Subject Leader Network for ICT      -      Spring Term 2011

The following agenda is designed to develop your knowledge, understanding and skills in order to improve standards in your department

 

 

Session 1

·        Impact of white paper on ICT

·        Functional skills incl. apprenticeships

·        Wolf report on Vocational Education (role of ICT Qualifications?)

          

Session 2

·        The Curriculum Review

·        What ICT should every pupil learn?

·        EBac, Gold Standard and ICT

 

Session 3

·        Developing learning and teaching through schemes of work

·        Examples for Y7 integrated curriculum, Year 9 and OCR

·        Choice of focus to work on

o       Considering differentiation

o       Behaviour and climate for learning

o       Developing subject knowledge

 

Session 4

·        Feedback from Teachers International Development – ICT Teachers in Australia

 

Session 5

·        Evaluating different tracking models (3 groups)

o       Vocational related qualifications (OCR, DIDA, BTec)

o       New GCSEs, IT Diploma

o       APP at KS3

 

Session 6

·        ICT across the curriculum

o       Effective models for tracking and development.

o       Progression or consolidation through cross-curricular teaching?