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Milestone 1 2010
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Our cluster sharing space can be found at [|http://townandcountry-rotorua.wikispaces.com)]
 * Rotorua Town and Country Cluster**
 * **Milestone Number :** || 1 ||
 * **Cluster Name** || Rotorua Town and Country Cluster ||
 * **Contract Number** || 10-0242 ||
 * **Lead School** || Mamaku ||
 * **MoE School ID Number** || 1797 ||
 * **Date** || May 2010 ||
 * **National Facilitator** || Jill Hammonds ||
 * **Project Director/s** || Lorraine Taylor ||
 * **Facilitator/s** || Alan Dawson ||

Tues 16th Feb 2010 || Principals, BoT of the 7 schools and the cluster facilitator || Boards of Trustees of the 7 cluster schools were introduced to the ICTPD cluster and had an opportunity to meet as a group. The BoT members were introduced to the cluster facilitator. Jill Hammonds presented about the purpose of the contract, it's goals and what parents should see happening in their child's classes. There was positive feedback from the board members who attended the session. It achieved the goal in showing BoT members that the contract is about effective 21st century teaching and learning and not just ICT. ||
 * 1. Response to Milestone tasks**
 * 1.2 Details of the tasks to be completed by the contractor to achieve this milestone are:**
 * 1.2.1 Liaise with the National Facilitator assigned to this project;**
 * **What did we do?** || **Who was involved?** || **What was the outcome?** ||
 * Met with Jill Hammonds:
 * Mon 22nd March 2010 Additional Visit || Project Director and Cluster Facilitator || Jill worked with the project director and then the cluster facilitator on a review of how the cluster has progressed so far in the first term. Provided some strategies to the facilitator related to effective facilitation practice and detailed cluster expectations for effective practice. ||
 * 25th March Audioconference re concerns over project facilitation || All principals || Principals were clear about their role in supporting the facilitator and detailing how this was working out in their school. Documentation procedures were established to monitor developments and provide data. Further date set for follow up discussion. ||
 * Thursday 29th April Cluster Network Meeting in Tauranga || Project director and facilitator || Clarification around milestone process and requirements, social networking and sharing of ideas in groups around topics of interest ||
 * Fri 30th April 2010 || Principals and Cluster Facilitator || Principals and cluster facilitator met with Jill in Rotorua to discuss progress with programme and facilitation. ||
 * Fri 30th April informal meeting requested by facilitator for support with how to really get on top of the cluster programme and working with teachers. || Facilitator || A full and frank discussion with strategies of ways to work on the areas that were identified as causing concern. ||
 * Regular ongoing email and phone support as required || Project director and facilitator || Provision of resources, answers to specific queries e.g. linking proxies and locations on facilitator computer to simplify login process at each school, establish contacts with other facilitators ||


 * 1.2.2.A Report on your progress towards achieving the first of your elected programme goals**

1. All schools develop and maintain a current ICT/e-learning strategic plan || **//Success Indicators//** School leaders and Boards of Trustees have a clear understanding of the potential of ICT/e-learning across all areas of the school, and include this in their school development plans. Each cluster school is involved in regular self and peer review. Staff, students and the school community are consulted and a focus on the desired learning ensures a current and relevant ICT/e-strategic plan. This plan will align with the school charter and display evidence of an understanding of best practice. Internet safety is addressed. ||
 * =====**Cluster Programme Goal 1**=====

General statement of mid-year progress so far.
 * Mid-year review**
 * a. What progress has been made towards achieving these goals?**

Goal 1 All schools develop and maintain a current ICT/e-learning strategic plan http://hooked-on-thinking.wikispaces.com/ICT+Progress+Indicators
 * A BOT evening was held to widen and deepen their expectations of the role of ICT in schools. All cluster schools were represented. BoT's across our cluster are supportive of the ICT contract.
 * All schools have undertaken a self review in terms of ICT to review and modify their existing ICT strategic plans, charters and to determine next steps.
 * Staff, students and the school community are being consulted by each cluster school to ensure a current and relevant ICT/e-strategic plan. Some have surveyed their communities online and some as a paper or face to face survey.
 * Internet safety has been addressed in each school. Some have run specific staff and parent meetings, Netsafe forms have been used and adapted by most schools in the cluster.
 * Most schools have parents and students re-sign these forms each year, these forms also cover the use of children's images online.
 * Examples of other ICT strategic plans have been shared by the cluster principals.
 * This is definitely a work in progress and I think we have been surprised at how much longer this is taking than originally planned.
 * We are making use of Tessa'a resource at http://ictpd-strategic-planning.wikispaces.com also Pam and Julie's
 * Our biggest challenge has been finding the time to work on this individually in our schools and sharing our skills across the cluster.


