Edvance Working Groups
Edvance Working Groups bring together educators from Edvance affiliate schools to learn alongside peers who are navigating similar challenges and opportunities. Each group is centred on a shared area of focus, giving participants space to exchange ideas, ask questions, and make meaningful progress on goals within their own school context.
Rooted in a commitment to connection and shared learning, Working Groups are designed to be practical, collaborative, and encouraging. Participants build relationships with peers in similar roles while gaining fresh perspectives, strategies, and resources that can strengthen their work and support their school community.
Each Working Group is led by a facilitator and meets virtually once a month from November through April.
Cost to participate: $100/participant (unless otherwise noted). Schools will be charged up to a maximum of $500 +HST total across all participating staff.
Questions? Please contact us at events@edvance.ca
Working Groups
2026-27
Working Groups for Educators, Staff, and Administrators
This year's Working Groups will be announced in Fall 2026. Do you have an idea for a group we should add? Reach out to Justin Cook at learning@edvance.ca
Working Groups for Teaching for Transformation (TfT) Schools
Your Teaching for Transformation (TfT) implementation grows stronger when educators have space to learn, reflect, and collaborate together. To support this work, Edvance is once again offering three levels of Working Groups designed to help Edvance affiliate schools deepen their implementation of the TfT framework for both staff and leaders.
NOTE: This Working Group launches in August with an in-person session
This working group is specifically designed for current TfT schools that have hired new staff. Attending the August launch sessions will create a space where recently hired teachers can be fully onboarded and equipped for successful implementation of TfT so that they can join your school’s TfT journey. This working group does not include a monthly online check-in.
Cost: $500/participant
Cohort Leader: Justin Cook, Director of Learning, Edvance
NOTE: This Working Group begins October 30, 2026 at the Edvance Conference in Ancaster, ON
The 201 Classroom Design Working Groups bring together teachers in specific roles to support and collaborate with each other in their ongoing TfT implementation. These teachers have already completed the first-year implementation journey supported by Edvance, and now want to collaborate with teachers in their similar role to deepen their practice of TfT.
The group will facilitate collaboration among participants to design and implement one or more formational learning experiences (FLExes) out of an existing unit.
Cost: $100/participant
Working Group Leaders:
Stacy Kok, SK Teacher at Cairn Christian School
Jill Walters, Gr. 6 Teacher at Cairn Christian School
This working group is specifically designed for instructional leaders (principals, VPs, instructional leads) to receive ongoing TfT resources and support from Edvance and collaborate with other leaders in their own plans and resources. This working group will also develop a thorough understanding of coaching within the TfT framework, attend a coaching intensive conference hosted by CACE, and interact as a group to receive resources, collaborate on identifying staff learning priorities, and problem-solve challenging situations together.
Cost: $100/participant + attendance at the CACE TfT Coaching Intensive ($299 USD per person if we can get a group of 10+ people)
Cohort Leader: Justin Cook, Director of Learning at Edvance