Putting the Pieces Together with Jigsaw Learning: Recent Episodes
Jigsaw Learning
Education is complex: no single educator can possibly meet the diverse needs of their students alone.
Join Jennifer Ferguson as she invites stories from the field regarding Collaborative Response, Literacy, Numeracy, Online Learning, and more...
Listen to hear how others are putting the pieces together with the integral understanding that every child deserves a team!
In episode 46 of Putting the Pieces Together, Jennifer, Lorna and Kurtis spend time with Principal Joe Marion and Family Outreach Worker Rhonda Miron of Dr. Brosseau School (part of Lakeland Catholic Schools). Topics covered include creating space for robust and balanced conversations around academics and mental health, the impact of early assessment, implementation dips and peaks, the importance of onboarding, and how to shift from working for the continuum to have the continuum work for the educators.
Connect with Joe Marion
Email jmarion@lrcssd.ca
Connect with Rhonda Miron
Email rmiron@lrcssd.ca
LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/rhonda-miron-961a9589
Connect with Kurtis Hewson
Email kurtis.hewson@jigsawlearning.ca
Twitter @hewsonk27
LinkedIn https://ca.linkedin.com/in/kurtishewson
Connect with Lorna Hewson
Email lorna.hewson@jigsawlearning.ca
Twitter @hewsonk27
LinkedIn https://ca.linkedin.com/in/kurtishewson
Connect with Jennifer Ferguson
Email jennifer.ferguson@jigsawlearning.ca
Twitter @_MrsFerguson_
Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennifer-dickson-ferguson/
Related Resources
Every Kid Needs a Champion
https://youtu.be/SFnMTHhKdkw
Bruce Perry
https://www.bdperry.com/
So We’ve Established Our Continuum of Supports: Now What?
https://youtu.be/JUlrpWaCOVo
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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
Learn more about Collaborative Response 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
Learn more about WeCollab
https://wecollab.ca
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
Join the Facebook Group “The Collaborative Leader”, to engage in further conversations and resource sharing with others dedicated to ensuring effective teams and collaborative structures - https://www.facebook.com/groups/thecollaborativeleader
Website https://jigsawlearning.ca
Email questions@jigsawlearning.ca
Twitter https://www.twitter.com/Jigsaw_Learning
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/JigsawLearningAB/
LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/jigsaw-learning-inc
Music: “Jigsaw” has been composed, recorded, and produced by Trent Ferguson for Putting the Pieces Together with Jigsaw Learning.
Images: Visuals included in this video not generated under agreement with Jigsaw Learning Inc. have been carefully selected under Creative Commons for their permissions.
In episode 45 of Putting the Pieces Together, Jennifer, Lorna and Kurtis connect with Rob Champ, a Learning Leader at Ernest Manning High School with Calgary Board of Education.
Rob articulates how their high school staff of over seventy engage enthusiastically in Collaborative Response to meet the needs of their students. Through the highly structured Collaborative Team Meeting that is supported by the school’s Collaborative Response Committee, staff are able to engage with one another on a professional level in a safe environment. As a result, a community has been built on their commitment to trust, support, and learn from one another.
Connect with Rob Champ
Email rochamp@cbe.ab.ca
Connect with Kurtis Hewson
Email kurtis.hewson@jigsawlearning.ca
Twitter @hewsonk27
LinkedIn https://ca.linkedin.com/in/kurtishewson
Connect with Lorna Hewson
Email lorna.hewson@jigsawlearning.ca
Twitter @hewsonk27
LinkedIn https://ca.linkedin.com/in/kurtishewson
Connect with Jennifer Ferguson
Email jennifer.ferguson@jigsawlearning.ca
Twitter @_MrsFerguson_
Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennifer-dickson-ferguson/
Related Resources
Ernest Manning Tier 2 Infographic - https://drive.google.com/file/d/16WsTJqmXDABLzGSVX-GTtZEoLZVW9GUF/view
Ernest Manning CTM Data - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1bc-4RdNyUA60V2Vmp7Q70RhKM_gPZQ4I/view
Skills Alberta
https://skillsalberta.com/
Skills Canada
https://www.skillscompetencescanada.com/en/
Kurtis’s Reading List
Legacy: What The All Blacks Can Teach Us About The Business Of Life https://www.amazon.ca/Legacy-James-Kerr/dp/147210353X/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2YWDUTAZFM5D3&keywords=legacy+new+zealand&qid=1690605927&sprefix=legacy+new+zealan%2Caps%2C149&sr=8-1
🔔 Don't forget to subscribe and click the little bell icon to be notified when @jigsaw_learning posts a new video! 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
Learn more about Collaborative Response 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
Learn more about WeCollab
https://wecollab.ca
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
Join the Facebook Group, “The Collaborative Leader”, to engage in further conversations and resource sharing with others dedicated to ensuring effective teams and collaborative structures
https://www.facebook.com/groups/thecollaborativeleader
Website https://jigsawlearning.ca
Email questions@jigsawlearning.ca
Twitter https://www.twitter.com/Jigsaw_Learning
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/JigsawLearningAB/
LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/jigsaw-learning-inc
Music: “Jigsaw” has been composed, recorded, and produced by Trent Ferguson for Putting the Pieces Together with Jigsaw Learning.
