Everything Governors

should know about ICT

but might be 'afraid' to

ask

I have won my spurs as a governor in 3 situations…. Including now in a primary school in special measures about to become an Academy

The purpose of having a governing body is to:help the school to set high standards by planning for the school's future and setting targets for school improvement

keep the pressure up on school improvementbe a critical friend to the school, offering support and advice

help the school respond to the needs of parents and the community

make the school accountable to the public for what it does

work with the school on planning, developing policies and keeping the school under review

exercise its responsibilities and powers in partnership with the headteacher and staff

not intervene in the day-to-day management of the school unless there are weaknesses in the school, when it then has a duty to take action.

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? What happens if we get it wrong?

? Must the school have a website?

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?What about a VLE… is that still compulsory?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-19681437

what about renting software?

?Aren’t we spending too much on ICT?

£111Average per pupil in Academies in 2011 – not capital

? Shouldn’t our school have

iPads like everyone else?

IS THE WRONG

QUESTION!!

? How good is our ICT provision?

www.thefitsfoundation.org

Stand B170

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By classhack

There’s an issue in my daughter’s class… the teacher never uses the technology that’s there…

Thanks to classhack

? Is there an ICT Curriculum at the moment?

ICT Curriculum disapplied… ICT still

a part of the National Curriculum…

Schools can teach what they want…

Decisions being made now about

what we’re going to be doing

then…

STOP PRESS: COMPUTER SCIENCE BECOMES AN EBaCC SCIENCE

? For all the attention it gets, why doesn’t ICT feature in Ofsted reports?

"Often we do not have time to look at a subject in depth. This tends not to happen in the core subjects, but it certainly happens in subjects such as ICT and music,” said David Brown, HMI and national advisor for ICT at Ofsted

ICT is used effectively as a tool for learning. For example, in a Year 6 lesson, pupils

refined the language used in their blogging activities to help them understand how it

could be used in more formal writing.

It sometimes does… but you have to be extraordinary to make it happen!

? For all the attention it gets, why doesn’t ICT feature in Ofsted reports?

"Often we do not have time to look at a subject in depth. This tends not to happen in the core subjects, but it certainly happens in subjects such as ICT and music,” said David Brown, HMI and national advisor for ICT at Ofsted

Provision for ICT isexcellent and the virtual learning environment strongly supports all

members of theacademy community.

It sometimes does… but you have to be extraordinary to make it happen!

? What’s the classroom impact of ICT?

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Professor David Hargreaves

1. What is the anticipated impact on the educational experience and achievement of the pupils?

2. Have the CPD ramifications of this decision been considered, costed and planned for?

3. What research have you done in support of that decision?

4. Is that the best value for money and how do you know?

5. If we have that much resource available, why is this the best way to spend it?

6. How will we know what the impact is?7. What do our pupils need to study in

the ICT/ Computer Studies mix?Thanks to Dughall McCormick for inspiration

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What’s your question, and shouldn’t you be

asking it…?

Contact:Steve Warburton

@stevewnsteve@releasingsuccess.co.ukwww.releasingsuccess.co.uk

presentation on slideshare tomorrow!