 * Otonga**
 * There was a school wide Hector focus on internet safety. Pamphlets went home and a parents meeting was held.
 * Individual appraisal meetings held with staff. All have set an ICT goal. It was important that these were SMART goals linked to a learning goal.
 * All classrooms have a hub of computers so that up to 8 children can work at a time.
 * A capital fund has targeted ICT funding and extra funding sought from other agencies.
 * The Charter included the ICTPD contract and SOLO PD.
 * Netsafe policies reviewed and adapted.


 * Mamaku**
 * We currently do not have an e-learning strategic plan this will be put together by the leadership team and ICT co-ordinator by the end of this term.
 * Our BoT have a clear understanding of the ICT contract as a result of the 16th Feb joint meeting with BoT and our National Facilitator and information provided by the principal to the BoT through our BoT meetings.
 * The school annual plan shows target setting in relation to ICT.
 * Teachers have all set a simple and achievable ICT goal as one of their appraisal goals for 2010.
 * All student cybersafety agreements were checked in term 1- all students and staff have current and valid cybersafety agreements.


 * Kawaha Point**
 * We are working towards an e-learning strategic plan by the end of this term.
 * The current Board have included the ICT PD contract in 2010's charter and have a strategic goal for ICT in the school.
 * We have met with Alan Dawson and discussed specific strategic plans with the leadership team.
 * We have reviewed a wide variety of current strategic plans from other schools to find a template that suits our needs.
 * We had nearly all BOT members attend the Feb BOT combined meeting- this will need to be repeated as we will have at least 4 new members.
 * Teachers are enthusiastically using aspects of SOLO throughout the school and we have begun creating guidelines for this.


 * Ngongotaha**
 * We are working towards having an e-learning strategic plan completed this term.
 * We have included the current ICT PD in our professional development plan, our charter and strategic plan.
 * We have met with facilitator to discuss an e-learning strategic plan, however this was only marginally useful.
 * We have viewed a number of strategic plans from other schools.
 * I (principal) attended a workshop with Tessa Gray at Learning at School which provided some information and direction on the formulation of our strategic plan.
 * Teachers have a goal included in their appraisal process in 2010.
 * Following the BOT elections we will share the strategic plan with our new BOT to ensure they have an uderstanding of the plan and contract.


 * St. Mary's**
 * The ICT strategic plan put together and approved by the BOT in 2009 was reviewed by a team of staff early in 2010 and a revised plan outlined for 2010-2012.
 * This was approved by the BOT in term one.
 * Our Board of Trustees members attended the meeting outlining the ICT PD contract so are familiar with what both the cluster and our staff are trying to achieve in the area of ICT.
 * All student cybersafety agreements were checked in term 1- all students and staff have current and valid cybersafety agreements.


 * Kaharoa**
 * Strategic plan has been reviewed and will be presented to the board on the 17th May and viewed by staff.
 * It is a one page working document and is reviewed twice a term.
 * Format of plan is meeting our needs however we aim to compare with other strategic plans to see if it can be further improved


 * Aorangi**
 * We have an ICT Strategic Plan as well as a Strategic Plan that sits within the Charter, both of which support the development of ICT capability.
 * The ICT Strategic Plan was reviewed in June 2009 and again in March 2010.
 * The BoT is supportive of a significant financial commitment in their budget to provide ICT PD for all staff members.
 * All teachers have a personal professional development goal linked to ICT that contributes to their appraisal.


 * b. What evidence supports this?**
 * Mamaku**
 * We have looked at a variety of models for an e-learning/ICT strategic plan and are now able to plan for the next 2 years with some degree of clarity.
 * Kawaha Point**
 * We have 4 lead teachers working directly with Alan and all staff have taken on board SOLO and are now ready for the next step-planning. The staff have completely changed their views on using ICT as tools and with the purchase of 2 COWS no longer see the need for a Multi Media Suite (MMC). This has meant that the plans for the upgrade of the library area no longer include an MMC/ computer room as such! The board has budgeted for significant investment in both PD and hardware/infrastructure. All of the above impacts on what we write and how we write our ICT strategic plan.
 * Ngongotaha**
 * We have the beginnings of a strategic plan and will now work towards its completion with community, staff and BOT involvement.
 * Included facilitator in team planning sessions in preparation for term two.
 * St. Mary's**
 * The school budget and professional development programme for the year reflect the contents of the ICT strategic plan.
 * Both the BOT and PTA are providing financial support for ICT technologies to provide enhanced classroom opportunities for learning.
 * Staff meetings have had a strong ICT basis with a focus on the KnowledgeNet Learning Management System, Activboard Staff Training, an overview of the ICT PD contract and NZCER online data entry and analysis.
 * We had seven staff attend the Learning at Schools conference and staff have had the opportunity for some ICT based workshops to meet areas of individual need.
 * Kaharoa**
 * Teacher knowledge survey completed and formative feedback on this.
 * Lead teacher is introducing new systems, released for modelling lessons and staff feeling well supported by her.
 * Including Alan in planning session and having him come and model lessons.
 * Cluster facilitator is leading a staff meeting later this term.
 * ‘Tech mates’ club started to train children to be leaders is in ICT.
 * Aorangi**
 * The Strategic plan guides our focus and direction, and is being implemented incrementally.
 * ICT PD is being facilitated by the ICT Lead teacher and Principal and the collaborative culture of professional learning is evident by the amount of collaborative learning occurring between teachers.
 * Hardware purchases, including a new Server have been made.
 * Otonga**
 * ICT leaders and principal visited a school in Hawkesbay as part of strategic decision-making


