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· 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. ICTs are being integrated into planning, teaching and learning by making them the easy, accessible or sensible choice for teachers. The lead teacher recently updated the school website to include a teacher page that contains links to useful websites and resources in order tocut down on teachers needing to spend time on searching for useful resources. [] This has been well received by staff and evidence of application from this staff meeting is able to be seen in teacher work plans. Staff meetings are periodically held in a classroom in order to use a projector. Planning meetings where teachers co-operatively write unit plans for the term following are held prior to the beginning of each term with cutting/pasting, formating etc being modelled by the principal or lead teacher (of the relevant curriculum area) with teacher planning being saved into 'teacher write' on the server; this ensures the less 'techy' teachers are having basic skills modelled to them, as well as how to access the relevant folders etc within the school server. Most teachers are now using shared resources and plans on the server, the goal being that all teachers will save all plans to a shared folder to use time and expertise amongst the staff as effectively as possible. Teachers have access to MIMIOs, projectors, lap tops, digital camera's, wireless, the BOT has prioritised spending to ensure children and teachers have the necessary hardware to ensure e-learning is accessible and practical in the classroom. The lead teacher is given release time when necessary to either support other staff members in their learning, or to complete necessary administration required for her position. The position of lead teacher is also recognised as part of a management unit. Staff currently bring lap tops to staff meetings when asked to and for a specific purpose. The school now has wireless available enabling all teachers to work online together. We have found that physically going into websites during staff meeting is far more engaging and more likely to lead to a change in practice than simply giving the link to a website in meeting minutes. A collegial non-threatening atmosphere has been deliberately fostered so that all teachers feel comfortable to ask questions and ask for help. 
 * · Schools will recognize that this is about whole school change and therefore needs to be driven by the professional leader of the school.
 * 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.