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CoSL
Council of School Leaders
Relationships: The
Essential ‘R’ of Education
Louis Riel School Division Arts and Technology Centre,
5 deBourmont Avenue
Thursday evening, October 23
Certificate Sessions
Friday, October 24, 2014
Join us for our Fall Conference sessions again this year. We are highlighting the importance of all aspects of relationships in the teaching and learning process that takes place in
our Manitoba schools. These sessions are applicable for current and aspiring leaders. We
will offer a combination of 10 contact hours certificate sessions as well as seminars based
on current and emerging issues in education.
Paul Olson, The Manitoba Teachers’ Society President
Paul began teaching in 1990 and has spent most years
between then and 2007 as a Grade 5 and 6 French Immersion teacher in Winnipeg School Division.
He was first elected to serve on the Executive of The
Winnipeg Teachers’ Association, and after ten years
there was elected to the MTS Provincial Executive in
2002. In 2007 Paul became Society Vice President,
and has served as MTS President since May of 2011.
He is one of the Directors of the Canadian Teachers’
Federation, and a pension plan trustee.
He’s in his 22nd consecutive year in elected office, and hopes to continue causing
the right kinds of trouble on a range of important issues long after his term as
President comes to an end next May.
Paul’s infinitely patient, long-suffering wife is a classroom teacher, with whom he
has three adult stepchildren, and he works part time as manservant to a Husky in
desperate need of a heavily adapted program.
Sessions
We have sessions that will help current and future school leaders improve their knowledge and skills, make schools more effective and inclusive to the great array of students
served by Manitoba schools:
A few of the topics being addressed will be: the importance of Social Emotional learning,
a leader’s guide to helping to craft a safe and inclusive school, personal safety issues for
staff and students, and mentorship for staff to name a few as well as our sessions to allow
leaders to dialogue with experienced principals and vice principals about the lessons they
have learned on the job. There will be certificate sessions offered for the Administrators’
and Principals’ Certificates.
Walk-Through Training
Once again we are also going to offer a limited enrollment in the Downey Three Minute
Approach to Classroom Walk-Through Training. This will be conducted by COSL’s certified trainer and will take place in Winnipeg schools on Wednesday, October 22 and Thursday, October 23 for Level One.
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October 23, evening
Certification Workshops
CS-1 Working with Violent
and Disruptive Students in
an Inclusive School System
Gary Sova and Cree Crowchild
A variety of proactive and effective learning/behavioural strategies will be shared
with the participants during the COSL
sessions(s). These strategies will assist
school teams in creating a safer classroom
and promoting a positive school-learning
environment. In addition, we will share
and teach techniques and skills to help disruptive students become more engaged in
productive learning.
The workshop will share how to plan
for and deal with violent students in the
school setting so that both staff and students remain safe. The workshop provides
successful strategies, which will assist in
the development of school-wide approaches to dealing with challenging behaviours,
creating plans to help with school safety,
discuss methods for communicating effectively with disruptive students and show
ways to elicit parental support. As well,
we will demonstrate successful techniques
to improve the personal safety of students
and educators.
Gary Sova, M.Ed., is a well known resource
for educators working with at-risk students. He is currently the Winnipeg School
Division Support Teacher for such programs as the Marymound Day Program,
the COACH Program. Gary is responsible
for coordinating the programming for Division’s Level 3 EBD students and for youth
justice transitions. He is a Master Trainer
for Non-Vio-lent Crisis, Intervention Program (NVP- CI) and a coach for the Positive Behaviour Interventions & Supports
(PBIS) program. He is the Assistant Coach
of the Provincial Judo team. This summer Gary received the Queen Elizabeth II
Diamond Jubilee Medal for his 30 years of
work as the Head Coach of the Inner City
Judo Club at Victoria Albert School.
Cree Crowchild is the currently the viceprincipal of St. John’s High School and
formally the vice principal at the Winnipeg
School Division Adult Education Centre.