 * c. What are the key lessons for the cluster, in terms of this goal?**
 * There is on-going revision to be done on the cluster strategic plan and the individual school plans.
 * Important for the principals to regularly communicate about what is happening in each of their schools as this will promote collaboration eg. Sharing PD, strategic plans, challenges, opportunities etc
 * Important to remember that 'good things take time' and to get the buy in of stakeholders for any strategic plan is a long, steady process.
 * Ensure lead teachers are included in the setting of cluster goals and the development of the cluster strategic plan and then take some responsibility for ensuring that their school is working towards the set goals.
 * Important that we are aware of the "bigger picture" of what we are striving to achieve.
 * Benefits of collaboration evident even though we are still in the early days of the cluster.
 * We are in a state of transition in terms of BoT with the triennial elections this year. We will need to re-run BoT training in terms 3 and 4 2010.
 * In the majority of our school communities there is still poor access to broadband and access to computers in homes.
 * Sharing of ICT/e-learning templates has increased leader capability in planning and has contributed constructively towards principals reviewing their ICT strategic.
 * This is an ambitious goal to achieve within 4 months however significant progress towards it has been made by all cluster schools.
 * Internet safety must be revisited regularly. Children, parent and teachers need to be constantly aware of appropriate internet use.
 * The cluster facilitator doesn't necessarily have skills in this area (strategic planning) to work with 7 different schools, the majority of the workload for this has fallen on principals as part of their strategic planning process, time and expertise have been a barrier.

In general we need to arrange support for our principals by contacting either our national facilitator or Tessa Gray to run a strategic planning day for us. We will contact the Rotorua central cluster to also pool ideas across the region.
 * d. What are the next steps towards achieving the outcome?**
 * A mid term revision of progress and next steps for development of ICT integration in curriculum and capital planning
 * A planning meeting will be held with the principals and lead teachers to put together our ICT strategic plan as a first draft.
 * Mamaku will have their strategic plan and examples of others out to the principals by week 6 of term 2.
 * Re-educate the new Board of Trustees on where we are at and where we are heading.
 * Complete the strategic plan and ensure all stakeholders have a level of buy in.
 * Ensure lead teachers receive and pass on quality professional development opportunities and use this information in the classroom to benefit students.
 * Work with the new Board so they are aware of where we are at, where we are heading and how they can support this.
 * Ensure staff have time to share what they are achieveing individually, as a team and as a cluster.
 * Continue to work towards achieving the goals set for our school for this year, taking time as a group to reflect on what we have achieved, where to next and how we will do that.
 * Working with other schools in the cluster to share ideas and work towards achieving the cluster goals.
 * Ongoing review of strategic plan in school and regularly communication across schools being modelled at the principal’s level.
 * Continue seeking opportunities to view exemplars of strategic/e-learning plans that will strengthen the review process of our existing plans, and enhance the effectiveness of future revisions of our strategic/e-learning plan.


 * 1.2.2.B Report on your progress towards achieving the second of your elected programme goals**
 * =====**Cluster Programme Goal 2**=====

Schools will develop e-learning leaders by providing targeted PD opportunities for Principals and Lead ICT Teachers || **Success Indicators** School leaders have both the confidence and knowledge to assist them to design appropriate action plans for their school.

A professional learning cluster community of e-leaders is developed and strengthened to increase the capacity of the group. ||
 * Mid-year review**


