ICT Co-ordinator

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ICT Co-ordinator Subject leader or technician?
BETT/ACITT Seminar Thursday 11th January 2001

• Sheyne Lucock
• Barking and Dagenham LEA

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The role of the ICT Co-ordinator

• Raising achievement in ICT
• Raising achievement through the use of ICT

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The role of the ICT Co-ordinator

• Ensuring common view of standards
• Setting high expectations of achievement
• Developing an effective pedagogy
• e.g. Interactive whole class teaching
• Professional subject leader
• Curriculum content and delivery

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Raising achievement through the use of ICT

• Missionary
• Advisor and consultant
• Technician
• Network manager
• Technical support
• Repairs
• Technology expert

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New Research

• Commissioned by Calluna Ltd
• Moray House College, University of Edinburgh
• Prof. Mary Simpson and Paul OHara
• 2000 schools, 37 response
• Preliminary findings
• http//www.calluna.co.uk

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Lost teaching time
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Extra time
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Fixing minor problems
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NGfL Managed Services

• Six core elements
• equipping and local networking
• Internet access provision
• operational software
• installation, testing and certification of
  readiness for use
• servicing and technical support
• training and commissioning.

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NGfL Managed Services

• Optional elements of managed services may
  include
• curriculum and learning content
• higher specification equipment
• additional levels of support and service, such as
  higher levels of training, Internet service
  provision, or administrative services or links to
  administrative systems.

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Other types of Managed Services

• LEA support contracts
• Internet provision
• Supplier standard support contracts

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Managed Services

• Advantages
• Releasing teachers to teach
• Fixed annual cost
• All the risk taken by the supplier
• Disadvantages
• High cost
• Inflexible
• Off-site support

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Why havent managed services taken off?

• Better suited to green field sites
• Too expensive
• Schools unable to reconcile True Cost of
  Ownership with traditional budgeting
• Many aspects of technical support not covered
• Reluctance to relinquish ownership

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Nationally agreed support structure

• Complement to Managed Services
• On-site support
• National salary scales
• Standard job specifications
• Career path
• Matched to qualifications

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A suggested model

• APTC scales 2 to 4 for primary
• Scales 2 to 6 for secondary
• New post of ICT Manager at APTC scale SO1-SO2
• Clear progression from one scale to another

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ICT Specialist Support Assistants/technicians

• Scale 2
• Non-technical, non pupil-contact
• Scale 3
• Technical support for s/a and classroom help
• Scale 4
• Knowledge and understanding of networks

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Technicians

• Scale 5
• Network administration
• Scale 6
• Advanced network management and support for
  administrative systems
• SO1 SO2
• ICT Manager

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The Whole Picture

• ICT Co-ordinator
• Curriculum and achievement
• Managed Service
• Equipment, maintenance, 2nd line support
• Technician
• On-site 1st line support
• Educational specifications

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ICT Co-ordinator Subject leader or technician?
BETT/ACITT Seminar Thursday 11th January 2001

• Sheyne Lucock
• Barking and Dagenham LEA