JAMAICA TEACHERS= ASSOCIATION

FORTIETH ANNUAL CONFERENCE
2004 AUGUST 16 - 18

CONFERENCE PROGRAMME

VENUE: RENAISSANCE JAMAICA GRANDE HOTEL, OCHO RIOS, ST. ANN

THEME: "REFLECTING ON THE PAST…. REPOSITIONING FOR THE FUTURE"

Conference Church Service:

Date: : Sunday, August 15
Church : Wesleyan Holiness Church, Torrington, Westmoreland
Time : 10:00 a.m.

MONDAY, AUGUST 16
Registration: 8:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.

Coffee Break: 10:30 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.

FIRST SESSION: 11:00 A.M. - 12:30 P.M.

1. President=s Welcome
2. Constitution of Conference & Standing Orders
3. Questions
4. Keynote Address - Mr. William Madisha - President of the South Africa Democratic
Teachers' Union
5. Announcements & Adjournment

LUNCH: 12:30 P.M. - 2:00 P.M.

SECOND SESSION: 2:00 P.M. - 4:30 P.M.

6. Constitution of Conference
7. Answers to Questions & Questions
8. Notices of Motion
9. Annual Report
10. Financial Report
11. 2005-2006 Budget
12. .Announcements & Adjournment

COFFEE BREAK - 3:00 P.M.

THIRD SESSION - 8:00 P.M. - 10:00 P.M.

13. President=s Remarks
14. Excuses, Obituaries, Congratulations and Personal Messages
15. Welcome
16. Proclamation of President-Elect
17. Musical Item
18. Out-Going President=s Address
19. Investiture Ceremony
20. Presidential Address
21. Announcements & Adjournment

TUESDAY - AUGUST 17

FOURTH SESSION - 9:00 A.M. - 10:30 A.M.

22. Women=s Caucus

COFFEE BREAK - 10:30 A.M.. - 11:00 A.M.

FIFTH SESSION - 11:30 A.M. - 12:30 P.M.

23. Constitution of Conference
24. Summary of Previous Day=s Proceedings
25. Answers to Questions & Questions
26. Notices of Motion
27. Allied Group Reports
S Jamaica Publishing House
S JTA Cooperative Credit Union
27. Resolutions
28. Announcements & Adjournment

LUNCH - 12:30 - 2:00 P.M.

SIXTH SESSION - 2:00 P.M. - 3:30 P.M.

29. Constitution of Conference
30. Answers to Questions & Questions
31. Salaries and Conditions of Service Report
32. Resolutions

33. Announcements & Adjournment
SEVENTH SESSION - 3:30 - 5:30 P.M.

34. Constitution of Conference
35. Answers to Questions & Questions
36. Strategic Plan
37. Announcements & Adjournment

EIGHTH SESSION - 8:00 P.M. - 10:00 P.M.

38. Constitution of Conference
39. Answers to Questions & Questions
40. Awards Banquet
41. Announcements & Adjournment

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 18

NINTH SESSION - 8:30 A.M. - 11:00 A.M.

42. Constitution of Conference
43. Summary of Previous Day=s Proceedings
44. Answers to Questions & Questions
45. Ministry of Education, Youth & Culture
46. Announcements & Adjournment

COFFEE BREAK - 11:00 A.M. - 11:30 A.M.

TENTH SESSION - 11:30 A.M. - 12:30 P.M.

47. Constitution of Conference
48. Answers to Questions & Questions
49. Presentation of the JTA=s 2003-2004 Programme
50. Resolutions
51. Announcements & Adjournment

LUNCH: 12:30 P.M. - 2:00 P.M.

ELEVENTH SESSION: 2:00 P.M. - 4:00 P.M.

52. Constitution of Conference
53. Answers to Questions & Questions
54. Constitution of General Council 2003-2004
55. Closing of Conference
56. Rise of Conference

Special General Council Meeting to constitute Committees - September 4, 2004
at 9:00 a.m.