ACTS Winter Conference 2011
Inspiring Leaders of Learning
Thought – Change – Action – Impact
Saturday, 5th February 2011 at the Stirling Management Centre, Stirling
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Sponsored by:
The Scottish Government
The 2011 ACTS Winter Conference will bring together two-hundred and fifty Chartered Teachers and other educationists with an interest in Chartered Teacher. The aim is to facilitate dialogue around the title of ‘Inspiring Leaders of Learning’, and within our three themes of: professional learning, leadership, and the curriculum.
The conference will focus on the roles and the learning of Chartered Teachers, within the context of the new curriculum, and the Donaldson Report on Teacher Education in Scotland (which by February 2011 will have recently been published). There will be opportunities for open discussion, reflecting constructively on experiences across stages and contexts.
Providers of professional development courses, including those who run a Chartered Teacher programme, will be invited to present details of what they offer, and to discuss appropriate paths with Chartered Teachers and other delegates.
Innovative approaches are planned to enhance the impact of the conference, including: structured learning conversations to increase engagement and sharing; the involvement through video link of remote participants; and a visiting academic observer who will provide reflections at the conclusion of the day. Already, Graham Donaldson has agreed to present a keynote; possibly his first after the official publication of the Review of Teacher Education.
Aims: Delegates will
Possible Impact: Delegates may
Programme:
Friday evening: pre-conference dinner for invited guests (also open to conference delegates)
Saturday
9.00 – 9.45am Registration and coffee
9.45 – 10.00am Music
10.00 – 10.20am Conference address (tbc)
10.20 – 11.00am Keynote: Graham Donaldson, Leader of the Review of Teacher Education in Scotland
11.00 – 11.40am Learning Conversations around the Report on the Review (inc coffee). Feedback
11.40am – 12.30pm Workshops
12.30 – 1.25pm Lunch
1.25 – 1.45pm Coffee and exhibitions (including short presentations from teacher education institutions)
1.45 – 2.15pm Keynote: Chartered Teachers: Leading learning through the new curriculum (speaker tbc)
2.15 – 2.55pm Workshops and Learning Conversations
2.55 – 3.15pm Coffee
3.15 – 3.45pm Critical reflection on the theme of the conference from our international guest and commentator
3.45 -3.55pm Closing remarks from David Noble, acting Chair
3.55 – 4.25pm Panel discussion (tbc)
4.30 – 5.15pm ACTS AGM with buffet
