this episode of Building a Culture of Collaboration,...

Looking to design a space for adult collaboration?  Access this FREE guide, which includes a checklist to reference when creating your space - https://bit.ly/spacechecklist In this episode of Building a Culture of Collaboration, Lorna and Kurtis are joined by Dan Thomas, a veteran STEM and CTE educator, LEGO Trainer, and advocate for play-based learning. With a passion for integrating Project-Base...

Access a workshop guide to help your teams craft effective goals to guide their collaborative work - https://bit.ly/jlgoals This virtual summit is for educators, school leaders, and anyone else who wants to increase their impact on student success.  Don't miss this opportunity to learn and collaborate with educators from all over.  Register now at bit.ly/datasummit2025.  In this episode of Buildin...

Access a workshop guide to help your team STOP focusing on things outside of our locus of control - https://bit.ly/JLlocus In this episode of Building a Culture of Collaboration, Lorna and Kurtis are joined by Jeff Linden, principal of Hastings Public School in Nebraska.  “Principal JL”, as he is known online, shares numerous insights when it comes to building effective systems for collaboration L...

Transform your team meetings with this FREE guide, including an agenda template you could begin using today - https://bit.ly/5planningteams In this episode of Building a Culture of Collaboration, Lorna and Kurtis are joined by Dr. Dana Goodier, an experienced educator, speaker, and author. Dana is the author of the inspiring book Out of the Trenches: Stories of Resilient Educators and hosts the Ou...

Access this FREE guide for leaders for establishing and reinforcing team norms, complete with a process you could use tomorrow to create norms with your team - http://bit.ly/teamnormsguide In this episode of Building a Culture of Collaboration, Lorna and Kurtis are joined by Casey Watts, founder of Casey Watts Coaching & Consulting and a thought leader in team leadership. We dive into Casey’s...

Access a FREE webinar to learn about 5 mistakes leaders make when organizing data for teams…and how to correct those mistakes - https://bit.ly/5mistakesdata In this episode of Building a Culture of Collaboration, Lorna and Kurtis sit down with Jessica Lane, founder of Data-Informed Impact. With over a decade of experience as a teacher, instructional coach, and expert in learning and technology, Je...

In this special bonus episode, Kurtis and Lorna share some exciting changes coming next week for both the Leading Collaborative Response and Building a Culture of Collaboration podcasts, including a visual rebranding, new release schedule for audio and video episodes, and some further enhancements planned for September 2025! ______________________ Interested in learning MORE? Access the FREE Overv...

Looking to transform your team meetings?  Check out this FREE guide for leaders, which includes a ready to use meeting agenda and notes template - https://bit.ly/5planningteams   In this episode of Building a Culture of Collaboration, Lorna and Kurtis are joined by  Dr. Brandi Kelly, a dynamic leader in education with over 20 years of experience. Dr. Kelly’s journey has taken her from school socia...

Access a workshop guide to help your team STOP focusing on things outside of our locus of control - https://bit.ly/JLlocus In this episode of Building a Culture of Collaboration, Lorna and Kurtis are joined by Lucas Clarke, a passionate educator with the Anglophone South School District who is also the host of the Mr. Clarke After Dark Podcast , where he shares his insights and experiences in educ...

This week's episode, Kurtis and Lorna discuss the importance of establishing a culture of collaboration that values and encourages vulnerability. Connected Resources: Blog - Embracing Vulnerability: A Cornerstone of Effective Collaboration - https://www.jigsawlearning.ca/publications/blog-posts/embracing-vulnerability-cornerstone-effective-collaboration _________________ Interested in learning MOR...

Explore the book Collaborative Response by downloading the introduction for FREE https://bit.ly/CR-intro Access the FREE Transform Your Team Meetings guide, including a meeting agenda template to copy and begin using today - https://bit.ly/5planningteams In this episode of Building a Culture of Collaboration, Lorna and Kurtis are joined by the Prairie Principal Kevin Van Lagen, principal of Altari...

