DALTON MAGAZINE

Reports

First Dalton Conference in England 8 - 9 March 1924. Now 85 years ago.

The Dalton Plan in the Elementary School, conference report (pdf)

 

 

 

 



















Brno October 30. 2007

The yearly autumn Dalton teacher training took place on 29 and 30 October.

More than 100 teachers took part in schoolvisits and workshops.

The next Dalton conference in Brno will be on May 6th 2008.

 

Hungary October 26. 2007

A Dalton presentation took place in the “Szent Erzsébet Katolikus Ältalános Iskola in Szentes / Hungary. Ildikó Tar, Kristina Polgar, Vladimir Moskvan and Roel Röhner visited the school , and gave presentations about different Dalton topics for the team of teachers. Judit Hargitai organized this conference.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A delegation of teachers from Brno visited Utrecht from 8 - 12 October 2007

The group visited both locations of Dalton school 'de Twijn' in Utrecht and Dalton school 'de Achtbaan' in Amersfoort. During a symposion with the theme "What makes a good teacher" , Roel Röhner gave a workshop about Dalton teacher competences. The city of Utrecht organized a reception for the delegation.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 















CONFERENCE WARSZAWA 4 – 5 OCTOBER 2007

Under the title “ Child’s right to development” an international conference took place in Warsaw. Several institutions co-operated in the organization of this conference in which more than 300 teachers from Kindergartens took part.




OMEP, the World Organization for Early Childhood Education


Dalton International participated in this conference.  Vladimir Moškvan and Roel Röhner gave practical presentations about the organization of Dalton in Kindergarten. Dalton International is co-operating with OMEP.

registration
opening of the conference
by Anna Wróbel
translation of speeches in 3 languages      Vladimir Moskvan
Roel Röhner Dalton International                 Milada Rabušicová
vice president of OMEP

28 March 2007

For the 3d time a Dalton conference was organized by the Általános Dalton Iskola Györszemere / Hungary. Dalton coördinator Ildikó Tar could welcome 122 participants from the Region of Györ, but also from Szentes. A seminar and several workshops were given by Czech , Dutch and Hungarian Dalton specialists.

Dalton conference Általános Dalton Iskola Györszemere / Hungary Ildikó Tar, Dalton coördinator  Dalton conference Általános Dalton Iskola Györszemere / Hungary
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February 2007

Marek Sapik, designer from "Agentura Bravissimo", Znojmo/CZ got a reward for his outstanding work for Dalton International.

reward for Marek Sapik, designer from "Agentura Bravissimo" reward for Marek Sapik, designer from "Agentura Bravissimo"    
 
20 Februay 2007

On 20 Februay 2007 a Dalton conference in Szentes / Hungary was organized by Judit Mashai in co-operation with the department of education. Roel Röhner and Hans Wenke were invited to give some lectures. The next conference in Hungary will be on 28 march 2007 in Györszemere.

Dalton conference in Szentes / Hungary Dalton conference in Szentes / Hungary    
Dalton conference in Szentes / Hungary Dalton conference in Szentes / Hungary
15 February 2007

Vladimir Moskvan, president of the Czech Dalton Association,

visited the Elementary school of the Institute "Didactita Statale" in Corleone /Sicily to promote the Dalton concept.

Vladimir Moskvan visted Elementary school of the Institute "Didactita Statale" in Corleone /Sicily Vladimir Moskvan visted Elementary school of the Institute "Didactita Statale" in Corleone /Sicily    
 
January 2007

Roel Röhner and Hans Wenke gave several workshops.

 

Roel and Hans gave several workshops.

Hans Wenke is working with a delegation of the Dalton school from Trebic

Roel and Hans gave several workshops. Roel and Hans gave several workshops.  
Roel Röhner during a workshop in the "Europaschule" in Vienna
Member of Honour Hans Versnel

Our Member of Honour Hans Versnel was honoured by the City of Brno for al he did for the city link Utrecht - Brno. The celebration took place on 30. January 2007

 

 


October 2006

Hello,
        My name is Jonathan Ehrlich, and I am a senior at The Dalton School in New York City, and Editor-in-Chief of The Daltonian, the newspaper of record of our school. In an effort to increase the representative writership of Dalton students worldwide, and to spread the concept of a free press to countries that currently experience a lack thereof, I am interested in reaching out to Dalton students across the globe to write about their experience as Dalton students. These pieces would be published in The Daltonian, and copies of the newspaper would be sent to the students' respective countries. Any help that you feel you can provide in this initiative would be greatly appreciated.

Sincerely,
        Jonathan Ehrlich
    The Daltonian
        Editor-In-Chief
        Jonathan_Ehrlich@dalton.org

 

July 2006
School furniture for Dalton school in Hungary.

