The Conference

The conference has kept me very busy.  On Sunday and Monday it began at 8:45 am and didn't end until 8:30 pm.  They were very long days.  I will give you a brief summary.

There are about 270 Polish principals, administrators, and inspectors attending the conference.  Each of them attends several presentations during the day on various subjects.  The presenters are "Experts" from serveral different countries.  Most of them are professors at large universities.   To name a few of the presenters they are:  John MacBeath (Cambridge Univ., England), Grzegorz Mazurkiewicz (Jagallonian Univ., Poland), Kathleen Lynch (Dublin Univ., Ireland), Bill Gaudelli (Columbia Univ., New York), John Fischer (Bowling Green St. Univ., Ohio), WIlliam Armaline (Bowling Green St. Univ., Ohio), Frank Crawford (Chief Inspector for Scottland schools), Tony Townsend (Glasgow Univ., Scottland), Kathy Farber (Bowling Green St. Univ., Ohio), Harmut Wenzel (Germany), Jaap van Lakerveld (Norway), Doreen Uhas-Sauer (Bowling Green St. Univ., Ohio), Tony MacFadyen (Reading Univ., England),  Sharon Subreenduth (Bowling Green St. Univ., Ohio), Agnieszka Borek (Poland), Tomasz Kasprzak (Poland), Stefan Wlazlo (Poland). 

This picture is me with (from L to R) Tony Townsend, John MacBeath, and Frank Crawford.  All of them are very well know in Europe and around the world for their work in school reform.  John MacBeath is perhaps the most well known and respected speaker in Europe.  I will another blog about my presentation soon.