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THOUGHT LEADER LECTURES
DECEMBER 7, 2016
WEDNESDAY
8 AM - 10 AM
WEDNESDAY TUESDAY
MONDAY
SUNDAY
SATURDAY
TL11 |
Understanding and Promoting
Young Children’s Health and Well-
Being Using Population Data
8 a.m. - 9 a.m.
What are the ways in which we can
promote children’s social and emotional
competence and well-being--protective
factors that have been identified to
promote resiliency, positive mental health,
and school success? Understand the
factors that forecast children’s success
in school and in life and hear about
ways to guide children in desirable
directions. Gain an overview of how
the Human Early Learning Partnership
(HELP) is working to understand how to
help propel children away from risk and
vulnerability and toward resiliency and
well-being. See how population-level data
relates to children’s social, emotional, and
cognitive competence to context (e.g.
neighborhood, socioeconomic status) and
can influence systemwide decision making
about programs and services in schools
and communities.
Kimberly Schonert-Reichl, University of
British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada,
kimberly.schonert-reichl@ubc.ca
Kimberly Schonert-
Reichl is an applied
developmental
psychologist and a
professor in the Human
Development, Learning,
and Culture in the
Faculty of Education at
the University of British
Columbia (UBC). She is also the director of the
Human Early Learning Partnership (HELP), an
interdisciplinary research unit in the School of
Population and Public Health in the Faculty of
Medicine at UBC. Prior to her graduate work,
Schonert-Reichl worked as middle school
teacher and then as a teacher at an alternative
high school for at-risk adolescents.
Pippa Rowcliffe, University of British Columbia,
Vancouver, BC, Canada, pippa.rowcliffe@ubc.ca
Pippa Rowcliffe
has worked for the
Human Early Learning
Partnership (HELP) at
University of British
Columbia, first as the
executive director of
the Council for Early
Child Development and
then as the knowledge translation director.
In July 2014, Rowcliffe assumed the position
of interim deputy director of HELP. She has a
particular interest in health equity and the social
determinants of health, and also in the fields of
community systems change and evaluation.
Area of Focus: Student Learning
“
Without a doubt, this is the best professional
conference for central office and school-based
supervisors and administrators. The level of
presenter quality and expertise, coupled with
the content of the sessions, is second to no
other organizational conference. Visionary and
thought-provoking, Learning Forward truly leads
by example and embodies how professional
”
learning should be delivered to professionals.
~Susan Brown
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TL12 |
Building Deep Professional
Learning Environments: What
Educators Need to Know
9 a.m. - 10 a.m.
Evidence has been
mounting for
years that many
of the challenges
experienced
by secondary
students such as
disengagement,
dissatisfaction, and dropping out are
significantly linked to their learning
environments and a teaching gap: the
difference between what we know to
be effective teaching and the quality
of teaching that students are often
experiencing. Hear about a provocative
set of new evidence-based school
improvement strategies that are being
applied with success to build deep learning
for students, teachers, and principals.
Explore action research initiatives that
serve as powerful levers for achieving the
changes that we aim to see in schools and
school communities.
Ron Canuel, Canadian Education Association,
Toronto, ON, Canada, mcooke@cea-ace.ca
Ron Canuel has been president and CEO of the
Canadian Education Association since 2010,
and has over 40 years of experience in the
public education sector. As the former director
general of the Eastern Townships School Board
in Quebec, Canuel was the principal architect
of one of the first Canadian districtwide 1:1
laptop programs for students and teachers, and
has received numerous awards in recognition
of this groundbreaking initiative. He has been
a frequent presenter, panelist, and lecturer
at national and international conferences on
student and teacher engagement, change
management, innovation in education,
leadership, and classroom technology
integration. Canuel is currently leading the
delivery of a unique professional development
program that supports Indigenous and non-
Indigenous educators and their communities to
drive change in their schools.
Area of Focus: Student Learning