 * a. What progress has been made towards achieving these goals?**
 * We have identified ICT lead teachers in each school. They attended the Learning at School conference in Feb. and two lead teacher days have been held.
 * A professional learning cluster community of e-leaders is developing although this is in the early stages.
 * Two lead teacher days have been run by the cluster facilitator this year.
 * Workshop 1 covered:
 * A personal action plan - outlining how the ICT Lead teacher will extend their practice and those of their colleagues in school
 * The creation of our own group on the Ning and identification of how we will collaborate across schools at pupil level
 * A shared understanding of effective ways of using ICT to facilitate creative and deeper learning (a practical pedagogy for its application in the classroom)
 * How they will use the facilitator and his services within their own practice to get the maximum benefits for them and their class
 * Workshop 2 covered:see http://townandcountry-rotorua.wikispaces.com/Workshop+May+2010
 * Planning plus ideas on projects i.e. the birdbox project and creating digital stories for music
 * SOLO discussion-best practice
 * Update - our cluster (programs we will use and why) and the way forward, national, international perspectives
 * Effective Class computer use
 * Building a wiki - considering the change from the Ning to a wiki
 * Consideration of different software available, networking with colleagues and hands on practice
 * Provision of professional blogs and newsletters to help personal professional development
 * The benefits from the lead teacher days have been the opportunity to meet as a professional body and to network with colleagues in the same role in the cluster schools.
 * To continue to expand horizons to see the potential for change in school and the role the ICT Lead teacher has to play in that change.
 * A cluster sharing space was established in Ning, this has however since become a site which needs to be paid for. We have therefore changed our cluster sharing space to a Wiki, ( [|http://townandcountry-rotorua.wikispaces.com)] this is being used to continue some of the original aims of the Ning i.e. a place where the cluster schools staff can come and share what they are currently doing in school and to seek to collaborate with other colleagues in across the cluster collaboration.
 * The cluster facilitator has also worked with individual schools and teachers to work in the classroom to support teachers in the use of handheld devices such as flip video, easi-speak microphones and digital cameras. He is also supporting work in podcasting, blogs and movie making.
 * ICT Lead teachers are gaining confidence in their ability to design a school action plan for ICT/e-learning.
 * Otonga**
 * Meetings and development days attended by principals and leaders.
 * Learning@School attendance by 3 teachers and principal
 * Three teachers awarded Fixed term units to lead ICT
 * ICTPD facilitator attended the team leaders planning day for term 2
 * ICTPD facilitator has spent time with teachers in every team in their classroom demonstrating podcasting in the context of Globalisation unit
 * Facilitator set up Ning and then wiki, to which principal and ICT leaders contributed
 * ICT team leaders providing support to their teams.
 * Mamaku**
 * 3 Teachers and principal attended the L@S conference.
 * The ICT lead teacher is experienced in the use of ICT in classrooms and has been making headway working with classes on putting together class wiki's.
 * A school website has been set up and is maintained by the ICT lead teacher [|http://www.mamaku.school.nz]
 * The school has a totally digital roll now using ETap
 * The interim reporting against National Standards will be competed online using ETap.
 * The lead teacher has worked in all classes to set up a class blog, this is still in the early stages but teaches are beginning to post work from their class online. We believe this will become a very strong way of showing our community what our students are doing in class. []
 * We are beginning to set up a school wiki to link to our new website, this is once again in it's early stages but will be built upon over the next few months, http://mamakuschool.wikispaces.com
 * We have looked at resources on http://softwareforlearning.wikispaces.com/ and also [|http://digistore.tki.org.nz/ec/p/home]and updated our login to the digistore resource.
 * Kawaha Point**
 * Attendance of 4 teachers and principal at Learning @ School
 * 4 lead teachers working with Alan Dawson
 * Lead teachers have constructed/formed links with other lead teachers within the cluster.
 * Lead teachers running staff meetings for our staff.
 * Attendance of all teachers at the two teacher only days in January
 * Ngongotaha**
 * Attendance by two staff and principal at Learning at School conference.
 * ICT team set up at school three staff and ICT technician input as well.
 * Working collaboratively to pull together our ICT strategic plan.
 * Opportunity for Lead Teacher to attend ULearn conference.
 * Meetings and development days attended by lead teacher across the cluster.
 * Formation of the NING for lead teachers and staff to share developments and good practice across the cluster.
 * St. Mary's**
 * 7 staff attended Learning at Schools conference
 * 2 staff attended ICT Lead Teachers Days
 * Staff attended RELLCO/Best seminar
 * Involved in the BOP Elearning Network
 * Kaharoa**
 * Leadership team and e-leader attended the learning @ schools conference (4 in total).
 * E-leader attends cluster meetings with Alan (facilitator).
 * In school meetings with Alan.
 * Creation of the Ning to share ideas with others E-Leaders.
 * Regular updates and reports to the BOT by e leader.
 * E leader to attend SES e-leaders course over 3 terms in Tauranga.
 * Aorangi**
 * Principal and ICT Lead Teacher attended Learning@ Schools conference.
 * ICT Lead Teacher has held fortnightly workshops to teach other teachers ICT skills and to share ideas picked up from the Learning@Schools Conference and from colleagues during the Lead Teacher workshops.
 * Teachers work collaboratively to plan units of work using SOLO taxonomy and including an ICT component.
 * Teachers within the school share 'success stories' in the use of SOLO to strengthen teacher understanding of SOLO.
 * Teachers teach each other how to use specific ICT tools to enhance student engagement and learning.
 * b. What evidence supports this?**
 * Otonga**
 * School website set up [|http://www.otonga.school.nz]
 * Meeting with ICT leader, principal and Ultranet to establish strategic plan for Online Learning Environment
 * Hydro and geothermal engineers invited to join our OLE to answer term 3 questions on which is the more sustainable form of energy.
 * Cross cluster staff meeting held and questions set for next cluster TOD and follow up cluster school visits

