The South African Principals Association and the South African Heads of Independent Schools Association are our hosts for the 2012 ICP General Meeting and Annual General Meeting at the Southern Sun Hyde Park Sandton Hotel in Johannesburg, South Africa. Our hosts have prepared an information sheet about the hotel and South Africa. Click here to read the information sheet.

Please note the news item below about the elections to be held at the AGM on 5 August.

To register for the meeting, please go to the Meeting Registration page - click here to go to it - you will have to login to get access to it. The registration form is at the bottom of that page - scroll down to find it.

Elections for the following positions will be held at the 2012 ICP Annual General Meeting, to be held on 5 August 2012 in Johannesburg, South Africa, in conjunction with the ICP Council Meeting:

• ICP Executive Committee - General Representative. Click here to download the nomination form.
• ICP Executive Committee - Regional Representative (Africa) Click here to download the nomination form.
• ICP Executive Committee - Regional Representative (Europe) Click here to download the nomination form.

The latest issue of Relationships, the ICP newsletter for its members around the world, contains articles from Canada, Ireland, Saudi Arabia, Singapore and South Africa on a wide range of topics, including leadership development, the role of parents in making a good school, maths and science curricula, dimensions of a great workplace, conferences, and instructional leadership.

Click here to download the newsletter.

School leaders are cordially invited to The ArtScience of School Leadership, the 4th Global Education Conference organised by the Academy of Principals (Singapore) on 12-13 July 2012 at the Waterfront Grand Copthorne, Singapore. Click here to read more about the conference or by clicking here to download a flyer with more information.

Click here to download the February 2012 issue of the ICP Newsletter. The contents of this issue include:

• Information about the ICP Council Meeting in South Africa in August - essential reading for meeting delegates.

• Information about the ICP Girls Education Conference in South Africa in August 2012 - The Struggle for Gender Equality.

• 2013 ICP Convention in Cairns, Australia - Inspiring Global Leadership.

Members attending the recent Amersfoort Meeting were provided with a publication: If a Disaster Befalls the School: Coping with disasters in an educational setting. VO-raad and the ICP are now pleased to advise that hard copies of the publication are now available.  Please follow the advice provided when you click on the Read more ... link below.

The reports of violence and accidents that occur on an almost daily basis illustrate how peaceful school life can suddenly be disturbed by traumatic events. This publication provides information about traumatic events and the way in which the school can respond. It offers guidance on compiling a scenario book. The information contained in this publication is based on professional literature about traumatic events; on the experiences of school managers, teachers and social workers in the Netherlands who have had to cope with similar events at their schools; and in addition, on the experiences of schools in other countries.