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Winter Conference: an initiative of the Association of Teacher Education in Europe (ATEE)
The ATEE Winter conference has been decided by the ATEE Administrative Council and by the President for the purpose of discussing and deepening the issues studied by the Research and Development Centres (RDC) of the Association. Year in, year out the RDCs may widen their research by means of specific conferences open to European and Non-European experts. The third conference theme will be a consideration of the multi dimensional roles of leaders and managers in educational organisations.

‘Multi-dimensional aspects of leadership for learning’

The role of leaders of learning is critical to the development of national and European economy and thus is high on the European agenda. In a series of EU documents (Lisbon, Copenhagen and in EU action plans) this has been well highlighted. It is now widely acknowledged that education is the key to a nation’s competitiveness in the global economy and a great premium continues to be placed upon the potential of educational leadership to create the conditions for positive development and change.
This mini-conference is an opportunity to share and to benefit from the pooled knowledge, insights and strategies to promote leadership for learning and development within educational organisations.

The multi-dimensional aspects of leadership under consideration will include:

• Commonalities and differences in the variety of educational contexts 
• Challenges facing Leaders in Education 
• Leading Professional Learning

Goals 

• to raise awareness of the key aspects of educational leadership in different contexts
• to raise consciousness of different learning contexts in Europe 
• to explore specific competences of deans and other senior leaders in field of education
• to explore duties, roles and responsibilities in their institutions 
• to explore the impact of government policies as well as international co-operation and international agreements on the role leaders in education.
• to have a one-to-one professional coaching opportunity 
• to promote European and international co-operation.

All participants who want to present their work at the ATEE Educational Leadership and Management Winter Conference are invited to submit an abstract. Contributors can submit proposals for individual papers, workshops, symposia or posters. A brief description of each type of submission is provided below.

• Submission deadline for abstracts 15st December 2010
• Notification of acceptance 10 January 2011
• Deadline for submission of full papers 30 January 2011

General guidelines for abstracts

• All abstracts should be submitted in English, which is the official language of the conference. 
• All abstracts should be in MS Word, font size 12, Times New Roman.
• Abstracts of individual papers, posters or workshops should be approximately 500 words in Word format as an email attachment to
• abstracts of symposia should consist of an (up to 500 words) overview, followed by an (up to 500 words) abstract for each paper, sent in Word format as an email attachment ONLY to ateewinter2011@gmail.com.

If accepted, conference papers should be no longer than 5,000 words (in total). Submissions must be full papers. Information on submission of full papers will be given with the letter of acceptance.

After double blind review selected papers may be published in a theme issue of the European Journal of Teacher Education; other selected papers will be published in conference proceedings

Individual papers
Parallel sessions will be organised in which people can present their work. If possible, individual papers will be grouped in thematic sessions. Each speaker will have about 20 minutes of presentation time, followed by 10 minutes of discussion.

Workshops
The aim of a workshop is to create an interactive and active learning forum in which scholars and practitioners can be inspired by colleagues. Workshops may, for instance, provide an opportunity to exchange experiences and knowledge about how to deal with needs in certain career stages of teachers in practice, about professional development in specific learning contexts, or about specific competences of in-service learning facilitators. A workshop will take one hour and a half.

Posters
The aim of the poster session is to give a forum to researchers who are not yet able to present results, but want to discuss their research design, methods, etc. or to give a forum to practitioners who want discuss a design for in service learning practice. The posters will be linked to opportunities for round table discussion.

Symposia
A symposium is a group of 2 to 4 presentations (preferable 2 or 3 speakers plus a discussant) devoted to a specific topic and is one hour and a half to two hours in length. A symposium aims to be an active discussion forum on a relevant issue within the domain of in service learning. Proposals should address topics of broad concern to the participants. Symposia should be submitted as single submissions by the symposium organiser/convenor.


Conference proceedings

The conference proceedings will be published on the ATEE website.

Registration fees include:

• Organisation of Conference; 
• Welcome reception, coffee breaks, social dinner;
• Conference documentation; 
• Conference proceedings

Method of payment:
BANK TRANSFER

BNP Paribas
Avenue Louise 58
B 1050 Brussels
Phone +32 2 2897220

Account number:
IBAN BE 53 0016 1391 0753
BIC – SWIFT GEBABEBB

Please indicate personal details and quote ‘Winter Conference 2011’ when making the transaction.


CANCELLATION POLICY: cancellation before 20th January 2011: 40% of the registration fee will be refunded.
Cancellation after this date will not be refunded.

