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LEADING
SCHOOL FUND INITIATIVE
Wimmera
Cluster Project
Meeting
Challenges & Creating Student Options
with
ICT and a Virtual Environment
Cluster
members:
1. Edenhope
College
2. Murtoa College
3. Warracknabeal Secondary College
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Key
Focus of the Initiative
Development
of a connected and active learning environment constructed around
increased ICT and effective teacher use of these resources
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Key
Strategies
Curriculum
provision, which features:
• Edenhope College teachers working together in Professional
Learning Teams in an ICT Connected Learning Environment, and with
teachers at Warracknabeal and Murtoa Colleges;
• teachers planning together to achieve a Thematic Year 7
Program that can be implemented using differential student groupings
and longer uninterrupted time blocks;
• a common timetable across the three schools, shared meeting
schedules and agreed Year 7 program; and
• student centred learning with students involved in their
own assessment and the support of other students, and having input
into curriculum design and evaluation.
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Teacher
Professional Development, which:
• targets the effective use of ICT in classrooms; and
• is supported through specific teacher professional learning
plans that includes action research and individual performance outcomes.
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Construction
of a new Connected Learning Environment (CLE), which
is:
• flexible in design, to support varying styles of learning
and instruction;
• rich in ICT resources; and
• has video conferencing infrastructure to support connections
across schools.
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Central
aims/purpose of the initiative
The core
thrust for teacher effectiveness transformation is that increasing
the use of ICT in the three schools and in the delivery of programs
will:
• improve student achievement, retention, provision and engagement;
• reduce the sense of isolation; and
• provide rural support for students and teachers in a rural
education setting.
ICT is the transformational tool used to create a cultural shift
in teaching styles.
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Brief
summary of issues leading to development of an initiative
• Slow decline in student numbers
• Attraction and retention of staff in specific curriculum
areas
• Geographical isolation
• Retention from the Middle Years to the Senior Years
• Student engagement and connectedness
• Breadth of curriculum provision and options for student
pathways
• Expectation to provide for students and their community
in ever increasing ways
• Consistency of teacher use of ICT across the College
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