Event

Winter Leadership Academy 2019

When: January 21 & 22, 2019

Where: The Royal Executive Hotel, 8450 Sparrow Dr, Leduc

Registration information

  • Early Bird Registration: before December 24 – $599.00 + GST
  • Regular Registration: after December 24 – $649.00 + GST

Deadline to register is January 11, 2019.

Refunds for cancellations will only be given prior to the January 11, 2019 deadline. Substitutions are allowed.

Online registration is now closed.  Should you still wish to attend this event please contact Noreen Pownall.

Event information

Accommodations

A block of rooms has been reserved at the following:

The Royal Executive Hotel

8450 Sparrow Dr, Leduc, AB

Toll free: 1.888.202.3770

Please request the accommodation under the “Winter Leadership Academy” or the “Alberta School Boards Association” block of rooms.

Agenda

January 21

7:30 – 8:30 am Registration
7:30 – 8:20 am Breakfast
8:20 – 8:30 am Welcome
8:30 – 10:15 am Keynote: Bill Carr
Deep Service
10:15 – 10:30 am Break
10:30 am – 12:00 pm Session 1

  • Gold or Garbage? Everything Trustees Need to Know About Program Evaluation
  • Servant Leadership
  • Strengthening Board and Superintendent relations
12:00 – 12:45 pm Lunch
12:45 – 2:15 pm Session 2

  • Avoiding the 6 Public Engagement Pitfalls
  • Social Media in Times of Crisis
  • Superintendent Contracts & the Law
  • Thinking Beyond the Numbers
2:15 – 2:30 pm Break
2:30 – 3:30 pm Session 3

  • Education Governance to Better Support our Children: A Review of First Nations, Metis and Inuit Progress in Alberta School Boards
  • More than Words
  • The Trustee – School Council Relationship
  • We all Deserve a Little TLC! The Learning Centre update

 

January 22

7:30 – 8:30 am Registration
7:30 – 8:30 am Breakfast
8:00 – 8:30 am Welcome

  • Edmonton Catholic presents – The Personal Pathways Program
8:30 – 10:15 am Keynote: Janet Brown
The Political Landscape Heading into the Provincial Election
10:15 – 10:30 am Break
10:30 am – 12:00 pm Session 4

  • Avoiding the 6 Public Engagement Pitfalls
  • Fighting the Taboo: The Impacts of Language on Mental Health
  • 4 Seasons of Reconciliation
12:00 – 12:45 pm Lunch
12:45 – 2:15 pm Session5

  • Gold or Garbage? Everything Trustees Need to Know about Program Evaluation
  • School Resource Officer Programs: An Important Ally in Students’ Success
  • Strengthening the Board and Superintendent Relationship
  • The World is Run by Those Who Show Up
2:15 – 2:30 pm Break
2:30 – 3:30 pm Session 6

  • Google for your Noodle
  • More Than Words
  • Putting Public Engagement into Policy
  • SOGI 123: A Pathway to Safe and Inclusive Schools