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2:00pm MDT

uLead Conference Registration Desk Open President's Hall Foyer

5:30pm MDT

Rimrock hotel bus to Conference Centre BANFF SPRINGS HOTEL

6:30pm MDT

Opening Keynote Presentation: Practical Creativity: How to recognize it and cultivate it in your school VAN HORNE BALLROOMRebecca Hare

8:30pm MDT

Standup Reception in Van Horne Foyer VAN HORNE BALLROOM

9:00pm MDT

Conference Centre Bus to Rimrock Hotel BANFF SPRINGS HOTEL

6:45am MDT

Rimrock Hotel Bus to Conference Centre RIMROCK HOTEL (FRONT)

7:00am MDT

Breakfast CASCADE, CONSERVATORY, NEW BRUNSWICK

9:00am MDT

Monday AM Keynote Presentation: Designing the Future of Teacher Learning VAN HORNE BALLROOMDr. Simon Breakspear

10:30am MDT

Break and Transition to Concurrent Sessions BANFF SPRINGS HOTEL

11:00am MDT

Aménagement alternatif de la salle de classe CHAMPLAIN ROOMIsabelle Côté Communicating Through Materials to Influence Task Design NEW BRUNSWICK AJacquelyn Oriold • Elka Walsh Cultivating Critical Thinkers with Learn To Code DC COLEMAN ROOMScott Petronech Designing systems for embedded teacher learning ALHAMBRA ROOMDr. Simon Breakspear Equity for all using the right digital resources THEATRESteve Brown Leadership in 2030 –A brief history of tomorrow PETRAK ROOMKalervo Gulson • P. Taylor Webb Leadership is a Choice, Not a Position MOUNT STEPHEN HALLLeader in Me Leading Literacy Learning: Effective Education Paradigm Design ROB RITCHIE ROOMEllyn Arwood Leading safer workplaces – designing responses to issues of occupational violence for principals, teachers and education support workers DAVID O'BRIEN ROOMKevin Bates Pushing the Limits – Schools of the Future Exist in the Here and Now BEATTY ROOMKelly Gallagher-Mackay • Nancy Steinhauer Reaching At-Risk Youth Through Experiential Learning - My Experience Leading an Experiential High School OAK ROOMMichael Mason The Joy of Professional Learning: Teachers are Learners First SHAUGHNESSY ROOMCamilla Gagliolo • Christine Klynen • Kurt Klynen The Principal’s Role in Supporting TQS Implementation ALBERTA ROOMCarolyn Cameron • Jeff Johnson • James Trodden Working As A School System And Not A System Of Schools NORQUAY ROOMMaria Schaade • Alan Welde

12:00pm MDT

Lunch CASCADE/CONSERVATORY & VAN HORNE BALLROOM

1:00pm MDT

Ministerial Panel on Curriculum VAN HORNE BALLROOMLilja Alfredsdottir • Judge David Arnot • David Eggen • Tony Mackay • John McGettigan

2:15pm MDT

Break & Transition BANFF SPRINGS HOTEL

2:30pm MDT

The Joy of Professional Learning: Leaders are Learners too DC COLEMAN ROOMCamilla Gagliolo • Christine Klynen • Kurt Klynen A practical exploration of the curriculum work key competencies should do – The New Zealand experience ALHAMBRA ROOMRose Hipkins • Jean Stiles Citizenship Education: The New 3 R’s – Rights, Responsibilities, and Respect SHAUGHNESSY ROOMJudge David Arnot Dream Big - The Building of a High School Sports Complex OAK ROOMDean Favoni • Robbie Mager • Jill Mathez Engaging and Empowering Students to Improve School Culture ROB RITCHIE ROOMJoseph Dumont How 1% Milk Led to Performance Standards Mt. Stephen HallBrooke Moore • Neil Stephenson Instructional Leader or Emailer-in-Chief: A Phenomenological Study on Email in School Administrators' Lives THEATREJoni Turville Leading for Learning: How does professional learning and levelled-leadership impact teacher practice and increase student learning? ALBERTA ROOMBarbara Brown • Lori Pamplin • Candace Saar • David Stevenson Personalized Professional Learning - An Effective Model for Teacher Learning NORQUAY ROOMKimberley Adair-Gagnon • Christian Michalik • Lauren Mitchell • Cathy-Ann Winters Primary Principals’ Association Principal Credential BEATTY ROOMAnn McIntyre • Graeme Ross ProtoHack is an education experience that engages and empowers people to solve big problems through technology. No code required. CHAMPLAIN ROOMRukshana Hassanali Re-Designing The Learning Experience In Our Schools PETRAK ROOMCale Birk Re-imagining High School for the 21st Century; Excite, Engage, Empower DAVID O'BRIEN ROOMIrene Nordheim • Charlene Smallwood • Ralph Wagner Teacher Professional Learning and Design Thinking: Towards a Typology of Teachers Inquiry Disposition NEW BRUNSWICK ARyan Dunn

