A Chapter Closes…
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…
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