the 3 critical principles for school technology

The 3 Critical Principles for School Technology

“Accelerate school improvement through simple and effective technology

WHAT WE DO

School Training

Development Programmes

Online Learning

WHAT WE’RE KNOW FOR

Transforming Schools

Published Content

Vision for the Future

200+ schools

• Saved £30,000+ in first 12 months

• Staff saved 4 hours per week

• 100% positive feedback technology has improved their school performance

INVICTA PRIMARY

• 25% increase in GCSE maths performance

• Marking cycle reduced from 2 weeks to 2 days

• 300% increase in student-to-teacher interactions

BROADGREEN SCHOOL

• Saved £20,000+ in first 12 months

• Staff saving 3 hours per week

• Number of after school meetings vastly reduced

PARKROYAL SCHOOL

SCHOOL PROBLEMS

Lack of time Lack of money Ineffective tech

DEVICE

PLATFORM

SYSTEM

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT DICTATES PERFORMANCE

MONEY AND TIME DRIVE PERFORMANCE

DEVICE

ENVIRONMENT

THE ‘INSIDE-OUT’ APPROACH

INNOVATION DRIVES PERFORMANCE

DEVICE

ENVIRONMENT

THE ‘OUTSIDE-IN’ APPROACH

IT’S ALL ABOUT YOUR WORKING ENVIRONMENT

RETHINKING TECHNOLOGY?

1 CAPABILITY

2 PRODUCTIVITY

3 CONSISTENCY

3 PRINCIPLES OF TECH TRANSFORMATION

Principle 1: Improving the Capability of Staff

“Give staff new ways in which to work, and you are able to improve how effective they are in their roles.

RIGID FLEXIBLE

BETTER ORGANISATION

“Our lessons are completely different. We’re able to personalise learning to a far greater degreeGary Beguesh - Assistant Head

• Real time collaboration

• Full revision history

• Easy to share information

TOOL TO INVESTIGATE

GOOGLE DOCS

Principle 2: Improving the Productivity of the School

“Reduce the burden of paperwork and admin, and you enable staff to focus on what’s most important.

PAPER BASED ENVIRONMENT

Create Collect Curate

THE FLOW OF INFORMATION

1 2 3

Time & Energy

Time & Energy

THE FLOW OF INFORMATION

Create

Collect

Curate

DIGITAL BASED ENVIRONMENT

1

More Time & Energy

• Digital capture

• Auto-marking functions

• Information stored and analysed

TOOL TO INVESTIGATE

GOOGLE FORMS

“It’s saving around 4 hours per week while giving the leadership team access to more informationMarie Corbett - Executive Headteacher

Principle 3: Improving the Consistency of Lessons

“Improve consistency across lessons and you can control quality. Once you control quality you can drive improvements.

LEADERSHIP

TEACHERS

ADMIN

WHAT IS TRANSPARENCY?

“How does a school achieve its vision, if it doesn’t share the steps for the journey ahead?

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SHARED RESOURCES AT PARKROYAL

“We’ve been able to implement strategies far quicker into our school and impact learningCaroline Beaumont - Headteacher

• Works on any device

• 24/7 availability

• Easily shared

TOOL TO INVESTIGATE

GOOGLE DRIVE

THE COMING EARTHQUAKE

Teacher Shortage Funding Cuts Population Boom

DEVICE DEVICES

PLATFORMS

STOP FOCUSING ON TECHNOLOGY

SYSTEMS

ENVIRONMENT

FOCUS ON YOUR ENVIRONMENT

THERE’S NEVER BEEN A BETTER TIME TO BE IN EDUCATION

Portable, low cost devices

Creation of bespoke learning

content

Insanely power, cloud based, free

technology

• 30 yes / no questions

• 14 page customised report

• Free

NEXT STEP: GAIN PERSPECTIVE

SCORECARD

www.learnmaker.co.uk/scorecard

“We must take change by the hand, or rest assuredly, change will take us by the throatWinston Churchill

IT’S TIME TO ACCELERATE YOUR OWN SCHOOL’S IMPROVEMENT