Programme

March 8, 2013
(Friday)
School Visits (optional)
March 10, 2013
(Sunday)
3:00 p.m. -
6:30 p.m.
Registration
6:30 p.m.
Opening Dinner (optional)
March 11,
2013
(Monday)
7:30 a.m.
Registration
8:45 a.m.
Opening Ceremony
9:15 a.m.
Programme Overview and Welcome
9:30 a.m.
Keynote Speech #1:

Prof. Yang Xiaowei
East China Normal University, China

Topic: Improving School Leadership in the Face of the Equity Challenges
10:00 a.m.
Break and Group Picture
10:30 a.m.
Provocateur Session #1:

Prof. Ellen Goldring
Vanderbilt University, USA

Topic: Successful Leadership - The Importance of Context
11:45 a.m.
Lunch Break
1:15 p.m.
Provocateur Session #2:

Dr Ng Foo-seong, David
National Institute of Education, Singapore

Topic: Leading Schools in Singapore - Context matters
2:30 p.m.
Break
2:45 p.m.
Provocateur Session #3:

Mr Chris Binge
Island School, Hong Kong

Topic:
Leading in Context : The Balance between Values and Structure
4:00 p.m.
Summary and Wrap up
6:30 p.m.
Dinner
March 12,
2013
(Tuesday)
8:30 a.m.
Keynote Speech #2:

Prof. Philip Hallinger
Hong Kong Institute of Education, Hong Kong

Topic: Reviewing Reviews of Research in Educational Leadership
9:00 a.m.
Mixed Group Discussion

10:00 a.m.
Break
10:20 a.m.
Mixed Group Discussion

11:20 a.m.
Wrap up
11:45 a.m.
Check out
12:00 noon
Lunch
1:30 p.m.
Go to Airport