Educators Lead With Jay Willis

43: Kirk Linton & Kevin DeForge | Students Come First, Systems Come Second | Relationship Building Is Your Primary Responsibility As A School Leader | Give Students Voice And Choice

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Kirk Linton is a Vice Principal with the Calgary Catholic School District and is the recipient of the 2015 Distinguished Vice Principal of the Year award from the Canadian Association of Principals and the 2015 Alberta Distinguished Leadership Award from the Council for School Leadership. He is a champion of inquiry-based learning, technology in schools, physical literacy and the Arts. He is also a trumpet player and recovering band teacher.   Kevin DeForge is a Principal in the Calgary Catholic School District and was selected as one of Canada's Outstanding Principals in 2016. Kevin was also the recipient of the 2014 Alberta Distinguished Leadership Award from the Council for School Leadership and is a speaker for various conferences and organizations like uLead, the Calgary Regional Consortium and the Rural Education Symposium. Kevin, a self-professed "techno geek", is an advocate for student driven learning and believes in the integration of technology with inquiry-based learning to best support today's di