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Involving the uninvolved learners
“Pupils at risk of underachieving”
SICI General Assembly and
the 210-th Anniversary Conference
of the Netherlands’ Inspectorate of Education
Amsterdam/Haarlem, September 27-29, 2011
INVITATION
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
INFORMATION
Contents
General Assembly Information
1. Program Overview
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2. Thematic background information
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3. Call for contributions
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4. Practical information
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1. Program Overview
Monday September 26, 2011
SICI EC-MEETING
Carlton Square
Haarlem
Time
09.30
17.00
17.15
Program
EC-meeting
End of meeting
Registration (first opportunity)
Location
Conference room
19.30
Dinner EC
Restaurant Haarlem
Hotel lobby
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Tuesday September 27, 2011
HISTORICAL EDUCATION VISIT
Time
08.00
08.30
09.30
10.30
11.00
12.00
Program
Registration (second opportunity)
Departure by bus to Amsterdam
Visit to Amsterdam’s Civic Orphanage,
-Welcoming reception ,
-Lecture ‘Children at risk’
-Guided tour
Walking tour in the historical centre of
Amsterdam
Departure to the VU University
(Vrije Universiteit)
Registration (third opportunity)
Lunch
Amsterdam
Location
Hotel lobby
Hotel lobby
Amsterdam Historical
Museum
(Burgerweeshuis)
Amsterdam centre
Amsterdam centre
Lobby
VU University
Amsterdam
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Conference: INVOLVING the UNINVOLVED LEARNERS
Time
11.30
11.30
12.30
12.35
Program
Registration
Coffee and lunch
Welcome by the Chairman, Mr. Jan Rijkers
Welcome and Opening Statement
12.45
Ms. Annette Roeters,
Senior Chief Inspector of the Netherlands’ Inspectorate of
Education
“How do we generate uninvolved students?”
13.15
13.25
13.45
14.15
15.00
VU University
Amsterdam
Location
Congresdesk
Foyer
Aula
Keynote speaker Professor Robert Slavin,
Co-Director of the Center for Research on the Education of
Students Placed at Risk at Johns Hopkins University and
Chairman of the Success for All Foundation
“Involving Uninvolved Learners” (part 1)
Movie by Coldsun Productions
“The disintegrative mechanisms in the human society and
the animal kingdom”
Mr. Midas Dekkers,
famous Dutch Biologist and Writer
“What we learned from years of working with less
privileged girls and boys”
Mr. Luc Opdebeeck,
Director, artistic manager of ‘Formaat’, Workplace for
Participatory Drama in Rotterdam, the Netherlands
Break
“Involving the Gifted Children in Education”
Foyer
Aula
Professor Tessa Kieboom,
Director of the CBO (Centre for the Research on the
Gifted) in Antwerp, Belgium
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Continuation conference: INVOLVING the UNINVOLVED
LEARNERS
Time
15.30
15.35
15.55
16.15
Program
“Involving Uninvolved Learners” (part 2)
Movie by Coldsun Productions
“Five statements about the Inspection of the Uninvolved
Learners in the Netherlands”
Professor Graham Donaldson,
President of SICI
“Dealing with Differences, a history of continuing concern
of the Education Inspectorate 1801-2011”
16.30
16.45
Ms. Annette Roeters,
Senior Chief Inspector of the Netherlands’ Inspectorate of
Education
Informal gathering with drinks
SICI GA DINNER
19.00
23.00
Location
Aula
Professor Hans Anand Pant,
Director of the IQB (Institut zur Qualitätsentwicklung im
Bildungswesen) in Berlin, Germany
“Reaction on the statements of Professor Hans Anand
Pant”
Anthology by Professor Sjaak Braster,
Erasmus University Rotterdam
Final Remarks
Time
18.00
VU University
Amsterdam
Program
Departure from VU University Amsterdam
Bus tour
Official Dinner with intermezzo
Arrival back at hotel
Foyer
Amsterdam
Location
Foyer
Amsterdam
Restaurant ENVY
Carlton Square
Haarlem
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Wednesday September 28, 2011
SICI GA WORKSHOPS
Time
09.00
Program
Workshops SICI
Carlton Square
Haarlem
Location
Conference
rooms
09.00 – 09.30: Introduction by professor Slavin
09.30 – 10.30: First workshop-session
10.30 – 11.00: Break, poster viewing
11.00 - 12.00: Second workshop-session
12.00 – 12.30: Short plenary session: feedback from
professor Slavin, conclusions
12.30
Lunch
Hotel Restaurant
SICI GA SCHOOL VISITS
Time
14.00
14.30
16.30
14:30
16.30
17.30
Program
Departure for schoolvisits
Schoolvisit 1: lower secondary vocational education
(=VMBO): development of talents
Schoolvisit 2: Gymnasium: special attention to highly
skilled pupils
Arrival back at the hotel
17.30
No official program;
informal meeting of heads of inspectorates
Carlton Square
Haarlem
Location
Hotel lobby
VMBO Calvijn
Barlaeus
Gymnasium
Carlton Square
Haarlem
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Thursday September 29, 2011
SICI GA BUSINESS MEETING
Time
09.00
10.40
11.00
13.00
14.00
Program
SICI business meeting
Coffee
SICI business meeting
Lunch
End of conference/departure
SICI EC-MEETING
Time
14.00
16.00
Program
EC-meeting
End of meeting/departure
Carlton Square
Haarlem
Location
Conference room
Lobby
Conference room
Hotel restaurant
Carlton Square
Haarlem
Location
Conference room
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2. Thematic Background Information
Introduction
From Tuesday September 27th 2011 until Thursday September 29th 2011 the
Standing International Conference of Inspectorates (SICI) will have the yearly
General Assembly in the Netherlands. This General Assembly will coincide with the
210-th anniversary of the Netherlands Inspectorate of Education.
