Lead, manage and govern in a diverse and complex context towards quality education for all Edu-Lead research group Provisional program INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE 13-15 APRIL 2015 Faculty of Education Sciences North-West University Potchefstroom Campus 1
Monday 13 April 2015 07:30 08:30 Registration 08:30 09:00 09:00 10:00 10:00 10:15 Welcoming address Dean of Faculty of Education Sciences: Prof Robert Balfour Plenary session 1 Chair: Prof Jan Heystek Prof Stephan Huber (Switzerland) Leadership Practices and Leadership Health Questions 10:15 10:45 Tea / Coffee break 10:45 12:45 Parallel session 1 Room A: Chair - Prof Callie Grant Dr Mabhena Mpofu and Dr Faith N Tlou National University of Science and Technology, Zimbabwe Dr Ephraim Kgwete and Dr Keshni Bipath University of Pretoria Ms Gloria Erima Wits School of Education Prof Callie Grant Rhodes University Positive discrimination: A study of the effectiveness of female heads in Matobo district primary schools in Matabeleland South province Challenges facing Women in School Leadership positions, Experiences from Schools in Zimbabwe The role of leadership in equalising educational opportunities in flood prone western Kenya Learner voice and the development of leadership: what matters to learners? Room B: Chair Dr Carole Collins- Ayanlaja Dr Joyce Phikisile Dhlamini and Mr Raymond Emakako NWU Mafikeng campus Dr Sham Parag and Prof Rika Joubert University of Pretoria Dr Carole Collins- Ayanlaja and Dr Alison Taysum Matteson, IL USA University of Leicester, UK 12:45 13:45 Lunch Dr Faith Nomathemba Tlou and Dr Mabhena Mpofu National University of Science and Technology, Zimbabwe 13:45 15:00 Plenary session 2 The role of the SGB and SMT in contributing to discipline in the secondary schools Harmonising the alarm bells in the South African school crises: Successful primary school practices Black parents and Black children s authentic participation in a school system Examining supervision in schools with a multiplicity of challenging teacher practices and the implications for learner performance Chair: Prof Herman van Vuuren Panel discussion: Department Officials What is the role and importance of leadership? Chair: Prof Johan Beckmann Dr Alison Taysum University of Leicester, UK Master s Program in Education Leadership Prof Brian Perkins Teachers College Columbia University Doctoral Leadership Preparation in Education: The Practice - Research Debate 2
15:00 15:30 Tea / Coffee break 15:30 16:45 Plenary session 3: Panel discussion Teacher Unions Chair: Prof Jan Heystek Me Margot Johnson (Naptosa) Mr Keoagile Kale (SADTU) Chris Klopper (SAOU) What is the role and importance of leadership? 16:45 18:00 Plenary session 4: Panel discussion Chair: Dr Arrie van Wyk Dr Daya Chetty (Chair Sa Principal association) Standards for principalship 18:15 Conference function (Only delegates) Keynote speaker Dr Molale (Head of Department North West Department of Education) 3
Tuesday 14 April 2015 08:30 10:30 School visits 10:30 11:00 Tea / Coffee break 11:00 13:00 Parallel session 2 Room A: Chair - Dr Idilette van Deventer Dr Idilette van Deventer NWU Potch Campus Dr Margaret Turnbull Head teacher and Educational Management Consultant, England Mr Nicholas Sibusiso Vilakazi Zonkizizwe Primary School Mrs Suzaan Mellet Research and Policy Officer, FEDSAS Accountability: a nexus between social justice leadership, responsibility, and skills development in education Leadership frameworks applied by principals to promote social justice in South African schools Who are prepared to lead our schools towards excellence? Subtitle: A competency framework and its application in leadership development The changing role of the principal Room B: Chair - Dr George Shava Ms Bria Hoosier Dr George Shava Ms Farhana Amod Kajee Rhodes University Dr Solomon Makola Central University of Technology 13:00 14:00 Lunch Leadership Practices of Successful Primary Schools Afflicted by Multiple Deprivation in South Africa Towards achieving educational goals through effective leadership, experiences from a rural district Zimbabwe Educational leadership and management: A contested and complex field Using a Meaning-Centred Leadership Model to Ignite a Field of Inspired Connections in Youth Leaders 14:00-15:15 Chair: Dr Corné van der Vyver Prof Petros Pashiardis (Cyprus) Effective School Leaders(hip) as a Process for (Quality) Improvement 15:15 15:45 Tea / Coffee break 4
15:45 17:45 Parallel session 3 Room A: Chair - Dr David Nkengbeza Dr Jaco Deacon FEDSAS Mr Innocent Sibomana Dr David Nkengbeza NWU Potch Campus Dr Surette van Staden University of Pretoria A dark picture of school finances The Influence of Instructional Leadership Behaviours of Principals on Teachers' Instructional Practices in Rwanda. A Case Study of Selected Secondary Schools in the Nyamagabe District School leadership role in education reconstruction in a conflict and postconflict environment Bridging the Gap from Implementation to Attainment: Utilising Results from International Comparative Studies Room B: Chair - Dr Arrie van Wyk Dr Parvathy Naidoo and Prof Lloyd Conley University of Johannesburg Prof Jan Heystek Dr Amon Myeni Myeni Leadership Coaching Dr Arrie van Wyk 17:45 Free for the evening; explore the town with friends A professional development programme for school principals: implications for sustainable change in leadership practices Education leadership development and school change and development Using the leadership derailment model to explain why some school principals fail as leaders Managing teaching and learning for social justice in township and rural schools 5
Wednesday 15 April 2015 Professional Leadership 08:30 9:00 Vice Rector 9:00 - -9:30 Plenary session 5 Chair: Dr Branwen Challens Prof Lloyd Conley NWU Education Leadership Centre establishment 09:30 10:30 Workshop Chairs: Ms Leentjie Van Jaarsveld Prof Petros Pashiardis and Dr Georgia Pashiardis (Cyprus) Best Practices for Pedagogical/Instructional Leadership 10:30 11:00 Tea / Coffee break 11:00 13:00 Parallel session 4 Room A: Chair - Prof Felix Maringe Prof Clarence Gordon Williams Western Cape Prof Felix Maringe Ms Changu Chandapiwa Batisani Dr George Shava, Ms Mary Dlodlo and Mrs Lwazi Sibanda National University of Science and Technology, Zimbabwe A Comparative Study of the Standardization of Leadership Development in the Schools of the USA and South Africa Great Universities in Africa to Great African universities: University leaders conceptualisation, rationalisation and strategisation of the great university transformation Conceptualising the implementation and management of research-led teaching in higher education Understanding school leadership: a study of the ACE school leadership programme and leadership practices Room B: Chair - Mr Mpasi Katewa Dr Shuti Steph Khumalo Tshwane University of Technology Dr Corné van der Vyver Mr Mpasi Katewa Rev Tapu Sraman Siri Matharama Viharaya Sri Lanka 13:00 Lunch and conference adjourns The role of transformational leadership in meeting the challenges facing primary schools in Limpopo Province Principals transforming schools as caring leaders Self-leadership of School Principals in the Kavango Region, Namibia Leadership Roles Played by School Principals: An Analysis of Cases 6