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He also served as the Behaviour Support
Teacher for the Central District of the
Winnipeg School Division. Cree is a Senior
Instructor for the NVPCI program. He is
trained in Restitution levels I & II and is
a Coach for the PBIS program. Cree is a
graduate of the Bachelor of Education College of Education—Saskatchewan Urban
Native Teaching Education Program (SUNTEP) of the Uni- versity of Saskatchewan
in Saskatoon.
Code: CS-1
CS-2 A Leader’s Guide to A
Safe and Supportive School
Spencer Clements
This certification session will focus on the
fundamentals of creating a learning and
working environment that is productive,
supportive and safe. Areas that will be discussed and explored are: developing and
implementing expectations that are fair
and equitable; helping to create a working
environment that is positive and collaborative; methods to encourage parents to work
with the school staff for positive behaviour
change in their children, ways to support
staff to more effectively communicate with
their students; supporting students to be
more involved in their own learning; implementing restorative language and practices in the school environment as well as
developing support systems for challenging students. This session will involve lots
of discussion and sharing as well as drawing upon the participants own successful
experiences in their roles as teachers and
leaders.
Spencer Clements, M. Ed. Spencer is a recently retired principal who has worked as
a school leader, consultant, counsellor and
teacher in the Inner City of Winnipeg. His
last position was as the Chairperson of the
Council of School Leaders of the Manitoba Teachers’ Society. Spencer is currently
working with The Learning Partnership, a
national non-profit that works to promote,
support and advance publicly funded education in Canada. In addition, he is teaching part-time in the Faculty of Education
and doing some consulting and collaborating with schools and teachers.
Code: CS-2
CS-3 Developing Coaching,
Communicating and
Mentoring Skills to Build
Learning Relationships
Kathy Collis and Mark Kully
Communication is a core function of leadership. This workshop will help school
leaders develop greater facility with the
communication skills that build trusting
learning relationships with colleagues.
Specifically, participants will consider how
to intentionally and efficiently engage staff
and co-workers in cycles of reflection, planning and problem solving. The workshop
will provide an interactive mixture of theory and practice and offer time for study,
practice, reflection, and focused discussion.
Kathy Collis and Marc Kuly work together
in Winnipeg School Division’s Professional Learning and Leadership Centre. Their
work is centred on taking a developmental
approach to learning, teaching, mentoring,
and school leadership. The centre uses this
approach to support new teachers, teacher
leaders and school leaders.
Kathy Collis has taught in three provinces
and is a former Language Arts Consultant
and teacher of EAL, Special Education,
English and Social Studies. She has presented at the Yukon Principals’ Conference,
the Alberta Assessment Consortium Conference and the The Edge Conference on
Teacher Learning at Memorial University.
Kathy’s professional interests include talent identification and talent development
of students, teachers and school leaders.
Kathy believes much can be accomplished
through passion for learning, genuine collaboration, focused professional conversation, and humility.
Marc Kuly holds a BA and BEd from the
University of Winnipeg and an MEd from
the University of Manitoba. He received
the 2008 Manitoba Foundation for The
Arts Award for Arts in Education and the
YM/YWCA Youth Peacemaker Award was
provided to Marc and his Gordon Bell High
School students also in 2008. Marc’s professional interests include equity education, authentic student voice and purposeful student engagement.
Code: CS-3
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CS-4 Sharpening Your
Practice: Taking Stock,
Focusing on the Right Solution
and Sustaining Momentum in
the Role of the Principal
Andrew Peters, Lia Baksina,
George Coupland and Tony Marques
Leadership matters and effective principals
have a direct impact on their school community in a job that includes both educational and managerial responsibilities and
duties. Sharpening Your Practice is an interactive workshop designed by Andrew
Peters and Lia Baksina to provide participants the opportunity to explore or become more familiar with practical knowledge and strategies regarding:
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Hiring and interviewing prospective
teachers,
• Legislation and the Code of Professional
Practice,
• Supervision of staff, and
•Building Capacity and Norms of Collaboration.
George Coupland, Director, Labour Relations and Human Resource Services of the
Manitoba School Boards Association will
discuss best practices in hiring and interviewing potential teachers. Tony Marques
of Myers Weinberg LLP Barristers and Solicitors will provide participants with current information on medical accommodation and due process.