Dalton school ‘Albert Schweitzer’ in Drunen / NL
had to close their doors because the number of
pupils was too low. The management of the school
decided to offer 55 sets for pupils and some other
furniture to the Dalton Általános Iskola in
Györszemere / Hungary. 
      

School furniture for Dalton school in Hungary School furniture for Dalton school in Hungary School furniture for Dalton school in Hungary

Dalton school ‘De Achtsprong’ in Woerden / NL gave
some material for the Kindergarten in Györszemere.

The transport of all this material was arranged
totally for free by Jacques van der Linden from
Hoek Transport in Maarssen / NL.

   

  

School furniture for Dalton school in Hungary School furniture for Dalton school in Hungary Letter
Ildikó Tar
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Hoek b.v. is also involved in several projects to support
handicapped children, and is initiator of a foundation.

   

 A great initiative warmly recommended by Dalton International.
see : www.drklaun.nl

               

29 March 2006
Dalton Conference Györszemere

For the second time a Dalton conference was organized in  Györszemere / Hungary.
The Általános Iskola was again the organizer , supported by Dalton International.
Dalton coordinator Ildikó Tar gave a hearty welcome to more than 125 participants from the Region Györ, to a big delegation from Szentes and many international guests from Austria, Czech Republic, Germany, Netherlands and Slovakia. The mayor of Györszemere, Ferenc Nagy, opened the conference and said that Györszemere would be happy to continue the good tradition of hosting this official Hungarian Dalton conference. Speeches and workshops were given by Hans Wenke and Roel Röhner
from Holland, Vera Buresova, Jana Matouskova and Pavel Brebera from Czech Republic and finally Marion von Braun, Germany.

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12 - 16 Frebruary 2006

A group of 26 teachers from Brno / CZ, Hungary and Northern-Ireland, with 2 inspectors and 2 heads of educational departments from Czech Republic, visited the Dalton schools in Utrecht and Santpoort - Zuid. Next to several school visits, the group participated in a seminar about self evaluation.
In the evening a music group from Brno was playing and singing. The new Czech Dalton T-shirt was introduced to the foreign participants.

  

January 21th - 29th 2006

Roel Röhner and Hans Wenke were in Brno to finish the Czech translation of 'Hallo Dalton'. They also visited the new Dalton school 'Masarova' and gave a seminar for the schoolteam.


    January 2006

Jinfang Chen from the National Institute for Educational Research translated 'Education on
the Dalton Plan' in the Chinese language. Jinfang Chen will participate in the next International Dalton Conference in Brno.

   

 

 

 

 


FAREWELL MRS WILLIAMS

After 16 years of dedicated service to Ascham School, Mrs Williams will retire at the end of 2008 and all the girls who
have been in her care over the past nine years fare welled her at a special assembly on Wednesday. Mrs Williams has been an inspiration to well over 1000 girls during her time at Ascham and they wanted to express their love and appreciation by singing, playing music for her and reciting some poems which were inspired by her.

The special assembly was attended by Carolyn’s family and we are glad that they were there to see how much she is loved and admired by the girls and her colleagues.

At its conclusion Mrs Williams was given a book containing fond memories of every current Fiona student and a bromeliad to add to her collection.

FROM THE ASCHAM NEWSLETTER  

 

Education on the Dalton plan in China (pdf file)


Oktober 2005

Vladimír Moskvan visited the Dalton schools in Japan.
More information and report soon.
 

 

 

 

 

May 3th 2005

On May 3th the International Dalton Conference took place in Brno. Representatives from different countries participated in this conference.
See : Gallery

 

  

 

 

April 2005

The third book about Dalton education written by
Roel Röhner and Hans Wenke, will be introduced
during the International Dalton Conference in Brno
on 3th May 2005 by the publisher Wim Kooyman.

 

 

 

May 5th 2005

The Altalános Iskolá in Györszemere celebrated during an official meeting their membership of Dalton International. The Mayor of Györszemere unveiled the plaque.
Teachers and students are happy with their new status.

  

 

 

 

 

 

First official Dalton conference for Hungary (18th March 2005) by Roel Röhner
On Friday 18th March 2005 the first official Dalton conference for Hungary took place in the Altalánis Iskolá Györszemere.
 

25 October 2004

During a Dalton seminar in Brno  the Millington Primary School from Portadown got the membership of Dalton International. The principal Derek Holden and two of his teachers, Wendy and Steven, proudly received the official plaque.

   

 

 

 

A group of teachers and officials from Brno visited the city of Leeds / UK
by Roel Röhner

 

September 2004
Ildefon Winter takes her official leave as the headmistress of Dalton school 'de Klipper' on Wednesday 29 September 2004. Ildefon participated several times in the international conferences in Brno. During the last conference week an international group visited the Általános Iskola in Györ / Hungary.

