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Welcome Message from the CCEAM 2008 National Organising Committee Chair
Dear Fellow Educators,
On behalf of the Education Management Association of South Africa [EMASA], we are honoured to be hosting the Commonwealth Council For Educational Administration and Management Conference, in Durban, South Africa. The conference will take place from 8 September to 12 September 2008.
We believe that this conference is of the utmost importance to the African continent and will present the platform for Commonwealth countries, to share experiences, knowledge and grow Educational Administration, Management and Leadership.
With the conference theme: Think Globally Act Locally: A Challenge to Education Leaders, the organising committee believes that the challenges, achievements and goals of the education environment can be addressed.
Our country has a young democracy, with unbelievable growth potential, and this conference and your attendance will only add value and contribute towards our growth and future strength.
Attendance at the conference can be confirmed by means of online registration. Should you require any assistance, please do not hesitate to contact our conference organisers.
If you have not visited our beautiful country before, please try and spend a few days exploring the surrounding area. This will give you a better understanding of our environment and wonderful warm people.
We wish to acknowledge the productive partnership and sponsorship between EMASA and BELMAS.
Looking forward to welcoming you to Durban!
Best Wishes
Muavia Gallie
CCEAM 2008 National Organising Committee Chair
CCEAM 2008 National Organizing Committee
Chair:
Muavia Gallie
Members:
Alison Bengtson-Mali
Anusha Naidu
Vitallis Chikoko
Cyril Samuel
Tom Bisschoff
First Announcement
Dear friends,
The 2008 Commonwealth Council for Educational Administration and Management (CCEAM) Conference will take place from September 8th to the 12th in Durban, South Africa at the International Convention Centre (ICC). The Conference is being organised by the Education Management Association of South Africa (EMASA) with the theme:
Think Globally Act Locally: A Challenge to Education Leaders
The isiZulu proverb Lomhlaba Unzima, Lohmhlaba (this world is a harsh place, this world) describes a world where illumination has not yet reached all of us. We now have the opportunity to influence this harsh place, this world, trough education and this is why this conference is of the utmost importance. In true African tradition the 2008 Durban CCEAM Conference, which is one of the most important international and Commonwealth events in the area of Educational Administration, Management and Leadership, promises to offer each and every delegate a little wisdom.
I am therefore anxiously awaiting your arrival in Durban where - as the Indian Ocean, radiant golden sands and lush sub-tropical greenery meet to form something truly spectacular there may be a true meeting of minds. This meeting, I believe, will ultimately impact on South Africas 12 million learners, 366 000 teachers and 28 000 schools but also your own unique part of the Commonwealth and the world.
Tom Bisschoff tomb@uj.ac.za
Chair CCEAM Conference Committee
CCEAM 2008 Conference
Think Globally Act Locally: A Challenge to Education Leaders
The world has become a global village. In order to address today's life challenges, we need to broaden our intellectual horizons. This theme challenges today's educational leaders and managers to think more and act more. The role of Educational Leadership, Management and Administration in understanding, shaping and re-shaping education for economic and social progress in this global village cannot be over-emphasised. Thus the conference theme invites African and other perspectives of global and local leadership. It seeks to provide a forum for an examination of the interface between schools, other education structures and communities. It wishes to foreground the role of information and communication technology in the leadership and management of education.
Sub-themes
The conference programme will provide for leading keynote speakers, plenary sessions, parallel paper and poster presentations through the following sub-themes:
African and other perspectives on leadership
Professional ethics, personality traits, spirituality and values in Leadership and Management
The interface between schools and local education structures
The school-community interface
ICT as a tool for enhancing Educational Leadership and Management
Emerging trends in Educational Leadership, Management, Administration and Governance
Who should attend?
Education managers, leaders and administrators from all sectors
Educators
Academics
Researchers from all educational and related sectors
Students of Education leadership, management and administration
All others with an interest in this field of education
Invited Keynote Speakers
The following keynote speakers have been invited to present at the conference.
(Please note that this list of speakers may change.)
Minister Naledi Pandor National Minister of Education, South Africa
Professor Jonathan Jansen Ex Dean of the Faculty of Education, University of Pretoria, SA
Dr Tony Townsend Professor, Department of Educational Leadership, College of Education, Florida Atlantic University
Professor Andy Hargreaves The Thomas More Brennan Chair in Education at Boston College
Professor Petros Pashiardis, Ph.D. President CCEAM, Open University of Cyprus
A greeting from the CCEAM President, Professor Petros Pashiardis
Dear colleagues,
Our membership increases year after year and is becoming, with each passing year, the meeting ground for East, West, North and South. This is the main thrust of the upcoming CCEAM 2008 conference in Durban, South Africa. The Conference theme is: Think Globally, Act Locally. A very timely theme and very appropriate for the multitudes of our membership around the Commonwealth and the globe. Plans for an interesting, informative and integrated CCEAM conference in 2008 are well underway and our friends from EMASA, the affiliate which is organizing this conference are hard at work.
Indeed, the more we become a truly international organization, the more we have to rethink and reframe our most cherished notions of school leadership, management and administration. Durban is already shaping up to be a great host-city for our conference and for those of us who think that we live on the top of the world we are getting ready to go down under. However, a friend from South Africa told me once, how are things down there for you in Europe. That is when I realized that down under or up there are very relative clauses and it really depends on where you stand in order to have a certain point of you. The same goes for our theme: what is global may become local and what is local may become global.
We expect a large number of members from around the Commonwealth and from many more countries from around the world to be present at this wonderful event. See you all there!!!
Professor Petros Pashiardis
CCEAM President