Atlantic Conference 2010 approaching: Rodd Charlottetown Hotel, January 28 - 30, 2010

The theme of the conference in Charlottetown will be Professional Learning Communities: Learning Begins with Us!

The Atlantic Conference's tentative agenda:

Thursday, January 28, 2010
4:00 p.m. Registration
7:00 p.m. Official Opening
7:30 p.m. Keynote Presentation: Dr. Khym Goslin - How Trustees Can Utilize a Constellation of Instructional Leadership Actions to Guide and Direct System Improvement
8:30 p.m. Reception

Friday, January 29, 2010
8:00 a.m. Breakfast
8:00 a.m. Chairs’ Breakfast
8:00 a.m. Registration continued
9:00 a.m. Plenary Panel Session: School Improvement Planning & PLCs: Atlantic Update
10:00 a.m. Nutrition Break
10:15 a.m. Concurrent workshops: What Does a Good PLC Look Like?
   1. PEI – Eastern School Board         4. Nfld. and Labrador
   2. PEI – Western School Board        5. NB - Anglophone
   3. NS – rural/urban perspectives    6. NB - Francophone
11:15 a.m. Concurrent workshops repeated
12:15 p.m. Luncheon
1:45 p.m. Workshop Plenary - presented by Dr. Goslin. Leading from the keynote address and the morning plenary session, Dr. Goslin will guide participants to revisit the real vision they have for their districts and the issues confronting them using the nine leadership actions. Together we will describe trustees’ role in achieving the vision.
2:30 p.m Small groups - Participants will work in teams and leave having examined
issues from an active leadership perspective
3:30 p.m. Reporting back to larger group
7:00 p.m. Banquet/Social

Saturday, January 30, 2010
8:00 a.m. Breakfast
9:00 a.m. Connections Café
10:00 a.m. Reporting back to larger group
10:30 a.m. Provincial updates
11:30 a.m. Closing Business
Conference Adjourns