Images: Visuals included in this video not generated under agreement with Jigsaw Learning Inc. have been carefully selected under Creative Commons for their permissions.
In episode 44 of Putting the Pieces Together, Jennifer, Lorna and Kurtis connect with the recently “retired” Nancy MacLellan, who, while having the opportunity to cruise the world with her travel consultant husband Chris, has an equal amount of enthusiasm for supporting schools and staff looking to implement BLAST (Building Literacy and Supporting Teamwork) as a schoolwide intervention to ensure literacy success for all students.
Connect with Nancy MacLellan
Email nancymacconsulting@gmail.com
Website https://www.nancymacconsulting.ca/
Connect with Kurtis Hewson
Email kurtis.hewson@jigsawlearning.ca
Twitter @hewsonk27
LinkedIn https://ca.linkedin.com/in/kurtishewson
Connect with Lorna Hewson
Email lorna.hewson@jigsawlearning.ca
Twitter @hewsonk27
LinkedIn https://ca.linkedin.com/in/kurtishewson
Connect with Jennifer Ferguson
Email jennifer.ferguson@jigsawlearning.ca
Twitter @_MrsFerguson_
Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennifer-dickson-ferguson/
Related Resources
MacEvans Travel https://macevanstravel.ca/
MacEvans Travel on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100087117120654&locale=pl_PL
🔔 Don't forget to subscribe and click the little bell icon to be notified when @jigsaw_learning posts a new video! 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
Learn more about Collaborative Response 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
Learn more about WeCollab
https://wecollab.ca
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
Join the Facebook Group “The Collaborative Leader”, to engage in further conversations and resource sharing with others dedicated to ensuring effective teams and collaborative structures - https://www.facebook.com/groups/thecollaborativeleader
Website https://jigsawlearning.ca
Email questions@jigsawlearning.ca
Twitter https://www.twitter.com/Jigsaw_Learning
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/JigsawLearningAB/
LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/jigsaw-learning-inc
Music: “Jigsaw” has been composed, recorded, and produced by Trent Ferguson for Putting the Pieces Together with Jigsaw Learning.
Images: Visuals included in this video not generated under agreement with Jigsaw Learning Inc. have been carefully selected under Creative Commons for their permissions.
In episode 43 of Putting the Pieces Together, Jennifer, Lorna and Kurtis connect with Jeff Thompson again, a couple of years after his initial guest spot on the show. Jeff, now Deputy Superintendent of Peace River School Division, shares his experience in modeling Collaborative Response at the district level, his understanding of Collaborative Response as a framework on which to hang all other practices and priorities on, and his belief that Collaborative Response is a journey, not an event (and one that needs time to be played out in context).
Connect with Jeff Thompson
Email thompsonj@prsd.ab.ca
Connect with Kurtis Hewson
Email kurtis.hewson@jigsawlearning.ca
Twitter @hewsonk27
LinkedIn https://ca.linkedin.com/in/kurtishewson
Connect with Lorna Hewson
Email lorna.hewson@jigsawlearning.ca
Twitter @hewsonk27
LinkedIn https://ca.linkedin.com/in/kurtishewson
Connect with Jennifer Ferguson
Email jennifer.ferguson@jigsawlearning.ca
Twitter @_MrsFerguson_
Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennifer-dickson-ferguson/
Related Resources
System Approach to Collaborative Response Part 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIrBQu6kW34 (Jeff Thompson’s first guest appearance on PTPTwJL)
System Approach to Collaborative Response Part 2: A Sustained Journey https://youtu.be/RnQyZ9mifVM (A continuation of Jeff Thompson’s first guest appearance on PTPTwJL)
🔔 Don't forget to subscribe and click the little bell icon to be notified when @jigsaw_learning posts a new video! 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
Learn more about Collaborative Response 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
Learn more about WeCollab
https://wecollab.ca
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
Join the Facebook Group “The Collaborative Leader”, to engage in further conversations and resource sharing with others dedicated to ensuring effective teams and collaborative structures - https://www.facebook.com/groups/thecollaborativeleader
Website https://jigsawlearning.ca
Email questions@jigsawlearning.ca
Twitter https://www.twitter.com/Jigsaw_Learning
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/JigsawLearningAB/
LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/jigsaw-learning-inc
Music: “Jigsaw” has been composed, recorded, and produced by Trent Ferguson for Putting the Pieces Together with Jigsaw Learning.
