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WHAT WE HAVE DONE SO FAR

• Staff – Sept 2011

• Students – Oct 2011

• Governors – November 2011

• Parents – April 2012

STAFF

• Quick wins – Very Important!• Cover

• Bulletin

• Policies

• Planned Staff Absence!

• Room Bookings

• Links to online services at school

STAFF

• One of the school targets for PM

• Secure Gateway means that staff can access school computers 24/7, excellent for access to Sims for Data Collection and Report Writing

• Getting staff to assign work to students from Frog

• Provide templates for subject pages for all faculties to use

• Teaching and Learning Page

STUDENTS

• Useful Links• School Council• Library• Sharp System• Esafety website Links• Email• School Drives• Subject Pages• Subject Content

• Notices

• Attendance

• Work

• Coming soon – behaviour, more detailed subject pages, tutor programme.

GOVERNORS

• Upfront at a Governors meeting about Frog.

• Governors have access to all documents for meetings – there had been problems with accessing files.

• Confidential Files - set permissions on folders.

PARENTS

• All parents have a log in – used a test group first

• Advertising at parents evenings and welcome evenings.

• Parents have access to:• Attendance• Behaviour• Assessment

WORKING CLOSELY WITH…

• Presence on SLT

• Frog Support

• School Admin Team• Governor Page• Cover and Bulletin• Briefing Minutes

• Frog Champions

TIPS THAT HAVE WORKED FOR US

• Support from SLT and having a role on SLT for Elearning

• Quick Wins for each group

• Use Support tickets

• Bought in some consultancy time

• Giving responsibility to Frog Champions for training and promoting in faculties

WHAT NEXT FOR US?

• Content for the subject Pages

• Getting more parents involved

• More people having ownership for different sections on there

• Half Termly Actions

• Continuation and Development of VLE through Performance Management