sustainable success in school development

SUSTAINABLE SUCCESS
IN SCHOOL DEVELOPMENT
Welcome to The 2nd Nordic Follow up after
the 13th International Conference on Thinking 2007
31 October - 3 November 2011 at Peder Skrivares Skola, Varberg, Sweden
WE INVITE YOU TO JOIN US
PRICE & REGISTRATION
School reform is gathering pace in many countries
around the world at the moment, driven neither by
economic or political change but by new technology, social media and by national or international
test results. This leaves many of us in a bewildered
state: what rhetoric should we respond to and what
should we strategically ignore?
Price
The purpose of this conference and related workshops is to help you make decisions based on the
cornerstones of success: motivation, feedback,
leadership and evaluation. Bringing together
leading thinkers from across the globe, we will explore together the results from research and best
practice to identify what really works and when.
We invite you to join us in the two day conference
and with possibility to ad pre- or post-conference
full day workshops.
Two day conference Reception November 1th
Full day workshop
1500 SEK + VAT
350 SEK + VAT
900 SEK + VAT
Registration
You are welcome to register here or visit
www.regionhalland.se/kursochkonferens.
Your registration fee is not-refundable.
Please tic on the registration form if you want to
attend the reception 1st November 7 pm at
Stadshotellet, Varberg.
Submission deadline is 15th of September.
Confirmation will be sent out 20th September.
CONFERENCE PROGRAM
TWO DAY CONFERENCE
Tuesday November 1st
Wednesday November 2nd
09.30
10.00
10.30
11.30
13.00
14.15
14.45
15.15
16.00
19.00-
09.00 Bill Martin, Denver Colorado, USA
Leadership for change
10.00 Coffee, exhibition
10.30 Hans Renman, CEO TÄNK OM, Sweden
Technology And Successful Transformation
Of Teaching And School Leadership
11.15 Kim Schildkamp, TWENTE University, Netherlands
Data Use in School Management
12.00 Lunch, exhibition
13.15 Bitte Sundin, Jens Karlsson and Bill Martin
Leading Learning - Presentation of OUR
Network
15.00Coffee
15.30 James Nottingham, Newcastle, England
Challenges for Education in Europe
16.00 End of conference
Registration, coffee
Welcome and conference opening
Peter Gärdenfors, Lunds University, Sweden
The Lust of Understanding
Lunch, exhibition
Debra Masters, Auckland, New Zealand
Examining John Hattie’s research into the major factors that contribute to improved student learning outcomes
Coffee, exhibition
Bosse Larsson, Norrköping, Sweden
Upgrading future competencies - Creativity 3.0 and Motivation 3.0
Panel discussion with Debra Masters,
Peter Gärdenfors and Bill Martin
With questions from the audience
End of the first conference day
Reception, dinner, cultural performance
WORKSHOPS
Monday October 31st
Thursday November 3rd
Pre-conference full day workshop
Post-conference full day workshops
Choose one of the workshops below
Debra Masters, Auckland, New Zealand
Visible Learning: A synthesis of over
800 meta-analyses relating to achievement
James Nottingham, Newcastle, England and
Bosse Larsson, Norrköping, Sweden
How P4C develops a Growth Mindset
Kim Schildkamp, TWENTE University, Netherlands
Implementation of Data Use at all levels of
School Management
for more information about the conference please visit
www.varberg.se/conferencevarberg2011
CONFIRMED SPEAKERS
Bill Martin is the best leader John Edwards has encountered in 30 years of educational and business experience in over 20 countries. He has won national awards as a principal in the USA and his services are in strong
demand to help schools to make sustained progress. Bill brings a huge store of personal practical knowledge
on systems thinking, forming leadership teams, and growing leadership in schools. He has worked in nine
different countries, in the education, government and corporate sectors.
James Nottingham is director of his own company, Sustained Success, and author of the critically acclaimed
book: Challenging Learning. He has been a teacher and leader in both primary and secondary schools, and
was co-founder and director of RAIS, an award winning, multi-million pound regeneration project supporting
education, public and voluntary organisations across north east England.
