Connecting Collaborative Response to School Improvement

Why Every Meeting Needs to Start With Celebrations

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 could benefit everyone in attendance.  Celebrations matter when establishing and sustaining your organization’s Collaborative Response Learn more about why you should never skip celebrations when starting meetings in this blog posting - https://www.jigsawlearning.ca/publications/blog-posts/dont-skip-celebrations-when-beginning-any-team-meeting [https://www.jigsawlearning.ca/publications/blog-posts/dont-skip-celebrations-when-beginning-any-team-meeting]  --------- 🔔 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 [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3U_RKp7yxQhckpKaQur7ow] Jigsaw Learning is a team of educators who work with schools, districts and educational leaders to establish collaborative learning structures that ensure success for all students, because every child deserves a team. Learn more about Jigsaw Learning https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4rT_D9RCEY [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4rT_D9RCEY] Learn more about Collaborative Response https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8N0DixUVI5A [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8N0DixUVI5A] Explore the book Collaborative Response https://www.jigsawlearning.ca/publications/published-works/collaborative-response-model/collaborative-response-three-foundational-components-transform-how-we-respond-needs-learners [https://www.jigsawlearning.ca/publications/published-works/collaborative-response-model/collaborative-response-three-foundational-components-transform-how-we-respond-needs-learners]  Become a JL Insider to receive access to newly added resources and video content, advance notice for sessions/workshops, discounts for learning events and resources, plus so much more! https://jigsawlearning.us11.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=26e5468f36f0a7091138209d1&id=fcc390350a [https://jigsawlearning.us11.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=26e5468f36f0a7091138209d1&id=fcc390350a] Website https://jigsawlearning.ca [https://jigsawlearning.ca] Twitter https://www.twitter.com/Jigsaw_Learning [https://www.twitter.com/Jigsaw_Learning] Facebook https://www.facebook.com/JigsawLearningAB/ [https://www.facebook.com/JigsawLearningAB/] LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/jigsaw-learning-inc [https://www.linkedin.com/company/jigsaw-learning-inc/?viewAsMember=true]

Why Meeting Roles are Critical for Team Success

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 roles specific to collaborative team meetings in this blog posting - https://www.jigsawlearning.ca/publications/blog-posts/going-deeper-collaborative-team-meetings-7-roles-team-meetin [https://www.jigsawlearning.ca/publications/blog-posts/going-deeper-collaborative-team-meetings-7-roles-team-meetin]  --------- 🔔 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 [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3U_RKp7yxQhckpKaQur7ow] Jigsaw Learning is a team of educators who work with schools, districts and educational leaders to establish collaborative learning structures that ensure success for all students, because every child deserves a team. Learn more about Jigsaw Learning https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4rT_D9RCEY [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4rT_D9RCEY] Learn more about Collaborative Response https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8N0DixUVI5A [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8N0DixUVI5A] Explore the book Collaborative Response https://www.jigsawlearning.ca/publications/published-works/collaborative-response-model/collaborative-response-three-foundational-components-transform-how-we-respond-needs-learners [https://www.jigsawlearning.ca/publications/published-works/collaborative-response-model/collaborative-response-three-foundational-components-transform-how-we-respond-needs-learners]  Become a JL Insider to receive access to newly added resources and video content, advance notice for sessions/workshops, discounts for learning events and resources, plus so much more! https://jigsawlearning.us11.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=26e5468f36f0a7091138209d1&id=fcc390350a [https://jigsawlearning.us11.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=26e5468f36f0a7091138209d1&id=fcc390350a] Website https://jigsawlearning.ca [https://jigsawlearning.ca] Twitter https://www.twitter.com/Jigsaw_Learning [https://www.twitter.com/Jigsaw_Learning] Facebook https://www.facebook.com/JigsawLearningAB/ [https://www.facebook.com/JigsawLearningAB/] LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/jigsaw-learning-inc [https://www.linkedin.com/company/jigsaw-learning-inc/?viewAsMember=true]

Intentional Team Agenda and Notes to Ensure Clarity and Predictability

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 of actions. Learn more about the agenda and notes document specific to collaborative team meetings in this blog posting - https://www.jigsawlearning.ca/publications/blog-posts/examining-collaborative-team-meetings-establishing-agenda [https://www.jigsawlearning.ca/publications/blog-posts/examining-collaborative-team-meetings-establishing-agenda] --------- 🔔 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 [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3U_RKp7yxQhckpKaQur7ow] Jigsaw Learning is a team of educators who work with schools, districts and educational leaders to establish collaborative learning structures that ensure success for all students, because every child deserves a team. Learn more about Jigsaw Learning https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4rT_D9RCEY [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4rT_D9RCEY] Learn more about Collaborative Response https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8N0DixUVI5A [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8N0DixUVI5A] Explore the book Collaborative Response https://www.jigsawlearning.ca/publications/published-works/collaborative-response-model/collaborative-response-three-foundational-components-transform-how-we-respond-needs-learners [https://www.jigsawlearning.ca/publications/published-works/collaborative-response-model/collaborative-response-three-foundational-components-transform-how-we-respond-needs-learners]  Become a JL Insider to receive access to newly added resources and video content, advance notice for sessions/workshops, discounts for learning events and resources, plus so much more! https://jigsawlearning.us11.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=26e5468f36f0a7091138209d1&id=fcc390350a [https://jigsawlearning.us11.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=26e5468f36f0a7091138209d1&id=fcc390350a] Website https://jigsawlearning.ca [https://jigsawlearning.ca] Twitter https://www.twitter.com/Jigsaw_Learning [https://www.twitter.com/Jigsaw_Learning] Facebook https://www.facebook.com/JigsawLearningAB/ [https://www.facebook.com/JigsawLearningAB/] LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/jigsaw-learning-inc [https://www.linkedin.com/company/jigsaw-learning-inc/?viewAsMember=true]

Update Key Issues in Data Overviews

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 to access the sample you see in this video?  Go to https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1QOF7f5fAAw_OzvpajrAitN0eamz1DRFAlcvAhRTzpnA/edit?usp=sharing [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1QOF7f5fAAw_OzvpajrAitN0eamz1DRFAlcvAhRTzpnA/edit?usp=sharing] Looking for a data overview template?  Go to https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1AgHv3zKNbvteFFt4F8KTj-uo-kcgvC6QdM4IkMUd1qA/edit?usp=sharing [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1AgHv3zKNbvteFFt4F8KTj-uo-kcgvC6QdM4IkMUd1qA/edit?usp=sharing] Learn more about the key issue process in this blog posting - https://www.jigsawlearning.ca/publications/blog-posts/shifting-key-issues [https://www.jigsawlearning.ca/publications/blog-posts/shifting-key-issues]  ______________________________ Jigsaw Learning is a team of educators who work with schools, districts and educational leaders to establish collaborative learning structures that ensure success for all students, because every child deserves a team. Learn more about Jigsaw Learning https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4rT_D9RCEY [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4rT_D9RCEY] Learn more about Collaborative Response https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8N0DixUVI5A [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8N0DixUVI5A] Explore the book Collaborative Response https://www.jigsawlearning.ca/publications/published-works/collaborative-response-model/collaborative-response-three-foundational-components-transform-how-we-respond-needs-learners [https://www.jigsawlearning.ca/publications/published-works/collaborative-response-model/collaborative-response-three-foundational-components-transform-how-we-respond-needs-learners]  Become a JL Insider to receive access to newly added resources and video content, advance notice for sessions/workshops, discounts for learning events and resources, plus so much more! https://jigsawlearning.us11.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=26e5468f36f0a7091138209d1&id=fcc390350a [https://jigsawlearning.us11.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=26e5468f36f0a7091138209d1&id=fcc390350a] Website https://jigsawlearning.ca [https://jigsawlearning.ca] Twitter https://www.twitter.com/Jigsaw_Learning [https://www.twitter.com/Jigsaw_Learning] Facebook https://www.facebook.com/JigsawLearningAB/ [https://www.facebook.com/JigsawLearningAB/] Youtube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3U_RKp7yxQhckpKaQur7ow [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3U_RKp7yxQhckpKaQur7ow]

Connecting Collaborative Response to School Improvement

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 could be doing and how we hope to accomplish that through advanced layers of collaboration throughout the organization. Access a Connecting Collaborative Response to Organizational Priorities organizer - https://docs.google.com/document/d/10omgZx37-tDDzlpqchCgPHNF_5McPcbeHuUT-AK04aY/edit?usp=sharing [https://docs.google.com/document/d/10omgZx37-tDDzlpqchCgPHNF_5McPcbeHuUT-AK04aY/edit?usp=sharing]  Interested in learning more about the why in each of the foundational components?  Check out these opening addresses for the 2022 Collaborative Response Symposium: * Day 1 - Collaborative Structures and Processes - https://youtu.be/54wyQENIegs [https://youtu.be/54wyQENIegs]  * Day 2 - Data and Evidence - https://youtu.be/yZJuWKz0BPY [https://youtu.be/yZJuWKz0BPY]  * Day 3 - Continuum of Supports - https://youtu.be/6FzLYAsiZEY [https://youtu.be/6FzLYAsiZEY]  Episode in Youtube: https://youtu.be/fEcexQ66wHI [https://youtu.be/fEcexQ66wHI] --------- 🔔 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 [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3U_RKp7yxQhckpKaQur7ow] Jigsaw Learning is a team of educators who work with schools, districts and educational leaders to establish collaborative learning structures that ensure success for all students, because every child deserves a team. Learn more about Jigsaw Learning https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4rT_D9RCEY [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4rT_D9RCEY] Learn more about Collaborative Response https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8N0DixUVI5A [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8N0DixUVI5A] Explore the book Collaborative Response https://www.jigsawlearning.ca/publications/published-works/collaborative-response-model/collaborative-response-three-foundational-components-transform-how-we-respond-needs-learners [https://www.jigsawlearning.ca/publications/published-works/collaborative-response-model/collaborative-response-three-foundational-components-transform-how-we-respond-needs-learners]  Become a JL Insider to receive access to newly added resources and video content, advance notice for sessions/workshops, discounts for learning events and resources, plus so much more! https://jigsawlearning.us11.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=26e5468f36f0a7091138209d1&id=fcc390350a [https://jigsawlearning.us11.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=26e5468f36f0a7091138209d1&id=fcc390350a] Website https://jigsawlearning.ca [https://jigsawlearning.ca] Twitter https://www.twitter.com/Jigsaw_Learning [https://www.twitter.com/Jigsaw_Learning] Facebook https://www.facebook.com/JigsawLearningAB/ [https://www.facebook.com/JigsawLearningAB/] LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/jigsaw-learning-inc [https://www.linkedin.com/company/jigsaw-learning-inc/?viewAsMember=true]