Handout to accompany Skype presentation for Masters of Education cohort, University of Alberta - July 2012.

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Superman is Dead
Collaborating for School
Improvement
Kurtis Hewson Access the presentation
Current Faculty Associate with the University of on Prezi
Lethbridge, former teacher, vie-principal and
principal (11 years of administration experience).
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2010 ASCD Outstanding Young Educator collaborating-for-school-improvement
Award finalist; one of five featured elementary
principals in the text Reflecting on Leadership for
Learning (Parsons & Beauchamp, 2011)
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