Hosted in partnership with Council of Ontario Directors of Education, Canadian Association of School System Administrator and The Learning Partnership. By popular demand, we will continue to offer this accessible, virtual learning opportunity for senior educational leaders across Canada as we begin our 2021/2022 school year. This leadership series continues to be built on evidence-based research, problem based learning, professional publications, and practical strategies for leading. The speakers and topics have been chosen based on your feedback and the urgent leadership priorities you identified. We have intentionally scheduled the first two speakers prior to school opening, and we urge senior leadership teams to participate as a group to inform your collective expertise. The program will focus on effective approaches and strategies to consider as we return and move forward to optimize support to the students, staff and communities we serve. Our educational guest experts will focus on practical leadership initiatives to consider implementing within your organization. The first series consists of three modules, each 90-minutes in duration, delivered online, in an interactive webinar format. Each session connects and builds on the learning from the previous webinar. *All sessions will be recorded and provided to all participants within 48 hour. Valuable resource materials and publications will be provided. The dates for section two and three will be announced in August 2021, and webinar topics and speakers are subject to change.

1. IN PARTNERSHIP WITH:
PRESENTED BY:
LEADERSHIP FOR EQUITY
2021 to 2022 Second Annual Webinar Series
By popular demand, we will continue to offer this accessible, virtual learning
opportunity for senior educational leaders across Canada as we begin our 2021/2022
school year.
This leadership series continues to be built on evidence-based research, problem-
based learning, professional publications, and practical strategies for leading. The
speakers and topics have been chosen based on your feedback and the urgent
leadership priorities you identified.
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2. We have intentionally scheduled the first two speakers prior to school opening, and we
urge senior leadership teams to participate as a group to inform your collective
expertise.
The program will focus on effective approaches and strategies to consider as we return
and move forward to optimize support to the students, staff and communities we
serve.
Our educational guest experts will focus on practical leadership initiatives to consider
implementing within your organization.
The first series consists of three modules, each 90-minutes in duration, delivered
online, in an interactive webinar format. Each session connects and builds on the
learning from the previous webinar. *All sessions will be recorded and provided to all
participants within 48 hour. Valuable resource materials and publications will be
provided.
Register today at:
cmcleadership.ca/leadership-for-equity/

3. District Systems to Support Equitable
and High-Quality Teaching and Learning
Date: August 24, 2021 at 11:00am EST
Speaker: Meredith I. Honig, Ph.D., Professor,
Education Policy, Organizations & Leadership and
Director, District Leadership Design Lab (DL2)
Intercultural Relationships through the
Equity, Inclusivity and Diversity Lens
Speaker: Dr. Michele Manocchi, Founder & Owner
of Michele Manocchi Organizational Consulting
and Coordinator for MA in Research for Policy and
Evaluation at the University of Western Ontario
LEADERSHIP FOR EQUITY
Components of a High Quality Leadership
Development Program
Speakers: Dr. Kenneth Leithwood, Emeritus
Professor at the University of Toronto, OISE and
Prof. Dr. Phillip Hallinger, TSDF Chair Professor of
Leadership and Sustainable Development at
College of Management, Mahidol University
Culturally Responsive School Leadership
Date: September 30, 2021 at 11:00am EST
Speaker: Dr. Muhammad Khalifia, Professor of
Educational Administration and Executive Director
of Urban and Rural Initiatives, Ohio State
University
Making Change in Turbulent Times
Speaker: Peggie Koenig, President and CEO of
Koenig & Associates Inc.
Education Insights from a Journalists
Perspective - Panel Discussion
Speakers: To be confirmed
Crafting Your Leadership Message - How
to Deliver More Effective Messages and
Presentations
Speaker: Angie Flynn-McIver is a communications
skills specialist, certified leadership coach, and
theatre professional.
SECTION ONE
SECTION TWO
SECTION THREE
2021 to 2022 Second Annual Webinar Series
Prioritizing Social Emotional Learning for
Our Students
Date: August 31, 2021, 10:30am EST
Speaker: Kimberly A. Schonert-Reichl, PhD
NoVo Foundation Endowed Chair in Social and
Emotional Learning & Professor, Department of
Psychology, University of Illinois at Chicago
Building Diverse and Inclusive
Organizational Culture through Effective
Hiring Practices
Speaker: Janet Stewart, Founder & Principal
Consultant, EduSelect
Register at
cmcleadership.ca
/leadership-for-equity/
The dates for section two and three will be announced in August 2021, and webinar topics and speakers are subject to change.
$299 + tax
per section
three (3) webinars
$775 + tax
for the full series
nine (9) webinars

