Regional South Eastern Europe Conference
Parental Involvement in Life of School Matters
23 – 24 April 2010, Becici, Montenegro
   

 

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Agenda
(in English)

Agenda
(in local language)

Agenda & Presentations
 
Thursday, 22 April Arrivals of participants
   

13:00 - 17:00

 Registration
 
Friday, 23 April  
   
08:30 - 09:00 Registration
 
09:00 - 10:30 Facilitator: Ms.Gordana Miljevic, Regional Manager for SEE, Education Support Program, Open Society Institute
 
 

Official Opening and Welcome
Mr. Hugh Mclean, Director, Education Support Program, Open Society Institute
Representative of Ministry of Education, Montenegro
Ms. Sanja Elezović, Executive Director, Fundation Open Society Institute, Montenegro
 
09:30 - 10:30 Importance and implications of the parents – school partnership
Keynote speaker – Ms. Tinde Kovacs-Cerovic
Discussion
 
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break
 
  The poster presentations of the country work will be available for viewing during all breaks throughout the conference.
 
11:00 - 13:45 Parental involvement in SEE schools
Presentation of research results
Facilitator: Igor Repac
 
11:00 - 11:45 School principals views on the parental participation in school life
Mr. Daniel Pop, lead researcher, ESP
 
11:45 - 12:30 Parents’ views on their involvement in and influence on the life of schools
Mr. Steve Powel, lead researcher, Promente, B&H
 
12:30 - 13:00 School/community-based action in the framework of AEIQ project(In local language)
Ms Snjezana Mrse, MOST, Belgrade
 
13:00 - 13:30

Involvement of Roma parents
Ms Jelena Stoiljkovic, Mr Asim Idrizovic, Mr Veselj Beganaj, Ms Nataša Kočić Rakočević, Roma Education Fund (REF)
Roma Education Fund/REF (In local language)
Support to development of anti-discriminatory school environment for Roma national minority children (In local language)
 
13:30 - 13:45 Discussion
   
13:45 - 14:45 Lunch break
 
14:45 - 18:00 The experiences and practices in EU countries
Facilitator: Ms Milina Petrovic
 
14:45 - 15:20 Johannes THEINER, President of the European Parents Association (EPA) (in local language ); Presentation
 
15:20 - 16:00 Scotland (In local language)
Ms  Lorraine Sanda, National Parental Involvement Officer, Government of Scotland
 
16:00 - 16:15 Coffee break
 
16:15 - 16:50 Lithuania
Mr Sarunas Bagonas, president of National Forum of Parents in Lithuania
 
15:50 - 17:30 The Republic of Ireland
Mr. Stephen Corrigan, Home School Liason Coordinator
 
17:30 - 18:00 Discussion
 
Saturday, 24 April  
 
09:00 – 10:30 Good practices and Initiatives in South East Europe
Facilitator: Ivona Celebic
 
09:00 – 09:30 Advancing the Participation and Representation of Minority Parents in Education (APREME) project (In local language )
Ms. Jehona Shala, Kosova Education Center, Pristina
 
09:30 – 10:00 International Teacher Leadership (ITL) Project
Mr. David Frost, Cambridge University, Faculty of Education
 

10:00 – 10:30

Mapping policies and practices for the preparation of teachers for inclusive education in contexts of social and cultural diversity
Ms Vanja Ivosevic, Center for Education Policy, Belgrade
Discussion

 
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break
 
11:00 – 11:15 Introduction to the Parallel Working Groups
Gordana Miljevic
 
11:15 – 13:30

Five Parallel Working Groups

I. Parents
Facilitators: Ms. Lana Jurko and Mr. Jehona Shalla

II. Policy Makers
Facilitators: Ms. Lida Kita and Ms. Dzenana Trbic

III. Principals
Facilitator: Ms. Ivona Celebic and Ms. Radmila Gosovic

IV. Teachers
Facilitators: Mr. David Frost and Ms Renata Miljevic Ridjicki

V. Researchers
Facilitators: Ms. Yoon Durbin and Mr. Daniel Pop
 
13:30 – 15:00 Lunch
 
15:00 – 16:15 Working Groups Reports
Facilitator: Mr. Igor Repac
 
16:15 – 16:30 Coffee break
 
16:30 – 17:00 Working Groups Summary – Conclusions and Recommendations
Presenter: Ms Ljiljana Levkov
 
17:00 – 17:30 Closing Remarks
Speakers: Hugh Mclean,
Gordana Miljevic