Leadership and Learning with ICT

Base on the work of :Moyle, K. (2006). Leadership and learning with ICT, Explore, Dream, Discover (pp. 1-11). San Diego: National Educational Computing Conference.

“The data collection focus upon the relationships between school leadership and the integration of ICT into teaching and learning” p3

“Integrating ICT into teaching and learning represent a major whole school reform…… (which) requires the vision and leadership from people within formal school leadership positions” p2

Summary of main point

7 inter-connected conditions for supporting teaching and learning with ICT:

1. ICT Strategic plan2. Vision3. School culture4. Whole school approach5. School infrastructure6. Organisational structure 7. Teacher education and leaders’ professional

learning

Summary of main point

Strategic Plan

School plan

ICT PlanVisionGoal

Strategic

Be part of a whole school

plan , co-operate with

school management and

development process

Require regular revision,

monitoring and updating

The foundation of establishing the direction (future

thinking)

The school community has been involved

Required regular review and checking

Practical (linked to students 'real world and

interests)

Vision

School CultureCulture indicator Leader attribution

Expectation of well embed ICT Encourage innovation and risk takingCulture of inquiryLearning to learnTeacher education and professional learningExamination of student outcomeCollaboration and cooporationRespect and trustLifelong learning.

Be inspirational , creative and adaptable risk taker Integrate ICT into work Understand the task and challenge Encourage Peer learning Facilitating collaboration Share Generate opportunity

Whole School Approach

Allocate budget

Staff meetings

Professional development activities

Allocate facilities

Curriculum adjustment

Embed tech-task into outcome

Help strategies

Inform in research

and strategies

Monitor, review and evaluate

Leader’s role:Leaders must have a commitment to

allocating resources to ICT;

Leaders need to have a vision which guides their decisions in ICT budgets, yet maintains the standards in all areas of the curriculum;

Leaders must establish recurrent financial models that underpin sustainable budget approaches for schools’ ICT infrastructure.

Budget

“Sufficient infrastructure was identified as a pre-

requisite for including ICT in teaching and

learning.”p8

Balance in-school learning and online

learning

School Infrastructure

“Participants indicated that one of the fundamental

characteristics required of school principals the 21

century is the capacity to initiate actions that

lead to innovative change and that he or she

motivates other into actions…..”

Ethical leadership

Organisational Structure

Issues:

Lack of opportunities in professional education training

qualifications

Actions:

Improve the quality of teacher graduates

Assist teacher students to include ICT into teaching and

learning

Regular monitoring

Buddy-relationship

Regular seminars

Share documentation across uni and school

Teacher Education and Leaders’ Professional Learning

Integrating ICT has to be suggested and encourage by school

leaders (especially principle).

As part of the whole school approach, ICT plan has to connect

to the vision statement, school culture, budget allocation,

organisational management and be part of staffs’ professional

development.

Evaluation of ICT implementation focus on student learning

outcome.

Successful ICT integration requires leaders understanding ICT

solutions and be innovative and supportive.

Conclusion

What does Moyle identify as the important action(s) required

by leaders to support the development of ICT integration? To

what extent is this happening in your context?

  What do you think are the major challenges for Australian

educational leaders in creating these essential conditions for

the integration of ICT? Why?

To what extent do you believe the personal characteristics of

school principals influences the integration of ICT in

education? How can we prepare and support these leaders?

Questions