SOUTHERN CENTRAL DIVIDE REGIONAL CLUSTER: PROGRAMME GOALS FOR 2011

Programme Goals Success Indicators for

Programme Implementation 2011 Resources and Budget
2010-12 Programme Goals

What are the planned programme How will you measure how
What are your cluster goals? What resources do you need?
activities for the second year? effective your activities are?

National Goal 1 Activities Resources and Budget Effective delivery

Increase the e-learning leadership and ICT capability ● Particpants are
of regional cluster schools. 2 X day meetings (Term 1 and 288 facilitator days provided by surveyed after each
Term 4, total 4 days), focus to be school contributions PD event.
Your programme Goals determined by the cadre, but likely ● Blended,
to include, leadership, ePortfolios, relief (4 days), accommodation personalised
Cluster Goal: blended learning pedagogy & transport for 20 teachers: courses are
$84710 (rates are relief $261 produced by
Cadre of eLearning Leaders continues to pd, accommodation $145 pd, participants
travel $460 pp)
develop their eLearning capability: ● Collaboration takes
place between
relief (4days) and transport for
● Blended learning programmes of study 4 days PD during the year – to be 20 teachers: $28080 (rates are
teachers
are constructed that enable arranged by individual teachers - relief $261 pd, travel $90 pp) ● Some of the CORE
personalised learning with agreement of facilitators group present at
ULEARN 2011
● Core group of eLearning Leaders $14950 Rates are: registration
continues to develop a CoP. Attendance at Ulearn 2011 for 10 $600, 4 nights accommodation ● Some of the core
members of core group $435, travel $460) group present to
principals as part of
the leadership
events (goal 2)

National Goal 2 Activities Resources and Budget Effective delivery

Increase the understanding of the contribution that At least two, full day, 'leadership
ICTs can make to effective learning across the events' for principals and senior
regional cluster. leaders in schools. These will raise
the profile of SCD in the schools
Cluster Goal: and offer a challenge to leaders to
further support the SCD vision.
School leadership is actively involved in realising Note, non-cluster schools within the
the vision of SCD region will be invited to these
events.
There is also the possibility of
invited speakers from UC being
available to present at leadership
events.
Keynote speaker $1000 pd, ● Attendance by non-
travel for keynote plus 6 'star cluster school
teachers' $1500, relief for 6 principals takes
teachers $ 1740, venue $600. place
Total for 2 events $9680 ● online survey of
principals after the
School leadership will fund their events
own relief and transport
● Feedback from CoPs
and core group of
teachers shows that
schools leadership is
actively supporting
the SCD vision

National Goal 3 Activities Resources and Budget Effective delivery

Strengthen professional learning communities and ● Ongoing surveying
increase collaboration across the regional cluster of Please see activities outlined in Access to online spaces using of teachers for the
schools. goals one and two, which will Moodle or other web 2.0 tools purpose of gaining
also serve to further strengthen which are freely available for feedback on the
Cluster Goal schools to use effectiveness of the
the community of practice and
Sustainable communities of practice have planned activities
connect school leadership
been developed from which the region can Educo and Mahara are provided ● Monitoring of
Also, the teacher group will by the VLN
build leadership of blended learning participation in each
continue to share, discuss and
community’s online
collaborate using its online
● Core teacher group community of space on Educo. This will be
space and in the
forum discussion in
practice continues to be built around key focus areas for particular
strengthened the next steps in the project. ● Monitor teacher’s
● Core teacher group’s community of Much of this will be developed development of
practice leads the adoption of through the use of ongoing ePortfolio area and
blended approaches to learning professional discussion using the ongoing
within the region’s schools forums and through the reflection that takes
● Further communities of practice will development and sharing of place
be developed around sharing, teacher ePortfolios. ● Survey and
collaboration and blended learning interview school
● #School leadership groups across leadership for the
 the region are connected for the
purpose of discussion on the key
outcomes of the project
#Note that there is overlap with goal four with
respect to school leadership
effectiveness of
PD for existing and emerging leadership events,
Communities of Practice especially on
whether any sense
(CoP's)
of regional
community has
developed
SCD will fund CoP's to meet,
Note the funding for this is
develop and produce materials
to enable the vision of the SCD 1:1 cluster to school funding.
to be realised across a wide For every dollar that the
group of schools and cluster contributes,
participating teachers. participating schools will
contribute a dollar.
● SCD will fund a $3000 x 9 =
maximum of nine CoP's $27000 for development of
COPs
the sum of $3000 to be
used for relief purposes
● Schools will contribute
an equal amount to this
project on a user pays
basis
● SCD will develop
criteria to ensure the
CoP's are able to meet
the vision of the SCD
● CoP's will have to
submit expressions of
interest for the PD
money by means of a
short application

National Goal 4 Activities Resources and Budget Effective delivery

Foster new and existing relationships with ● Active participation
Government, Local Government, Businesses and While no University course will be See previous in leadership events
members of the community that will strengthen the offered in 2011, the partnership with from school and
cluster. the eLearning department and local community
Professor Niki Davis, will continue leaders
Cluster Goal: to remain an important aspect of ● School leaders more
Foster new and existing relationships within the building capacity actively adopt
region’s community blended models on
Local body government will be learning within their
● Cluster leadership events will foster a invited to regional cluster leadership school
greater sense of school ownership of the events ● Ongoing dialogue on
project the progress of the
● School leaders will have a greater sense Local community media will be regional cluster
of being a rural regional community invited to regional cluster events between schools and
centred on making the most of online and project leaders will publicise their local community
the progress of the regional cluster
learning (whether blended or fully ● Ongoing dialogue
online) through local media
between the GCSN
● Local communities and local community and the SCD
leaders will be more aware of the regional cluster
Project leaders (including
regional focus on personalised learning
governance) will regularly meet with
using the web
GCSN leadership in order to
● Develop connections with the GCSN
support common goals

National Goal 5* Activities Resources and Budget Effective delivery

Develop the capability of the sector by sharing online ● Feedback obtained
professional reflections to inform colleagues of the All progress reporting for the Access to collaborative online through surveying
challenges and opportunities afforded by e-learning regional cluster will be outlined on environment (Wikieducator, and interviews
an ongoing basis through the SCD VLN, Google docs clearly shows that
Cluster Goal: portal on WikiEducator. This will be reflections on the
Ongoing professional reflection on the progress updated regularly, rather than seen cluster are in
of the SCD regional cluster informs the wider as a one off articles accessible format
community on the challenges and opportunities and provided at
of blended learning Project leadership blog will provide regular intervals
ongoing insights into the progress
● All school leaders are regularly informed of the cluster
of the progress of the cluster
● The wider community has online access Regular face to face and online
meetings of project leadership to
 to the progress of the cluster plan reflection
● Teachers have developed rich portfolio
areas that provides personal reflections Cluster personnel to present and
on the project share their progress at Ulearn