WERKLUND SCHOOL OF EDUCATION
GALILEO EDUCATIONAL NETWORK
2500 University Drive NW
Calgary, AB, Canada T2N 1N4
galileo.org
CBE Area III – Leading Knowledge-building Inclusive Learning Environments
Website – http://galileo.org/pl/cbe3/
Assistant Principal Agenda – May 24, 2016
“The environments in which teachers and others in the system teach strongly influence what and how they
learn. Schools with high organizational adaptive capacity are more likely to nurture teachers with
adaptive expertise. These schools have structures and routines designed to promote the learning of both
individual professionals and of the school as a whole to better meet the needs of all students. Professional
learning is at the core of the school’s business. (Timperley, H. p. 181-82)
Learning Intentions:
 Affirm actions towards realizing educational equity and excellence through studentcentered leadership
 Deepen understanding about the role of school leadership teams in creating learning
environments to improve engagement, achievement, and well being inclusive of all
students.
 Identify how leadership teams might continue to build their collective knowledge about
strengthening organizational and professional adaptive expertise.
Learning
Time
Agenda
Intentions
8:30 Welcome & Overview
Focus the
learning
intentions for the
morning.
8:40 Presentation - Pedagogical Leadership in Area III
Review the work
in Area III
 A brief synthesis of the reflections from March.
 Two exemplars from Area III specialized settings
9:10
Individual Reflection - Schools that Learn
Working on the work since the March session - Prepare to discuss the
experiences of your leadership team and what has been done to further
integrate Knowledge Building Inquiry Cycles (KBIC) or Evidence Informed
Conversations (EIC)s etc. into the routines and regular practices of your
school?
1. In what ways has your leadership team continued to use such
processes to develop organizational and professional adaptive
expertise within your school?
2. How has this furthered your school’s progress towards achieving
your SDP goals?
3. How have you been documenting this work and/or what evidence did
you bring forward of how your leadership team has helped to create
learning environments for improved engagement, learning and wellbeing of students and professionals?
4. What role has the one-time funding played in this process?
5. Other insights, observations you wish to share
Organize ideas &
prepare to discuss
with colleagues
2
9:20
Multi-level Triads – Present Key Insights from the ongoing work of
your leadership team
Take turns presenting and discussing evidence you brought forward in
relation to the growing adaptive expertise of teachers and your SDP
goals.
 Appoint a timekeeper to ensure that everyone’s voice is heard.
 Take turns recording key insights related to this work into the
following Google form http://goo.gl/forms/4pWnpJijzUJz1vvT2
Engage in
ongoing
professional
learning for
improved
engagement,
learning and
well-being of all
students.

10:20
10:35
Prepare to bring forward one key insight, wondering, affirmation etc.
from your triad to share with the large group.
Break
Large Group
 Take up key insights, wonderings, affirmations etc. from each of the
triads.
11:00
Looking Back/ Looking Forward
 Learning together - What shifts have occurred in Area III since
2011-12?
 Sustaining the learning momentum
11:25
Critical Reflections and Feed Forward Ideas
 What have you come to understand about the role of “leadership
teams” in building coherent learning systems?
 What have you come to understand about using evidence to
strengthen professional practices and improve student outcomes?
 What else do you need to learn and be able to do to continue to build
adaptive capacity within and beyond your school?
Critical Reflection Survey
http://goo.gl/forms/ZwkIGWGBhVaqelYZ2
11:30
Adjourn
Prepared for CBE Area III Assistant Principals by
Galileo Educational Network, Werklund School of Education, University of Calgary
May 24, 2016
Build collective
knowledge of
pedagogical
leadership
Feedback on
some of the
changes we have
observed in Area
III over the past
4 years.
Solidify learning
Identify future
learning needs