 

 

 

 

September 2004
Ilse Mayer from Vienna and Zsuzsa Gömöry (with her daughter Marta from Györ/Hungary) visited Dalton schools in the Netherlands. The first visit was to Dalton school 'de Twijn' in Utrecht and the next days they visited the 'Brederode Dalton school' in Santpoort-Zuid,
the Dalton secondary school in The Hague and the 'Dalton College'in Zutphen. Visitors from Austria and Hungary in Dalton school 'de Twijn'.Visitors from Austria and Hungary in Dalton school 'de Twijn'.

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

July 2004

Hans Wenke and Roel Röhner are writing a third book about Dalton education.
New innovative elements will be worked out and a lot of practical idea's will be added.
Some topics : quality development - Dalton and multiple intelligences - new inspiration
from other Reform movements.
 

   

 

17. June 2004
Hans Versnel, former coordinator in Utrecht for the City link with Brno, was appointed as 'Member of Honour' for his support to the Dalton project between Brno and Utrecht. Hans Versnel couldn't be present at the Dalton conference in May but today Roel Röhner gave him the plaque during an informal meeting.

 




 

 

New T-shirts of Dalton International available.
Different colours : blue - yellow - red - black
Frontside logo Dalton International, backside different languages
For information :
vmoskvan@chalabalova.cz

   

 

June 2004
Dalton School 'Chalabalova', Brno/CZ and Dalton School 'de Twijn', Utrecht/NL
got a European reward for a Comenius project. Together the pupils of the schools produced several years an international newsletter Çomenius Times'.
Coordinator of this project was the 'Millington Primary School' in Portadown/N-I.
see REPORTS in MAGAZINE

   

 

 

 

 

Official delegation from Brno and Utrecht in Northern Ireland by Roel Röhner

 

Visit to Nothern Ireland by Roel Röhner
Roel Röhner and Hans Wenke visited the "Millington Primary School'
in Portadown / Northern Ireland from 19 - 23 May 2004.
Derek Holden, principal of the school, invited the two Dalton consultants
for a first contact with the school.
 

Visit Általános Iskola, Györszemere (Hungary) by Richard van den Berg

 

International group participated in dutch dalton conference by Roel Röhner

 

MAY 2004
During the opening of the 8th international Dalton conference
in Brno the board of the Czech Dalton Association pronounced
the honourable membership for :
Rowena Danziger      Sydney
Roel Röhner             Houten
Pavel Vlach               Boskovice
Hans Wenke             Meppel
 

   

 

 

 

3-7 April 2004
An official delegation from the city of Brno visited Utrecht from 3-7 April 2004.
One of the results of this 'citylink' is the founding of Dalton International.
Vladimir Adam (head of the youth and sports departement in Brno) ,
Jana Sancova (head of the international department) and Vladimir Moskvan
(headmaster of the Chalabalova Dalton school and president of the Czech Dalton Association) visited several officials in Utrecht. Vladimir Moskvan could proudly present the first copy of the Magazine of Dalton International to the deputy Mayor of Utrecht René Verhulst. In the evening of 6 April the delegation, together with Roel Röhner, gave a presentation of the 'Dalton project Utrecht - Brno' for the deputy committee for international relations of the city of Utrecht.

   

 

First Dalton seminar in Slovakia by Roel Röhner

 

 

 

Dalton Austria by  Edeltraut Mattes

 

Schoolvisit students Akademie der Diözese Linz / Austria
Students of the Pädagogische Akademie in Linz
 

 

December 2003

Vladimir Moskvan was honoured as one of the major representatives
of innovative schools in Czech Republic.
The Dalton development in Brno has a spinn-off effect all over the
country. Reason for the Ambassador of the United States of America,
Mr. Craig Stapleton, to show his gratitude for the implementation of 
an educational concept proceeded from the U.S.A.

Picture from left to right : Vladimir Moskvan - Mrs. Dorothy Stapleton - Mr. Craig Stapleton

 

 

November / December 2003

These months several activities will take place on the occasion of the parting of Rowena Danziger as the headmistress of Ascham, that fabulous girl’s school in  Sydney.
Dalton International is greatly indepted to her
for the support she gave to the international development of Dalton education.
( see DALTON LINKS : History of Dalton at Ascham)

 

November 2003
One of the most important newspapers in Norway payed attention to the new Dalton development in Bergen. Mona Skjonhaus was interviewed. It’s even on the newspapers net website. Click here for the interview:  http://www.bt.no/utdanning/article206802

 

Dalton seminar 21 and 22 Oktober 2003 in Brno/CZ
Under auspices of the CERNEDA project, the Czech Dalton Association, Dalton International and the City of Brno an international Dalton seminar took place in the 'Husova Dalton School' in Brno. On Tuesday 21. Oktober more than 130 participants from different countries could listen to lectures of Prof. Vladimir Smekal (Mazaryk University Brno) ,  Roel Rohner (Dalton consultant / the Netherlands) and Hans Wenke (Dalton consultant / the Netherlands).

