City of Westminster Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea ICT Conference June 9 th 2010

1. City of Westminster Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea ICT Conference June 9th 2010 Going for ICT Mark and Beyond Philip Mann

2. Presentation brief: The online Becta self review framework, SRF, is being simplified. It has proved to be an excellent way of enabling schools to make strides in the development of their ICT. The SRF appears a daunting process to go through but there are ways to make it easier. This presentation will demonstrate the new materials, ways to make the process less laborious and how best to strive for the ICT Mark. For schools who wish to go beyond the ICT Mark, what are the hallmarks of ICT Excellence?

3. agenda • Meeting the Demands • Next Generation Learning - The Journey • Using the SRF - the practicalities • Going for the ICT Mark – preparation • Beyond the ICT Mark . . . . • The new SRF • What is ICT Excellence?

4. What are the demands on schools with respect to their use of ICT?

5. Meeting the demands • Parental expectation • Governor expectation • Ofsted (teaching/learning) • Local Authority • School clusters • Community cohesion • ECM • Financial commitment • Curriculum demands • Social changes • Teacher expertise • CPD Training needs • Infrastructure • Teacher admin • ICT capability

6. Where is the evidence?

8. The Next Generation Learning journey

9. Next Generation Learning

10. Excellence Awards ICT Mark Recognition of progress Commitment to Next Generation Learning

11. Signing up to the NGL Charter https://selfreview.becta.org.uk/

12. Certificate for display in the school

13. Making the process easier • Delegation – shared judgements, TAs, governors • Set a deadline – within a term? • Action plan - Finding out where you are using the SRF and what needs to be developed – the action plan • Monitor change carefully

14. King’s Rise Primary, Birmingham

15. King’s Rise Primary, Birmingham 15

16. King’s Rise Primary, Birmingham

17. The SRF - Finding your way, King’s Rise, Birmingham

18. The SRF .. What it’s all about? “SRF isn’t just about ICT and, interestingly, that is a key factor of its success. It focuses the mind on the whole spectrum of school development.” Steve Gator – Headteacher, Walker Technology College

19. The data • SRF content for a school the spreadsheet

20. Going for the ICT Mark There are currently 1180 schools that hold the ICT Mark.

21. The assessment day • The assessor agrees on three elements to look at more carefully (L/M, L/T and Impact for eg.) • Timings • Not window dressing • Selling your school’s ICT!

22. Agenda for the assessment 9.30 Arrive, introduction to the context of the school by head teacher and senior leadership team9.45Tour of school with senior leadership team10.15 Review of evidence supporting the commentary with lead person for ICT10.45 Interview with selected subject leaders11.05 Break and pause for reflection11.15 Interview with classroom teachers and others (e.g. Network manager, TAs, parents, governors, and community leaders where appropriate)11.45 Interview with selected pupils (accompanied)12.20 Consideration of recommendation for award12.30 Feedback to senior leadership team

23. The SRF is changing!!

24. SRF – New review considerations • SRF too long • A lot of repetition across elements • Too wordy • Look at ICT Mark threshold levels • Some levels need to be more challenging • Some large steps between levels • New educational initiatives and technologies • The tool could be more user friendly

25. Headline changes • Six elements • 1. Leadership and Management • 2. Planning • 3. Learning • 4. Assessment of ICT capability • 5. Professional Development • 6. Resources • Elements still divided into ‘strands’– 13 in total • Strands divided into 57 ‘aspects’ • All ICT Mark thresholds at Level 2 • Introduction of an initial overview ‘10 Key Questions’ – getting schools to think about the ‘Big Picture and the impact ICT is having

26. Leadership & Management Changes to the Elements Curriculum Leadership & Management Repetition and overlap KEY QUESTIONS Learning & Teaching Planning Safeguarding Sustainability Environmental Issues Home Access Parental Engagement Assessment Learning Professional Development Assessment of ICT capability Extending Opportunities For Learning Professional Development Resources Resources Impact

27. The 10 Key Questions

28. Stages of implementing the revised Self-review framework • Revised Framework will be launched 18th June • Use the online tool as normal • Access the revised framework • View your school’s data • Transfer data from the old to new framework will happen automatically 16th – 17th June

29. Stop press If a school intends to be assessed for the ICT Mark by 31 October 2010, and wishes to continue using the existing framework, they will be allowed access to the current framework via a separate link. We would like to stress that this will only be available to those schools who are applying for assessment by the 31 October 2010. Any data added to the current framework by the school after the original migration will not be copied to the revised framework. Schools will be responsible for manually entering this data themselves.

30. Excellence Awards ICT Mark Recognition of progress Commitment to Next Generation Learning 30

31. Going for excellence Common themes within excellence?

32. Anson Primary School Brent – ICT Excellence Award 2009

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