Leading change & technological development (1)

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Julian Girdham - St. Columba’s CollegeAdrian Dungan - St. Gerard’s School

Leading Change & Technological Development

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- Leadership & Planning- ICT & Curriculum- Professional Development- ICT Infrastructure

Overview of Presentation

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Think of an ICT initiative that you are involved with OR

Are planning to become involved with?

Q - What is/was involved in leading change?

Leadership and Planning - Activity

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PADLET tinyurl.com/leadchange2017

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What are you leading? Why are you leading it? Who else might be involved?

What are you planning? Why are you planning it?What is your vision? How did you arrive at this

vision?When do you propose to introduce this initiative

and sharing that vision?What fears exist for you, your staff, your students,

your parents, your BOM?How much will it cost i.e. economic, time?

Leadership & Planning

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• Training and development– Can assist transition and allay fears– Those reluctant to adopt and/or unwilling to engage may not

have appropriate skill– Appropriate and relevant training will improve efficiency and

morale– Job enlargement vs. compensation for increased workload?

• Communication and consultation– Need to convince all stakeholders concerned in order to

minimise negativity– Ask questions, set specific target times, ensure close

communication to address contentious issues– Regular reviews

Managing the Change Process and Building a Culture

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ie• Changing management style

– May require more openness and inclusivity– Creating a dynamic environment which requires flexibility– May require you to adopt role of a facilitator, co-ordinator,

mentor.– Facilitative approach may require set objectives, training,

communication and appraisal• Empowerment

– Stepping back and allowing staff make the decisions?– Quality circles, focus groups where staff meet to discuss ways to

improve/enhance• Teamwork and collaboration

– Create teams with distributed leadership e.g. to address the aspects of this presentation.

• Quality focused outcomes– These must focus on the student outcomes whereby the change

has facilitated an enhanced educational and environmental outcome for the learners (students, staff, parents).

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The point is the technology shouldn’t be the point!Is it a leadership and/or management role? Is it a process of change or a culture shift? It can be

affirmation of good practice.That fact that ‘I can’ doesn’t mean that everybody

else can or the fact that you can’t doesn’t mean everybody else can (feelings of inadequacy?)

It may be as a result of something that arrives on your desk e.g. a social media policy for staff, AUP, internet use, mobile policy.

So what’s our point?

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Find enablers, adopters, leaders, detractors.Low effort high impact vs. high effort less impactEnhancing the T&L experienceIs it a distraction or a waste of time/effort? Is it

purposeful, meaningful and facilitating deeper and lasting understanding?

How savvy are the staff and students using ICT? Are we making assumptions - putting the cart before the horse?

Establishing the KSA of stakeholders

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• As part of the implementation of the Digital Strategy for Schools 2015-2020 Enhancing Teaching Learning and Assessment, funding of €210m for ICT Infrastructure will be distributed to schools over the five years of the Strategy, commencing with €30m in the 2016-2017 school year, rising to €50m towards the end of the period (2020-2021 school year). The first tranche of this funding (€30m) is has been issued to schools.

ICT Infrastructure

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This policy sets out a plan to embed ICT in teaching, learning and assessment through an ambitious programme of work for the period 2015 -2020 across a number of headings:

• Theme 1: Teaching, Learning and Assessment Using ICT

• Theme 2: Teacher Professional Learning• Theme 3: Leadership, Research and Policy• Theme 4: ICT Infrastructure

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ieInformation on eLearning Planning for schools

can be found at www.pdsttechnologyineducation.ie/planning

If schools have specific queries in relation to eLearning Planning, these queries can be emailed to elearningplanning@pdst.ie

ICT advice on suitable technologies and on ICT procurement for schools can be found at www.pdstechnologyineducation.ie/technology

If schools have specific queries in relation to ICT advice or ICT procurement, these queries can be emailed to ictadvice@pdst.ie

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Do you need to engage or do should you need innovate and lead?

Why should we address the tech?Digital age. 21st Century Learning.Is this is how students learn or engage now?Lifelong learning i.e. enhanced competency and

skill-setBuilding their resilience, independence, inquiry based learning. Why shouldn’t the students ask WHY. Show don’t tell!

Is it a fad or is it progressive leadership?

Teaching, Learning and Assessment Using ICT

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PDST Best Practice VideoStrand 2 SSE Leadership & Management (

www.schoolself-evaluation.ie)The new Junior Cycle provides opportunities

for ICT (CA’s, Short Courses etc.)

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External (cost factor, authenticity, associated with Croke Park) vs. Internal (collegiate, technological know how)

What might it look like?How do you manage it? ASTIExternal - infrastructure, hardware and softwareInternal - peer observation, ICT triage,

collaborative, show don’t tell (low effort high impact), Teachmeet, Innovation Lunches.

Why? Respectful, Trust, Collegiate, Timely, Brief

A Personal Journey

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