SCD/SCD 2011
SOUTHERN CENTRAL DIVIDE REGIONAL CLUSTER: PROGRAMME GOALS FOR 2011
Programme Goals 2010-12 |
Programme Implementation 2011 |
Resources and Budget |
Success Indicators for Programme Goals |
What are your cluster goals? |
What are the planned programme activities for the second year? |
What resources do you need? |
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Increase the e-learning leadership and ICT capability of regional cluster schools.
Your programme Goals
Cluster Goal:
Cadre of eLearning Leaders continues to develop their eLearning capability:
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Activities
2 X day meetings (Term 1 and Term 4, total 4 days), focus to be determined by the cadre, but likely to include, leadership, ePortfolios, blended learning pedagogy
Attendance at Ulearn 2011 for 10 members of core group |
Resources and Budget
288 facilitator days provided by school contributions
relief (4 days), accommodation & transport for 20 teachers: $84710 (rates are relief $261 pd, accommodation $145 pd, travel $460 pp)
relief (4days) and transport for 20 teachers: $28080 (rates are relief $261 pd, travel $90 pp)
$14950 Rates are: registration $600, 4 nights accommodation $435, travel $460 |
Effective delivery
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Increase the understanding of the contribution that ICTs can make to effective learning across the regional cluster.
Cluster Goal:
School leadership is actively involved in realising the vision of SCD |
Activities
At least two, full day, 'leadership events' for principals and senior leaders in schools. These will raise the profile of SCD in the schools and offer a challenge to leaders to further support the SCD vision. Note, non-cluster schools within the region will be invited to these events.
There is also the possibility of invited speakers from UC being available to present at leadership events.
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Resources and Budget
Keynote speaker $1000 pd, travel for keynote plus 6 'star teachers' $1500, relief for 6 teachers $ 1740, venue $600. Total for 2 events $9680
School leadership will fund their own relief and transport |
Effective delivery
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National Goal 3 Strengthen professional learning communities and increase collaboration across the regional cluster of schools.
Cluster Goal Sustainable communities of practice have been developed from which the region can build leadership of blended learning
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Activities
Please see activities outlined in goals one and two, which will also serve to further strengthen the community of practice and connect school leadership Also, the teacher group will continue to share, discuss and collaborate using its online space on Educo. This will be built around key focus areas for the next steps in the project. Much of this will be developed through the use of ongoing professional discussion using forums and through the development and sharing of teacher ePortfolios. PD for existing and emerging Communities of Practice (CoP's)SCD will fund CoP's to meet, develop and produce materials to enable the vision of the SCD to be realised across a wide group of schools and participating teachers.
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Access to online spaces using Moodle or other web 2.0 tools which are freely available for schools to use
Educo and Mahara are provided by the VLN
Note the funding for this is 1:1 cluster to school funding. For every dollar that the cluster contributes, participating schools will contribute a dollar. $3000 x 9 = $27000 for development of COPs |
Effective delivery
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Foster new and existing relationships with Government, Local Government, Businesses and members of the community that will strengthen the cluster.
Cluster Goal: Foster new and existing relationships within the region’s community
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While no University course will be offered in 2011, the partnership with the eLearning department and Professor Niki Davis, will continue to remain an important aspect of building capacity
Local body government will be invited to regional cluster leadership events
Local community media will be invited to regional cluster events and project leaders will publicise the progress of the regional cluster through local media
Project leaders (including governance) will regularly meet with GCSN leadership in order to support common goals
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See previous |
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Develop the capability of the sector by sharing online professional reflections to inform colleagues of the challenges and opportunities afforded by e-learning
Cluster Goal: Ongoing professional reflection on the progress of the SCD regional cluster informs the wider community on the challenges and opportunities of blended learning
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All progress reporting for the regional cluster will be outlined on an ongoing basis through the SCD portal on WikiEducator. This will be updated regularly, rather than seen as a one off articles
Project leadership blog will provide ongoing insights into the progress of the cluster
Regular face to face and online meetings of project leadership to plan reflection
Cluster personnel to present and share their progress at Ulearn
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Access to collaborative online environment (Wikieducator, VLN, Google docs |
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