AGENDA (DRAFT 12 MAY 2015) RAISING THE ACHIEVEMENT OF ALL LEARNERS IN INCLUSIVE EDUCATION First study visit 19-21 May 2015 Istituto Comprensivo Antonio Rosmini (Primary/lower secondary) Istituto Tecnico Agrario Sereni (Upper secondary/higher education) Hotel address Hotel Cicerone (http://www.hotelciceronerome.com/) Via Cicerone, 55C Rome, Italy 00193 Agency phone number during the study visit In case for some reason you need to contact us before we meet, please do not hesitate to contact Morten Olstrup at the Agency Secretariat during office hours 9.00-17.00 at +45 64 41 00 20. Verity Donnelly can be reached during the visit at +44 79 79 34 13 16. Harald Weber can be reached during the visit at +49 151 40 42 40 59. How to get from the Fiumicino airport to the Cicerone Hotel The easiest way to get from the Fiumicino airport to city centre Rome is to take the Leonardo express train to Termini train station in Rome. It is a trip of approx. 30 minutes, with trains departing every half hour or more frequently. A one- way ticket costs 14 and can be purchased at vending offices or through ticket machines at the airport. At Termini, change to the metro for the orange line A in direction of Torrevecchia or
Battistini. Descend after at Lepanto, the fifth stop. This trip will take around 8-10 minutes. A one- way ticket costs 1,50, and needs to be stamped before taking the metro. Tickets can be bought at Termini, and directly at the airport. The Lepanto metro station is a 6 minute 500 metres walk along Via Cicerone from the hotel (see map below). How to get from the Ciampino airport to the Cicerone Hotel The Ciampino airport is connected with the Termini station with the half- hourly Terravision shuttle bus. The trip to Termini takes 40 minutes, and will cost 4 for a one- way ticket. From Termini to the hotel, please see the above directions. Tickets can be bought at the airport, and for the return, at the Terracafé at Termini. 2
Agency staff Verity Donnelly Harald Weber Aine Wynne External participants Belgium (French Community) Séverine Louwette Croatia Snježana Sekušak- Galešev Cyprus Simoni Symeonidou Kalomira Ioannou (PAG) Czech Republic Lenka Burešová Denmark Søren Winter Estonia Imbi Henno Finland Merja Koivisto Pirjo Koivula (PAG) France Isabelle Humbert Latvia Arturs Skrastins Lithuania Line Senkuviene Egle Celiesiene Poland Virginia Stafiej Justyna Niegierysz Email contact louwette.severine@yahoo.fr sekusnje@gmail.com symeonidou.simoni@ucy.ac.cy ioannoukalomira@yahoo.com lenka.buresova@volny.cz scw@sfi.dk imbi.henno@hm.ee merja.koivisto@lapua.fi pirjo.koivula@oph.fi isa.humbert@hotmail.fr arturs.skrastins@valmiera.edu.lv linasenkuviene@gmail.com egle.celiesiene@leu.lt vigastafiej@interia.pl jn@studiometropolis.eu 3
Portugal António Castel- Branco Slovenia Erna Zgur Irena Lesar Spain Isabel Fernández Sweden Bengt Weidow Switzerland Mariann Hadad UK (England) Sonia Blandford Paul Green UK (Northern Ireland) Faustina Graham Carol McCann UK (Scotland) Fiona Robertson Liz White (LC Rep) Fiona Murphy (LC Rep) antoniocastelbranco@gmail.com erna.zgur@cirius- vipava.si irena.lesar@guest.arnes.si Isabel.fernandez7@educa.madrid.org bengt.weidow@skolverket.se mariann.hadad@gmail.com sonia.blandford@afa3as.org.uk pgreen@lynghallschool.co.uk faustina.graham@deni.gov.uk cmccann542@c2kni.net Fiona.Robertson@educationscotland.gsi.gov.uk EWHITE@calderglen.s- lanark.sch.uk fmurphy@calderglen.s- lanark.sch.uk 4
Aims of the study visit Main aims of the study visit are: to introduce the external participants to the school(s) and to the learning community, and to respective approaches regarding pedagogy and leadership; to highlight the current issues on which the learning community agreed to focus on during the project year; to provide an opportunity for participants to input to: o clarification about questions for investigation o innovations to be tried out to raise achievement o practical issues (organisation, selection of target groups, recording evidence - qualitative, quantitative) to establish relationships between the local team members and the project participants, and to start content discussions, to be continued afterwards on the discussion platform 5
Agenda Tuesday 19 May (Day 1) Time Activity Room Arrival of all participants. 14.50 Meet in hotel lobby for transport to Ministry Hotel lobby 15:30 16.40 Meeting of participants with Agency staff to Ministry update re: project and clarify role of all participants in work with learning communities 16.40 18:10 Introduction to hosts, presentation of learning Ministry communities: National information and context, Background and development process Current practice highlights of work to raise achievement Challenges / priorities for project focus / support 18.15 Transport to hotel 19:30 Dinner Hotel 6
Wednesday 20 May (Day 2) Time Activity Room 07.40 Meet in lobby for transport to schools Lobby See separate programme Visits to Rosmini/Sereni - practical activities, observations and meetings with staff, learners, parents, others from the learning community. Lunch Feedback/discussions - whole group and host team. Clarification of focus for practical work - issues for discussion with participants. School School School 16.30 Transport to the hotel 18:00 Meet in hotel lobby for sightseeing walk (to restaurant) Lobby 20:00 Dinner Hostaria de Pastini 7
Thursday 21 May (Day 3) Time Activity Room 08.15 Meet in lobby for bus to Ministry Lobby 9:00 10.30 Issue based group discussions - pedagogy; leadership Feedback from groups and discussion of wider issues (collaboration) Ministry 10.30-10.45 Coffee Break 10.45-12.00 Planning practical work - ways forward, further input/support needs Participants final reflections (start process to continue via Forum) Ministry 12:00 13:00 Light lunch Ministry 13:15 Bus to hotel 8