Information leadership VSP

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Information leadership VSP

• Vision, strategy, position

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Information/ICT literacy leadership

• Collected evidence from practising TLs
• How they fulfil the role of information/ICT
  literacy leader within their school
• 7 key questions
• F/T TL, part TL/class teacher, part TL/
  Curriculum Coordinator, Head of Information
  Services, part TL/part Principal or AP

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Focus questions

1. Key programs, initiatives implemented
2. Number of years spent working on these
3. Key school members who worked them
4. Main barriers encountered overcome
5. Does executive status help how
6. Support resources provided for success
7. Qualities/skills/knowledge to take on this
   leadership role

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Learning Technology leadership

• Growing trend of TLs moving into more active ICT
  leadership role

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Key School Members

• I was a member of the IT committee for a number
  of years to ensure the infrastructure was in
  place. I have always worked closely with the IT
  coordinator in fact I was acting IT coordinator
  for 2 terms. The school principal was supportive
  and responsive to my ideas. My line manager kept
  telling me to 'go for it'!

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Support resources
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Vision Strategy

• I work closely with both principals to share and
  refine my vision of students as independent and
  critical users of information, and priorities and
  plans and strategies to move towards this
  teaching and learning coordinators (one has an
  ICT focus one has a Teaching and Learning focus)
  - I involve both in planning workshops with
  teachers, and in using their particular
  expertise... Learning Technologies and Teaching
  and Learning Curriculum Committees through
  which T and D is planned and issues like
  indiscriminate internet use etc can be explored
  and strategised.

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Strategy Position

• I also conducted a bit of research last year to
  evaluate the effect of my classes on the
  development of students' skills and presented it
  to HODs meeting at the end of the year. The
  Curriculum coordinator is keen for me to follow
  this up. I established the Learning Technologies
  Committee and am viewed by staff as a bit of an
  expert in this field. Have assisted them in their
  classes in the introduction of LTs into the
  curriculum.

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Strategy Position
Principal weekly meeting to discuss ICT issues
plus constant flow of emails and informal chats
his support makes things happen. Director of
Teacher and Learning weekly meeting to discuss
ICT issues she is ICT literate and keen to
support any initiatives. The Technology Committee
I chair this fortnightly, I have canvassed all
members for agenda items, asked each personally
for feedback on problems. I have had the
committee discuss and endorse my
suggestions. Staff members from company who are
contracted to do our maintenance they have done
the relevant technical things to make things
happen and given me pertinent advice.
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Executive power

• Those TLs with strong executive support felt this
  was not essential.
• Those TLs with some or little support felt that
  executive status would improve influence,
  leadership.

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Executive status counts

• During the past five years I have held acting
  senior staff positions on two occasions. During
  these times it was somewhat easier to push
  programs and agendas forward. However, due to my
  expertise from the beginning of the development
  of an ICT structure, my expertise in the field
  was identified and I was always included on
  relevant committees and teams, my feedback and
  reflection actively sought. 2000-2002 the program
  team was lead by asssitant/principal but I was
  the initiator with the active responsibility to
  teachers and students.

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Executive support works

• I am not on the executive team, but am often
  involved by them when it comes to reviewing or
  planning the educational change agenda. Its more
  about contribution and educational philosophy,
  than position, I think.
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• I am not on the exec. just a Head of Department
  but one who seems to carry a lot of weight with
  the exec. team and who has been included in a
  number of their deliberations.
• I am at the new school but found I had more
  support at my old school and I was not on the
  management team - comes down to the Principal
  trusting and understanding what you are doing.

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Barriers to success

• Lack of time!!

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Position labels

• Insert smarties graphic as background and list TL
  info lead labels used in 2004

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What does it take?

• What qualities,
• skills knowledge
• does one need to
• take on this
• information/
• ICT literacy
• leadership role?

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Knowledge
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Knowledge

• Knowledge - of range of software and web
  resources relevant to students and teachers,
  constant need to keep abreast of new e-learning
  opportunities. Transferred and further developed
  abilities in policy writing, budgeting, human
  resource and resource management, evaluations and
  future planning. Understanding of adult learning
  needs and how to tailor learning programs to meet
  individual levels and expectations.

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Skills
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Skills

• Willingness to be a learner myself willing to
  have a go Skills in using a range of ICT
  applications (but not all!), eg. I can see the
  potential of some applications that I am not
  proficient in but can use others competently
  Ill have a go and work WITH anyone on using
  something new.

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Qualities
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Qualities

• Determination, I love a challenge, I like people,
  I am a risk taker, I am willing to admit that I
  dont have all the answers but Ill do my utmost
  to find them, I get great satisfaction from
  making things happen and I dont take myself too
  seriously.

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Transforming practice

• Themes of transforming practice leading
• Breaking down stereotypes/perceptions
• Beyond just talk conscious consistent effort
  to walk the walk
• Build influence on one-to-one basis with
  students, staff, parents
• See innovation as part of daily practice
  where to next?, lets try.., what if..,
  how can we improve..
• Empowering others builds influence

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Information LeadershipVSP

• Vision, Strategy, Position
• A profound belief that what you are doingis
  necessary and valuable.