The silent power of the school leader
Maike Pollaert
In this interactive session, you will discover how to consciously use your non-verbal communication to lead a learning organization in a relaxed manner.
From ambition to visible results
The strength of the Education Region Hollands Noorden lies in collaboration. Working together to realize ambitions, share knowledge and experience, and achieve visible results. On Monday afternoon, January 25, we bring together professionals from our education region: administrators, school leaders, HR professionals, teacher trainers, policymakers, researchers, and other education professionals.
An afternoon to meet and connect, to deepen and inspire, to share knowledge and to come up with new ideas. But above all: an afternoon to build on our educational region together. Because the Education Region of the Southern Netherlands is who we are together.
We come together with over 200 colleagues from the Education Region of North Holland at the AZ Stadium. Everyone who contributes to education in our region is welcome. We get to know each other, share experiences, and come up with new ideas.
We start together with the inspiring keynote
Collaboration and synergy from a military perspective
By Colonel of the Marines G.(Geoffrey) Rellum, Commandant of the Royal Institute of the Navy.
In his keynote, Geoffrey takes us on a journey into collaboration from a military perspective. Drawing on the idea of a whole-of-society approach, he translates this into our own practice: what does good collaboration require from me, my organization, and us as a region?
Agenda
After the keynote speech by Marine Colonel Geoffrey Rellum, you can create your own program from a wide range of workshops in two rounds. In parallel, the symposium “Organizing, Thinking & Doing Differently” (made possible by the innovation subsidy) takes place.
Just like in our education system, we don’t believe in a one-size-fits-all approach. That’s why you choose what suits you best. Want to deepen your knowledge and skills? Take part in a brainstorming session? Let yourself be inspired by something on the horizon? Or head home with something that you can start working on the very next day?
You choose. You contribute. Together we create the Education Region of North Holland.
Sign up immediately! In late November, we will send you an email and you can then choose which workshops or symposium you would like to attend.
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Open reception and welcome
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Keynote
Marine Colonel Geoffrey Rellum
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Workshop round 1
Choose from the various workshops
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Anders Organizing, Thinking & Doing Round 1
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Pause
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Plenary
From ambition to visible results
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Workshop round 2
Choose from the various workshops
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Anders Organizing, Thinking & Doing Round 2
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Closing and drinks
Workshops
Educating pioneering teachers: creating space for the student teacher.
Vincent de Munck
Maintaining the balance between being a teacher, being a student, and being a human being.
Setting up a regional VO emergency response pool: From pilot to practice together
Maarten Post
During a table discussion, participants are actively encouraged to contribute ideas, explore connections and gaps, and jointly find solutions.
Learning culture, what exactly do we mean by that?
Guus van Deelen
During this practical workshop, we will return to the purpose. Why do we actually want a learning culture? What problem are we trying to solve with it? And what can we do concretely then?
Toolbox ‘Workplace supervisors on the job!’
Marise Huizinga
This workshop is about involving workplace supervisors to learn and develop together.
Why teachers stay or leave
Dr. Neline de Jong-Kroon
In this workshop we discover the role that leadership, collegial collaboration, autonomy, and meaningful work play in the decision to stay or leave.
The ABC of the teacher – from paper to practice
Laura Polder
In this interactive 55-minute workshop, participants will briefly get acquainted with the principles of the ABC. Then, based on a relatable real-life situation and conversation questions, we will work on the practical application of the principles ourselves.
Yes, tie it up!
Maike Pollaert
In this interactive session, you will discover how to consciously use your body language and voice to capture the attention of students and mentally activate them.
How do you approach a lesson? From observation to development.
Gökhan Özkan
In this interactive workshop, participants go through the entire process of professional observation using a real case study.
What can you do as a manager to keep teachers on board?
Dr. Neline de Jong-Kroon
Using recognizable situations and practical tools, participants explore how to recognize signs of potential exit, have good conversations, and take concrete steps.
Regional connection within the vocational training framework: vo-mbo-hbo/labour market
Joost Kranenburg and Leonie Weijling
In this active workshop, we will together discover what is already being done in the context of student mobility at the other educational organizations, and where there are still opportunities in the field of student mobility, integration, and retention of students in the region.
Symposium Organizing Differently, Thinking and Doing
Kim Hart
All participants participate in both rounds: Round 1: An interactive, theatrical experience. Playing, changing perspectives, and discovering what scarcity does to collaboration. Round 2: Meeting. Schools, administrations, knowledge partners and the pioneers of the first subsidy round meet each other based on the question: what do you want to learn and who can help you with that?
Sign up
Sign up immediately! In late November, we will send you an email and you can then choose which workshops or symposium you would like to attend.
We work together
Frequently asked questions
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Ask your questionThe conference is intended for everyone who contributes to education in the Education Region of North Holland. This includes administrators, school leaders, HR professionals, teacher trainers, policymakers, researchers, and other education professionals.
The conference will take place on Monday 25 January 2027 at the AZ Stadium in Alkmaar. You are welcome from 12:30. The program runs until 17:00 and will conclude with a drinks reception.
You can sign up using the sign up button on this page. After your registration, you will receive the full workshop program in November. You can then indicate your preferences.
Yes! You can create your own program from a wide range of workshops, divided into two rounds. This way, you can choose the topics that best suit your interests and work activities.
This symposium takes place in parallel with the workshops.
The education region Hollands Noorden provides funding for practice-oriented research, pilots and experiments that are carried out by VO and mbo schools themselves. The initiatives are intended to help schools
– organizing education more practically and in an inspiring way
– together discover how to deal with scarcity
– to continue providing good and appropriate education for their students/pupils
and in a way that brings energy into daily teaching practice
Yes, you can participate in the conference and all the workshops free of charge.
Yes. Free parking is available at the AZ stadium.
No, we encourage you to attend the full program.
Absolutely. The conference is for all administrators, school leaders, HR professionals, teacher trainers, policymakers, researchers and other education professionals in our region.