Andrew Peters is a Staff Officer in the
Teacher Welfare Department and Lia Baksina is a Staff Officer in the Professional Issues Department of the Manitoba Teachers’
Society. Together, they bring experience in
supporting teachers and principals in areas
related to employee relations, legislation,
professional development and leadership.
Code: CS-4
CS-5 Walk-Through Training
Jonathan Toews
Are students engaged and oriented to the
learning task they have been given? What
are the instructional decision points that
guide instruction? What curricular links
are evident in classrooms? How is student
learning supported or showcased through
what is posted on classroom walls? These
are all questions that are addressed in
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the “Walk-Through” training framework.
Walk- through training is focused on moving school leaders from their offices to
their classrooms, providing them with a
means to have reflective conversations
with teaching colleagues.
Jonathan Toews is principal at W. C. Miller
Collegiate, a grades 9–12 high school in
Altona, Manitoba. He has been exploring
the implementation of the walk-through
framework at Miller since he was first exposed to the training six years ago. Jonathan sees “walk-throughs” as key to maintaining a sense of the school’s learning
culture and to establishing reflective conversations as normative.
PLEASE NOTE:
Date: Wednesday, October 22 to Thursday,
October 23
Time: 8:30 a.m.–4:00 p.m.
Location: Bradley Square MPR next to
The Manitoba Teachers’ Society,
191 Harcourt Street, Winnipeg
Code: CS-5
October 24
½ Day AM sessions
WS-1 Finding the Best!
Wayne Davies and Lindsey Dueck
A.M. only
"You might believe what I say but you will
always believe what I do!" Finding the absolute best teachers is tough, especially if
you are relying on simply reading resumes
and asking questions in the traditional interview approach. Come take part in an
interactive and enjoyable session hearing
how one school went outside the box and
found itself with a dynamite hire! We'll
follow-up with a discussion of your experiences and ideas, sharing how this approach
could make a difference for your school!
Wayne Davies is fresh out of the Principal’s
office of Ecole Selkirk Junior High where
he lead the BOSS Guitar Works program.
Now in the Assistant Superintendent’s
seat in the Interlake School Division he is
armed with 23 years of teaching and admin experience and is constantly looking
for a better way to help students - in this
particular case by placing the absolute best
teachers in front of them!
Lindsey Dueck, In the fourth year of her
teaching career, is a Human Ecology educator, volleyball coach, marathon club coordinator and one of Wayne’s best hires.
Self-admittedly not a great interview, Lindsey is an engaging teacher who was able
to successfully answer Wayne’s unusual
approach to finding Ecole Selkirk Junior
High’s next best hire by showing and not
just talking, about how to make students
successful!
Code: WS-1
WS-2 Tools for French
Immersion Principals
Michelle Jean-Paul and Heather Marks
A.M. only
This session will provide educational leaders with a toolkit to assist them in developing an understanding of some of the
challenges and of ways to support French
Immersion programming.
Michelle has worked from K to 12 as a
classroom teacher, vice principal and principal in both French Immersion centres
and dual track schools. She worked in Winnipeg School Division before moving to
Seven Oaks School Division where she is
currently in her second year as Principal at
École Belmont. She is also founder of the
Educators of Colour Network, a non-profit
organization that offers free professional
development to anyone with an interest
in supporting diversity within the school
system.
Heather has taught in French Immersion
and English programs for 11 years in Winnipeg School Division. Throughout her
teaching career, Heather has actively participated on several Provincial curriculum
committees and has written curriculum
science documents. Heather moved into
school leadership in the Seven Oaks School
Division and is in her sixth year supporting
French Immersion programming in this
capacity. Currently, she is the Principal at
École Constable Edward Finney School.
Audience: Non French speaking school
leaders (and aspiring school leaders) who
are undertaking a leadership role in a
French Immersion school without any immersion experience.
