Cluster+Programme+2012

Continue to coordinate Lead Teacher collaboration and Cluster Events. || 0.4 FTTE allocation || Facilitator costs 0.4 FFTE + 1 unit @ $31,600 Administration expenses $100 || Appraisal against the job description by the Management Committee || Continue to enhance the use of the cluster wiki || Continue to develop the use of the existing cluster wiki: Year-level groups will have their own pages to collaborate on ‘teacher inquiry’ into tools to enhance e-learning. || LT Facilitator will meet with all LTs early in term one to map out implementation plan for year, to ensure cluster goals are achieved. Management Committee will oversee progress. || All LTs, Cluster Director, and LT Facilitator. Management Committee will meet once per term. || Facilitator Lead teacher release 15 days @ $288 Travel expenses $1500 || School Digital Learning strategic plans for 2012 will be posted on cluster wiki by 31 March 2012. Each school will provide progress reports at each management meeting and on the cluster wiki. || LT Facilitator will plan LT meetings and professional development for the year, in liaison with the Director and Lead Teachers. || Once a term meetings (twice in term 2 & 3) Lead teacher facilitator Lead teachers Consultant Project director || External Expertise, 8 days @ $500 || * LT programme for the year will detail meeting programme, planned PD opportunities and school visit programme. || LT Facilitator will visit schools several times over the year to liaise with principals and lead teachers. || LT Facilitator School LT Principals || Facilitator cost as above Travel costs as above || * Feedback from schools School Lead Teachers will provide staff professional development || Frequency and content determined by each school’s ICT strategic planning. || $40,000 || * Increasing teacher confidence and competence. Friday 15th June 2012 || All cluster principals and teachers. Mixture of keynote speakers and workshops. || Cost of keynote presenters -estimate $2000 Catering $1200 || * Positive feedback from participants via survey, linked on cluster wiki Ensure development of PLN for all teachers on the VLN and cluster wiki. || Each school will establish digital journalling systems for all teachers to record professional development, including the VLN and cluster wiki. || No cost. || * Documented evidence of all teachers taking responsibility for their own PD and communicating with other teachers. Minimum of one meeting per term. || Director Cluster principals LT Facilitator || No cost || * Efficient functioning of cluster. Develop range of opportunities for teachers and children to interact and to share learning. || All cluster principals, teachers and children. - whole cluster meetings - age group meetings to develop common goals & to share progress - after school workshops - online collaboration - student workshops || External ExpertiseAdministration expenses $200, including photocopying || * Cluster teachers will have greater sense of group identity shown through ‘teacher inquiry’ projects. - each school to seek ways to enhance this || All schools will promote online communication e.g.blogs, wikis or LMS. School Community events to share learning. || No cost || * School communities will be well informed about purposes and outcomes of e-learning. Groups of teachers working at each age level (e.g. Junior school) will set joint goals and work to achieve these. || All teachers working in year level groups. Lead Teachers Lead Teacher Facilitator. || No cost || * Each group will collate achievement in their ‘teacher inquiries’ against their goals and the ‘e-Learning Planning Framework’, and post this on the VLN. || Learning@School or uLearn Conference 2012 || Principals and Facilitator || $1200 per attendee || * Attendance at a Conference ||
 * ** National Goal ** |||||| ** Programme Professional Development activities ** || ** Measuring your success ** ||
 * ^  || ** What do we propose to do? ** || ** How much do we propose to do? ** || ** What resources do we need to carry out the programme? ** || ** What will you collect as evidence of success for each aspect of your implementation? ** ||
 * ** 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 ** || Lead Teacher Facilitator
 * ** 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 ** || Cluster Wiki
 * Year-level group pages
 * Student leader pages
 * Milestone Reflection pages
 * Event & Celebration pages || Nil || All principals and LTs will contribute to wiki on regular basis.
 * ** 2, 3 ** || Individual School Action Plans
 * ** 1, 2, 3 ** || Lead Teacher Meetings
 * ** 1, 2, 3 ** || Facilitator School Visits
 * Programmes in action
 * Increasing teacher and student confidence and competence. ||
 * 2, 3, || In School Professional Learning Programmes
 * Increasing evidence of student use of e-learning technologies
 * Presentations at cluster workshops and recorded on the cluster wiki. ||
 * 2, 3 || Cluster Mini Conference
 * Changes in teacher practice resulting from learning ||
 * 2, 3 || Development of Personal Learning Networks (PLN)
 * Changes in class programmes that result from this. ||
 * 2 || Management Committee Meetings
 * Cluster goals achieved. ||
 * 2, 3, 5 || Intra-cluster Activities
 * Teachers and students will share learning.
 * Consistency of use of e-learning across schools at each age level.
 * Increased communication between schools - teachers and students. ||
 * 1, 4 || Communicating with Parents/Whanau/Community
 * Parents/whanau will have online access to students’ published work. ||
 * 5 || Contribute to VLN
 * 2 || Attending