3:30pm MDT

Transition BANFF SPRINGS HOTEL

3:45pm MDT

Alberta Provincial Curriculum Update PETRAK ROOMGreg Wondga Career guidence - in a life long learning perspective NORQUAY ROOMSoelvi Jacobsen Waldeland Co-Teaching: Transforming the Collaborative Classroom DAVID O'BRIEN ROOMPetra Hynes • Nicole Kotyk Creating a Culture of Change For Diverse Learning - Building Capacity with Faculties BEATTY ROOMJacquelin Dahlen • Catherine Newman Diverse approach to supporting schools SHAUGHNESSY ROOMTanya Dukeshire • Caitlin Hudon • Nicole Thomlinson • Dawn Schmitz - Victoria Le code du leader CHAMPLAIN ROOMJoël McLean Leading Our Staff and Students Through this Mental Health Crisis: A Wellness Model Foundation to Build Your Divisions On NEW BRUNSWICK AJody Carrington • Darlene Ferris Measuring Global Competence: Some thoughts on PISA 2018 ALHAMBRA ROOMRoar Grøttvik • David King • David Rutkowski • Greg Thompson Mini Parliament ROB RITCHIE ROOMAnnie Prestegård Reconciliation through Education - the Assembly of First Nations’ Education Toolkit DC COLEMAN ROOMDakota Edwards • Renee St.Germain REFRESH - Celebrating A Team Approach to Leading a Learning Community ALBERTA ROOMHayley Christen • Nicola Golby • Shari Jensen • Purnima Lindsay • Jason Moline • Susan Parkins • Karen Vanderwater Time's up. Transform or become Irrelevant THEATREGreg Whitby Using Design Thinking to Improve Your School Mt. Stephen HallKim Backs • Charney Erickson What Do You Do with a Makerspace? Engage Learners by MAKING the Curriculum OAK ROOMKaren Belter • Lissa Davies • Lisa Hauk-Meeker

5:00pm MDT

Conference Centre to Rimrock Hotel BANFF SPRINGS HOTEL

6:45am MDT

Rimrock Hotel Bus to the Conference Centre RIMROCK HOTEL (FRONT)

7:00am MDT

Breakfast CASCADE, CONSERVATORY, NEW BRUNSWICK

9:00am MDT

Tuesday AM - Leadership Panel Discussion - Designing the Future of Leadership Development VAN HORNE BALLROOMDr. Simon Breakspear

10:30am MDT

Transition to sessions BANFF SPRINGS HOTEL

11:00am MDT

Alberta’s new professional practice standards: Leading First Nations, Métis and Inuit education for all students Mt. Stephen HallKarsten Koch • Eileen Marthenson Discipline Literacy: Investigating the Impact on High School Subject Specialists OAK ROOMAnne Linville • Susan Woo Hacking Personalized PLD (Professional Learning & Development) THEATREKevin Deforge • Kirk Linton Inclusive Education in Catholic Schools in Oregon & Alberta ROB RITCHIE ROOMPatricia (Pat) Thompson, EdD Leading From Within: Designing Professional Learning For Teachers By Teachers BEATTY ROOMJenny Garrels • Anne Hales • Henry Lee Levelled-Leadership Designed to Improve Coherence, Pedagogy and Student Success PETRAK ROOMAnn Ard • Kim Hackman • Lori Pamplin • Dallas Wheeler Partnering with Educators to Protect Canada’s Children DAVID O'BRIEN ROOMGraham Milliken Raconte-moi le monde... CHAMPLAIN ROOMDany Dias Reconciliation through Education - the Assembly of First Nations’ Education Toolkit DC COLEMAN ROOMDakota Edwards • Renee St.Germain Talking About A Revolution in Reykjavik ALHAMBRA ROOMLilja Alfredsdottir • Skúli Helgason • Jón Torfi Jónasson • Ólafur Loftsson The design of a team-based organisational structure in schools ALBERTA ROOMBen van der Hilst The New Zealand Curriculum verses National Standards - A cautionary tale with a happy ending. SHAUGHNESSY ROOMPeter Hopwood • Teijo Päkkilä University of Portland Teachers as Researchers NORQUAY ROOMMeredith Aubin • Kristine Willis Dengler • Sandra Hartum • Shara O'Connor • Rachel Radmanovich What’s the One Thing? NEW BRUNSWICK ADr. Arief Ebrahim

12:00pm MDT

Lunch CASCADE/CONSERVATORY & VAN HORNE BALLROOM

1:00pm MDT

Tuesday PM Keynote - Ministerial Panel Discussion - Building public confidence and the alchemy of standards - The big questions for system and political leaders in the next five years VAN HORNE BALLROOMDavid Eggen • David King • Tony Mackay • Tore Bernt Sorensen • Greg Thompson

2:15pm MDT

Transition to Concurrent Sessions BANFF SPRINGS HOTEL

2:30pm MDT

A ‘Champion’ For Every Child: How the Calgary Catholic School District in ensuring that no child falls through the cracks ALBERTA ROOMGary Strother Designing Flourishing Schools Through Targeted Professional Learning OAK ROOM DI is common but is DA? (Differentiated Assessment) NORQUAY ROOMDave Martin Engendering Curriculum Change Through Positive Emotion, Trust and Support BEATTY ROOMAdam Slater • Kerry White How do we assess results of a broad, holistic education? NEW BRUNSWICK ARoar Grøttvik Leaders in limbo: Lessons in enhancing efficacy in vice-principals ROB RITCHIE ROOM Leading big improvement from small data SHAUGHNESSY ROOMKevin Bates • Leanne Nixon Leading towards Positive Growth with High Risk Youth DAVID O'BRIEN ROOMMavis J Averill • Huiy Tang Learning, Improving, and Innovating TOGETHER - How Teachers Can Learn and Grow to Transform Pedagogy PETRAK ROOMKristie O'Neill Networked Learning: The science of communities of practice Mt. Stephen HallAndrew Jones Reconceptualising Assessment Practices and Teacher Identity - The Design Challenge for School Leaders ALHAMBRA ROOMSherry Bennett • J-C Couture • Anne Looney The Joy of Professional Learning: Designing the Learning Experience DC COLEMAN ROOMCamilla Gagliolo • Christine Klynen • Kurt Klynen Understanding and solving persistent behavior problems in schools: Function-based positive behavior support CHAMPLAIN ROOMAnna-Lind Pétursdóttir What leads educators to learn and evolve with the pedagogical practices? THEATREPatricia Fiorino • Rola Tibshirani

