{"podcast":{"title":"Building a Culture of Collaboration","slug":"building-a-culture-of-collaboration-6015835","podcast_index_feed_id":6015835,"rss_url":"https://feeds.transistor.fm/building-a-culture-of-collaboration-d75e6b68-8661-465c-8f60-84e12d3f820d","website_url":"https://bcc.bepodcast.network","image_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/j4yEk3JDYsWcpJaZBJR5fc-_VnyLEOT1oKO-Tbrtwps/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8xYjk2/NTkxZGFiNjIxOTU0/NGZiMTAwOGFjNmI5/ZjUyMy5wbmc.jpg","author":"Jigsaw Learning","episode_count":160,"summary":"Are you an educational leader or administrator searching for actionable strategies to build effective teams? In the Building a Culture of Collaboration podcast, Jigsaw Learning co-founders Kurtis and Lorna Hewson provide simple, purposeful tips to help you tackle meeting frustration, disengagement, and unproductive teamwork. This is your essential resource for advancing school improvement and collective efficacy. You will find practical ideas for mastering effective meetings, where you learn the structures, roles, and agendas required to ensure your team meetings (PLCs, staff, student support) are focused and drive action. You'll discover how to shift your organization's mindset from isolated practice to powerful, shared responsibility for ALL students—this is key to teamwork and collaboration. Finally, you'll gain the leadership strategies needed to intentionally build a robust and sustainable culture that maximizes collective capacity and student success. We also talk with thought leaders outside of education, to grow our understanding of effective collaboration and teamwork. Subscribe today to master the art of intentional collaboration and take your leadership to the next leve…","last_synced_at":"2026-06-11T16:19:41.508185+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/building-a-culture-of-collaboration-6015835"},"episode":{"title":"Leveraging External Team Members to Meet Diverse Student Needs with Dr. Karen Dudek-Brannan - Ep 92","slug":"leveraging-external-team-members-to-meet-diverse-student-needs-with-dr-karen-dudek-brannan-ep-92","published_at":"2026-05-26T06:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/building-a-culture-of-collaboration-6015835/leveraging-external-team-members-to-meet-diverse-student-needs-with-dr-karen-dudek-brannan-ep-92","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/building-a-culture-of-collaboration-6015835","url":"https://share.transistor.fm/s/6eff8fba","audio_url":"https://media.transistor.fm/6eff8fba/f3837fd3.mp3","summary":"The Developing a Continuum of Supports workshop guide helps teams identify actionable supports across the school for all students regardless of their needs from universal classroom practice to individualized intensive supports. 👉bit.ly/jlcontinuum Check out the FREE checklist and resource guide, focused on effectively planning a collaborative space in your school - https://bit.ly/spacechecklist In this replay episode of Building a Culture of Collaboration, Lorna and Kurtis engage in conversation with Dr. Karen Dudek-Brannan, the founder and owner/operator of Dr. Karen, LLC, and host of the DeFacto Leaders podcast. We dig into what Dr. Karen believes are the necessary ingredients for schools when building high impact collaborative cultures that engage various service providers to support the diverse needs of students. Access Dr. Karen’s website at drkarendudekbrannan.com or at drkarenspeech.com --------- Connect with Dr. Karen Email kldudek1980@gmail.com Twitter @drkaren2014 LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/karen-dudek-brannan/ Connect with Kurtis Hewson Email kurtis.hewson@jigsawlearning.ca Twitter @hewsonk27 LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/kurtishewson Connect with Lorna Hewson Email lorna.hewson@jigsawlearning.ca Twitter @LornaHewson Linked In https://www.linkedin.com/in/lorna-hewson-713a59104 --------- Related Resources Executive Functioning Implementation Guide - drkarendudekbrannan.com/efguide Executive Functioning Training - drkarendudekbrannan.com/efleadership ______________________ #collaboration #norms #teamspirit #leadership #systems #MTSS Are you looking to further your growth as a collaborative leader? 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