The annual conference of the
Centre for Inclusive Education is an international forum at which the latest topics and developments in the field of inclusive education in Bulgaria and abroad are presented. This event is Bulgaria's largest platform on inclusive education and every year there are more than 300 teachers, principals and specialist that take part in it and more than 600 following it live online. The first Inclusive Education Conference was held in 2007 and since 2014 it has become an annual event.
This year the 6th Annual Conference on Inclusive Education will take place on November 3rd 2018, at the National Palace of Culture, Hall 6 and its focus will be on the topic of the different stakeholders and their roles in the process of inclusive education.
It will be held with the support of
America for Bulgaria Foundation and
UNICEF Bulgaria.
The first part of the conference will focus on the topics of Leadership on the Path of Inclusive Education, Inclusion and Equity, Inclusion in Education Beyond Special Education Needs and School Leadership Teams and the Way of Reaching Whole School Approach.
The second part of the conference will address the growing demand of our audience to participate and actively discuss important issues of inclusive education. There will be two interactive panel discussions that will gather 3 representatives from all 4 key stakeholders in the process of Inclusive education: principals, teachers, specialists and parents. They will have the opportunity to discuss on the several topics selected as most actual and important for inclusive education from the Professional Community for Inclusive Education and voted as most important from the participants prior to the conference.
Preliminary programme:
09.00 - 09.30 - Opening
09.30 - 10.00 Leadership on the Path of Inclusive Education - Iva Boneva, Executive Director, Centre for Inclusive Education
10.00 - 10.30 - Coffee Break
10.30 - 11.10 Inclusion: Building the Plane While Flying - Prof. David Rodrigues, University of Lisboa, Portuagal
11.10 - 11.50 Inclusion in Education Beyond Special Education Needs - Prof. Douglas Cheney, Ph.D, University of Washington
11.50 - 12.30 School Leadership Teams and the Way of Reaching Whole School Approach - Bridget Walker, Ph.D, University of Washington
12.30 - 13.30 - Lunch
13.30 - 14.00 – Presentation of the book:
How to Differentiate Instruction in Academically Diverse Classrooms of Carol Ann Tomlinson – Dr. Bridget Walker, University of Washington and a Bulgarian teacher
14.00 - 15.00 - First discussion session – Important Questions on Inclusive Education – part 1
15.00 - 15.30 - Coffee Break
15.30 - 16.30 - Second discussion session – Important Questions on Inclusive Education – part 2
16.30 - 16.40 – Closing
16.40 – 17.30 - Time for socializing and a glass of wine
REGISTRATION FORM
