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2021 CASS Virtual Fall Conference

THIS WEBPAGE IS FOR THE 2021 EVENT.

A new webpage for the 2022 event will be available once the program is finalized.


PDF  2021 Fall Conference Highlights

PDF  List of Presentation Slides and Resources
*To access breakout session recording, please email claudine.cortes@cass.ab.ca.  


PDF  2021 Fall Conference Program
*Session titles are hyperlinked to the session descriptions. Click on the grey box to return.

Conference Details

The CASS Fall Conference provides an opportunity to strengthen your leadership growth based on the Professional Practice Standards – LQS and SLQS https://cass.ab.ca/resources/practice-profile/ and is based on CASS Professional Learning Goal: Deepening the understanding and applying the learning to support implementation of professional practice.

The FALL conference design has been informed by Role Alike dialogue related to requests for emerging topics for conversation.  This information can be accessed by members via CASS Pro-Spective  https://cassprospective.ca/   The conference themes will be aligned with Role Alike groups.    Summer learning conference participants also shared that they would like to enhance their practice with  a focus on Governance.  The  SLQS Professional Learning committee, representing zone members input, also requested continued updates about the assurance framework.   Using data from multiple sources the FALL conference has been designed.  All learning opportunities will be coherent with the SLQS competencies.


Leading Change in Alberta: Mobilising Hearts, Heads, and Hands

Marshall Ganz defines Leadership as “accepting responsibility to enable others to achieve shared purpose under conditions of uncertainty.”

In this keynote, Santiago Rincón-Gallardo will discuss how system leaders can forge unity of purpose alongside those they lead while navigating the uncertainty of these times. He will offer some insights into the opportunities afforded to CASS members by recent developments in the province, such as the invitation from Alberta Education to review the new draft curriculum and the upcoming transition of CASS into a full-on professional association.


Join system leader colleagues for networking and collaboration  opportunities to gain the tools and strategies to support you in your context and leverage student learning in today’s classrooms.

Conference Reading and Resource Materials

PDF  List of Presentation Slides and Resources
*To access breakout session recording, please email claudine.cortes@cass.ab.ca.  


Watch Santiago Rincón-Gallardo’s Leading Change in Alberta: Mobilising Hearts, Heads, and Hands. You can access his presentation slides here.


Watch Tannis Topolnisky and Kim Hyksha on Community Engagement – Diversity, Differences & Dialogue. You can access their presentation slides here.


The CASS Resource Library  is growing and includes numerous “made in Alberta” resources designed for system leaders that will support “pre learning” prior to the  conference.  One example are CASS learning guides, which are intended to apply research, deepen understanding and enhance professional practice within the Alberta context. Learning guides have summarized recent CASS “Alberta Stories of Practice”  and include:

Workplace Wellness Resources are compiled here: https://cass.ab.ca/resources/wellness/ and include a Planning and Implementation Guide and Playbook  based on the CASS Workplace Wellness Framework.

Role-Alike Summaries for Curriculum, Assessment and Technology, Inclusive Education, Human Resources, Workplace Wellness and First Nations, Métis and Inuit from the 2021 Summer Learning can be accessed at https://cassprospective.ca/  

 

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Online registration is now closed. Please contact claudine.cortes@cass.ab.ca for info.

Goal:

CASS Professional Learning Goal 2021-22

Deepening the understanding and applying the learning to support implementation of professional practice.

Date(s):

November 3 - 5, 2021

Location:

Virtual (Zoom)