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School policy |
Policy statements should be
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Policy statements should be brief but comprehensive, leaving
staff, pupils and parents in no doubt about the school's intentions and
the means by which it proposes to achieve its ICT goals.
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The main features of the school ICT policy statement should include:
a definition of ICT and its relevance
to the education process
a statement of aims - the vision,
including a plain statement on the place of ICT in the curriculum and
including the importance of planning
the importance of pupil and staff
experiences of ICT and a statement on equalities of opportunity
links between ICT and schemes of work
and programmes of study, and the school development plan
assessment, recording and reporting
priorities and approaches
roles and responsibilities of managers,
specialist staff and other partners
the impact of ICT on teaching approaches;
the importance of teaching methodology in, and the
organisation of, ICT development
hardware and software issues and strategies
staff development issues/priorities
and strategy
procedures for monitoring and evaluating
the policy implementation
funding and acquisition strategies.
OHT master
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Moray Council offers a policy template to all its schools to be customised
to suit their own particular situation. This not only helps give some
consistency across the authority in line with its chosen route of a public-private
partnership to develop ICT but has also proved very popular with schools
in identifying the main policy features and in providing a basis for individual
and associated cluster-group development.
The aim is defined simply as:
We will develop ICT capability within the school.
This aim applies to everyone within the school and, by striving towards
it, we will also:
enhance access to information
enhance opportunities to communicate
develop competencies in the management
of information
develop competencies in communication
take advantage of opportunities to
enrich the curriculum
take advantage of the opportunities
to raise standards and attainment in all areas of the curriculum
take advantage of the opportunities
to motivate and enthuse students and staff
ensure equality of opportunity for
all.
Local authority example
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