Current online discussions

1. Two-day workshop paper discussion
Monday19 and 20 June 2006
Transformation and innovation: The challenge
Sue Williamson: Mentoring and coaching + advice and guidance + ? = deep support
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2. Seven-day discussion on all supporting papers
Please enter the author's name of the supporting paper (eg Peter Smith or Jane Brown et al.) as the 'subject' in your comment.
Join seven-day supporting papers discussion here

Structure of online discussions

1. The workshop papers discussion has the following structure:

  • Monday 19 and Tuesday 20 June 2006 — discussion based on Sue Williamson's paper
  • Wednesday 21 to Friday 23 June 2006 — discussion based on Principals' Perspectives
  • Saturday 24 and Sunday 25 June 2006 — discussion based on a series of focus questions

Discussions for each of the above sections will end at midnight (UK time).

2. The supporting papers discussion continues for seven days.

The eighth day of the online conference (Monday 26 June 2006) is for reading and reflection only.

Guidelines

  • Participants are required to enter their full name, name of their school or institution and country for all comments posted to the online discussion.
  • Please endeavour to limit your comments to 350 words.
  • The Online Conference Manager reserves the right to remove, without explanation or consultation, comments deemed by CyberText or the nominated Specialist Schools Trust Online Conference Liaison to be unprofessional, illegal, defamatory, unfriendly or not sufficiently related to the topic being discussed. Comments entered without proper author identification will also be removed.

Disclaimer

The views expressed in this online discussion are those of the participants only and do not represent or reflect the views and policies of iNet, the Specialist Schools Trust or CyberText. iNet, the Specialist Schools Trust and CyberText are not responsible for any loss or damages resulting from comments made within the online discussion or the conference papers.

 

 

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Note: Links will be provided in the table below to the discussion that took place on the date shown in the left-hand column below.

Week 4: Workshop papers

Date

Presenters and titles of workshop papers

Monday 19 and Tuesday 20 June 2006

Transformation and innovation: The challenge

Sue Williamson: Mentoring and coaching + advice and guidance + ? = deep support

Wednesday 21 to Friday 23 June 2006

Transformation and innovation: A principal's perspective

John King: 24/7 learning – opportunities and challenges

Derek Wise: Deep support for the 24/7 learning environment

Cheryl Heron: Main issues and problems for achieving 24/7 schooling: a headteacher's view

Andy Schofield: Achieving 24/7 schooling: a headteacher's perspective

Alison Banks: 24/7 schooling: thoughts on the issues

Pat Hargreaves: Changing to 24/7 secondary schooling: the disgrace of a profession

Saturday 24 and Sunday 25 June 2006

Transformation and innovation: Taking things forward

Focus questions for discussion