Staff Development Program

IT Training

Overall Aims for staff

Enable staff to feel confident about their IT skills

Enable staff to perform their own troubleshooting and problem solving

Enable staff to access , use and create more interactive resources for students

Work towards making IT skills an intrinsic part of planning and effective practice in the classroomCreate a curriculum for students which is

dynamic, interesting and facilitates independent learning, 24 hours a day, using IT.

Challenges

Ensuring staff saw advantages of a blended learning system

Staff felt unable to admit to a lack of knowledge and masked their skills shortage

A feeling that the students had more skills and this may undermine a lessons’ structure

Application and use of CollegeNET Issues with a limited internet connection

IT Training Availability

Bookable time for staff

Bookable time for

staff

Bookable time for

staff

CN Training

CN Training

CN Training

10CP Training

Bookable time for

staff

Maths Training

Languages

Training

Science Training

Bookable time for

staff

Research

Bookable time for staff

Research

Non contact

Planning

Bookable time for

staff

Bookable time for

staff

Term 1 solutions

Digital Technology courses set up to model how lessons could be structured (to save time)

Staff who were willing to adopt new technology, adapted to the idea of team teaching (Google sketchup, hot potatoes)

Encouraged to experiment with students leading a lesson (students enjoyed the autonomy and role reversal)

Staff asked at the beginning of the year what training they required leading to 1 on 1 development sessions which would feed through to other staff

Creation of the IT training and resources section on CollegeNET which is regularly updated with videos, links and responds to queries

Scheduled whole staff pd sessions Departmental timetabled IT training Training delivered in bitsize chunks from a 10 minute discussion

through to more structured 1 hour slots Training available for staff to suit their needs and working hours

from 7am – 5pm, has not be restricted to 8 hours per week Conversion of software for staff to use (Boardworks, video, audio,

text)

Examples of Training

Video Links Lesson resources, ideas, interactive

activities

http://cn.waiuku-college.school.nz/course/view.php?id=99

Training Interactions

178 over Term 1 not including preparation time for specific requests

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Office SkillsCollegeNET training Internet ActivitiesI.T. troubleshootingMUSACFile conversionsInteractive Resources

Training Requests

Scheduled weekly departmental times for Science, Maths, Technology and 10 CP

Other requests based on need and specific queries

Achievements in Term 1

Interactive lesson resources now available for Geography, Digital Technology, Technology, Science, Maths, English, Music and Drama

Students able to access course outlines via CollegeNET

Introduction of self directed learning Staff showing signs of confident use in IT CollegeNET being used by students in their own

time Staff actively seeking assistance and guiding

their own PD Staff identification of their own needs and skills

Examples of Resources

Boardworks

Staff Training Exercises and Information

Interactive class discussion

Interactive Games

Self Marking Quizzes

Further Development 2012-2013 Staff skill development. By the end of the year at least 1 interactive resource per course Students able to follow courses from home Shift of focus for staff which enables them to feel confident

about allowing students some control over IT Continued development of the IT Training and Resources section 4 scheduled formal pd sessions in term 2 Staff and student survey Languages, Maori, English dept have requested formal IT

sessions in order to increase their knowledge, skills and form courses on CollegeNET

Continuation of basic IT training such as skills in MS Office and the translation of skills into resources for students

Further trials of student led IT development game creation in Kodu Y10 digital technology.

Dedicated IT support for 10CP with identification of potential student trainers