Code: WS-2
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WS-3/10 So You Got The
Job; Now What? Your First 12
Months (The Remix)
Terry Skarban and Ron Hummelt
AM and PM
As a new principal/vice-principal you have
many questions, concerns and moments of
sheer bafflement. This workshop will focus on a year in the life of a principal/viceprincipal. The areas of management, understanding and developing school culture
and educational leadership over the progression of a school year will be discussed.
Real examples drawn upon and case studies will be used further expand on ideas.
Topics such as hiring, supervising, budgeting, staff moral, building culture, evaluating,
newsletters, staff meetings will be some of
the areas of running a school covered.
Activities will include small and large group
discussions, case studies, short readings
and responses with the focus will be on
practical solutions to common issues.
Ron and Terry’s experiences as well as
references to articles and other literature
from Robert Greenleaf, Michael Fullan and
other educational leaders will be part of
the content of the workshop.
Ron has been Principal of East Selkirk Middle School since September 2007 and was
“lucky” enough to also be the project manager when the school was being built. Prior
to that Ron was a VP at Happy Thought
School and has been a High School/Junior
High teacher and coach.
Terry has been principal/ vice-principal
for 17 years, nine of which have been in a
single principal setting. Terry was a member of the COSL Leadership Team for four
years and was a member of the CAP 2009
planning committee.
Code: WS-3/10
WS-4 Issues in Metis
Education
Sharon Parenteau from Manitoba Metis
Federation
A.M. only
I will begin by giving an overview of the
Manitoba Metis Federation (MMF) including a structural map of Manitoba. I will also
give a brief history of significant events in
the history of the Metis in Manitoba with
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a timeline we’ve been working on. I will
discuss current Metis issues including our
Land Claims case, a Metis perspective of
the Treaty Relations Education and ongoing issues of identity.
I will discuss the purpose of LRI as the Culture and Education authority for the MMF
and highlight some of the services we provide in the public system, such as Standing
Tall, Family Fun Events and Cultural Presentations. I will also share how the LRI/
MMF can be a resource to teachers through
resources we are creating, such as the Metis
Studies course, the Legislative Assembly of
Assiniboia game and Michif Language resources. I will conclude with additional possible resources for Metis students through
our scholarships and bursaries.
This awareness of the Metis community in
Manitoba will allow Leaders in Education
to build better relationships with Metis
families in their community.
Sharon Parenteau is a Metis educator from
the Turtle Mountains in Southwest Manitoba. She has worked as a classroom teacher in the Inner City and a support teacher,
writing Aboriginal curriculum for the Winnipeg School Division. Sharon’s other curriculum experience includes being the primary writer for the K–4 Aboriginal Culture
and Language Curriculum and the K–4 Social Studies Curriculum.
Sharon came to work for the Manitoba
Metis Federation (MMF) on a secondment
from the Winnipeg School Division to develop the Standing Tall program. In 2010,
she resigned from the division to become
the Director of Provincial Education for
the MMF. In 2011, she became the General
Manager of Louis Riel Institute, the culture and education authority for the MMF.
She has represented the Metis Nation on
numerous provincial committees, including the Premier’s Advisory Council (PAC),
the Lieutenant Governor’s Youth Experience Program (LGYEP), ANCR, the Oversight Committee for Children and Youth
with Mental Health Issues (OCCYMH),
Aboriginal Education Research Forum
(AERF) and MERN. She is former chair
of a Metis local in Winnipeg, and a proud
resident of Winnipeg’s North End.
Sharon is a grandmother of 3 (who attend
Niji Mahkwa)…They are her inspiration to
make the Education system better. She is
a Masters in Education Candidate at the
University of Manitoba. She has received
the Distinguished Leader in Education
from the MMF, the Research and Curriculum Development Award from ACE and
most recently the Diamond Jubilee Award
from the Lieutenant Governor for her work
in the community.
Code: WS-4
WS-5 The Power Of
Connecting Staff And
Students With Social Justice/
ESD Organizations
Rex Ferguson-Baird and Jane Couch
A.M. Only
These activities make for strong connections
between students’ hearts and minds. We
will explore 8 years in SJASD organizing
the Divisional Youth Forum, the creation
of Operation Donation and examples of
student created programs supported by
schools.
