uLead2026 - The Summit of Educational Leadership: Full Schedule

This is the Sched site for the uLead 2026.

Welcome to uLead 2026. 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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12:45pm MDT

Conference Opening and Welcome

Sunday April 19, 2026 12:45pm - 1:00pm MDT

Van Horne Ballroom (Conference Centre)

Sunday April 19, 2026 12:45pm - 1:00pm MDT
Van Horne Ballroom (Conference Centre)

Keynote

1:00pm MDT

Keynote - Your Brain, Your Life - Foundations of Thinking

Sunday April 19, 2026 1:00pm - 2:15pm MDT

Van Horne Ballroom (Conference Centre)

You've seen it before: you say one thing, and your colleagues hear something else entirely. You point out what feels obvious, yet somehow everyone still misses it. Why is meaningful change so hard to achieve, even among intelligent, well-intentioned educators?

The answer often has less to do with leadership techniques and more to do with how the human brain actually works to make sense of reality. In this engaging and interactive session, we will explore the counter-intuitive foundations of thinking, the power of stories to shape perception, the essential role of error in building understanding, and how these forces quietly determine whether leadership succeeds or stalls.

Buckle in - here's where things get real.

Speakers

Jared Cooney Horvath

Director, LME Global

Jared Cooney Horvath (PhD, MEd) is a neuroscientist, educator, and author of the best-selling book Stop Talking, Start Influencing: 12 Insights from Brain Science to Make Your Message Stick. He has conducted research and lectured at Harvard University, Harvard Medical School, the... Read More →

Sunday April 19, 2026 1:00pm - 2:15pm MDT
Van Horne Ballroom (Conference Centre)

Keynote

2:45pm MDT

The Emotional Roots of Aggression and Anxiety

Sunday April 19, 2026 2:45pm - 3:45pm MDT

Van Horne Ballroom (Conference Centre)

Children are more anxious, aggressive, and shut down than ever. We were seeing these shifts before COVID 19 and now it is only intensified. Faced with this epidemic of emotional health crises and behavioural problems, teachers are asking themselves how they can create the conditions for change. Based on her best-selling book, , this workshop will support educators with trauma-sensitive strategies for how to build, nurture, and protect the student-teacher relationship, even with the most difficult students. We will address why children are displaying more challenging behaviours than ever, and what we can do to address these issues at their root. We will explore how we can help our students to shift their identity as the “problem student” or “bad kid.”
Join Hannah for an engaging and powerful workshop that will re-energize you as an educator and help you understand the vital importance of your leadership, needed now more than ever.

Speakers

Hannah Beach

Hannah Beach is an award-winning educator, author, emotional health consultant, and keynote speaker who speaks about the power of relationship and play worldwide. She is the co-author of the best-selling book Reclaiming Our Students: Why Children Are More Anxious, Aggressive, and... Read More →

Sunday April 19, 2026 2:45pm - 3:45pm MDT
Van Horne Ballroom (Conference Centre)

School Culture

4:00pm MDT

Making It Stick - How To Ensure Sustained Change

Sunday April 19, 2026 4:00pm - 5:00pm MDT

Van Horne Ballroom (Conference Centre)

After most professional learning sessions, teachers leave energized; excited to return to the classroom and begin implementing the promising new ideas they've just encountered. Yet, almost inevitably, a week later they are back to doing what they've always done - now wondering why they were ever so excited in the first place.

Why do new ideas and professional learning so often fail to translate into sustained practice? And more importantly, what can leaders do to help ensure change actually sticks rather than quickly evaporates? In this practical breakout session, we examine how the brain processes new information, how skill and knowledge development interact, and what is required to translate novel ideas into practical action.

A better understanding of how learning progresses can dramatically increase the likelihood of durable change.

Speakers

Jared Cooney Horvath

Director, LME Global

Sunday April 19, 2026 4:00pm - 5:00pm MDT
Van Horne Ballroom (Conference Centre)

Instructional Leadership

uLead2026 - The Summit of Educational Leadership

12:45pm MDT

1:00pm MDT

Jared Cooney Horvath

2:45pm MDT

Hannah Beach

4:00pm MDT

Jared Cooney Horvath

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