**Ngongotaha** **St. Mary's** **Kaharoa**
 * Mamaku**
 * See above links
 * Structure of staff meeting times has changed to incorporate professional sharing time with specific focus on ICT.
 * Teachers share classes at school assembly time to free up Lead teacher and other staff to share and demonstrate specific ICT activities / programmes etc. Lunch time tutorial taking place for staff to upskill in a range of programmes and with new resources. Attendance by seven staff at BEST on a Saturday and the followup that has resulted from this in the class. Use of the NING to share good practice, student work and ideas.
 * all staff at school encouraged to join the Ning earlier in the year to have insight to ideas and knowledge gained from cluster representatives attending Learning at Schools conference, all staff receiving Interface magazine and encouraged to join the Promethean Planet elearning community, professional development led at staff meetings by ICT Lead teachers, two staff participated in Activboard training provided for BOP teachers.
 * Principals have recognised the need for regular sharing. People commenting on Ning posts. Senior classes have changed the approach to homework after an idea seen at the elearning conference. Feedback from staff.

Aorangi
 * Each teacher has attempted at least one new technological skill using an ICT tool.
 * Leadership of learning originates from one third of the teachers who support the learning of others.
 * Classroom environments and assembly items show evidence of the use of ICT tools (digital cameras and video) to support learning.
 * c. What are the key lessons for the cluster, in terms of this goal?**
 * School leaders alongside the cluster facilitator need to target PD for the second half of the year.
 * The ICTPD newsletter is useful to highlight areas we might look at PD in, particularly in the areas of ICT strategic planning.
 * Principals need to continue to meet regularly to maintain a cluster-wide perspective on progress.
 * Meetings need to be co-ordinated to get the biggest "bang for buck".
 * Phone conferencing is useful (if everyone gets to the conference on time).
 * Lead school admin officer will ring around the schools to ensure everyone joins the phone conference on time.
 * Principals need to plan their particular PD so they have a shared language and understandings
 * Time is so critical that we need to make use of technology to save time and travel and costs for the meetings to occur.
 * Teachers learn most avidly fom one another and seeing examples of good practice
 * A shared language that highlights significant understandings needs to be built eg SOLO
 * Sustainability to meet the needs of new staff is a critical factor
 * On-going motivation needs to be consciously planned for as teachersand principals face heavy workloads
 * Time and space to share ideas is crucial.
 * Having leadership in the cluster which doesn't always come from the principals and project director is needed now.
 * We have high expectations of ourselves, our facilitator and of what the cluster can do for us in terms of teaching and learning in our schools, we need to maintain these high expectations but begin to see some return for the work put in thus far.
 * Time, support and release for lead teachers is crucial so they do not burn out.
 * The need for the lead teachers to have positive PD experiences to ensure they pass on positive 'vibes' to other staff.
 * That we need to ensure that we are leading the Professional Development and not just managing it.
 * We need to be clear about where we are heading and how we plan to get there.
 * We should expect leadership and assistance from our facilitator to help us do this.
 * We need to encourage ICT Lead teachers and Principals across the cluster to meet together to share goals and develop action plans.
 * We have strengths within our schools and across our cluster and maybe we can make greater use of these across the cluster in the future.
 * Effective communication supported by clear goals and strong working relationships critical at all levels
 * A coherent learning plan needs to be carefully constructed.
 * This will ensure progressive progress occurs which is manageable and not overwhelming for the teachers.

Make time to work through the ICTPD online modules in Centre 4 and to use the resources from Tessa Gray's ICTPD online wikispace.
 * d. What are the next steps towards achieving the outcome**?
 * Further consultation with a wider range of stakeholders and feedback from staff.
 * PD for our cluster facilitator to ensure he has the understanding and skills for our cluster to be successful for all participants.
 * Greater PD for principals in leading this change.
 * Continued support of lead teachers with release time to carry out their role effectively.
 * ICT Lead Teachers and Principals across the cluster need to meet.
 * We need to plan for some cluster expectations and sharing at and after the Ulearn conference.
 * We also need to look at the facilitators role and how we can benefit as e-leaders from facilitator input and involvement in our cluster.
 * Expectations need to be clearly outlined and we need to develop clear action plans to work towards.
 * Staff with the support of e-leaders continuing to reflect on and share successes.
 * Continue working incrementally towards the goal.
 * Ensure time is provided and work-loads are managed.