Jane Couch has been teaching for 20 years,
and has experience teaching at all levels.
She is starting her 4th year as Principal at
Stevenson-Britannia Elementary School in
St. James-Assiniboia School Division. She
is passionate about social justice and environmental issues and believes that it is
through our students where we will see
great changes happening in our world. We
just need to give them courage, confidence
and opportunities. We must listen to what
our children are saying.
Rex Ferguson-Baird has been working
with youth for about forever! He is entering his 7th year as principal at Brooklands
Elementary School in St. James-Assiniboia
School Division. Throughout his career
Rex has included community partnerships in his teaching in order to motivate
and encourage students and families to be
engaged in the education experience. Rex
was featured in The Winnipeg Chamber of
Commerce book Inspire, Influence, Invest:
A Profile of Community Leaders.
Code: WS-5
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WS-6 Strengthening School
Community through Social
Emotional Learning
Darcy Cormack
P.M. only
Leading staff in attending to the social-emotional well-being of students to increase
engagement, achievement, and citizenship
of the school’s learning community.
•Academic learning happens best within
a positive social context; great cognitive
growth occurs through social interaction.
•Optimal learning happens when we pay
attention to teaching positive social
skills within the context of daily routines and activities.
•Children benefit when adults pay attention to how children treat each other and
reinforce respect and caring as the basis
for interactions.
• Everyone has basic social and emotional
needs that must be met if we are to be
free to learn well and thrive.
• We need to feel a sense of belonging, significance and engagement
Darcy is currently the Principal of Island
Lakes Community School, a K–8 school in
the Louis Riel School Division. Darcy has
13 years experience in school administration
and 12 years as an early and middle year’s
teacher. She strives to implement practices
that attend to the social emotional development of students. She believes that students
and adults alike have basic social and emotional needs that must be met if they are to
be free to learn. She believes that children
want to learn and that they learn best within
a positive social environment that provides a
sense of belonging, engagement and sense of
worth. She works to increase the professional capacity of staff to better support students.
Karen Haluschak is currently the Vice
Principal at Frontenac School in Louis Riel
School Division. Karen has 8 years’ experience in K–12 school administration and
19 years as a high school English teacher.
Karen believes schools must foster a culture of caring and focus on building resiliency in all students. Her work in each
of the schools, as a leader has been with
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the focus to make education accessible to
all through inclusion and integration. She
believes we need to meet the needs of students so each one feels accepted, valued
and safe. Karen’s passions are creating optimum learning environments, using best
teaching and assessment practices.
Code: WS-6
WS-7 Rex Ferguson-Baird
P.M. only
Leveraging the power of a high performing
team of teachers and school staff to make
change in a school community.
Using Brooklands School to illustrate the
impact of multiple partnerships that various staff have fostered. Books, bikes, trips,
culture/theatre, sports…in 6 years we have
had a lot of adventures!
Participants will be given tools they need
to collect data, determine needs and engage their own school community and
strengthen the home school relationship.
Code: WS-7
WS-8 So You Want to be a
Principal
Michelle Jean Paul
P.M. only
Do you remember the game Jenga? The goal
was to take blocks from various places on
the tower to try and increase its height, all
the while maintaining its balance to avoid
topping the whole thing over! School leadership can be a little bit like this at times.
You are trying to balance a number of competing interests and are making split second
decisions in the effort to build the capacity
in your building. But sometimes one wrong
move can have detrimental effects.
Are you thinking of pursuing a position
as a school leader? Are you questioning
whether or not you truly understand what
the job of a school principal/vice-principal
entails? This interactive session will explore the many facets of the job (through
discussion and case studies) including:
•Blurred Lines: When your personal and
professional worlds collide.
• Tough Talks: When and how to have the
serious conversations.
• What Gives You the Authority: Balancing
the
Managerial/Political/Instructional
Responsibilities of School Leadership.
•There's No "I" In Team: Negotiating the
dynamics of working as part of a leadership team.