4. This session examines an urgent challenge facing school districts in Canadian provinces
as they return to in-person schooling: How to ensure each school principal has the
support necessary for their successful leadership of equitable teaching and learning?
Meredith’s research and district partnerships highlight that doing so requires
fundamental shifts throughout central offices starting with principal supervision. In this
session, we will zero in on which new forms of principal supervision help principals
grow as equity-focused instructional leadership. What does that principal supervision
involve day-to-day? How can districts and provinces support principal supervisors’
success? Why is now the time to make those changes? We will explore the research
findings alongside practical examples and consider implications for our own work.
This session draws on Meredith’s extensive research on principal supervision and
central office leadership in U.S. contexts as well as her team’s district partnerships, and
her leadership of Leadership for Learning, the University of Washington’s nationally
recognized Ed.D. and superintendent certification program. Key takeaways from
Meredith's most recent book Supervising Principals for Instructional Leadership: A
Teaching and Learning Approach will be shared.
Meredith I. Honig, Ph.D.
Professor, Education Policy, Organizations & Leadership
Director, District Leadership Design Lab (DL2)
University of Washington
DISTRICT SYSTEMS TO SUPPORT EQUITABLE
AND HIGH-QUALITY TEACHING AND LEARNING
Date: August 24, 2021
Time: 11:00am EST
WEBINAR
ONE
Section One
Register at
cmcleadership.ca
/leadership-for-equity/

5. Dr. Schonert-Reichl is a renowned expert in the area of social and emotional learning
(SEL) research with children and adolescents, particularly in relation to the
identification of the processes and mechanisms that foster positive human qualities
such as empathy, compassion, altruism, and resiliency. For more than two decades, Dr.
Schonert-Reichl’s research has focused on the social and emotional development of
children and adolescents in school and community settings. Her current projects include
studies examining the effectiveness of classroom-based universal social and emotional
learning (SEL) programs including the MindUp, program, and the Random Acts of
Kindness program. Dr. Schonert-Reichl is also conducting interdisciplinary research in
collaboration with neuroscientists and psychobiologists examining the relation of
executive functions and biological processes to children’s social and emotional
development in school settings.
This session will focus on the promotion of social and emotional learning (SEL) to
transform the lives of students and educators. The session will provide a guide for
understanding how systemic approaches to SEL provide a foundation for developing
equitable learning contexts that promote the social and emotional competencies of
adults and children to support success and well-being. Implementation and leadership
strategies that are successfully being used in Districts will be shared, including
information on how SEL can be promoted as students return to school post pandemic.
Date: August 31, 2021
Time: 10:30am EST
WEBINAR
TWO
Section One
Register at
cmcleadership.ca
/leadership-for-equity/
PRIORITIZING SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING
FOR OUR STUDENTS
Kimberly A. Schonert-Reichl, PhD
NoVo Foundation Endowed Chair in Social and
Emotional Learning
Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Illinois at
Chicago

6. How should humanization, anti-oppressiveness, and cultural responsiveness be
systematized in school? This presentation focuses on how school leaders can
effectively serve minoritized students—those who have been historically marginalized
in school and society. The lecture suggests that leaders must be central to culturally
responsive school reforms, and demonstrates how leaders can engage students,
parents, teachers, and communities in ways that positively impact learning by
honouring indigenous heritages and local cultural practices.
Dr. Khalifa explores three basic premises. First, that a full-fledged and nuanced
understanding of “cultural responsiveness” is essential to successful school leadership.
Second, that cultural responsiveness will not flourish and succeed in schools without
sustained efforts by school leaders to define and promote it. Finally, that culturally
responsive school leadership comprises a number of crucial leadership behaviors,
which include critical self-reflection; the development of culturally responsive teachers;
the promotion of inclusive, anti-oppressive school environments; and engagement with
students’ indigenous community contexts.
In this particular, we take a much deeper look at Critical Self-Reflection. Based on
ethnographic research of a culturally responsive school principal, I'll provide educators
with pedagogy and strategies for immediate implementation. Muhammad will
highlighta central theme of community and how community-based knowledge should
be positioned in all aspects of schooling. Several activities that get leaders to begin
thinking about Culturally Responsive School Leadership will be shared. Implementation
strategies that are successfully being used in Districts will be shared.
CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE SCHOOL LEADERSHIP
Dr. Muhammad Khalifia
Professor of Educational Administration
Executive Director of Urban and Rural Initiatives
Ohio State University
Date: September 30, 2021
Time: 11:00am EST
WEBINAR
THREE
Section One
Register at
cmcleadership.ca
/leadership-for-equity/

7. For more information, email:
Catherine McCullough, CMC Leadership
catherine@cmcleadership.ca
OR
Register today at:
cmcleadership.ca/leadership-for-equity/
Stay tuned: the dates for section two and three will be announced in
August 2021, and webinar topics and speakers are subject to change.
IN PARTNERSHIP WITH:
PRESENTED BY: