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

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 abo

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

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

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 focusin

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 im

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_RKp7yxQhckpKaQur7owJigsaw Learning is a team of educators who work with schools, districts an

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 not

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 ongo

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.