UNISON School Support Staff Seminar Programme 2016 Wednesday 27 April 2016, 10.00 16.00 – Venue: The Renaissance Hotel, Blackfriars Street, Manchester, M3 2EQ 9am - 10am Registration & Refreshments 10am 10.05 Welcome – Pam Howard Chair of the Schools Committee – 10.05 10.15 Welcome to Manchester – John Edwards - Director of Education, Manchester City Council 10.15 10.45 Key note speaker – Tony Lloyd, Interim Mayor of Greater Manchester & former Labour MP 10.45 11.15 Challenges ahead – Union Bill - Narmada Thiranagama The Education White Paper (forced academies) - Jon Richards 11 .15 11.30 Break – 11.30 12.30 Workshops round one – Workshop 1 Campaigning and social media Alison Charlton UNISON National Officer Workshop 2 UNISON and you getting involved – Jennifer Mitchell, UNISON Workshop 3 Term time workforce issues Carol Ball & Jackie Dean, School Sector Committee Workshop 4 Organising in academies Chris Fabby & Mike Campbell-Kealy UNISON
UNISON School Support Staff Seminar Programme 2016 Wednesday 27 April 2016, 10.00 – 16.00 Venue: The Renaissance Hotel, Blackfriars Street, Manchester, M3 2EQ 9am - 10am Registration & Refreshments 10am – 10.05 Welcome Pam Howard – Chair of the Schools Committee 10.05 – 10.15 Welcome to Manchester John Edwards - Director of Education, Manchester City Council 10.15 – 10.45 Key note speaker Tony Lloyd, Interim Mayor of Greater Manchester & former Labour MP 10.45 – 11.15 Challenges ahead Union Bill - Narmada Thiranagama The Education White Paper (forced academies) - Jon Richards 11 .15 – 11.30 Break 11.30 – 12.30 Workshops round one Workshop 1 Campaigning and social media Alison Charlton UNISON National Officer Workshop 2 UNISON and you – getting involved Jennifer Mitchell, UNISON Workshop 3 Term time workforce issues Carol Ball & Jackie Dean, School Sector Committee Workshop 4 Organising in academies Chris Fabby & Mike Campbell-Kealy UNISON