Universidad de Sevilla FACULTY OF EDUCATION International Successful School Leadership Conference May 31 - June 3, 2015 Dear ISSPP Colleague, We are pleased to invite you, as a researcher / school leader affiliated with the International Successful School Principals Project (ISSPP), to attend and participate in this international conference. The conference will focus on national and international research on case studies of successful schools and successful leadership developed by scholars in the ISSPP project. The conference is being organized by a consortium of Spanish research teams participants in the ISSPP network and hosted by the Faculty of Education, Universidad de Sevilla. As you can see in the attached Conference program, in addition to the regular conference activities, there will be opportunities to visit Seville area schools on Tuesday, June 2nd. A small registration fee of euro 100 will be charged to help defray conference costs (breaks and lunch catering, transportation to and from the schools, welcome dinner, etc). Conference participants will also be responsible for all travel, evening meals, and accommodation. Housing can be reserved at the conference rate in two different hotels (see below). Both of them are at walking distance (2-8 minutes) from the Conference venue. Please contact Nina Hidalgo (nina.hidalgo@uam.es) for further details about the conference program and arrangements. This conference follows the highly successful international meetings of the ISSPP held in Nottingham, Boston and Umeå. It will provide a unique opportunity to share and debate the international research findings of this project about successful school principalship with colleagues from around the world. We look forward to seeing you in Seville. The 2015 ISSPP Seville Conference Planning Committee Julián López-Yáñez, Universidad de Sevilla Marita Sánchez-Moreno, Universidad de Sevilla Javier Murillo, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid Reyes Hernández, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid Nina Hidalgo, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid Antonio Bolívar, Universidad de Granada Cristina Moral, Universidad de Granada José Manuel Coronel, Universidad de Huelva Inmaculada González, Universidad de Huelva María Teresa González, Universidad de Murcia
ISSPP 2015 Conference Planning. University of Seville, Spain Sunday, May 31 Monday, June 1 Tuesday, June 2 Wednesday, June 3 Hotel Check-in 8:00 Registration Opens 9:00 14:00 School tours 9:00 9:45 ISSPP overview 20.30 Welcome Dinner 9:00 9:45 Opening Conference welcome & overview of ISSPP progress and achievements 9:45 11:15 Concurrent panels (2 to 4) 11:15 11:45 Break 11:45 12:45 Keynote speech # 1 12:45 13:45 Lunch 15:00 15:45 School Debriefing 16:00 17:00 Keynote speech # 2 20:30 22:30 Conference Dinner 9:45 11:15 Concurrent panels (2 to 4) 11:15 11:45 Break 11:45 13:15 Next steps forward and General Conference closing 13:15 15:00 Lunch 15:00 19:00 ISSPP Research Team Meeting 13:45 15:15 Focus Group Panels: Practitioners Talk about Leadership Development 15:15 15:30 Break 15:30 17:00 Case studies 20:30 22:30 Dinner on your own
Venue information Faculty of Education / https://fcce.us.es/ Universidad de Sevilla / http://www.us.es/ Address: Calle Pirotecnia s/n - 41013 Sevilla, Spain The Faculty of Education in Ramón y Cajal Campus and surroundings with recommended restaurants More
The hotels and the Faculty of Education in the city centre area
Accommodation: Hotel NH Collection Sevilla, Spain Address: Avda. Diego Martínez Barrio, 8-41013 Seville http://www.nh-hoteles.es/hotel/nh-collection-sevilla Double room - single use: 64.26 - taxes and breakfast included Double room - double use: 73.26 - taxes and breakfast included Booking by email: nhcollectionsevilla@nh-hotels.com Booking by phone: +34 954 54 85 00, option 2 speaking with the hotel (Please indicate the booking reference BF9498441 ) Hotel Meliá Sevilla, Spain Address: C/ Doctor Pedro Castro, 1-41004 Seville https://www.melia.com/es/hoteles/espana/sevilla/melia-sevilla/index.html Double room - single use: 97.9 - taxes and breakfast included Double room - double use: 108.9 - taxes and breakfast included Booking by email: grupos.sevilla@melia.com (please fill in and send the attached reservation request) Phone: +34 954 537084 Fax: +34 954 537956 In order to guarantee both availability and conference rates, bookings should be made earlier than May 5 th 2015 Conference dinners: The Welcome dinner (May 31 th ) is included in the registration fee. The Conference dinner (June 2 nd ) is offered for all the participants with a cost of euro 35 (meal and drinks included) and has to be pre-paid together with the registration fee by those who want to attend. The rest of the dinners are on participants own. Registration procedure: * First step: Transferring euro 100 (euro 135 if you are going to attend the Conference dinner) to the account below: ACCOUNT HOLDER: Nina Hidalgo ACCOUNT INFORMATION - IBAN: ES49-0049-6192-1122-1611-1421 CONCEPT: ISSPP Sevilla BANK BIC/SWIFT: BSCHESMM BANK: Banco de Santander ADRESS: Avda. de la Enramadilla, 1-41001 Sevilla * Second step: Please, fill-in and send the registration form (last page) to Nina Hidalgo (nina.hidalgo@uam.es) with a copy of the bank transfer receipt: Please do not forget booking accommodation on your own as soon as possible.
Call for contributions: ISSPP 2015 Conference participants are called to contribute to any of the conference activities including: Concurrent panels: Advances in the current research strand of ISSPP are welcomed. Country teams participating in research case studies under ISSPP guidelines are called to send contributions about their advances and conclusions Focus group panels: The purpose of this activity is to set up a discussion between practitioners and academics about relevant issues of the leadership practice in schools, including: School improvement and professional development: school capacity of change, school results, innovative experiences, school as a professional community, collaboration cultures, etc. Diversity and multiculturalism in schools: experiences from schools with a high multicultural attendance and/or placed in disadvantaged contexts, etc. School - school community relationships: family involvement and participation, learning communities, etc. Both, practitioners and academics are welcomed to joint one of the three focus groups panels. The conference planning committee will select five participants and one chair in each panel. The panel chair will propose a tentative agenda for discussion previously to the session. Case studies: Meaningful case reports of relevant practices of leadership and school improvement are welcomed. Practitioners are expected to be the contributors in this activity. They will have the opportunity to discuss their experiences with other colleagues and researchers as well. Two cases will be addressed in each session. At least three parallel sessions are foreseen (six case studies in total). Each case study will count on 20 minutes for presentation and 20 minutes for discussion. IMPORTANT: Concurrent panels and Case studies contributors are claimed to submit an abstract of no more of 1200 words before April 15 th 2015
Universidad de Sevilla FACULTY OF EDUCATION International Successful School Leadership Conference May 31 - June 3, 2015 Registration form: First name: Family name: Institution: City / Country: Position: Do you expect to submit/present any contribution? (Deadline: April 15 th 2015) Please erase the wrong answer: - Concurrent panels YES/NO - Focus group panels YES/NO Panel: - Case studies YES/NO Will you attend the Conference dinners? - Welcome dinner (May 31 th ) YES/NO - Conference dinner (June 2 nd, Please, add 35 to the registration fee. YES/NO - Do you have any food allergy? Please specify if YES: YES/NO