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**Overriding Goals for 2010**

 * To ensure that elearning and use of ICTs are becoming an integral part of classroom programmes through the implementation of the School Curriculum, || Provide support for the implementation of elearning opportunities, and use of IWBs to enhance teaching and learning. || · There is increased evidence of teachers incorporating elearning and ICTs to support and enhance the teaching and learning within classroom programmes. ||


 * To work towards the shared school goal of incorporating IWBs into classroom practise to enhance literacy and numeracy and reflect on their effectiveness using the cluster evidence wiki.

To build teacher’s capabilities and look at ways of using the school SMS (School Master) and assessment possibilities (Solo). || To look at ways of using the IWBs to support teaching and learning. Enable sharing sessions to reflect on practise and provide ideas and support. Provide ongoing professional learning opportunities so teachers can build on skills and capability. || · ICTs are planned for and used throughout the curriculum to support learning and teaching. · Teachers are reflecting and show evidence of increased confidence and knowledge with the use of ICTs in class practise · Teachers are embedding new learning in teaching and learning opportunities. ||

**Outcomes To Date**

 * First Half Year**

**Matamata Christian School** already had in place a **model for** **Inquiry Learning** across the classroom levels. Upon its inception in 2007 it was never meant to be a permanent model but was meant to evolve. In many ways it has and it is adapted by teachers to suit what they are working on. For 2010 we decided the next step to improving our model would be to **explore SOLO Taxonomy**. It is our intention to develop SOLO through further training and experimentation of designing rubrics. This is one of our three key development goals this year. Interactive Whiteboards have been fitted into classrooms with the aim to build upon **effective classroom practise** in the areas of Literacy and Mathematics. It is envisaged that student’s engagement and motivation will increase and that these tools would be a natural part of the learning tools that both students and teachers would use regularly through each day. Teachers can see there is an enormous amount of potential for their use and how these will **support teaching pedagogy.** Development of practice and teaching pedagogy is the second key area of ICT development for our staff this year. The third main development goal for our school in 2010 is in the use of our school’s new SMS system. In 2009 when it was installed we experienced some problems in both SMS connectivity for teachers and the use of it as a tool for **managing assessment data**. We have begun some school wide training now and it has started being used for attendance, managing student discipline, and accessing family information. The next step is to develop systems for managing assessment data. This has not yet been strongly pursued as we have been waiting to see what the SMS provider will come out with soon to do with National Standards and the management of school reports.


 * Second Half Year**

Having ongoing curriculum development particularly in the principles and effective pedagogy. Pedagogy development has been based around the NZ Curriculum with staff doing Internet based research and feedback. This has been mind mapped and analysed against how our school is currently performing and then goals for improvement are set. In Term 1 students as part of our ‘Kid on the Rock’ programme started turning the Key Competencies into kidspeak to make these more relevant to them. We have continued to use the student Inquiry Learning models we have developed. This focuses on them using ICT technologies learning to develop research, thinking, evaluation and presentation skills through their projects. Teachers have all been given IWB infrastructure and have been developing the use of this in their classrooms. Further training will be provided. 



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 * Staff Meeting PPT**

Samples of work will need to have: Why? - its learning intention eg) addition, sequencing, retelling.
 * What ** the students were actually doing it for (its purpose).
 * How ** it enhanced the learning