A Chapter Closes…
November 20, 2008
This year has been a wonderful experience for me. I have worked as an Ultranet Coach for the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development within the Western Metropolitan Region. Within this role I have worked with 28 schools and leadership teams, as well as a range a teachers who have participated in the ICT Peer Coaching Training that I have facilitated.
The work has been varied over the year but on a clear goal to support schools in using the Ultranet, an online learning environment that will be released over the next two years.
Some of the work has involved -
- building awareness around the Ultranet initiative
- introducing schools to the ePotential Survey and Resource
- helping leadership teams unpack the data from the survey
- guiding eLearning Planning
- developing tailor made professional learning for schools
- organising school visits for leadership teams to see best practice
- planning and facilitating a region based ICT Peer Coaching Program
- running hands on workshops on Web 2.0
- running hands on workshops with Macs
- leading curriculum planning with ICT in schools
- embedding ICT across the school and curriculum
- planning and running an online conference
- presenting at conferences
I feel I have made a difference to these schools – some in slight ways and others as huge turn-around in the attitudes and mindsets of how ICT can be embedded in learning.
I have loved my job and enjoyed meeting so many teachers and leaders in the region. This is the last week that I am in this role and will be moving on to a new role as an Assistant Principal in a brand new school.
A new chapter begins…
Entry Filed under: ICT, learning. Tags: AP, ICT, job, learning, role, Ultranet.
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Skip Zalneraitis | November 20th, 2008 at 2:46 am
Hi-
I’ve just recently subscribed to your blog and follow you on Twitter, but I would like to congratulate on your work and wish you good luck in your next endeavor.
-Skip
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Lucy Barrow | November 20th, 2008 at 9:07 am
I can fully understand why you would love your job so much! Being able to make a difference across a number of schools must certainly be very rewarding. I know it is a very rewarding experience even to make a small difference with one staff member! All the very best in your new role for 2009. How fortunate they are to have someone like you in a new school and with such amazing ICT skills!
Lucy
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John P | November 20th, 2008 at 9:25 am
Hi Helen,
What a deliciously exciting, (yet arguably quite daunting), opportunity you have now been given access to. What a vote of confidence in you too that you were asked to fill the role by others.
One of the things that has kept me in education all these years has been the opportunity to re-invent myself and work in a range of roles all under the impratatur of teacher. Congratulations on earning the chance to participate in such a major makeover. Given what I know of you and all the challenges you have met and dealt with, both within and without, the system this year I know you will quickly embrace the many different responsibilities that your new role will throw up. I’ll watch with interest the tweets and other prognositcations
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BTW if I can be of any small assistance please feel free to call on me, an offer I’m sure that other members of your PLN will also meet.
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Martin Pluss | November 20th, 2008 at 12:02 pm
Congratulations on the new chapter and challenges.
Cheers MArtin
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helenotway | November 20th, 2008 at 7:51 pm
Thanks Skip. That’s lovely.
Helen
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helenotway | November 20th, 2008 at 8:15 pm
Thanks Lucy, John and Martin. I much appreciate your comments and your support.
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Pam Thompson | November 20th, 2008 at 9:04 pm
Good luck with your new job Helen. A new job is always a bit daunting but a brand new school…sounds very exciting!
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Pennie White | November 24th, 2008 at 11:50 pm
Congratulations Helen