1. WHERE ARE WE NOW? NOVEMBER 2007 S.L.I.C.T. R OYDS S PECIALIST L ANGUAGE C OLLEGE

2. Essential components of SLICT

3. Vision We believe it is absolutely essential that every member of the school recognises the role that ICT is playing and will play in the development of students, staff, school and the community.

4. Vision We aim to: Improve ICT resources to transform teaching and learning and raise standards. Improve community access of ICT and support the Language college status. Develop virtual learning locations so that learning takes place in and out of school. Motivate and engage learners through the power of ICT in order to improve the learning climate in school. Provide equal access to services. Improve communication as well as storage and dissemination of information.

5. Implementation roles

6. Changes in Leadership 2003 1 member of LT and Head of IT 2007 Strategy Group 3 year-plan Distributed Leadership  ICTAC group  Involvement of all members of LT  Governors involvement

7. Strategic role of the Leadership Team Head meets with Strategic partners (Network Manager, Head of IT, Assistant Heads 1 and 3) Deputy –i/c Training and development + line manages IT department Ass. Head 1 – i/c Resources, Curriculum and timetable and line manages Network Manager Ass. Head 2 – i/c Language College + line manages Business Studies Ass. Head 3 – i/c Assessment and data Ass. Head 4 - Teaching and Learning, targets Ass. Head 5 – 14-19 i/c ICTAC, Vocational development Interest in development of Communication Ass. Head 6 – Pupils, Inclusion, Attendance and Behaviour

8. STAFFING 2003 1 IT technician 2007 1 Network and systems manager appointed in January 04 + 2 IT technicians Website developer since May 07 Focus on ICT skills for all staff at interviews

9. Staff Development Head on SLICT (Feb. 04) Internal TeamSLICT Teamwork – variety of strengths and skills 3 Training days (Spring 04, 05, 07) On-going in-house training (IWB, Web pages, Moodle, etc) IT staff trained in CISCO and DIDA ECDL (25 staff)

10. Resources 2003  130 PCs  3 rooms with IT equipment  4 IWB  15 Laptops for teachers  15 admin 2007  391 PCs for T&L - 11 rooms with IT equipment, at least 1 PC in every teaching room  2 video editing suites, 1 Music Technology room, 1 Language lab.  57 IWB  63 laptops for teachers, 1 tablet PC – meetings  50 laptops (mobile)  40 admin PCs  2 plasma screens – entrance and staffroom  Videoconferencing  Digital cameras in departments  4 digital video cameras (ML, Media, PE, General)  Quizdom voting pads  Wireless coverage – currently 1/3 of the school

11. Management and administration 2003 SIMS, BROMCOM, Leeds Behaviour database, various spreadsheets, BT telephone system 2007 SERCO –Information system - Assessment, Curriculum planning and timetable, Behaviour database, Registration, e.portal, CCTV and telephone systems– monitored on admin. network

12. Community Use/Communication Pupils and staff can access their work area from home (80/86 teachers have own home PC and staff have a school laptop) Parents can access own daily records – attendance, Timetable, events School Website and 14-19 Partnership website Website for Comenius project - 4 countries contribute to the same website Staff and Students can email each other, parents use e-mail regularly User groups for students to share ideas

13. What next? STRATEGY/VISION Monitor use of resources and impact of ICTAC Review plan, Produce a 3-year plan in line with the School Improvement Plan and cost it accordingly Refining of behaviour database HOME/COMMUNITY USE Development of website and VLE Parents access to own records and reports Home access to be developed for staff to set work and for non-attenders (VLE) Laptops for post-16 students

14. What next? TRAINING ECDL –more Staff and pupils More staff time for development of resources More Training planned for 2007-2008 RESOURCES Whole-school Wireless coverage Upgrade of hardware More laptops for teaching and support staff P.A. around school Plasma screens in Dining Room and Post-16 centre

15. Issues Where is the money going to come from for updating of resources? Ensure that ICT is a tool for learning. The more kit we have the more IT support staff we need. Specialisation/pay of IT technicians

16. SLICT inner triangle

17. Leadership and management Are the roles in your school matched with appropriate responsibility? What do you need to do ensure that the above areas are covered by appropriate staff?

18. IDEAS http://www.teachers.tv/video/2880 http://www.teachers.tv/video/3207 http://www.teachers.tv/video/3206 WWW.ROYDS.LEEDS.SCH.UK