3:30pm MDT

Transition to Concurrent Sessions BANFF SPRINGS HOTEL

3:45pm MDT

Alberta's Teacher Growth, Supervision, and Evaluation Policy: What We Now Know PETRAK ROOMDarryl Hunter • Carmen Mombourquette Alberta’s Leadership Quality Standard (2018) : Unpacking the competencies for school and system leaders by 2019? ALBERTA ROOMGary Heck District Perspectives to Building a Collaborative Response for all Schools SHAUGHNESSY ROOMPeter Barron • Mark Davidson • Kurtis Hewson • Mark McWhinnie • Reagan Weeks Engaging and Empowering Students to Improve School Culture BEATTY ROOMJoseph Dumont Joy of Professional Learning (working session) DC COLEMAN ROOM Moving from me to we: Oh the places you'll go Mt. Stephen HallAlexis Mitchell • Angie White • Neena Zacharia STEAM Rolling Our Way Through Technology NEW BRUNSWICK ACheryl • Betty Churchill • Sian Haack Teacher and Administrator International Exchanges- 2 Week and 1 Year Exchanges OAK ROOMCarolyn Freed The Impact of Art, Technology, Extra-Curricular and Social Events on School Function: University of Portland Results-based Research Capstone Projects NORQUAY ROOMKristen Coffey • Amy Hodge • Sharon Pauls • Megan White The internationalization of school-community partnerships-three case studies ALHAMBRA ROOMAnne Johanne Guldvik • Teijo Päkkilä • Jean Stiles What’s the One Thing? THEATREDr. Arief Ebrahim

5:00pm MDT

Conference Centre Bus TO Rimrock Hotel BANFF SPRINGS HOTEL

6:45am MDT

Shuttle FROM Rimrock Hotel TO Banff Springs Hotel RIMROCK HOTEL (FRONT)

7:00am MDT

Breakfast CASCADE, CONSERVATORY, NEW BRUNSWICK

8:45am MDT

Wednesday AM Keynote Panel Discussion - Building public confidence in educational reform and the alchemy of standards - The big questions for school leaders in the next five years VAN HORNE BALLROOMKevin Bates • Kalervo Gulson • Anne Looney • Tony Mackay • Charlie Naylor • David Rutkowski

10:00am MDT

Better All the Time: Learning Sprint Story from Evergreen Catholic BEATTY ROOMDave Dempsey • Terri Lynn Guimond Closing the Gap: Leading schools in focused collaboration ALBERTA ROOMKevin Bates • Leanne Nixon Digital Learning for All: Fostering a Culture of Creativity & Innovation DC COLEMAN ROOMJilliane Smyl • Vince Spila • Colleen Yoshida Ditching Report Cards and Grades: Yes it is Possible! ROB RITCHIE ROOMShelley Brett • Iram Khan Inspiring Change: Lead by Doing, there is no try PETRAK ROOMJustin Hui • Ken Pettigrew Leading Schools through Measuring What Matters NEW BRUNSWICK AChristine Schandl • Lynn Strangway Les sept enseignements de grand-père OAK ROOMEric Caron Networked Learning: insights from the Curiosity & Powerful Learning Project SHAUGHNESSY ROOMRyan Dunn Putting Yourself Out There: Resonances and Tensions Among Parents' Sense of Community in Rural Secondary Schools CHAMPLAIN ROOMMarcela Herrera Farfan • Bonnie Stelmach Relationships matter: strengthening school climate, support systems and prosocial behaviors in schools. THEATREDr. Candace Grossjohann • Selena Mell Supporting Smooth Transitions to High School NORQUAY ROOMDionne Deer • Nicole Mager Teacher Research as a foundation assurance in public education: An international conversation on the role of school leaders ALHAMBRA ROOMCarly Boreland • Stephen Murgatroyd • Charlie Naylor Leadership is a choice, not a position VAN HORNE BALLROOMLeader in Me Primary Principals' Association Principal Credential [RECOMMENDED] MOUNT STEPHEN HALLAnn McIntyre • Graeme Ross

11:00am MDT

Break and Transition to Closing Keynote Event BANFF SPRINGS HOTEL

11:15am MDT

Wednesday Closing Keynote - Learning Space Design for Leaders VAN HORNE BALLROOMRebecca Hare

12:15pm MDT

Conference Wrap-Up and Prize Draws VAN HORNE BALLROOM

12:30pm MDT

Shuttle FROM Banff Springs Hotel Conference Centre TO Rimrock Hotel BANFF SPRINGS HOTEL