Certificate of School Business Management

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Use of Data
Trevor Summerson Programme Manager National
College of School Leadership 8th July 2004 E
mail trevor.summerson _at_ncsl.org.uk
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The National College

• Design and delivery leadership programmes
  using IT extensively and innovatively to
• Serving heads
• Newly qualified heads
• School middle management
• Bursars
• Strategic training interventions to wider
  audiences such as governors, LEAS etc through
• NRT

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The issue
School leaders need to have a good understanding
of - the data needs of their schools -
how data needs can be met effectively and, -
how data can be used to support - school
improvement and, - pupil assessment
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Proposal

• A blended learning approach bringing
• Relevant materials together and presenting them
  in an interactive way
• Supported by online communities and hot seats
• Integrated with linked to , and complementing
  existing leadership programmes

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Constraints

• Need to
• - to target school leaders
• make key messages accessible quickly
• Embed messages into key CPD programmes

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Preferred Option

• 2 step approach
• Step 1
• Website with hotseat and online community and
  develop website data using key materials
• Step 2
• Embedding material into the Colleges
  existing leadership programmes

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So what might the website look like ?
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Subject Specific area
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Online Community
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Schematic of the Online Resource
O N L I N E C O M M U N I T I E S
Hearts Minds
H O T S E A T S

• Quiz
• Introduction

• News
• Courses Activities

• Current Issues
• Case Studies, FAQs

Self Assessment
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Subject specific website Accessible via Learning
Gateway or via NCSL website
Teachernet
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Embedding
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Embedding the materials
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Milestone plan
Jul
Sept
Jan
June- Sept
June
Aug
Oct
Nov
Dec
Feb-May
Embedding into business as usual
NCSL embedding use of data into core programmes
e.g. bursars
Develop web site structure
Create shell
Draw together material and identify appropriate
links and tools
Populate web site
Hearts and Minds
Case studies, FAQs,links,tolls
E Learning Material
On line talk 2 learn community
Hot seat programme
Online community
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Invitation

• To
• Consider the strategy, structures and plans and

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Next steps

• Develop scope of project
• Agree Milestones
• Agree competencies
• Draw up learning materials consulting
  stakeholders
• Create website and agree approach for treatment
  of learning materials
• Pilot website provision
• Launch website