The theme of the General Assembly is ‘Involving the uninvolved learners’. One part
of the General Assembly, the conference meeting in the afternoon of Tuesday
September 27th, will coincide with the anniversary conference of the Netherlands’
Inspectorate.
The theme ‘Involving the uninvolved learners’ refers to those pupils who are at risk
of underachieving. They run the risk of ‘missing the boat’ in the mainstream
education system, or they have already missed it. ‘Uninvolved learners’ is thus
meant to include all pupils whom the mainstream system is unable to adequately
accommodate, either because of cognitive or other limitations or because they are
highly talented. It is important to stress that the conference is not about special
needs education, but about pupils in mainstream education who deviate substantially
from the average learner.
Referring to ‘uninvolved learners’ - pupils who are at risk of underachieving - three
groups immediately come to mind:
• pupils who are at risk of underachieving as a result of psychological or
physical handicaps;
• pupils who are at risk of underachieving because of their socio-economic
background or a lack of social and cultural background;
• pupils who are specifically gifted, but whose needs are not met by
mainstream education.
During the Assembly we will explore the theme in several ways:
• We will visit schools and other organizations related to the theme of the
General Assembly.
• We kindly request all SICI-members to prepare a poster on the theme.
Guidelines for preparation can be found in the program under the heading:
Call for contributions.
• Some SICI-members will be invited to prepare a presentation for the
workshops on Wednesday.
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Content of the program
Tuesday, September 27th 2011
Tuesday morning program: historical education visit
In the morning, we will visit the Civic Orphanage in Amsterdam. From 1580 until
1960 orphans were living in this building, which is now a museum. After a word of
welcome by a representative of the municipality of Amsterdam, there will be a
lecture about the way children at risk were treated in the past. Next, we will visit the
museum and take a walk to the historical center of Amsterdam.
Tuesday afternoon program: Conference ‘Involving the uninvolved learners’
in the building of the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
The Senior chief inspector of Education Annette Roeters will open the conference and
introduce the theme of the conference: pupils at risk of underachieving - how do we
accomodate students with additional needs in our schools? The first question posed
is: does the education system provide enough challenges or does it increase the risks
for students with additional needs? Is the problem becoming too large? Professor
Robert Slavin will reflect on this question, after which it will be addressed from
various other angles..
Next, the conference will focus on the role of schoolinspection and the inspectorate.
How can school inspection contribute to higher involvement of learners at risk of
underachieving? Professor Pant was invited to participate and to observe schoolvisits
by the Netherlands’ inspectorate. He will share his conclusions with the conference
participants and the president of SICI, professor Graham Donaldson, will give a
reaction.
Finally, since we are celebrating the 210th anniversary of the Netherlands’
Inspectorate of Education, Professor Braster will look at the conference-theme from
a historical perspective.
Tuesday evening
Official dinner
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Wednesday, September 28th 2011
On Wednesday September 28th, we will elaborate further upon the theme of pupils at
risk of underachieving. This will be done in two ways:
• All SICI members are kindly requested to make a poster on the theme Of the
conference. The posters will be displayed in the conference room of the hotel.
See for further explanation of the posters: the call for contributions.
• In the workshops, several SICI-members will give a brief presentation about
the following questions:
o How is the issue of ‘pupils at risk of underachieving’ included in the
frameworks used by the inspectorate?
o How is this issue treated? And which norms does the inspectorate use
to judge whether or not schools perform up to standards with respect
to this issue?
o In case the inspectorate encounters an unacceptable situation with
respect to pupils at risk of underachieving, which type of action is it
expected to take?
o In which ways does the inspectorate report at system-level (annual
report, for example) about pupils at risk of underachieving?
Wednesday afternoon program: Visits to educational institutions
There will be two possibilities to visit a school. Either you visit a school for lower
secondary vocational education, or you visit a Gymnasium. The choice is up to you,
although at a certain stage the maximum number of participants for a visit may have
been reached.
The name of the school for lower secondary vocational education (=vmbo) is vmbo
Calvijn. This school will show us how pupils at the age of 12 – 15 years develop their
talents by learning jobs. All of these pupils have substantial learning and behavior
problems.
In the other school , the Barlaeus Gymnasium, highly skilled pupils at the age of 12 18 years develop their talents in different ways. These students need to be
challenged, so the school makes them strongly responsible for their own way of
learning.
Wednesday evening
No official program (informal dinner for heads of inspectorates).
