[Year 12 IPM] RE: ICT Coordinator duties and time allowances

[Biggins, Leanne D]

Hi Ros,
This year at Heathmont College, the program manager / coordinator (me) has had 2 periods allowance per 10 day cycle - ie 1 period per week.
The duties include liasing with the ICT tech staff who service the entire college, looking after budgets and orders, and checking that the relevant exams are prepared and submitted.
Since I have been the only full time IT teacher for the last 2 years, most of this just related to me, but there have been up to 5 others taking a class or 3 here and there.  I have done curriculum where there were parallel classes to mine, and suggested units in the classes that I don't teach, but I am not officially responsible for curriculum and neither are any of the other program managers.  Who is? I don't know!!! I think that it is assumed that curriculum just hapens!
 
Next year my role will change - to help deal with VELs.  I will be a teaching and learning coach with a focus on ICT and still have the program manager's responsibilities. I will have 9 periods per cycle.  We have lost IT at years 8 and 10, and have had a semester block at year 7 in all of my time at this school.  My role next year will include going into other classes to help students / staff to cover the integrated IT and to help students to progress in their skills there.  I guess I will be asked advice as well, since there will not be time to go into as many classes as would like to utilise my presence.
 
We'll see how it goes next year.  I see it as a postion full of potential and positives, but it may all fall over.  I despair that students will only use the skills that they come in with initially, and I hope to help them progress.
 
Leanne Biggins
Heathmont College

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From: ipm-bounces at edulists.com.au on behalf of Meadows, Roslyn M
Sent: Thu 10/11/2005 1:58 PM
To: Year 12 Information Technology Processing and Management Teachers'Mailing List
Subject: ICT Coordinator duties and time allowances


I am currently pushing to have an ICT Coordinator position reinstated in our school (we have had no position and no time allowance available for this position this year) 
 
Just a quick email asking others briefly
 

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	What are your responsibilities?

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	What is your time allowance?

Any feedback asap would be really appreciated
 
Cheers
 
Ros Meadows
Bentleigh SC
9579 1044
meadows.roslyn.m at edumail.vic.gov.au
 
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