Kurtis and Lorna explore the idea of piloting rather than full scale change in this episode of the Building a Culture of Collaboration podcast. Piloting provides the opportunity to work through ideas with a small group and to adjust and refine before rolling it out to the greater population. Connected Resources: Blog - The Value of Piloting Change - https://www.jigsawlearning.ca/publications/blog-...

Access the FREE Guide for Leaders to Develop and Reinforce Team Norms - https://www.jigsawlearningonline.com/team-norms-guide In episode 25 of Building a Culture of Collaboration, Lorna and Kurtis and joined by Barb Flowers, an educator turned coach and host of The Principal’s Handbook podcast and The Teacher Burnout podcast. In the episode, we explore Barb’s insights into the connection between s...

Access the free article Transform Your Team Meetings: Five Planning Considerations for Leaders , which includes an editable meeting notes template you could begin using immediately! https://bit.ly/5planningteams   In episode 24 of Building a Culture of Collaboration, Lorna and Kurtis are joined by David K Richards, Founder & CEO of Changemaker Microschools, a network of affiliate love-based mi...

Access the FREE webinar “5 Mistakes Leaders Make When Organizing Data” - https://bit.ly/5mistakesdata   Access FREE Webinar “10 Considerations To Transform Your Team Meetings” - https://bit.ly/top10-cr In this episode of Building a Culture of Collaboration, Lorna and Kurtis are joined by Dr. Darrin Peppard, President of Road to Awesome.  Darrin is a leadership speaker, coach, host of the Leaning i...

Access the Introducing Collaborative Response guide for leaders for FREE - https://bit.ly/top10-cr  In Episode 22, Kurtis and Lorna discuss the impact of a lead team at the school level and the potential for growth through implementation is highly impacted. Connected Resources: Agenda Template for a Lead Team - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1oUxz0n_f4-SXJrUJtbba7ELa1rG1XcrSbWz4KrJt4CQ/edit?us...

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Check out the FREE leadership guide Five Planning Considerations to Transform Your Team Meetings - https://bit.ly/5planningteams In episode 20 of Building a Culture of Collaboration, Kurtis is joined by David Burkus, a former business school professor turned full-time writer and speaker.  Kurtis and David talk about his book Best Team Ever and learn more about the three fundamental elements all hi...

Check out the FREE webinar 10 Considerations to Transform Your Team Meetings - https://bit.ly/transformteams In episode 19 of Building a Culture of Collaboration, Kurtis has the opportunity to connect with Will Parker, founder and CEO of Principal Matters, LLC. and host of the podcast Principal Matters.  Will and Kurtis discuss the often dual nature we need to consider when it comes to leading and...

This episode is part of the 2024 “National Literacy Month with RIF” campaign, a partnership between the BE Podcast Network and Reading Is Fundamental . In episode 18 of Building a Culture of Collaboration, Lorna and Kurtis are joined by Jeanne Spiller and Mark Onuscheck, two educational leaders, authors and consultants and co-editors of a number of PLC at Work titles.  They discuss how to build a...

Access the FREE PDF article Five Planning Considerations to Transform Your Team Meetings - https://bit.ly/5planningteams  In this replay, episode 13 of Building a Culture of Collaboration, Kurtis is joined by Peter DeWitt and Michael Nelson, two leaders dedicated to supporting other educational leaders through their individual efforts, as well as their latest joint endeavor, establishing the Instr...

In this replay, episode 5 of Building a Culture of Collaboration, Kurtis and Lorna Hewson debunk the idea of chairing team meetings, focusing on an essential mindshift towards facilitating that has a tremendous impact on collaborative cultures.  They will make explicit connections to the importance of psychological safety for teams, share 5 considerations for leaders and end the episode with some...

In this replay, episode 8 of Building a Culture of Collaboration, we interview Grayson James. Grayson has been coaching executives, boards and senior management teams improve their collaborative business performance for over 30 years. He also facilitates organizational change initiatives and provides collaborative leadership education internationally through his consulting firm, Full Contact Insti...