uLead2026 - The Summit of Educational Leadership

Join us for an engaging exploration of strategies for mobilizing inquiry-based learning at scale. This session highlights how leaders from Maple Ridge–Pitt Meadows partnered with Apple Education to activate their inquiry program to deepen curiosity, foster student agency, and unlock authentic learning experiences—supported by a 1:1 iPad environment, intentional leadership, and focused professional learning. This session distinguishes itself with its practical lens on system-level change management. Presenters will share hard-won insights on moving beyond isolated innovations to achieve district-wide coherence, supporting every educator, and redesigning learning environments to sustain the pedagogy of inquiry. Participants will engage with candid reflections on challenges, breakthrough moments, and the leadership moves that shift mindsets and build lasting capacity. System and school leaders will leave with actionable strategies to guide culture change, strengthen inquiry practices, and drive meaningful, scalable transformation across their own communities.

In a landscape saturated with conversations about AI, this session offers something different: a grounded, values-driven approach that cuts through hype and fear to focus on what truly matters for learners and educators. Apple Education leaders will introduce Five Rules for Technological Change—a set of guiding principles that challenge prevailing narratives and offer a more thoughtful, strategic way to navigate AI’s impact on schools. Building on these rules, the session will unpack Apple’s value-based perspective on AI, providing school and system leaders with a clear framework for decision-making rooted in safety, equity, privacy, and purposeful pedagogy. Presenters will explore key questions facing education today: Where does AI meaningfully enhance learning? What risks and disruptions must leaders anticipate? And how can we ensure technology amplifies, rather than replaces, the human connections at the heart of great teaching? Participants will also gain insight into emerging global AI trends—shifts in assessment, creativity tools, accessibility, and workforce readiness—and what these developments mean for long-term strategy. Leaders will leave with practical tools, reflective prompts, and a principled framework to navigate AI with clarity, confidence, and integrity.