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

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Professional Development Weekend - Nov. 17-18

This weekend the PEISTA is hosting a professional development weekend at the Loyalist Lakeview Resort on Harbour Drive in Summerside. On Friday evening we will open with dinner (salmon or chicken), followed by private meetings for all three Island boards, and then an evening of entertainment. (Bring your singing voices - we have karaoke!)

On Saturday morning, Linda Lowther from the Department of Education will present a report card on the recent Provincial Task Force on Education. The presentation will begin at 9:00 a.m., following a buffet breakfast.

Hope to see you all there!

Oh, and take note of the PD weekend password: Rockets. The first trustee to provide the password, when asked (not before!), will win a prize.

Atlantic Conference 2007 in Charlottetown!

On January 25, 26 and 27, 2007, the PEISTA will be hosting the annual Atlantic Conference of School Board Trustees. The event will be held at the Rodd Charlottetown Hotel, and our keynote speaker is Lt.Col. Dave Grossman, expert in media violence and its effects on children.

If you wish to read more about the event, we now have a number of information documents available online. We apologize in advance for the ads and popups that may appear when you click on the links, but that's the price you pay for free webspace!

For the introduction letter, click here for English, and click here for French.

For the conference highlights, click here for English, and click here for French.

For an overview of the schedule of events, click here.

And for the registration form, click here.

We look forward to seeing you in January!