Peter Gärdenfors is professor of Cognitive Science at Lund University and oordinator of the Linnaeus environment Cognition, Communication and Learning. Awarded the Rausing prize in humanities in 1996. Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities since 1996. Awarded a Senior Individual
Grant from the Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research in 1997. Member of Academia Europaea since
1999. Published more than 200 articles in various journals and books.
Debra Masters works for Visible Learning which is a division of Cognition Education based in Auckland,
New Zealand. In her role Deb works closely with John Hattie who is Senior Research Consultant with Visible
Learning. In her role, she has managed the development of assessment tools, assessment professional development as well as the review of the National Assessment strategy. She was closely involved with the development of the revised New Zealand curriculum and facilitated the review and design of the English curriculum.
Bosse Larsson is a teacher from Sweden with long experience of working with creative thinking from
pre-school to upper secondary level. Performs in-house training of teachers and has, with his education
company www.tankvidare.nu developed creative and entrepreneurial concepts together with schools.
Keywords: creative thinking, future competencies, mindset, motivation and feedback.
Hans Renman was 2006 appointed project leader for the most modern secondary school in Sweden, YBC,
where he later became an award winning headmaster. In 2010 Hans Renman was appointed the CEO of TÄNK
OM, a consultant and education company working domestic and internationally with schools, cities and regions enrolled in 1:1 implementation and education and management modernization.
Kim Schildkamp is since 2008 assistant professor at Educational Institution, TWENTE University in the Netherlands. She is involved in research on “data-based decision making for teacher- and school development”. How
can data support schools in curriculum development and curriculum evaluation is on of my central questions.
In 2005 she received a Fulbright scholarship and conducted a study into 'The utilization and impact of a
school performance feedback system used in Louisiana', at the Louisiana State University, in cooperation with
the Louisiana Department of Education (LDE).
Jens Karlsson is principal of Söderporten school, Norrköping - the first school in Sweden to join OUR network. With the help of OUR network processes and the leadership of Jens and his co-principal, Peter, Söderporten achieved in 2010 the best exam results since the introduction of the Swedish grading system in 1997.
Bitte Sundin is the director of a school district in the city of Norrköping, Sweden. She has been engaged in
developing schools, first as a teacher in secondary schools, then as a principal. For the last 13 years she has
worked both as a director and as a developer of schools. Her main interest is training teachers and principals
how to develop students’ thinking skills, and how to organize for that. Bitte has also worked with teachers
training in university, and as a consultant with leadership training.
INFORMATION
ACCOMMODATION
You reserve and pay your own accommodation. Please quote “Region Halland” to get a reduced
price. Below you find a selection of hotels, youth hostels and tourist office.
Tourist office
Varbergs Turistbyrå
Phone: +46 (0)340-868 00
www.marknadvarberg.se/besokare
Fästningen
Phone: +46 (0)340-868 28
www.fastningensvandrarhem.se
Varbergs Vandrarhem
Phone: +46 (0)340-61 16 40
www.varbergsvandrarhem.se
STF
Phone: +46 (0)340-411 73
www.bokalogi.se/vandrarhem/stf_vandrarhem_2201.htm
Hotels
Varbergs Stadshotell & Asia Spa
Phone: +46 (0)340-69 01 00
www.varbergsstadshotell.com
Hotel Fregatten
Phone: +46 (0)340-67 70 00
www.cchotelfregatten.se
CONTACT
Hotell Gästis
Phone: +46 (0)340-180 50
www.hotellgastis.nu
Christer Eriksson
Phone: +46 (0)35 17 98 29
E-mail: christer.a.eriksson@regionhalland.se
Okén Bed & Breakfast
Phone: +46 (0)340-808 15
www.okens.se
Helena Nilsson
Phone: +46 (0)35 17 98 32
E-mail: helena.nilsson@regionhalland.se
Grafisk Form: Maria Pålsén, 2011 Logotyp: Åsa Till Foto: Varbergs fästning & starandpromenaden Mikael Pilstrand, Barn/Förskola Don´t Blink
Youth hostels