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Putting the Pieces Together with Jigsaw LearningCreating Lasting Change: Collaborative Response as a Framework to Enhance Instruction and LearningIn episode 42 of Putting the Pieces Together, Jennifer, Lorna and Kurtis spend time with Trevor Van Someren and Aaron Weimer, the administrative team of Clear Vista School in Westaskiwin Regional Public Schools. Topics of the conversation include assessing student learning, intervening with learning sprints, the importance of engaging in Collaborative Response with integrity and fidelity, and planning to be disappointed (initially) because implementation is a learning process.---------Connect with Trevor van Someren Email trevor.vansomeren@wrps11.caLinkedIn www.linkedin.com/in/trevor-van-someren2023-06-171h 06
The DNA of WorkHybrid highlights of 20222022 seems to have been the year that hybrid working really got into its stride. We've covered many aspects of hybrid and other ways of working topics during this year. This episode is a look back at some of the highlights!Here's a quick overview of the topics in this episode:A test and learn approach to hybrid (from 3 AWA clients) (02:21)Changing our approach to meetings and wellbeing (07:38)Hybrid in different industry sectors (energy, insurance, tech, life sciences, charitable and higher ed (13:10)AWA 's Hybrid Working Index (21:20)...2022-12-2728 minThe DNA of WorkStrategizing wellbeingIn a return to the subject of wellbeing, we pose the question – is it sufficient to run a campaign and regard wellbeing as a nice to have? Is it worth the money, the time and the effort? If a focus on wellbeing is to pay off, what does it take and where do you start?Here's a quick overview of the discussion:What do we mean by wellbeing? (1:45)Why should organizations care about wellbeing? (4:52)Why make it part of organizational strategy? (08:37)How to implement well and avoid the pitfalls (15:31)...2022-06-1428 minThe DNA of WorkDrunk at work?Ever been drunk at work? Research shows that disrupted sleep, dehydration, distraction and uncomfortable working environments impair our ability to take in information, recognize patterns and make decisions. That impairment can reach the same effective level as being over the UK blood alcohol limit for driving. If we don't get these things right, either by looking after ourselves or as organisations by creating the right conditions at work, both physical and cultural, we could effectively have a workforce that’s drunk on the job.Looking after wellbeing in its broadest sense makes good individual and bus...2022-05-0330 min
Fast TalkQ&A with Adam Saint PierreQ&A on Nordic Skiing, Recovery, and Mixing Training Modalities, with Adam St. PierreAdam St. Pierre, the head coach of the Nordic ski team at Montana St. University, and a former physiologist and jack-of-all-trades at the Boulder Center for Sports Medicine, joins Fast Talk to discuss nordic skiing and how it fits into endurance training, oxygen debt versus deficit, muscle recovery, and mixing running and cycling training modalities effectively.Nordic ski trainingThis first question comes from Ashley Masen in California:“Since cross country skiing is full-body an...2021-12-1637 min