 * 1.2.3 Report on your programme implementation during the milestone period**

Facilitator's Report
2/ Learning at School Conference 3/ Sharing and seeing effective practice 4/ ULearn 5/ Facilitator mentoring teachers 6/ Facilitator mentoring principals 7/ Facilitator mentoring lead teachers 8/ Facilitator mentoring e-learning integration with syndicate/team planning 9/ External expertise 11/ Using ICTPD Online community 12/ Staff meetings 13/ Online cluster space development 14/ Regional Cluster Network meetings 15/ Schools review strategic plans to ensure ICT is incorporated 16/ Cluster BOT PD at the start of the school year 17/ Parent info sharing || 1/ All staff were involved on two day initial training 2/ A mixture of principals, lead teachers and teachers attended Learning at school. 3/ Principals, Lead teachers, teachers have all participated. 4/ Staff attending has yet to be finalised. Facilitator is attending. 5/ Teachers 6/ Principals 7 Lead teachers. 8/ Syndicate leaders and teachers 9/ All cluster staff. 11/ All staff 12/ All staff 13/ All staff 14/ Facilitator 15/ Principals and key staff
 * a. Programme Implementation** **-**
 * **Programme Professional Development Activities** || **Who was involved and how many were involved?** ||
 * 1/ SOLO Taxonomy

16/ Representatives of BOT's across the cluster 17/ Principals and staff ||
 * **How well were the programme activities carried out?**

1/ SOLO is making an appearance in classes to varying degrees across the schools. Schools are trialling the process within different parts of the curriculum before applying it to all areas. I have been using it in my conversations with individual teachers. We discussed progress at the ICT lead teachers workshop. A cluster wide meeting of all teachers at 3 different schools took place on Thurs 20th May. Teachers were grouped according to year levels: SOLO example [] Video with photos. 2/ There was a lot of information collected and disseminated within schools and also on the online community. [] 43 discussions were created on aspects of breakouts attended with a lot of helpful hyperlinked material. 3/ Most sharing in term 1 took place in individual schools at staff meeting level. SOLO will be shared cluster wide in term 2. Some photographic evidence has been collected by the facilitator see http://townandcountry-rotorua.ning.com/video/build-your-wild-self-crazy http://townandcountry-rotorua.ning.com/video/a-class-act-at-st-marys http://townandcountry-rotorua.ning.com/video/a-week-at-st-marys-school http://townandcountry-rotorua.ning.com/video/movie0001-1 http://www.flickr.com/photos/50514465@N06/4634370921/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zH-4K5qT-OQ but more needs to be done to start collecting schoolwide data on a firmer footing. This work is now in progress the document collated from the teacher feedback can be viewed here http://townandcountry-rotorua.wikispaces.com/Cluster+Questionnaire+Results The content and structure of the teacher only day on 4th June will be focussed on the 20th may feedback which can be viewed here http://townandcountry-rotorua.wikispaces.com/SOLO+What+Next%3F. 4/ Taking place in term 3 5/ This commenced in earnest in term 2, all teachers will receive allocated time with Facilitator. This has been very well received so far with all teachers reporting the PD has been useful. The facilitator has altered approach to meet the need of the individual and their relative confidence with the technologies used. 6/ 3 meetings with principals plus an audio conference to keep up to date. The audio conference is now every two weeks to keep the flow of information going. Meetings held with two principals about developing the content of a strategic plan. Questionnaire devised, sent out and the respondents answers analysed. Results shared with Principals. 7/ 2 workshops with one more planned for in term 2. PD covered so far include:a personal action plan, online collaboration with colleagues, a shared understanding of ICT pedagogy,SOLO issues discussed, use of classroom equipment, online information for professional development, development of professional group. All of these are at a developing level and will continue to be strengthened as the year progresses. 8/ I have been actively involved at the team planning level with 4 schools. This needs to be formalised with all schools, the difficulty is to be available as a facilitator at the times teams meet. These meetings have been very effective at strengthening why we are using technology. 9/ Two day SOLO at term 1 commencement. 10/ SOLO infusion meetings all syndicates involved see http://townandcountry-rotorua.wikispaces.com/SOLO+What+Next%3F 11/ This work commenced using the Ning (due to disappear in July) visit [] with 45 members the ICT Lead teachers have started to collaborate and share resources and evidence [] This work was interrupted at the start of term 2 but is now starting in a wiki at http://townandcountry-rotorua.wikispaces.com/ 12/ See individual schools comments 13/ See number 11 14/ Facilitator is now in contact through cluster facilitator meeting with 4 other facilitators. Has met with one facilitator Lorraine Watchorn (RELLCO) to share possible future collaborations - early stages and is arranging to shadow another (Donna Dyet) for a day toward end term. 15/ See individuals schools comments. 16/ See comments at the top of the page 17/ Ongoing through the school's own communication systems. || //29 educators attended the L@S conference, all cluster principals attended and the cluster facilitator attended. Across the cluster a large variety of workshops were attended.// see [|Breakouts chosen by teachers for the L@S Conference] Teachers are very excited about podcasting and how it can be used to improve oral language and reading. The teachers who attended the conference shared their new knowledge in a variety of ways. There is an online cluster space where teachers have been able to support others by putting resources online related to their new learning. Teachers shared at a staff meeting with the rest of the school. The lead teachers shared their new learning at a lead teachers day in term 1 run by the cluster facilitator. The impact of new learning from the Learning at School conference has at this stage had a minimal impact on Mamaku School, this doesn't mean that it won't be having an impact but things can take time to come into play in classrooms as it is important that the skills used are used in context and in an authentic way. Ideas were gained for the development of eportfolios and these are being utilised at school in two trial classes. It was great to be able to share ideas and resources gained across the cluster, through the Ning. Ideas gained have been utilised in classrooms and PD sessions. Selected ideas from the conference have been passed on to other teachers during after school workshops. Teachers are developing personal confidence using a wider range of digital tools. This was new for myself but the two staff had attended before. Staff were motivated by their workshops and have shared aspects in class, across the school and cluster (crazy talk on the NING). The strategic planning session I attended assisted me in the pedagogy behind this and we are using this as a starting point. We are reviewing our library programme as a direct result of the conference so it is more user friendly and can be used across the school not just in the library. The opportunity to hear world class speakers is always beneficial but the impact may not be immediate but will be returned to with the staff. Implemented new approach to homework in the middle/senior school It was the catalyst for significant mind shifts for staff who attended and was a great way for them to find out a little about what they didn't know they didn't know. Cluster Facilitator - this was an opportunity to update myself on developments in ICT and related matters. I was able to meet with different members of staff and to start networking. Those members of staff were also involved in starting up the online community using the Ning.
 * SOLO Taxonomy**
 * Learning at School Conference**
 * b. Learning@School**
 * Otonga**
 * Mamaku**
 * St. Marys**
 * Aorangi**
 * Ngongotaha**
 * Kaharoa**
 * Kawaha Point**

