The document outlines an IT training program for staff at a college. It aims to enable staff to feel confident in their IT skills, troubleshoot issues independently, and incorporate more interactive digital resources into student learning. The program includes training sessions on various software, individual support sessions, and online resources. Over 178 training sessions were provided in the first term. Feedback was positive, with staff seeking help and guidance on their own. The goal is to continue developing staff skills and creating more online course content for students.

1. IT Training

2.  Enable staff to feel confident about their IT skills
 Enable staff to perform their own troubleshooting
and problem solving
 Enable staff to access , use and create more
interactive resources for students
 Work towards making IT skills an intrinsic part of
planning and effective practice in the classroom
Create a curriculum for students which is dynamic,
interesting and facilitates independent learning, 24 hours a
day, using IT.

3.  Ensuring staff saw advantages of a blended
learning system
 Staff felt unable to admit to a lack of
knowledge and masked their skills shortage
 A feeling that the students had more skills
and this may undermine a lessons’ structure
 Application and use of CollegeNET
 Issues with a limited internet connection

4. Bookable time for staff
Maths
Research Training
Bookable time 10CP Training
for staff
Bookable
Non contact
Bookable time for staff
time for staff
Bookable
time for staff
CN Training Bookable
Research
time for staff
CN Training CN Training Planning
Bookable
Languages time for staff Science
Training Training
Bookable time for staff

5.  Digital Technology courses set up to model how lessons could be structured (to
save time)
 Staff who were willing to adopt new technology, adapted to the idea of team
teaching (Google sketchup, hot potatoes)
 Encouraged to experiment with students leading a lesson (students enjoyed the
autonomy and role reversal)
 Staff asked at the beginning of the year what training they required leading to 1
on 1 development sessions which would feed through to other staff
 Creation of the IT training and resources section on CollegeNET which is regularly
updated with videos, links and responds to queries
 Scheduled whole staff pd sessions
 Departmental timetabled IT training
 Training delivered in bitsize chunks from a 10 minute discussion through to more
structured 1 hour slots
 Training available for staff to suit their needs and working hours from 7am – 5pm,
has not be restricted to 8 hours per week
 Conversion of software for staff to use (Boardworks, video, audio, text)

6.  Video
 Links
 Lesson resources, ideas, interactive activities
 http://cn.waiuku-
college.school.nz/course/view.php?id=99

7.  178 over Term 1 not including preparation time for specific requests
22
35
19 Office Skills
CollegeNET training
Internet Activities
I.T. troubleshooting
16 MUSAC
File conversions
Interactive Resources
6
62
18

8.  Scheduled weekly departmental times for
Science, Maths, Technology and 10 CP
 Other requests based on need and specific
queries

9.  Interactive lesson resources now available for
Geography, Digital
Technology, Technology, Science, Maths, English, Music and
Drama
 Students able to access course outlines via CollegeNET
 Introduction of self directed learning
 Staff showing signs of confident use in IT
 CollegeNET being used by students in their own time
 Staff actively seeking assistance and guiding their own PD
 Staff identification of their own needs and skills

16.  Staff skill development.
 By the end of the year at least 1 interactive resource per course
 Students able to follow courses from home
 Shift of focus for staff which enables them to feel confident about
allowing students some control over IT
 Continued development of the IT Training and Resources section
 4 scheduled formal pd sessions in term 2
 Staff and student survey
 Languages, Maori, English dept have requested formal IT sessions in
order to increase their knowledge, skills and form courses on CollegeNET
 Continuation of basic IT training such as skills in MS Office and the
translation of skills into resources for students
 Further trials of student led IT development game creation in KoduY10
digital technology.
 Dedicated IT support for 10CP with identification of potential student
trainers