uLead2025 - The Summit of Educational Leadership: Full Schedule

This is the Sched site for the uLead 2025. The site for the Pre-Conference is available here.

Welcome to uLead 2025. We are thrilled you will be joining us at the Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel for our annual school leadership conference hosted by the Council for School Leadership of The Alberta Teachers’ Association.

If you have any questions during the event, we will have uLead team members throughout the venue wearing red and black plaid. The registration desk will also have our team available throughout the conference. This table can be found just outside of the Van Horne Ballroom where all of our keynote presentations are taking place.

If you need a digital map of the facilities, you can click here

In order for our team to best determine room allocations for breakout sessions would ask that delegates log in (top right corner of this page) and select sessions that they are interested in attending.

Finally, if you are interested in earning University credits for attending uLead, please visit the uLead website

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10:45am MDT

TBD

Monday April 7, 2025 10:45am - 11:45am MDT

TBA

Speakers

Judi Newman

Monday April 7, 2025 10:45am - 11:45am MDT
TBA

Instructional Leadership

2:45pm MDT

A Conversation on Leadership for Learning

Monday April 7, 2025 2:45pm - 3:45pm MDT

TBA

This session will provoke attending delegates to deeply consider the role of school leadership, not as administrators or managers, but as "lead learners"—principals who embody the essence of teaching while leading. Grounded in the concept of pedagogical leadership, our session will explore how school leaders can align their actions with the core belief that they are "teachers first," driving leadership for learning at both the school and system levels. Our presentation will draw heavily on FranklinCovey's 4 Essential Roles of Leadership and Speed of Trust content to support and expand the idea that effective school leaders are those who cultivate trust, inspire a shared vision, execute strategies effectively, and coach their teams towards continuous growth.

Speakers

Gary McGuey

Gary McGuey, A former educator and athletic director, Gary has spent the past 20 years traveling throughout North America as well as internationally. He has visited thousands of schools and has worked with administrators, educators, students and families. Gary was the former Director... Read More →

Monday April 7, 2025 2:45pm - 3:45pm MDT
TBA

Instructional Leadership

2:45pm MDT

Collaborative Strategies to Enhance Literacy for Upper Grade Students: Aligning Education Assurance Plans to Literacy Practices

Monday April 7, 2025 2:45pm - 3:45pm MDT

TBA

Join us as we uncover how we can collaborate, engage and improve literacy practices to meet the needs of students in upper grades (4+) who have not fully developed foundational skills, primarily word reading/decoding. We will examine how a school can use their education assurance plan process to refine instructional practices.

Speakers

Thérèse deChamplain-Good

Interim Deputy Superintendent, Good Educational Consulting

Thérèse deChamplain-Good, formerly the Assistant Superintendent of Educational Excellence at Elk Island Catholic School Division, now channels her extensive experience into Good Educational Consulting. Thérèse has dedicated her career to benefiting student learning and fostering... Read More →

Siobhan Murphy

Siobhan Murphy is the Planning & Implementation Manager for Literacy at Pearson Canada. She has been in the field of education for over 20 years, including teaching at the elementary and junior high levels, as a district lead literacy teacher and a literacy consultant at the Edmonton... Read More →

Monday April 7, 2025 2:45pm - 3:45pm MDT
TBA

Instructional Leadership

2:45pm MDT

The Changing Role of Schools in Society: The Leadership We Need

Monday April 7, 2025 2:45pm - 3:45pm MDT

TBA

in our evolving landscape (which I could update people very briefly if they did not do session A or my pre-conference), how is this descending upon schools? As we adapt, we find our schools taking on a much higher profile role as a supporter of social services. Many principals (or others) may feel like “I didn’t sign up for this.”

Speakers

Jordan Tinney

Dr. Jordan Tinney is recently retired as Superintendent of one of Canada’s largest school districts in Surrey, British Columbia. Serving previously on three other Boards, he knows places large and small, rural and urban. With a Ph. D. in curriculum, a Masters in Leadership, and... Read More →

Monday April 7, 2025 2:45pm - 3:45pm MDT
TBA

Instructional Leadership