Episodes
May 27, 2023
Articulating Your Big Rocks: Establishing Tier 1 in Your Continuum of Supports
In episode 17 of Leading Collaborative Response, Jennifer and Kurtis discuss big rocks as they pertain to the Continuum of Supports: narrowing the focus of universal instructional practices to a handful of high impact strateg...
May 13, 2023
Good News! Your Continuum of Supports is Never Done!
In episode 16 of Leading Collaborative Response, Jennifer and Kurtis discuss the initial process of articulating a continuum of supports and the subsequent, ongoing, iterative process of continually refining this menu as we e...
April 15, 2023
Common Pitfalls of Collaborative Team Meetings
In episode 15 of Leading Collaborative Response, Jennifer engages with Marilyn Schmitke and Collette Sylvestre, Learning Associates with Jigsaw Learning, to identify and address common pitfalls that arise in the structure and...
March 11, 2023
The Art of Facilitating Collaborative Team Meetings
In episode 14 of Leading Collaborative Response, Jennifer engages with Marilyn Schmitke and Collette Sylvestre, Learning Associates with Jigsaw Learning, to better understand the art of facilitating Collaborative Team Meeting...
Feb. 6, 2023
Why Successful Leaders Always Start With a Plan for Team Meetings
In episode 13 of Leading Collaborative Response, Jennifer engages with Marilyn Schmitke and Collette Sylvestre, Learning Associates with Jigsaw Learning to better understand the practical and contextual considerations regardi...
Jan. 23, 2023
4 Mistakes Leaders Make When Setting Up Collaborative Team Meetings
In episode 12 of Leading Collaborative Response, Jennifer and Kurtis explore four mistakes leaders make when first setting up collaborative team meetings in schools, as well as ideas to consider to avoid and/or overcome these mistakes.
Dec. 20, 2022
Reduce Your Meetings...By Adding One More!
In episode 11 of Leading Collaborative Response, Jennifer and Lorna explore the contradiction of reducing the number of meetings by adding one more through an in depth discussion of the various layers of team meetings that align with the continuum of supp
Oct. 31, 2022
The Psychology of Collaborative Team Meetings
In this episode, Lead Learner and Co-Founder of Jigsaw Learning Kurtis Hewson addresses the contradictory statement "support the student by not focusing on them during the Collaborative Team Meeting" as well as a number of collaborative structures and pro
June 20, 2022
Planning for Fall Start Up
In episode 9 of Leading Collaborative Response, Lorna Hewson, Lead Learner and Co-Founder of Jigsaw Learning, shares some big ideas around reflective practice, building responsive relationships, transition planning, and takin...
May 27, 2022
Timetabling for Collaborative Response
In episode 8 of Leading Collaborative Response, Kurtis Hewson, Lead Learner and Co-Founder of Jigsaw Learning, discusses how shifting mindsets when timetabling can have a positive impact for staff and students when implementi...
April 5, 2022
Collaborative Response from a Systems Perspective Part 2
In episode 7 of Leading Collaborative Response, Lorna Hewson, Lead Learner and Co-Founder of Jigsaw Learning, shares how districts can leverage a parallel Collaborative Response in responding to the needs of schools in the sa...
March 9, 2022
Collaborative Response from a Systems Perspective Part 1
In episode 6 of Leading Collaborative Response, Lead Learner and Co-Founder of Jigsaw Learning Kurtis Hewson, shares best practices and challenges when supporting Collaborative Response implementation across schools in a system.
Feb. 8, 2022
A Leaders’ Role in Establishing Structures and Processes
In episode 5 of Leading Collaborative Response, Jigsaw Learning's Lead Learner and Co-Founder Kurtis Hewson speaks to considerations and implications for leaders as they take on the responsibility of introducing and refining ...
Jan. 11, 2022
A Ready, Fire, Aim Approach to Leading Collaborative Response
In the episode, Lead Learner and Co-Founder of Jigsaw Learning discusses the notion of Ready, Fire, Aim as it applies to change theory generally and to Collaborative Response specifically.
Dec. 7, 2021
The Power of Norms for Collaboration
In episode 2 of Leading Collaborative Response, Lead Learner and Co-Founder of Jigsaw Learning Kurtis Hewson speaks to the power of co-creating norms, bringing them to life by unpacking them for deeper understanding and retur...
Nov. 9, 2021
Seeking Alignment for School Impact
In episode 2 of Leading Collaborative Response, Kurtis Hewson, Lead Learner and Co-Founder of Jigsaw Learning, shares insight into aligning Collaborative Response with school improvement plans and how putting faces on the dat...
Oct. 12, 2021
Establishing Collaborative Response in a School
In this first episode of Leading Collaborative Response, Kurtis Hewson, Lead Learner and Co-Founder of Jigsaw Learning, offers considerations and advice for leaders looking to establish Collaborative Response in their school.
Oct. 8, 2021
Leading Collaborative Response Trailer
Welcome to Leading Collaborative Response!
The purpose of this content is to explore the impact of leadership on the implementation and sustainability of Collaborative Response, a system-wide framework that values collaborative, action-focused response