WGII Calendar

For further details about any of the events listed in our calendar please  check our HOME PAGE or CONTACT WGII.

PURPOSE OF THE CALENDAR

If you take any one WGII event, Certification week for example, long before it happens quite a number of other plans need to be in place. Trainees need lots of forewarning about the dates so that holidays and other personal events can be planned; instructors need to be located; events need to be arranged. Even before all of this the National Executive needs to take stock of the current needs. The purpose of the calendar is to help co-ordinate all such WGII plans so that matters are discussed, decided and published when they need to be. The calendar also helps avoid clashes with other events that are popular for many of our members. Obviously the calendar will require modifications from time to time but it should help alert us to the run-on consequences of some changes.

Members should note that the calendar is normally revised at the November WGII meeting.

JANUARY	1st January	Start of WGII administrative year Deadline for Membership Renewal
		Advanced Course Co-ordinator finalizes instructor contracts and notifies Newsletter of course dates and venues.
	mid month	Branches to send list of committee officials to WGII Treasurer and send contact name + dates of meetings to Newsletter.
FEBRUARY	early month	WGII MEMBERSHIP LIST AND CARDS published and posted
	Last Saturday	WGII COMMITTEE MEETING · Review of progress on Professional Development plans · Choose potential host for National Convention in 20 months and issue invitation to Branch.PRACTICUM SUPERVISORS’ MEETING
		BRANCHES: Treasurer sends Branch committees portion of membership dues plus set of address labels.
	End-month	NEWSLETTER · Reports on AGM and new Committee · Reports on National Convention · Reports from Branches · Calendar of WGII events including Branch meetings · Early news of dates and venues for summer courses · News/form for Professional Development Courses
APRIL	17th	Basic and Advanced Trainees forward Provisional Course Booking Form and Deposit.
	30th	Completion date for Practicum Work Reminder to branches to send motions (individual and/or branch) to the WGII Secretary before end of May.
MAY		Branches to send motions to Secretary
	2nd Saturday	WGII COMMITTEE MEETING · Confirm Branch hosting National Convention in 17 months
	3rd Saturday	RICHARD PULK PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SEMINAR
	31st	Deposits deadline for Advanced and Certification weeks Supervisors give Practicum Completion documents and yellow cards to their trainees. Trainees confirm their course booking by sending Completion Documents, yellow card and balance of fees to WGII (who will then send receipt and course details).
JUNE		SUMMER COURSES
JULY		SUMMER COURSES
	early month	INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION
	mid month	CERTIFICATION WEEK FACULTY TRAINING PROGRAMMES WGII provisional advanced booking of Instructors for following summer
	end month	Office sends labels of newly-Certified to Branches
AUGUST		SUMMER COURSES
SEPTEMBER	3rd Saturday	WGII COMMITTEE MEETING Last meeting of administrative year PRACTICUM SUPERVISORS MEETING Issue Practicum statistics forms NEWSLETTER · Summer News · International Convention Report · Reminders about National Convention · Advance details on next International Convention · Reports from Branches · Advance news of forthcoming Branch Meetings MAILSHOT TO ALL CERTIFIED · AGM agenda and details · AGM motions · Voting papers · Copy of Accounts
OCTOBER	1st weekend	WGII NATIONAL CONVENTION & AGM WGII COMMITTEE MEETING at AGM
	3rd weekend	INTERNATIONAL QUALITY SCHOOL CONSORTIUM
	Hallowe’en	AUTUMN COURSES
NOVEMBER		Practicum Supervisors forward Practicum Commencement forms to Practicum Co-ordinator
		MAILSHOT TO ALL CERTIFIED · MEMBERSHIP renewal forms · Survey of Professional Development needs
	3rd Saturday	WGII COMMITTEE MEETING · allocate/clarify roles · Estimate demand for Adv/Cert Courses based on statistics from Practicum Co-ordinator · Plan details of Summer Course Schedule · Establish WGII calendar · RICHARD PULK DAY: Choice of topics/facilitators for Professional Development INSTRUCTORS’ MEETING · Plan forthcoming courses · Share areas of concern, skills

This calendar is aimed at co-ordinating administrative work of WGII. For more specific information about courses and other WGII details you are recommended to visit the WGII web-site. The official copy of this calendar with latest modifications will be kept on the website (www.wgii.ie).