Images: Visuals included in this video not generated under agreement with Jigsaw Learning Inc. have been carefully selected under Creative Commons for their permissions.
In episode 42 of Putting the Pieces Together, Jennifer, Lorna and Kurtis spend time with Trevor Van Someren and Aaron Weimer, the administrative team of Clear Vista School in Westaskiwin Regional Public Schools. Topics of the conversation include assessing student learning, intervening with learning sprints, the importance of engaging in Collaborative Response with integrity and fidelity, and planning to be disappointed (initially) because implementation is a learning process.
Connect with Trevor van Someren
Email trevor.vansomeren@wrps11.ca
LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/in/trevor-van-someren
Connect with Aaron Weimer
Email aaron.weimer@wrps11.ca
Connect with Kurtis Hewson
Email kurtis.hewson@jigsawlearning.ca
Twitter @hewsonk27
LinkedIn https://ca.linkedin.com/in/kurtishewson
Connect with Lorna Hewson
Email lorna.hewson@jigsawlearning.ca
Twitter @hewsonk27
LinkedIn https://ca.linkedin.com/in/kurtishewson
Connect with Jennifer Ferguson
Email jennifer.ferguson@jigsawlearning.ca
Twitter @_MrsFerguson_
Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennifer-dickson-ferguson/
Related Resources
🔔 Don't forget to subscribe and click the little bell icon to be notified when @jigsaw_learning posts a new video! 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
Learn more about Collaborative Response 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
Learn more about WeCollab
https://wecollab.ca
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
Join the Facebook Group “The Collaborative Leader”, to engage in further conversations and resource sharing with others dedicated to ensuring effective teams and collaborative structures - https://www.facebook.com/groups/thecollaborativeleader
Website https://jigsawlearning.ca
Email questions@jigsawlearning.ca
Twitter https://www.twitter.com/Jigsaw_Learning
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/JigsawLearningAB/
LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/jigsaw-learning-inc
Music: “Jigsaw” has been composed, recorded, and produced by Trent Ferguson for Putting the Pieces Together with Jigsaw Learning.
Images: Visuals included in this video not generated under agreement with Jigsaw Learning Inc. have been carefully selected under Creative Commons for their permissions.
In this 36th episode of Putting the Pieces Together with Jigsaw Learning, Principal Chris Fehr and Assistant Principal Wendy Morris of Buffalo Head Prairie School in Fort Vermilion School Division share some lessons learned through Collaborative Response, including smaller groups provide more opportunity for voice and that it is possible to clone oneself by empowering others with responsibility!
In this 35th episode, Principal of Florence MacDougall Community School, Stefanie Brown, shares the school's journey in identifying Connectivity as a priority area for Collaborative Response. She identifies data and evidence being used to inform this priority area and discusses supports being leveraged to empower students.
In this third of a three-part series on Responsive Behaviour Supports, Learning Associates Collette Sylvestre and Kathleen Robertson share insight into the last five components:
Responding to Reoccurring Behaviour Concerns
School Support Team
Collecting and Analyzing Data
Behaviour Support Plans
Crisis Management
Responsive Behaviour Supports Part 1
Responsive Behaviour Supports Part 2
In this second of a three-part series on Responsive Behaviour Supports, Learning Associates Collette Sylvestre and Kathleen Robertson share insight into the first five components:
Responsive Relationships
Social Emotional Instruction
Routines and Classroom Environment
Explicit Behaviour Expectations
Responding to Behaviour Concerns
Responsive Behaviour Supports Part 1
Responsive Behaviour Supports Part 3
In this first of a three-part series on Responsive Behaviour Supports, Learning Associates Collette Sylvestre and Kathleen Robertson honour the work of Barb Pears, discuss Barb's impact on their own growth, and continue to propel this powerful framework for supporting students.
Responsive Behaviour Supports Part 2
Responsive Behaviour Supports Part 3
Christie Badry, Coordinator of Health and Wellness for Battle River School Division, and Andrea Gutmann, Principal of Sparling School, share their insights regarding Collaborative Response, the relationship between school and division, and the impact for students, staff, and community.
In this episode, Lead Learners and Co-Founders of Jigsaw Learning, Kurtis and Lorna Hewson, share the evolution of their tagline and the impact they hope it has with partners.
The leadership team from Eastbrook Elementary School in Grasslands School Division shares how reinvigorating Collaborative Response is building enthusiam and empowerment among their teachers.
