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Successful Practices to Support Teacher Development in Using IWBs
David [email protected]
With thanks to our Major Sponsors and Host School:
Introductions
About Morningside School
Our IWB Journey
Our Future Directions
My 2009 Sabbatical Award
Pulling it all together
Teacher training in Auckland
10 years in South Auckland Schools
8 years rural teaching principal
13 years non-teaching principal
Ongoing learner
Early adopter
My Background
September 2006: My introduction to an IWB
October 2006: Presentations to teachers by vendors
Teacher selection
Budgeting
Our Journey
March 2007: School visits
April 2007: First two IWBs installed
May 2007: Sharing meeting
June 2007: Second two IWBs installed
February 2008: IWB number 5
In-school vendor sessions each term
User group meetings
School-based sharing sessions
Additional PD purchased in 2008
Initial Professional Development
Deliberate focus on curriculum
Principal, Deputy and Assistant Principals to IWBNet conference in Melbourne
Staff training targeted groups of teachers
Follow-up practice time together
User group meetings
We Start Again
2008/09 Classroom Upgrades
Purpose: To investigate and discuss strategies for the effective introduction of IWBs into schools and to explore successful practices that support teacher development as a teaching and learning tool.
Sabbatical 2009
School visits: 3 schools each in Northland, Auckland and Hamilton
Principal to Principal discussion
Classroom visits
Conversations with teachers & students
And a lot of sailing
PD Progressions
Vendor training
Pooling training
Provide teacher release
Staff meetings’ tech spot
Syndicate sharing
User group meetings
Online training
Conferences
Principal Sabbatical term 1
Change in school leadership team
Key teacher returns from overseas
Ongoing vendor & school-based PD
ICT Contract proposal
2009
ICT Contract
Regional Trainer appointment
IWBNet Conference presentations
Promethean Centre of Excellence accreditation
2010
ICT Contract: IWBs with a focus on Numeracy
Just in time learning
School-based training taken by our emerging experts
ICT journals for reflection, problems, issues and successes
School-based training
Learning @ School, IWBNet & ULearn
Embed IWBs into everyday use
Every teacher is an expert at something
Sharing within and across schools
IWBs supporting quality teaching practice
Our Future Directions
The Principal is involved as a lead learner
Training is regular and ongoing
Training meets teachers’ current needs
Training follows an overall plan
Critical Issues for PD Success
Develop every teacher as an expert
Utilise in-school expertise
The majority of training is school-based
Focus on quality teaching and learning
Give teachers time to play
More Critical Issues
Those schools that have committed to, and genuinely value significant ongoing teacher development in using IWBs are the ones whose students and teachers are gaining the greatest benefit from this technology on a day to day basis.
In Conclusion
The quality of the teaching is the most important factor in improving learning outcomes for our students.
Therefore, the underpinning focus for all professional development must be on teaching and learning.
And finally…
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David PrchalPrincipal, Morningside School, Whangarei, NZ.
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