uLead Podcast

Armand Doucet is one of the world’s foremost pracademics and teachers in education for this Digital Age. He is a sought after leader, inspirational speaker, coach, columnist, and author. He is one of our Keynote speakers at uLead this year and is part of the pre-conference webinar series that is being offered before the conference in April of 2022. For more information on the uLead conference visi...

This episode was recording during the ATA Educational Leadership Academy 2020. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the academy was held online. This session was the second part of a module and speaks about the importance of play for children. If you like this episode, join us at the uLead Conference .  Pasi Sahlberg is a Finnish educator who has worked as a schoolteacher, teacher-educator, resea...

This episode was recording during the ATA Educational Leadership Academy in 2020. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the academy was moved online and a number of sessions were presented. This session features Dr. Micheal Rich and Dr. Phil McRae speaking about research around digital wellbeing. Growing Up Digital Findings 1 Growing Up Digital Findings 2 Michael Rich, MD, MPH, is Associate Profes...

This episode is a recording of a session presented during the Educational Leadership Academy 2020 with Dr. Lynora Saxinger. Dr. Saxinger is an infectious diseases physician and associate professor of medicine and microbiology and immunology at the University of Alberta. She does clinical work, teaching and research in general infectious diseases, HIV, HCV, tropical medicine, and antibiotic steward...

Armand Doucet is one of the world’s foremost pracademics and teachers in education for this Digital Age. He is a sought after leader, inspirational speaker, coach, columnist, author of Teaching Life: Our Calling, Our Choices, Our Challenges in Routledge’s Best-selling Leading Change Series. He is also the lead author of the best-selling book Teaching in the Fourth Industrial Revolution: Standing a...

In this episode, we are getting perspective from some different leaders around Alberta on ways that they are supporting teachers during the COVID-19 pandemic. We know that like in other parts of the country and the world, schools in Alberta are engaged in remote learning. Teachers and Leaders have had to adapt fast to this new changing environment. We asked one simple question to leaders, “What ar...

In this episode, we are getting perspective from some different leaders around Alberta on ways that they are supporting teachers during the COVID-19 pandemic. We know that like in other parts of the country and the world, schools in Alberta are engaged in remote learning. Teachers and Leaders have had to adapt fast to this new changing environment. We asked one simple question to leaders, “What ar...

In this episode we feature an interview that highlights the current state of school leadership in Alberta. Dr. Bonnie Stelmach and Dr. Phil McRae speak to us about the recently published report entitled “Alberta School Leadership Within the Teacher Profession 2019”. This research outlines some areas of success and difficulty for school leaders in Alberta. It also identifies some questions regardin...

In this episode we feature a session from uLead 2019 about Learning Space Design with Rebecca Hare.  After a decade in Italy as a design consultant and creative director, Rebecca became fascinated with education. The young designers she hired, she found, struggled with problem-solving and critical thinking. She returned to the U.S. to study education and built on her BFA in Industrial Design. Her...

In this episode we present a session from uLead 2019 with Richard Gerver. Richard Gerver has been described as one of the most inspirational leaders of his generation. He is an award-winning speaker, bestselling author and world-renowned thinker. He began his career in education, most notably as headteacher of the failing Grange Primary School. In just two years, famously transformed into one of t...

In our first episode we bring your a break out session with Dr. Simon Breakspear from the 2019 uLead conference in Banff, Alberta. You will hear Dr. Breakspear talk about developing teacher expertise and ways he suggests planning professional development to maximize impact on teacher learning.  Dr. Breakspear is known internationally for helping educational leaders navigate complex change, harness...

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