•Other Duties As Assigned: Learning to
effectively deal with the unexpected.
Participants will be encouraged to discuss
and share ideas and solutions for these
common challenges that new school leaders often encounter. Michelle will share
her k-12 experiences and highlight the do's
and don’ts of the first 5 years of school
leadership.
Code: WS-8
WS-9 Dan Turner
Les enseignants exercent leur profession
« sous observation » étant, en effet, constamment sous l’œil des élèves, des parents, des directions d’écoles et des conseils
et commissions scolaires, entre autres.
Le but de cet atelier est donc de préciser
les implications de ce qu’ils font paraître
dans un média social, qui englobent une
combinaison de facteurs comme la liberté
d’opinion et d’expression, et les mesures
disciplinaires possibles.
Dan Turner est cadre administratif à la
Manitoba Teachers’ Society. Il a des responsabilités dans les domaines des relations du travail, de la négociation collective, et des services en langue française.
Dan a eu un certain nombre de cas traitant
de l’utilisation abusive de la technologie.
Code: WS-9
WS-10 Terry Skarban and
Ron Hummel
A continuation from workshop WS-3.
Code: WS-10
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Conference fees
Associate Member........................$140
For the 2014 session COSL is obliged
to charge the 5% GST (this has already
been included in the prices below).
COSL member
Friday sessions..............................$85
Certificate sessions.....................$125
Any teacher who is a principal or vice principal in a
Manitoba public school is automatically a member
of COSL.
Non-member
Friday sessions............................$125
Certificate sessions.....................$160
Walk Through Training
Level 1 training..............................$360
Submit registrations to:
Marlene Miller
PO Box 1173
Stonewall, MB R0C 2Z0
204-467-2627
[email protected]
To become an Associate Member you must be a
member in good standing with The Manitoba
Teachers’ Society and pay an annual fee of $140.
This allows the associate member to access the
benefits of COSL such as attending the Winter
Conference 2014 and The Clear Lake Leadership
Institute at a reduced fee.
If you would like more information in
the interim please contact:
Certification Sessions
October 23–24, 2014
(10 contact hours)
Thursday: 5:30–9:30 pm
Friday: 9:00 am–3:30 pm
Myles Blahut, Principal,
Stony Mountain Elementary
[email protected]
Maxine Geller, COSL Chair
[email protected]
(Participants attend the morning and afternoon
plenary sessions as part of 10-contact-hour credit.)
$50 reduction with COSL membership. Note that the
WTT costs are based on a cost-recovery approach.
Certification Sessions 10 contact hours, Thursday and Friday
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Contact Information
Name:
Address:
City/Town:
Postal Code:
School Contact Information:
E-mail Address:
Are you a member of COSL?
Signature:
☐ Yes ☐ No (If no, please see the following Associate Membership Application.)
Date:
Please make cheques payable to COSL. All receipts will be issued via e-mail. Confirmation will be provided via e-mail.
The above information will be used for the purposes of process your application, sending Council information to you, providing membership privileges and generating statistical information related
to the administration of the Council.
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Associate Member Application Form
All principals and vice-principals of The Manitoba Teachers’ Society are automatically voting and paying members of the Council of
School Leaders. Any other member in good standing of The Manitoba Teachers’ Society may join the Council of School Leaders, as an
associate member, by payment of the annual fee to COSL. Associate members are entitled to all rights, benefits and services of Council
membership but only insofar as those rights, benefits and services are provided directly by the Council. Associate members are not eligible to vote and/or run for elected office of the Council.
Name:
Manitoba Teaching Certificate #:
Address:
City/Town:
Postal Code:
E-mail Address:
Home Phone:
Please check one of the following:
☐ New Application ☐ Renewal Application
Signature:
Date:
The above information will only be used for the purposes of process your application, sending Council information to you, providing membership privileges and generating statistical information related to the administration of the Council. It will not be forwarded or shared.
Council of School Leaders
204-2639 Portage Ave.
Winnipeg, MB R3J 0P7
[email protected]
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