Implementing+the+Change

=Policy/Focus= = =

(PLT Time) -Support ->Target 70% of all discussion to focus on how teacher collaboratively share use of technology "How used in classroom" Performance management plans ->planning school (from scratch) Pohey Policy/Focus on: Teacher practice to lead to implementation of 21st century pedagogy into diverse school enviornments
 * Teacher Mentors
 * Learning Area Teams
 * Include in learning area plans
 * Include in Teachers/ HOLAS
 * All decisions put teaching/learning first
 * Free up assessment procedures (to reflect learning
 * Instead of doing school planning
 * Engagement and proactive support by senior management is a must
 * Dept of Education become committed to assisting schools with their ICT plans
 * Redeploy staff to allow time for PL & collaboration
 * Offer incentives to those who demonstrate ICT development/PL engagement
 * Open the network infrastructure to be less controlled/restrictive
 * Pohey freeing up of departmental blocks.
 * Department to develop a greater focus on I.T.
 * Use the half cohort staffing reducation to factor in more PL opportunities
 * Developing a Pohey inclusive of all needs.
 * Action statement**
 * Action statement**

Community Parents
To promote and explain - night school? - after work? Make the school a part of the community. Parents on-site mentorship within community
 * Professionally run programs/support programs to "upskill" parent/ parent groups
 * PAC meetings
 * Show ICT relevance to curric./ testing achievement
 * Clear examples of how 21st century technology can improce the learning for children
 * engagment of parents in partnership
 * programs to educate parents about online networks & enviornment
 * get parents onside by giving information
 * programs to educate parents about 21st C learning networks
 * convince parents to attend PD sessions
 * include parents into learning programs so that they can be as aware as their children
 * forms & DOE teams to raise community awareness
 * involve community
 * Action statement:**

PD Pre-Service
- not online only free - Time - Ability to visit good practitioner - Staff incent. - Collaborative model - have them follow along - show the possibilities - reduce the fear - allowing enough time to clear the head and focus on the big picture -simple, practicle examples/lessons
 * Teacher inservice training
 * professional development for all uncluding parents
 * implement sabbaticals focussed on ICT shells & pedagogms
 * develop PL programs for teachers in the use of ICT in schools
 * professional learning opportunities provided by the department as often as required for all staff
 * have flying squad of experts
 * release staff for sufficient time to "play", implement ideas ,lessons, knowledge, etc
 * focus on "courage" in PD to help overcome fear, anxiety, need for control, etc
 * unlimited access to PD
 * PD enable staff to work at their own pace, during school day on prof. learning
 * pay staff to attend out of houes PD
 * open training up to relief teachers of unattached
 * PD for staff linked to specific follow- up/ application with a partner
 * PD for teachers and time to implement and learn
 * training/practice
 * provide all staff with their own laptop when they achieve basic compelatecy with ICT
 * provide non compulsory workshops for all staff
 * meaningful training of staff in new technology
 * introduce staff to new techno allowing them to "play" and devel confidence
 * on going support in the classroom
 * provide professional development on how to use technology effectively in the classroom
 * just in time learning: short,sharp,easy access to learning
 * encourage "sandpit" time
 * increase professional learning
 * workshop demonstrating to teachers how to use some of the tools in their lessons
 * whole out of class days dedicated to the discussion on how to make the shift
 * professional learning. Model I.T. getting staff to be involved in forums to familiarise, take away fears, etc
 * spoon feeding technology ideas to staff

Resources/Staffing (Infrastructure) Support
- Trainee (apprenticeships aust) use teacher FTE - test lab, at home for teachers in "group" sessions -junors/middle upper
 * make the system robust- all the time
 * supply good tech support
 * increase DOE finding for ICT hardware, P.D, Infrastructure, maintenance
 * appoint technician.
 * provide ICT technician to every school
 * computer technicians "on-hand" at all schools to deal with the tech problems as they arise
 * computer technician for each school
 * locally employed technicians for a small group of schools
 * provide IT support that is timely and reliable
 * providing reliable technology LWICT
 * appoint IT specialist in all schools
 * availabilty of instant.immediate technical support
 * connectivity for all school and home
 * infrastructure that is always reliable
 * school control of software/hardware that they want to use
 * ICT choices made at school level
 * bring all schools up to an equal level in terms of hardware available
 * improve access to technology (resources)
 * ensure every child in the school has access to a computer and instant teach support and or strategies they (they student) can implement to solve probs.
 * employ IT technical staff at each school. -ie: not use teachers of IT or IT coordinates
 * access to internet sites
 * excellent connectivity
 * increased resources to school libraries
 * more teachers in each school to work together in teach to make the technology work
 * 2 teachers/class
 * increase DOT time for planning/collaboration
 * education assistants/techs for all classes/classrooms
 * provide technology in safe enviornment
 * provision of sufficient equipment
 * use 1/2 cohort over staff to in-service 45-55yo staff in ICT and new pedagogies
 * bank of laptops times 3
 * laptop/iphone for all
 * smartboards mounted in each class/block
 * encourage staff to network ideas
 * ICT support led by educators
 * provide adaptive/assistive technology for schools with difficulties
 * reduce teaching time load
 * AIRC computer/ ICT specialist told to teach teachers and model
 * provide support networks for educators
 * smaller class sized or extra support for teachers IEA.
 * infrastructure to support technology
 * Action statement:** Establish local tech teams to maintain physical resources and upskill staff to support specific local teaching and learning needs

Students

 * ethics/values training
 * BMIS
 * goal setting training
 * ask students to leverage or collaborate in ideas as to how new technologies might be used in the classroom

Mentoring
- go get mentors into the classroom working with techaers giving explicit demonstrations which collaborate plane tech - confident, independent ICT in classrooms - partnerships within the staff - allocated time to do so - mentoring our teachers as mentors -modeluims best practice
 * people fear what they dont know/cant do..
 * coaching/mentoring for staff
 * collaborative D.O.T.T
 * visit other schools, observe others
 * ECU partnerships
 * mentor- support instead of D.O.T.T
 * staff to share ideas on ICT (not admin or an expert
 * encourage tandem teachers and mentoring (isolation)
 * show and tell

Time

 * collaboration time
 * reduced f2f teaching load
 * afterschool workshops (paid to attend) (school days)
 * find time eg staffmeetings- alloccate 20 min for "sharing"
 * bring persistent to find solution for whatever barriers
 * allocating time effectively

Perceptions

 * leaders in the school model the use of technology
 * plan to succeed not fail
 * culture in the school... we are part of an e-school
 * show they potential for digital education
 * kill off negative talk with positive action

Curriculum

 * removal of closed book final testing
 * no national testing accountability
 * provide technology solution with real teaching lesson plans or examples to use straight away
 * recoginize prior knowledge
 * integration of technologies across the curriculum
 * simplify/reduce the curriculum
 * use IT as a tool for learning across the curriculum
 * explore IB

Future

 * technology that is continually upgraded/replaced to keep up with student needs

Partnerships

 * build a social network for exchanging views
 * work with university to ensure it is imbedded in the university course

Money

 * give money
 * good technology repair persons
 * seek business/community/ P.C support in funding
 * lease rather than buy

Planning

 * timetable carefully

Research

 * study and search for solution
 * know or study or understand what created barriers
 * make techno spening a priority

Collaboration
- school not separate from community
 * run cyber cafes for interested parents. Parent edu.
 * set up netowrk to remove barrior
 * "community as curriculum
 * open classroom partitions and swap years perday
 * set up netowrks or collaborative groups
 * establish collaborative structures to promote learning
 * work with their partner teacher
 * home network