4+Teacher+Capability

= = TCEO acknowledging the financial and other support received from the Commonwealth. Our secondary schools have been fully funded to achieve 1:1 by Deember 2010 and sustain this ratio until the end of 2013.

=2013 Achievements in "Teacher Capability"= Brainstorm Session (9th October 2009. Assume it's 2013. What do we expect to see?)

**Assumptions:** We will have a fiber connection to the WAN; a symmetric Internet service; access to Video Conferencing(VC). **Vision Statement:** By the end of 2013, our vision for 21st Century Learning is.....  Click to see larger view of vision. (I used [])

We will achieve this vision via these 2 "Expected Proficiency" documents:

In 2010, professional learning for ICT will be approached from three angles. Click to see larger view of our PD Strategy.(I used []) We would love to hear how you feel about these strategies. Please click on the discussion and leave your comments.
 * 2008 Expected Proficiency
 * 2009 Expected Proficiency
 * 2010 Expected Proficiency (See strategies below)
 * 1) Supporting the innovators and 'boundary riders' to share their experiences and tell their story eg [].
 * 2) Funding schools to access expertise from other schools.e.g Ryan has been lending Mark Holland out to schools (at Ryan's own expense) because he is recognised around the diocese as having expertise in SmartBoards. In 2010, if you identify someone in your cluster who can deliver in-service to your school, TCEO will support it by funding the school who supplies the expert. We will pay the teacher release costs. We will also have a system in place so that the activty can be easily logged as hours towards the Australian College Of Teacher PD requirements.
 * 3) Supporting our most experienced teachers (and usually the oldest and wisest) to explore the use of ICTs to better engage students in recognized learning processes. One of these projects centers on teachers participating in Inquiry Learning (a focus in 2009 and 2010). We are supporting them to find ways in which to use ICTs to enhance these phases: tune in; explore; look; sort; test; act and reflect. We are giving these teachers permission “not to know” the ICT and working with them to explore what it takes to manage the student multi tasking that characterises 21st Century classrooms. Students will have devices, be connected and have roles that sit above anything the teacher brings to the room. Eg. Some students will be maintaining a blog. Some will be twitting. Some will be capturing examples of learning and student narratives for You Tube. Some will be exploring the TLF Learning Objects to discover the ones most relevant for their unit. All will be engaging in forums and responding to questions and perspectives from outside the classroom. We want to value what good teachers already bring to the classroom without excluding students from the ICTs because we are waiting for teacher mastery.

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