Leadership and ICT
- Changing Times, Changing Roles: How primary schools have remodelled for the leadership and management of ICT [NCSL] RESEARCH
- IcT's about Learning: School leadership and the effective integration of information and communications technology [NCSL] RESEARCH
- One step ahead of the game: leading change in ICT in support of pupil learning [NCSL] RESEARCH
- Secondary Leadership Team Toolkit [NCSL] TOOLKIT, CASE STUDIES
Changing Times, Changing Roles: How primary schools have remodelled for the leadership and management of ICT [NCSL]
This research report, published in summer 2006, examined how primary school leaders engaged with the remodelling agenda to consider the leadership and management of ICT in their schools.
In the full report, five main areas emerging from a review of the literature are focused upon: 24 administrative tasks; knowledge management; communication; planning, preparation and assessment (PPA) time; and extending roles of staffing. In the summary report, the leadership dimension is highlighted, with particular reference to how schools have sought to apply remodelling to achieve a better fit between roles and responsibilities.
(PDF 262 KB)
www.ncsl.org.uk/media/766/13/changing-times-changing-roles -summary.pdf
IcT's about Learning: School leadership and the effective integration of information and communications technology [NCSL]
This short summary study is based upon interviews with school principals or headteachers and others working in schools in England, Australia and Singapore that are reputed to be at the cutting edge of practice in ICT. It focuses upon: the effective integration of ICT; leading learning; the changing relationship between the school and the community; and budgeting for ICT.(PDF 179 KB)
ncsl.org.uk/media/766/97/icts-about-learning-summary.pdf
One step ahead of the game: leading change in ICT in support of pupil learning [NCSL]
This summary research report, published in summer 2007, examined how the headteachers of five primary schools are using technological advances in order to improve the quality of education for their pupils.
It explored the use of ICT, describing headteachers who embrace change and enjoy the challenge of being modern leaders in modern schools. Schools were selected to reflect a balance between church and community, urban and rural, and male and female headteachers. In order to sample schools with established good practice in ICT, three schools were chosen from the ICT Register, one school was recommended by Becta and one was a local school with an 'outstanding' Ofsted report.
(PDF 449 KB)
www.ncsl.org.uk/media/895/BD/one-step-ahead-of-the-game-gill.pdf
Secondary Leadership Team Toolkit [NCSL]
The secondary leadership team toolkit was launched in March 2006 and provides a range of practical tools to guide school leadership teams on how to lead the effective use of ICT across the curriculum. The toolkit is designed for School leaders: secondary headteachers, secondary management, leadership teams and department leaders and School advisers: subject and strategy advisers, school improvement and other local authority advisers.
The toolkit is intended to be flexible to meet the specific needs of each school, and aims to help schools develop and communicate their vision, explore and plan different implementation strategies and review and evaluate progress. The toolkit provides inspirational insight into 11 school journeys to enhance learning and teaching using ICT. The CD-ROM follows these journeys in more depth, with interviews from leaders at these schools discussing innovative and practical approaches to sustaining improvement and attainment.
The toolkit booklet features 11 case studies looking from different perspectives, discussing the latest thinking about extending learning beyond the school day, developing the 14-19 curriculum and personalising learning for all.
