Successful Practices to Support Teacher Development in Using IWBs

David Prchalprincipal@morningside.ac.nz

With thanks to our Major Sponsors and Host School:

Introductions

About Morningside School

Our IWB Journey

Our Future Directions

My 2009 Sabbatical Award

Pulling it all together

Teacher training in Auckland

10 years in South Auckland Schools

8 years rural teaching principal

13 years non-teaching principal

Ongoing learner

Early adopter

My Background

September 2006: My introduction to an IWB

October 2006: Presentations to teachers by vendors

Teacher selection

Budgeting

Our Journey

March 2007: School visits

April 2007: First two IWBs installed

May 2007: Sharing meeting

June 2007: Second two IWBs installed

February 2008: IWB number 5

In-school vendor sessions each term

User group meetings

School-based sharing sessions

Additional PD purchased in 2008

Initial Professional Development

Deliberate focus on curriculum

Principal, Deputy and Assistant Principals to IWBNet conference in Melbourne

Staff training targeted groups of teachers

Follow-up practice time together

User group meetings

We Start Again

2008/09 Classroom Upgrades

Purpose: To investigate and discuss strategies for the effective introduction of IWBs into schools and to explore successful practices that support teacher development as a teaching and learning tool.

Sabbatical 2009

School visits: 3 schools each in Northland, Auckland and Hamilton

Principal to Principal discussion

Classroom visits

Conversations with teachers & students

And a lot of sailing

PD Progressions

Vendor training

Pooling training

Provide teacher release

Staff meetings’ tech spot

Syndicate sharing

User group meetings

Online training

Conferences

Principal Sabbatical term 1

Change in school leadership team

Key teacher returns from overseas

Ongoing vendor & school-based PD

ICT Contract proposal

2009

ICT Contract

Regional Trainer appointment

IWBNet Conference presentations

Promethean Centre of Excellence accreditation

2010

ICT Contract: IWBs with a focus on Numeracy

Just in time learning

School-based training taken by our emerging experts

ICT journals for reflection, problems, issues and successes

School-based training

Learning @ School, IWBNet & ULearn

Embed IWBs into everyday use

Every teacher is an expert at something

Sharing within and across schools

IWBs supporting quality teaching practice

Our Future Directions

The Principal is involved as a lead learner

Training is regular and ongoing

Training meets teachers’ current needs

Training follows an overall plan

Critical Issues for PD Success

Develop every teacher as an expert

Utilise in-school expertise

The majority of training is school-based

Focus on quality teaching and learning

Give teachers time to play

More Critical Issues

Those schools that have committed to, and genuinely value significant ongoing teacher development in using IWBs are the ones whose students and teachers are gaining the greatest benefit from this technology on a day to day basis.

In Conclusion

The quality of the teaching is the most important factor in improving learning outcomes for our students.

Therefore, the underpinning focus for all professional development must be on teaching and learning.

And finally…

Recommended Reading

David PrchalPrincipal, Morningside School, Whangarei, NZ.

principal@morningside.ac.nz

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