Mellons+Bay+prof+dev

__**Mellons Bay School:**__ All staff set goals in ICT which are linked to appraisal. ICT is driven through planning. The Team Leader or Year Group buddy takes responsibility for upskilling of the teachers in the team.. Individual professional development is conducted on a needs basis. PD could include conferences and courses, sharing time in staff meetings, show and tell within team meetings. The school is committed to ICT and shows this through increasing funding and committing a large part of the budget. Development of the curriculum plan supports ICT development – we have brought in outside experts to support. (Pam Hook, Julie Mills, Tony Ryan) Staff to conferences – 3 staff members went to L@S and 6 to Ulearn09 to build expertise in the school. 3 teacher only days held in 2009 – curriculum plan focused on inquiry model and the Mellons Bay learner. Staff meetings, techie bites, internal pd has been held as required at team level buddy level. **Individual school statement** Changes observed at Mellons Bay: Activity particularly effective for our school: Is the purchase of data projectors. We have a data projector in every classroom as well as one for the hall. Our teacher are integrating their use (ICT) into all areas of their programme and now are making technology seamless. Our assembly items are now celebration of learning rather than performance This has created a shift for parent community as they are seeing them used at community events. Percentage of staff that have made a shift– 95% Impact on students has been EPS – not used at this school Prinicipal and lead teacher have been actively involved in cluster administration, implementation and the variation process.
 * the curriculum integration of ICT
 * shift in planning with authenticity,
 * context and integration of ICT.
 * Increased use of ICT equipment
 * increased purchasing of new computers in each room, plus one high spec computer.
 * Teachers are more comfortable about integration and using ICT
 * Wiimote interactive whiteboards– purchased
 * Panasonic Interactive whiteboard purchased
 * Networked photocopiers
 * heightened engagement,
 * vocab has expanded
 * opportunities to lead have increased
 * furthered the use of key competences
 * thinking skills are integrated and used
 * enhanced creativity
 * more ownership of learning less teacher directed