ICON Readiness
Victorian Catholic School Website Service
ICT Infrastructure Audit
ePotential
Key Development: Ultranet
The Ultranet
The DEECD Offer Catholic Education becomes an Implementation Partner with DEECD and the Developers in the delivery of Ultranet to schools DEECD Ultranet support materials and resources
The DEECD Offer High quality digital learning content and resources Ultranet eBookboxes ICON Coach support
ICON Core Strategies Given the DEECD offer, the Victorian Directors have recently signed off on the ICON Strategic Plan 2011 – 13
1. Implement ICON School Improvement Planning Planning tool to be ready by the end of 2011 Real time reports against School Improvement Plan Targets
2. Use Ultranet
Benefits Reduces development costs DEECD Resources Partner in future development
3. Share the implementation of Ultranet with other CNA participants Minimise costs of the service
4. Share online content High quality, endorsed content Develop a ‘pool’ of resources created by teachers
5. Implement an Enterprise Student Information System (SIS) Ultranet requires a sophisticated identity management system Records data for whole system
Benefits Changes to SIS controlled No cost or maintenance of school level SIS Streamline training and staff capabilities Unique student identity information
6. Implement an Enterprise Finance system Implement accrual accounting Streamline training and staff capabilities Changes to the Finance system are controlled, implemented and made available to all schools
7. Outsource Management Reduce implementation and operational risk Partner with DEECD major suppliers Access to expertise
All Victorian Catholic Systemic Schools use: Enterprise Student Information System Enterprise Finance System Approved timetabling package Implementation of ICON
All Victorian Catholic school teachers and students use Ultranet Parents of all Victorian Catholic School students access reports via Ultranet
ICON Timeline 2012: ICON School Improvement Planning Module 2012 – 2013: Enterprise SIS Schools use Ultranet 2013 – 2014: All schools use Enterprise Finance System
ICON Preparation Support ICON School Leaders Contact ICON School Coach Use ePotential Conduct ICT audit Refer to ICON documentation and blog