Conference
2009 Annual Conference
"Respecting Professionalism"
19th, 20th & 21st November
The Westerwood Hotel : Dullatur
TO MAKE A RESERVATION EMAIL info@sls-scotland.org.uk
Thursday, 19 November 2009
10.30 – 11.45 Registration
11.45 – 12.00 Welcome to Conference
Conference Convener
General Secretary
12.00 – 13.00 Professor Sergio Della Sala
Human Cognitive Neuroscience
University of Edinburgh
13.00 – 14.00 Lunch
14.00 – 15.30 Workshops
Delegates will opt for two workshops:
one from 14.00 to 14.45
one from 14.45 to 15.30
Workshop 1: Assessment Issues
o chaired and led by:
Danny Murphy
Head Teacher
Lornshill Academy, Alloa
Workshop 2: Teaching for Excellence
o chaired by:
Jennifer Montgomery
Depute Head Teacher
Robert Gordon’s College, Aberdeen
o led by:
Pat Scullion
Head Teacher
Stirling High School
Workshop 3: Curriculum Structures
o chaired and led by:
Ronnie Summers
Head Teacher
Musselburgh Grammar School
Workshop 4: Literacy, Numeracy and Health & Wellbeing
o chaired and led by:
Jim Scott
Head Teacher
Perth High School
15.30 – 16.00 Tea
16.00 – 16.30 Presidential Address
16.30 – 17.30 Dr Carol Craig
Chief Executive
Centre for Confidence and Well-being
19.00 – 19.30 Pre-Dinner Drinks (pending sponsorship)
19.30 – 21.30 Dinner
21.30 – 22.00 Willie Young
Chairman
Brechin Tindal Oatts
& former Grade 1 football referee
Friday, 20 November 2009
09.15 – 10.00 Professor James C Conroy
Dean
Faculty of Education
University of Glasgow
10.00 – 10.45 Fiona Hyslop MSP
Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning
10.45 – 11.15 Coffee
11.15 – 12.00 Homework Diary Company Award
12.00 – 13.00 Annual General Meeting
13.00 – 14.00 Lunch
14.00 – 15.00 Dr Janet Brown
Chief Executive
Scottish Qualifications Authority
15.00 – 15.30 Tea
15.30 – 16.45 Question Time
Chairman: Gordon Mackenzie
Head Teacher
Balwearie High School, Kirkcaldy
Panel: Professor Vivienne Baumfield
Pedagogy, Policy and Innovation
Department of Curriculum Studies
University of Glasgow
Professor Brian Boyd
Faculty of Education
University of Strathclyde
Professor Tommy MacKay
Department of Childhood and Primary Studies
University of Strathclyde
Professor Lindsay Paterson
Professor of Educational Policy / Director of Learning
& Research Resources
University of Edinburgh
19.00 – 19.30 Pre-Dinner Drinks
19.30 – 20.00 Pre-Dinner Entertainment
Kilmarnock Academy and St Joseph’s Academy, Kilmarnock
20.00 – 22.00 Annual Dinner
22.00 – 22.30 After Dinner Speeches