//**Other things happening in the cluster of relevance**// //A SOLO teacher only day was held for all teachers in the cluster and shared with the Rotorua Central cluster. Approx. 200 teachers attended. The two days were run by Pam Hook and Julie Mills.// Outcomes from the day were to get an initial understanding of SOLO taxonomy, an opportunity to utilise it working in year level groups, relate to key competencies and the revised curriculum. Teachers worked in school groups to apply SOLO to a unit of work suited to the context in their own school.

A nother cluster wide teacher only day with Pam and Julie is planned for Fri 4th June to consolidate the use of SOLO taxonomy to promote higher order thinking and raise levels of achievement. //A survey was run across the cluster teachers in term 1.// //The SOLO PD has been specifically integrated into the planning in the Key Competencies, the Values and the Future Focus Themes for study.//

//Otonga// //The teaching walls photographed. SOLO templates recorded in Teacher Write. Team-wide planning incorporates SOLO.Photos on website of new computer pods.// //Teachers have each set up a Teaching Wall to evidence learning in SOLO// //Ngongotaha// //We have three staff that form our ICT team along with myself and our ICT technician. We have released teams to plan for their term with Alan present to assist in ICT integration with current programmes and themes. We are funding ICT upgrade in the school to include 6 data ports per class, two compters per clas with three or more in senior rooms. We have reviewed our use of the computer suite so that clases now choose to timetable themselves to this resource. It is availabe throughout the day. we have staff training taking place during assembly with staff sharing classes to release team members. We have before school and lunchtime sharing sessions for staff. New staff and staff who missed SOLO in January attended a day workshop in the RELLCO cluster to catch up. Teams are incorporating SOLO into their individual planning and sharing rubric templates. One staff member has shared with staff how she has started in her class (rumaki setting). Teams have follwed up in team planning and professional development sessions. We have formed three professional learning groups at school to focus on three aspects of school development, one of these groups is realted to SOLO, work from these groups will be shared with the staff continually. Seven staff attended BEST run by the RELLCO cluster, on a Saturday, which had an e-learning focus. Staff were very motivated by the workshops they attended and have followed up in their classes and teams.We had three staff attend the Learning at School conference and two booked to attend the ULearn conference.// //St Marys// //The school has gained funding for and purchased 15 Macbook computers this year (gaining 15 free 8GB IPod Touch as part of this purchase), had a network engineer look at our network, actioned his recommendations and met with a representative from Unison re fibre connections. The school purchased 6 user NComputing network computers for two classrooms. A "Thinking" curriculum team of five staff, representing all levels of the school, have set a plan for the next three years for the development of ICT and "Thinking" within the school. We have booked for two staff to attend the International Interactive Whiteboards conference in July and staff have been offered the opportunity to indicate their interest in attending the KnowledgeNet (September) and Ulearn (October) conferences. All staff have developed a homepage on KnowledgeNet and student logins have been available since the start of term 2. Classes are being assisted to start making effective use of KnowledgeNet and parents have been provided with information on this Learning Management System. Two classes are trialling the use of eportfolios, using KnowledgeNet, and sports draws, newsletter and notices are being posted on the public access page of KnowledgeNet. Later in the year we will encourage parents to start accessing the the parent portal and we now have interoperability between our student management system ( Musac hosted) and KnowledgeNet. Staff have made use of the NZCER online site for marking PAT's and shown how to analyse their student data on this. SOLO templates were saved onto teacherread on the school server for ready access by staff. Sample curriculum planning material for our concept curriculum in sustainability was provided for staff and saved on school server. Pam Hook and Julie Mills were involved in the development of this resource material which is based around the used of SOLO.//

