Lead+Teacher+Days

__**Lead Teacher Day - 17/10/2008**__
 * Each person who attended ULearn08 is to write a reflection of sorts, and post on the cluster wiki here
 * Milestone report - Section E is to be written about OUR schools progress. (Liase with Leadership team...)

__**Milestone Report Stuff (To put into word document...)**__ Section E - Provide a brief report on the progress of each school Note: Each school should provide a half page evaluative summary of the impact of the ICT PD Contract

Teachers have been enabled, through ICT acquisition, to take on leadership roles with in the school. Opportunities have arisen for new and beginning teachers to be recognised as 'experts' in an ICT field and to modle to and lead more experienced teachesrs. Teachers have had the opportunity to identify their own development goals and create their own acheivement pathways. ||
 * SECTION E**
 * **Teacher Confidence and capability -** Teachers in our school are more empowered to 'give things ago' and see what happens! People are more open to trying new technologies and e-learning tools and strategies, at both a personal level (i.e teacher inquires and learning journals) and also with the students. Within our school, stronger support networks are being built, in terms of supporting each other with progress along their learning journeys. If people are unsure about something, they are more empowered to seek support and assistance from others in our school, including from the students!
 * **Student Achievement -** Students are more engaged and motivated in their learning, particularly when e-learning strategies being used are relative and contextual to them. E-learning strategies that are currently being used in a school are pertinent to this generation of learners, and are enabling students with the skills for learning in the 21st century. Students become 'global' learners by being able to be connected with the community at large (Others in the school, the community, the world...) Students are rapidly increasing their skill base, which in turn, has set a foundation for becoming more connected with others, and their own learning. Learning no longer has to just be in the four walls of the classroom. ||
 * **Linking to the community -** Most classes in our school have set up either a blog or wikispace, or both! This means families and community members can view the learning journeys that are happening in our school. Students are able to share their learning in a variety of different ways, such as blog entries, examples of work, embedding presentations such as photostories and videos etc. These can also be used as online learning centers, so the link between learning at school, and learning at home is strengthened. People from the community can also connect with the students by viewing these online learning spaces and providing feedback and comments. Building purposeful and worthwhile relationships. ||
 * **Collaboration and communication (Professional learning communities) -** More professional discussions around the integration and purpose of e-learning strategies and tools within the classroom context. Process of setting up a LMS. Sharing amongst staff within our school, and others within our cluster through online discussions, cluster shares, formalised sharing time within both team meetings and staff meetings. ||

__**What are the key lessons learned in the Contract?**__ Development of new knowledge and understandings
 * Professional Development - share at school, cluster, national levels we all have something to learn from each other.
 * Infrastructure - differences in schools has been a positive, enabled reflection on how eLearning works in different contexts.
 * Supported inquiry learning as an effective learning model for increasing teacher capability and raising student acheivment

Learning (Links to principles of NZC on Page 36)
 * Student learning - Links to effective pedagogy
 * Teacher learning - access, resources, integration, collaboration
 * Building capacity within the staff to develop a leadership role (sustainability)
 * Reflection - opportunities to reflect on our learning
 * Opportunities to dialouge (formally and informally) and scope to explore new and innovative ways to utilise elearning, including learning from students.

Leadership
 * Hierarchical vs. Coaching (encouraging and supporting) Opportunities for others to lead
 * Having support from facilitator/lead teachers
 * Common understanding, action plan has enabled schools to participate as a cluster but keep their own identity, shared language,

LMS, reflections, lead teacher days etc.
 * What are the outcomes for term 4? What have we done? (Complete and take to Principals' meeting on Nov 19th)**