School Governor Conference 2009

The fourth annual school governor conference was held on Tuesday 21 April 2009 at the La Mon House Hotel, Castlereagh. The conference was held in partnership with the Education and Training Inspectorate, the Education and Library Boards and the Regional Training Unit. The conference was held in appreciation of the important voluntary work undertaken by school governors and to extend communication between school governors and the Department on education policies and developments.

The conference was attended by more than 150 school governors. You may wish to view some of the materials from the conference:

• Conference programme (PDF 46 KB)
• Conference objectives (PDF 20 KB)
• Education Minister, Caitriona Ruane's, speech (PDF 45 KB)
• Education Permanent Secretary, Will Haire's, speech (PDF 45 KB)
• Guest speaker, Peter Breene's, presentation slides Dreams, Transformation and Reality (PPT 6607 KB)
• Chief Inspector, Stanley Goudie's, presentation slides (PPT 6604 KB)
• Seminar slides - Liz Cross, The Art of Leadership (PPT 1002 KB)
• Pen picture booklet of speakers attending (PDF 209 KB)

Video footage of the Minister's speech, the Permanent Secretary's speech and Liz Cross' seminar on The Art of Leadership will also be available on this page shortly.