//Kaharoa// //Appointed a unit for a solo coordinator. Teachers initially trialling the ‘hot maps’ and SOLO rubric. The school has committed to buying the templates. Computers and laptops have been tidied up. New equipment purchased – 15 netbooks, 4 IWB, 8 still cameras, 5 flip videos and new software. Applications for group stations, 3 IWBs and 15 netbooks have been made. Currently working through upgrading the network ports in the school. Electronic attendance registers guidelines and procedures have been written and ministry approved. IWB training by breathe technology as well as in school training sessions.//

There are no changes to contact details or personnel.
 * c. Changes to contact details**

**Disbursement schedule**
//The disbursement schedule shows how the MoE funds only have been expended in the milestone period. Copy the figures in from your contract and variation// Neil Melhuish e-Learning Unit Ministry of Education PO Box 1666 WELLINGTON |||||| From: Mamaku School 54 Tarena Street Mamaku 3020 || The budget funding schedule of your contract shows the value of individual school contributions that were pledged to allow your cluster programme to be implemented. Complete the following table and indicate if your schools’ contributions approximated those pledges. If not then provide an explanation of why not and how the cluster will ensure that shortfalls do not impact on the programme delivery. When you have had your Milestone approved by your National Facilitator then you can email a PDF copy to: ictpd.programme@minedu.govt.nz
 * ICT Professional Development Cluster: |||||| Rotorua Town and Country Cluster ||
 * Contract No. |||||| 10-0242 ||
 * Milestone No. |||||| 1 ||
 * To:
 * **For Professional and Operational Costs:** ||
 * |||| **3yr Budget** || **Actual-to-date** || **Cumulative %** ||
 * Professional Fees |||| $ 242,556 || $ 17,838.89 || 7% ||
 * Professional & other Direct Costs |||| $103,390 || $ 16,877.29 || 16% ||
 * Indirect Operating Costs |||| $ 6,600 || $ 730.11 || 11% ||
 * Teacher Development Costs |||| $111,600 || $ Nil || 0% ||
 * Goods and Services Tax |||| $ 58,018 || $ 4,430.78 || 7% ||
 * Total |||| $ 522,164 || $ 39,877.07 || 8% ||
 * School Name || Amount Pledged for the 1st half of the 2010 programme || Contribution approximates amount pledged? Yes/No ||
 * Mamaku School ||= $2,064 || Yes, this was covered by L@S conference registrations and teacher release. ||
 * Kawaha Point School ||= $3,999 || Yes - With 4 teachers attending L@S and 4 lead teachers being released for Lead Teacher Days (PD) we have contributed significantly more than pledged! ||
 * St Marys School ||= $5,031 || Yes - Registration fee $3093.75 for attendance of staff at Learning at Schools conference. Relief costs for 4 staff for 3 days each for attendance at Learning at Schools. Provision of supper at meeting for BOT. Relief for 2 staff each attending two Lead teachers days. Contribution to date exceeds amount pledged. ||
 * Otonga School ||= $6,979 || Yes - We had 3 teachers supported to attend Learning@School. Every lead teacher has had 2 additional days release. Class teachers PD. ||
 * Aorangi School ||= $1,909 || Yes - Relieving costs for ICT Lead Teacher to attend L@S (3 days) and ICT Lead Teacher days (two days). Registration for two ICT leaders at ULearn. ||
 * Kaharoa School ||= $2,761 || Yes - 4 staff attended the Learning at Schools conference. Teacher release totalling 14 days for conference, lead teacher attending 2 lead teacher days and Tauranga Custer meeting with Rocky Jensen, 3 facilitator visits. Also in house release for modelling to teachers. ||
 * Ngongotaha School ||= $4,283 || Yes - 3 staff attended learning at school. Relief costs for 2 staff for 3 days each for asttendance at learning at school. relief costs for lead teacher to attend two lead teacher days to date. releif costs for ICT team to meet with facilitator - 2 times to date. Relief costs for all staff to have 1 1/2 hours planning time with facilitator, as a team, to plan ICT integration for the next term. 2 staff attending ULearn conference, flights and accommodation. Contribution to date exceeds amount pledged. ||