building SCHOOlSfOr tHe future

iCttuesday 17 March 2009 london Working together to deliver iCt that facilitates world-class learning

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Programme8.30Registration and refreshments

9.30Chair’s opening remarksGrahame Ward, director of resources, Kent county council

9.30Partnerships for Schools welcomeTim Byles, chief executive, Partnerships for Schools

9.45Ministerial address

10.00Opening keynote addressTransforming education: Using ICT to facilitate the delivery of world-class learning

• The driver for achieving radical transformation: what does education in ICT rich environments actually look like?

• ICT as an enabler: creating an engaging, unified vision that inspires the delivery of education in new and exciting ways

Speaker: Professor Angela McFarlane, University of Bristol and RBG, Kew

10.30From vision to delivery: Working in partnership with all stakeholders to create real change

• Developing a strategy for long-term engagement: ensuring everyone is working towards establishing a vision that transforms education

• Gaining buy-in from school management: giving management a voice and making them integral to the decision making process from start to finish

• Understanding the expectations and aspirations of all teachers and students to deliver outcomes that match their needs

Speaker: David Ford, assistant head teacher, Castle View School Phil Hilson, BSF ICT lead officer, Essex county council

11.00Refreshments and networking

11.20Not just suppliers of wires & boxes: The realities of making managed services work in practice

• Building strong partnerships that deliver innovative, cost-effective ICT solutions

• Capitalising on the experience and expertise of managed service providers and collaborating effectively to ensure the capabilities of ICT systems are fully exploited

• Working together with managed service providers to enhance the professional development of your staff

• Striking the power balance: making sure schools understand the realities of managed services to ensure they aren’t seen as a loss of freedom to innovate and try new things

Speaker: Jon Barker, head teacher, Hugh Christie Technology CollegeDavid Hyland, managing director, education, Northgate

11.50People first: Enabling your workforce to use ICT to transform education

• Creating a unified vision of how education can be delivered and ensuring that effective change management strategies are in place to make it a reality

• Changing hearts and minds: demonstrating the opportunities that use of ICT presents and getting everyone bought in to the change it can deliver from day one

• Facilitating the development of technical literacy: instilling confidence in teachers who have limited technical capabilities

Speaker: Jackie Green, programme director, Leeds city council

12.20Lunch and networking

13.20Delegates can choose to attend workshop 1, 2 or 3

Workshop 1: Devising a strategic vision for ICT

• Ensuring your vision is focused on outcomes

• Using your vision to inform the design of ICT, not forming your vision around what the ICT can do

• Making sure all stakeholders are consulted and have an input into the shaping of your vision

Facilitated by: Steve Moss, strategic director, ICT, Partnerships for Schools

Speakers: Richard Boughey, transformation director, Leeds city councilSheyne Lucock, BSF ICT director, London borough of Barking and Dagenham

Workshop 2: Managing the procurement process

• Structuring the procurement process

• Exploring what different models look like in practice

• Putting strategies in place to monitor suppliers’ performance

• Ensuring cost-effective, innovative delivery

Facilitated by: Mike Coleman, regional operations director, central & west, Partnerships for Schools

Speakers to be confirmed

Workshop 3: Avoiding digital exclusion

• Creating a level playing field: delivering solutions in-line with schools’ technical literacy

• Avoiding the digital divide: ensuring schools not on the BSF programme aren’t left behind

Facilitated by: Terry Waller, manager inclusion networks and advice, Becta

Speaker: Mike Foster, BSF transformation, Sunderland city council

14.10Delegates can choose to attend workshop 4, 5 or 6

Workshop 4: Creating a truly inclusive managed service

• Ensuring managed services meet the needs of SEN pupils

Facilitated by: Anne Casey, education ICT advisor, Partnerships for Schools

Speakers: Malcolm Reeve, chief executive, Chelmsford New Model Special SchoolPhil Hilson, ICT lead officer, Chelmsford New Model Special School

Workshop 5: Getting the most out of your LEP

• Fully exploiting the expertise that each partner brings to the table

• Making sure you iron out any issues really early on

• Ensuring you have the right partnership arrangement commercially

Facilitated by: Ros Asher, education director, education and planning (south), Partnerships for Schools

Speaker: Tom Cooper, school improvement officer, Lewisham

Workshop 6: Delivering personalised learning

• Exploring how the concept of ‘anytime, anywhere’ can actually work in practice

• What does personalised education actually mean for teachers?

• How can flexible learning objectives be met?

Facilitated by: Andy Tyerman, head of personalised learning, Becta

Speaker: Paul Kelley, head teacher, Monkseaton High School

16.20 Closing panel discussionStephen Crowne, chief executive, BectaSteve Moss, strategic director, ICT, Partnerships for SchoolsMalcolm Reeve, chief executive, Chelmsford New Model Special School

17.00 Chair’s closing remarks & close of conference

15.00Refreshments and networking

Workshop 7: Integrating ICT with design

• Ensuring that ICT is not an add on but integral to design from the outset

• Exploring what is necessary to gain a truly integrated approach

Facilitated by: Beech Williamson, design manager, Partnerships for Schools

Speaker: Dr Christine Braddock, principal/chief executive, Sutton Coldfield and Matthew Boulton CollegesMarc Davies, senior designer, Counties Furniture Group

Workshop 8: Linking BSF with other government initiatives

• Finding the links with other projects within your local authority

• How to make the tie-up and ensure they are delivering value?

• Linking into the Primary Capital Programme

Facilitated by: Nina Woodcock, head of capital building programmes, Becta

Speakers: Angela Armytage, head teacher, Yewlands Technology College Stephen Bradbury, BSF director, Salford city councilKevin Palmer, BSF transformation, Salford city council

Workshop 9: All change - learning platforms

• Taking examples of exciting teaching and looking at how it can be delivered through VLEs

• Not just digital worksheets: exploiting the technology to ensure you are not doing things that could be done with a pencil and piece of paper

• Using decent digital content that fully exploits the capabilities of VLEs

Facilitated by: Andy Tyerman, head of personalised learning, Becta

Speaker: John Bidder, communications manager and learning platform strategic lead, children’s services, Bolton council

15.30Delegates can choose to attend workshop 7, 8 or 9

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