Milestone+3+Goal+2

· Provide support for principals with practical e-learning and leadership skills All schools to develop strategic plans and budget allocations to develop their ICT infrastructure and professional development of staff. || · Principals are allocating time and resources for staff discussion around changes in pedagogy, professional learning and interacting with our community. · Principals are modeling the use of ICTs during regular staff meetings, school notices, communication with other schools · Lead teachers and staff generally feel supported in their use of e-learning · Principals give priority to purchasing aligned to learning intentions Staff bring laptops to all staff meetings and PD sessions and use them to access information, take notes, contribute to meeting minutes, share successes, challenges and students’ work. || __**Netherton Strategic Plan and the priority examples displayed below:**__
 * · Schools will recognize that this is about whole school change and therefore needs to be driven by the professional leader of the school.
 * [[image:nethertonmilestones/RIMG0120.JPG_small.JPG width="268" height="200"]] || * 4.3, school has purchased a pod of 12 laptops and a COW. To make best use of the new hardware for all students and teacher lap tops, the school has installed wireless access to school server and internet which is accessible throughout the school. (eg, photo shows new entrant children using new technologies within their literacy program). || * 2.2; priority has been given to the purchase of tools to support ICT, the board approved spending on upgrades of hardware and the expertise needed to source and integrate new tools into the school. ||
 * * Achievement Goal 1; regular discussions around the application of solo taxonomy are happening at staff meetings, aspects of solo taxonomy are being incorporated into team planning. Teachers are being supported with rubrics relevant to the terms plan
 * [[file:Relating to others using 'the netherton way'.pdf]] || * 4.2 School wide focus on cyber safety in term one through the teaching of 'Hector's World' as appropriate for each level. Junior focus on safety around personal details, middle/senior focus moving into safe use of the internet for research and showing the application of this knowledge in order to use ICT responsibly in e-learning. (eg link to student solo rubric). || * 2.3; priority has been given to releasing teachers on days in which Barbara Wenn (3 Rivers facilitator) is in school in order to make the best use of everybody's time. As a result all teachers are making steady progress and building confidence in incorporating ICT's across a variety of curriculum areas. ||