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Thursday, September 29th 2011
Thursday morning program
SICI business-meeting (only for SICI members).
The General Assembly ends with lunch.
There will be a short EC meeting for the new Executive Committee after lunch.
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3. Call for Contributions
1.
Poster-presentation
All SICI-members are kindly requested to make a poster presentation about the
theme ‘Involving the uninvolved learners’ and the role of their inspectorate with
respect to this issue.
The posters will be displayed in the conference room in the hotel.
Practical guidelines with respect to the poster:
1. The posters will be printed by the Netherlands’ Inspectorate on A2 size paper
(594 x 420 mm / 33.1 x 23.4 inches).
2. If you use Word to create your poster, please use Word 2007, since the latest
version of Word (with extension docx) will not produce good results on our
printers.
Please send your poster (in pdf as well as Word ar any other program you may have
used for the original version) by August 28th, 2011 at the latest to
[email protected] (Mineke Laman).
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2. Presentations in the workshops: questions and guidelines
Six SICI-members will present their approach of the theme of the conference in one
of three parallel workshop-sessions. In each session, two countries will make a brief
presentation. The three parallel workshop-sessions will be run twice, in order for
each participant to be able to listen to at least four out of six country-presentations.
Every presenter is requested to address the following questions:
1. How is the issue of ‘pupils at risk of underachieving’ included in the
frameworks used by the inspectorate?
2. How is this issue treated? And which norms does the inspectorate use to
judge whether or not schools perform up to standards with respect to this
issue?
3. In case the inspectorate encounters an unacceptable situation with respect to
pupils at risk of underachieving, which type of action is it expected to take?
4. In which ways does the inspectorate report at system-level (annual report, for
example) about pupils at risk of underachieving?
The maximum time for a presentation is 15 minutes and the expected maximum
volume of a powerpointpresentation is 10 slides. Each presentation ends with two
questions for discussion with the participants in the workshops. If you want to make
a presentation, please contact [email protected] (Mineke Laman).
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4. Practical Information
Time and Location
The SICI General Assembly, including the 210-th Anniversary Conference, the
historical education visits, the workshops and business meeting will take place from
Tuesday 27 September, 2011, 9.00 am
till
Thursday 29 September, 14.00 pm
The conference venue will be in the buildings of the Vrije Universiteit van
Amsterdam. The school and institution visits will take place in and around
Amsterdam.
The SICI workshops and the General Assembly Business meeting will be based at the
Carlton Square Hotel Haarlem. The hotel is situated in the centre of the historical city
of Haarlem.
Conference Venue
Vrije Universiteit van Amsterdam
De Boelelaan 1105
1081 HV AMSTERDAM
General Assembly Venue
Carlton Square Hotel Haarlem
Baan 7
2012 DB Haarlem
The Netherlands
+31 (0)23 5319091
http://www.carlton.nl/square
Language
The working language of the General Assembly will be English. On Tuesday
afternoon, during the celebration conference, the working language will be Dutch.
Simultaneous translation (English) will be available.
Transport
Travel from Schiphol Airport to the Carlton Square Hotel/General Assembly venue in
Haarlem takes about half an hour by public transport. We advise you to take the
sprinter bus ‘Zuid Tangent’, nr 300, which will stop at about 50 meters from the
hotel.
Transport from Schiphol airport to the buildings of the Vrije Universiteit van
Amsterdam (for those who arrive late): we advise you to take the train to Station
Amsterdam Zuid. From this station you can either:
- take the express tram 51 (1 minute), direction Amstelveen Westwijk or
- tram 5 (1 minute), direction Amstelveen Binnenhof or
- take a 10 minute walk to the Vrije Universiteit from Station Amsterdam Zuid.
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Accommodation
Accommodation is arranged at the Carlton Square Hotel Haarlem.
Hotel rooms are available to the delegates at a special rate of €145,=/€150,=
including breakfast for single occupancy and €15,- extra for double occupancy.
Availability and the special rate for the hotel rooms can only be guaranteed if you
book your hotel before June 30th.
You can book your hotel through the General Assembly Registration Form (see the
URL below). Please note that by filling out this part of the form you have made a
formal reservation for a hotelroom and have committed yourself to the payment of
the hotelroom.
Meals
All lunches are included.
The Netherlands’ Inspectorate of Education invites all SICI delegates and guests for
the official dinner in the centre of Amsterdam on Tuesday evening, September
27th.
Please note that on Tuesday September 27th, the program does not allow for visiting
your hotel room between the end of the conference and the start of the official
dinner.
For the evening of the 28th an initiative was taken to organise an informal dinner for
Heads of Inspectorates. A separate invitation will be sent by the president of SICI,
mr Graham Donaldson.
How to register?
To attend the 2011 SICI General Assembly and the Netherlands’ Inspectorates
210th Anniversary Celebration, we kindly ask you to fill out the registration form
below before June 30th, 2011
REGISTRATION FORM
The final program details along with the last practical information will be sent to you
by the end of August.
For any questions regarding your registration, please contact,
Mrs Marije Bos, e-mail: [email protected], +31 (0)88-6696039
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