In the afternoon two rounds of 13 workshops inspired the participants to use ideas in their own practice. One special workshop was given by Derek Holden, director of a primary school in Portadown / N.Ireland. After these workshops several schools exchanged material in a 'Dalton Market'.

The next day four Dalton schools in Brno opened their doors for groups of collegues. Intensive contact between collegues was the result of this school visit.

At the end of this seminar every participant received an official Dalton Certificat
from Vladimir Adam (head of the educational department of the City of Brno).        

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

September 2003
Mona Skjonhaug / Norwegian Dalton Association organized a first Dalton conference in Bergen. A representation from Dalton International took part in this conference with several lectures. Next schoolyear there will start a new secondary Dalton school in Bergen
and probably a Dalton nursery school.

 

September 2003

From the 1th of January 2004 Susan Preedy will be
the new headmistress of Ascham / Sydney.

Susan Preedy


After her visit to the International Dalton Conference
in Brno (May 2003) , she visited several Dalton schools in the Netherlands.

visit Daltonschool de Twijn Utrecht

visit Brederode Daltonschool te Santpoort-Zuid

Lunch with Susan/ Brederode Daltonschool, Santpoort-Zuid

Visit Jan van Scorel College Alkmaar

 

June 2003
On the 13th of June the Art school "ZUS Veveri" from Brno/CZ
will give a performance of the musical "The Path" in the opening
of a festival in Utrecht/NL.
This musical is an original product of the school and is written
by Ales Kucera and Leos Kuba.

 

 

 

 

 

 

March 2003
This article was published in the magazine of our pedagogical faculty.
It describes the visit of an official delegation from Brno and the interest
in the Dalton training in this institute.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

May 2003
On May 6th the International Dalton Conference took place in Brno. Representatives from different countries participated in this conference. See picture of a workshop.
More under MAGAZINE and GALLERIES

 

 

 

 

 

February 2003
Programme of the International Dalton Conference
available in this website. Registration for this conference is already is possible :
 or later by using the formularin this website under CONFERENCES.

18 - 25 January 2003
Roel Röhner and Hans Wenke will visit the Dalton schools in Brno. They have a meeting with representatives of the Pedagogical Faculty of the Mazaryk University, and make a visit together with Vladimir Moskvan and Alexandr Polak (both directors of Dalton schools) to the "Europaschule" in Vienna. The "Europaschule" is one of the nominated members of Dalton International. The next International Dalton Conference ( 6 and 7 May 2003) will be prepared together with the board of the Czech Dalton Association. See report of this visit later.

6 - 11 January 2003
Johanna Raeburn, head of the mathematics department of the Ascham School in Sydney, makes a visit to some Dalton schools in Holland. On the 6th of January she will visit Dalton school "de Twijn" in Utrecht, 7 and 8 January she is the guest of the  "Stedelijk Dalton College" in Zutphen and from 9 till 11 Johanna Raeburn will visit the Dalton secondary school in Vught.

December 2002.
The Art school in Brno (ZUS Veverï) made contact with the Art Institute (UCK) in Utrecht. A new aspect of the international development and Dalton contacts.

 

 

Oktober 2002
A delegation from the Dalton schools in Brno visited the Dalton school in Moscow.
See MAGAZINE for a report.

Oktober 2002
Roel Röhner visited for the second time the Ascham school in Sydney.
This famous Dalton school is strongly involved in the development of Dalton International.

April 2002
In the Netherlands the two Dalton specialists Roel Röhner and Hans Wenke wrote another book about Dalton education. After their first book , published in 1999 (second edition in 2001). Czech edition in 2000 under the title :"At' Žije Škola" . Both authors wrote "Dalton Education, a lasting inspiration". A manual for teachers and students, with a lot of practical tips and advices. Inspired by the ideas of Helen Parkhurst, the authors based their publication on  her most important conclusions in Education on the Dalton Plan, to show the actual value of the Dalton concept.
The book came out in April 2002.

Roel Röhner and Hans Wenke.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

February 2002
Vladimir Moskvan  gave a lecture during a conference in Poznan. 

 

 

 

 

January 2002
Hans Wenke and Roel Röhner gave a workshop in the Chalabalova Dalton school in Brno. 30 teachers from this school and the Dalton school Kridlovicka participated. 

 

 

 

 

Innovational Management of the Basic School through the example of the Dalton Plan
by Vladimír Moškvan (2001)
 

Dalton abroad
by Judith Sheridan / The Dalton School New York
 

Visit delegation from Dalton Brno to Dalton Moscow by Vladimír Moskvan

The Ascham School Sydney by Roel Röhner 

   

 

An article in the Moravské newspaper about
the Daltonconference in Brno 2001.