Schedule

The Winter Conference 2011 will be held at Hotel Jelovica in Bled, Slovenia.
D.O.O. Cesta Svobode 8, 4260 Bled

BLED ACCOMMODATION  

Hotel Jelovica***
Telephone: +386 (0)4 579 60 00
Website: www.hotel-jelovica.si  

Hotel Jelovica Bled *** is a three-star higher middleclass hotel, connected with a pleasant park leads down to the lake shore. The hotel is close to the events/conference centre and the old town centre.

To book your accommodation for the conference, please contact

Ms. Spela Kavcic - email: recepcija@hotel-jelovica.si

and mention " ATEE Winter Conference" for reduced rates.

TRAVEL INFORMATION - TRAVELLING TO BLED

By car
The easiest and fastest way to reach Bled is by car. Slovenia’s highways are good and clearly signposted, and Bled is easily reachable from all parts of the country. Please visit Route planner at http://www.viamichelin.com/viamichelin/gbr/tpl/hme/MaHomePage.htm  for detailed information about your travel to Bled.

If you are arriving to Slovenia by plane, you can take a taxi or rent a car at the Ljubljana Airport. You can find all contacts at the webpage of Ljubljana Joze Pucnik Airport at http://www.lju-airport.si/eng/vsebina.asp?IDM=94 . 

By bus

Bus station at Bled is located in the centre of the town, north of the main tourist street. It is in a walking distance of several hotels.

From Ljubljana •

The easiest way to travel from Ljubljana to Bled by bus is to departure from the main bus station in Ljubljana (Ljubljana Avtobusna postaja). Buses leave several times per day and take approximately 1 hour and 20 minutes to get to Bled. For an exact timetable, please visit Bus station Ljubljana webpage at http://www.ap-ljubljana.si/eng/index1.php .


From Ljubljana Airport•

There is no direct bus connection between Ljubljana Airport and Bled. For information regarding private bus transportation, please contact:

ZUP PREVOZIA leš Zupančič s.p.Britof 220 a, 4000 Kranj

GSM: ++386 (0)31 30 41 41
e-mail: info@zup-prevozi.eu 
website www.zup-prevozi.eu  


By train:

The Lesce-Bled railway station (3,8 km from Bled) is located approximately 4 km from the centre of Bled. It takes about 10 minutes to get to Bled by local bus or you can hire a taxi.
The nearest railway station is Bled-Jezero, right above the Bled lake (2,6 km from Bled), however there is no organised transport to the centre of Bled. If you are travelling by train, we suggest you choose the Lesce-Bled railway station.
You can check the train schedule and prices on the Slovenian Railways website (http://www.slo-zeleznice.si/en/ ).

• From Ljubljana

The easiest way to reach the Lesce-Bled railway station is to departure from Ljubljana main railway station. Trains from Ljubljana to Bled leave several times a day. For an exact timetable, please visit the Slovenian Railways webpage at http://www.slo-zeleznice.si/en/ .

• From Ljubljana Airport

There is no direct railway connection between Ljubljana Airport and Bled.



VISA INFORMATION

Slovenia is a member of the European Union since 2004. Border formalities are minimal and correspond to the European standards. To cross the border, a valid passport is sufficient if the visit is no longer than three months. Citizens of member countries of the European Union, Croatia, and Switzerland can cross the border with a valid personal identification document, but the visit can not be longer than thirty days.
Travellers from countries with which the European Union has not reached an agreement on the abolition of visas must have visas in their passports valid for at least six months, which they can get at any Slovene (or otherwise authorized) representative office in their home countries. Please check if you need a visa for your stay in Slovenia at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs webpage at http://www.mzz.gov.si/en/visa_information/entry_to_slovenia/.

TOURIST INFORMATION:
Tourist Association Bled
Cesta svobode 104260 Bled

Phone: ++386 (0)4 574 11 22 ++386 (0)4 574 14 09
Fax: ++386 (0)4 574 15 55
e-mail: td-bled@telemach.si  

website: http://www.bled.si  


REFERENCES:

Ljubljana Tourist Board, 2006: A guide to Ljubljana for Business Travellers
http://www.ukom.gov.si/eng/slovenia/in-brief/  
http://www.ukom.gov.si/slovenija-summit/eng/meeting/bled/
http://www.slovenia.info/en/Home.htm?home=0&lng=2  
http://www.lju-airport.si/eng/vsebina.asp?IDM=94  
http://www.bled.si/en/default.asp