In this episode, Julie Chorney, Director of Teaching Quality and Staff Development in Lakeland Catholic School Division, shares the spark of excitement that is Collaborative Response.
Learning Associate Collette Sylvestre shares some of her previous education career history that includes the implementation of WeCollab and the organic development of Collaborative Team Meetings as a result.
In the second episode of this two-part webcast, Jeff Thompson, Assistant Superintendent - Teaching and Learning, speaks to the sustained journey that Peace River School Division is on as they implement Collaborative Response.
In the first episode of this two-part webcast, Assistant Superintendent of Teaching and Learning Jeff Thompson shares the journey of implementing Collaborative Response as a system in Peace River School Division.
The E.G. Wahlstrom administrative team, Principal Kris Herbert and Assistant Principal Audrey Ghostkeeper, share how the pieces of Collaborative Response have helped to focus on building positive relationships with students across their school through identifying key issues and articulating a continuum of supports.
Learning Associates Cheryl Gascoyne and Kathleen Robertson share their passion for literacy as they discuss its complexity, ways to use data and evidence to address strengths and next steps in literacy learning, and how literacy fits into Collaborative Response.
Principal of Elmer Elson Elementary School Nolan Andriuk shares the articulation of Quality Learning Environments in Northern Gateway Public Schools and its impact on the principal cohort and school culture.
Lorna Hewson, Lead Learner and Co-Founder of Jigsaw Learning, shares how the journey of Collaborative Response has established some deep foundational understandings through learning alongside our partners.
Divisional Principal Tara Tanner and Early Learning Supervisor/Learning Coach Sandi Harrower share the journey of the LRSD Pursuits Program.
Learning Associate Colin Byers shares considerations for online teaching, including thoughts to ponder for leaders of online teachers.
Learning Associate Colin Byers speaks to routines, rituals, digital citizenship, and structures as being key to building community online.
Chris Adamson, Vice Principal of Innisfail High School, shares a journey of Collaborative Response.
New Learning Associate Colin Byers discusses the similarities and differences between classroom, online, and e-learning, as well as considerations for instructional design in the digital realm that addresses equity for students and families.
Lead Learner Amber Hester speaks to the foundational statements that support teams identifying their purpose and function, the changing direction of commitments as a result of COVID-19, and how understanding how individuals interact with one another can strengthen a team through productive conflict and high performance.
Learning Associates Lana Nogue and Kathleen Robertson share curiosities and possibilities about Re-Establishing Whole School and Classroom Structures and Expecations to ensure Responsive Environments for staff and students.
In this third of a three part series, Mark Davidson, Superintendent of Medicine Hat Public Schools, shares the next steps to be taken in growing the mindset behind Collaborative Response and reflects on personal experience as to why the framework is so important in supporting students.
In this second of a three part series, Mark Davidson, Superintendent of Medicine Hat Public School Division, shares challenges and successes of implementing Collaborative Response with fidelity as a system.
In the first of a three part series, Mark Davidson, Superintendent of Medicine Hat Public School Division, shares the journey of identifying universal instructional practices and articulating strategies for supporting students as aligned with the values of Collaborative Response.
Learning Associate Cheryl Gascoyne shares her experiences about working with beginning teachers, building relationships with district personnel, and genuinely caring: for students and for each other.
Co-Founders and Lead Learners of Jigsaw Learning Kurtis and Lorna Hewson speak to the work that is underway with partners and the team focused on learning and connection - for students and educators.
Lana Nogue, Learning Associate with Jigsaw Learning, shares some of the positive experiences she encountered in working with partners in education during the Covid-19 context.
Learning Associate Marilyn Schmitke is asked about what it means to lead with grace and ease and how that might be accomplished when leading a learning community faced with uncertainty
Lead Learner Kurtis Hewson speaks to the intentional layering of meetings and amplifying structures and processes during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Marilyn Schmitke, Learning Associate with Jigsaw Learning, shares some thoughts from a leadership perspective about how it is questioning, not buy in, that leads to strategic and sustainable change.
Kurtis Hewson, Lead Learner with Jigsaw Learning, goes deeper in the discussion about his recent blog post highlighting shifts that have resulted from learning in the field with school and district partners.
In this interview, Arlene Littlemore shares her experience of implementing Jigsaw Learning's Collaborative Response Model as a school leader and the growth that was seen as individuals and as a collective staff.
This episode with Lorna Hewson focuses on how the deep understanding of the Collaborative Response Model at the district level can align processes to enhance supports for schools and students.
An interview with Jigsaw Learning Co-Founder and Lead Learner Kurtis Hewson discussing the development, growth, and impact of the Collaborative Response Model