13 th OECD-Japan Seminar June 7 -8 2010

13 th OECD-Japan Seminar June 7 -8, 2010 Tokyo, Japan “Pursuing Professional Development and Attaining Program Management and Leadership Quality in ECEC”

Professional Dev. Quantity & Workforce (May 2009) Quality Equally in widening. Policies economic-gap (since 2007) society Leadership PD as an entire entity raise Knowledgebased Quality School Leadership in Practice Report (2008) Ways of Improving Quality

PD in Japan Teaching certificate renewal system Selfevaluation system @ preschool Program evaluation system @ K continuous lifelong learning opportunities for professionals

conferring current global trend extracting practical cases with distinctive features learning ways of tackling these issues concretely Objectives

Administrative Level • How policy relates to PD Practical Level • How policy impact practice Two Layers

Academics & Professional Korea, bodies China, Singapore, & others (e. g. , countries in Policy makers ARNEC; Global Strategies) Practitioners & Parents OECD/ECEC Network Theme: Media & Journalists PD & Leadership local, national, & international perspectives Dialogues among Stakeholders

June 7 th June 8 th June 9 th • • • 2 Keynotes • 2 Workshops • 2 Plenary Sessions • School Visits (integrating system, kindergarten, preschools, etc) 2 Keynotes Steven Barnett Christine Pascal 2 Workshop Plans & Schedules (tentative)

We look forward to meeting all of you in Japan next June!!