25th+March


 * Northland Cluster Network mtg (1) 2010**

**Notes taken from the day**

**Venue** : Manaia View School **Time** : 9.00-2.30pm
 * Date **: Thursday 25th March

Leanne Otene Marilyn Small || ** West Whangarei Cluster **Lesley McCardle Kate Fenton Kath Edwards Sophia Green Angela Main Muriel Willem Paul Ruddell Cheryl Collins Beverley Davie || Neke Adams, Graeme Pulham Cheryl Richard Buckland David Prchal Tracey Alison Gina Gatman Jim - Whau Valley Matiu Barton Katarina Mooure Jillian Norrie || ** Kai-oro-hoki Cluster ** Diane Henderson Joey Leanne Rakete Chicky Rudkin Stevie Woodham Graeme Shaw Robin Taua-Gordon Wayne Lunjevich Doug Clarke ||  ||
 * In attendance**:
 * ** Invited guests **
 * Paul Shepherd (Glenbervie Principal)
 * Wilma Michelson (PA Glenbervie)
 * Judy Eagles (Maungatapere)
 * Yaron Overeem (Ruakaka)
 * Tania Coutts (ECE - CORE) || ** Whangarei Central Cluster **Beth Lamb
 * ** Whangarei eLearning Cluster **Hayley Read,

**Session 1: Introductions ** **Session 2: Post contract presentations ** (Paul pauls@glenbervie.school.nz and Wilma wilmam@glenbervie.school.nz available to help anyone) (Yaron offered to help anyone: yovereem@gmail.com) See my class blog www.room4it.blogspot.com (Judy offered to help anyone: principal@maungatapere.school.nz)
 * **Welcome**: Leanne - "Its the best PD ever!"
 * **Intro activity**: Find someone you don't know. Introduce yourself to them. Introduce your new 'buddy' back to the group. Make connections. Network! :-)
 * Paul and Wilma**:
 * Need a practical admin / project manager / financial person
 * Data gathering - get this from the schools in a timely fashion.
 * You need to have a central person - a facilitator, google docs are great.
 * Have protocols for evidence. (Cluster wiki is a great place for this)
 * Have spread sheet for expenditure. Keep careful records.
 * Shared models of disbursement and financial records
 * Make sure you allow enough $ in your budget for admin wages!
 * Note and date when the payments drops are due
 * Track things!
 * Yaron:**
 * Timetables
 * The role of the facilitator, lead teachers meetings, paperwork.
 * Ideas for external PD.
 * Make connections :)
 * Let the staff decide on hardware
 * An admin day imperative for research, readings and paperwork
 * Judy:**
 * Release staff to work with facilitator
 * Challenge for staff wanting hardware ... get them the gear they need.
 * An enjoyable PD experience
 * Was successful for us
 * A facilitator is CRUCIAL
 * Sustainability post contract for us is Yaron employed fulltime at Ruakaka School (The participating schools in 2010 pay for 2 days release a week for Yaron to continue working alongside us)

As per attached presentation ( **Yet to be uploaded)** tania.coutts@core-ed.net Check out Manaia Kindergartens Blog @ [|www.manaiakindergarten.blogspot.com]
 * Tania Coutts**

**Session 3:** **Walk through Manaia View School**
 * Pukeko Echo TV (PET)
 * ICT integration in classrooms
 * Jnr class online using WORDLE in their language activity
 * Snr class using iChat as a collaborative forum for language
 * Session 4: Cluster sharing **
 * **Beth** : Manaia View (easyspeak/ dinoscope/data projectors/flipcameras & Cluster wiki ) http://whangareiareacluster.wikispaces.com/
 * **Y1**: How to use / **Y2**: Why to use / **Y3**: Normalise
 * Teacher Inquiry - their needs (using photo booth as an assessment tool)
 * **Lesley** : Cluster conference connectedness http://westwhangareiictcluster.wikispaces.com/Management
 * - Cluster wikispace up and running
 * - Cluster Launch (Tchrs & BoT)
 * - AC with al regulalry
 * - T2: Survey & PD needs
 * ** Diane :** PF timetable worked out FTTE's per school
 * - How to term
 * - Met with all schools re action plans
 * - Excitement on
 * - Wikispace up and running: feedback from conference in here
 * - L@S conference : 17 attendees
 * - Newsletter
 * **Neke** - LT at Whangarei Intermediate
 * - attendance at L@S
 * - identify our individual school needs
 * - yet to identify PF

**Session 5:** **MS reporting / Cluster goals / Upcoming events / AC's to book / F2F visits etc / Administration book / ICT PD online / Fortnightly newsletters / edTalks** [|ICT PD online] [|Administration handbook] [|edTalks] [|Effective practice register] [|Milestone support material] [|Review process, Variation and exit]
 * use ictpd online
 * communication is important
 * use google docs and audio conferencing
 * get your staff to play ..... dont fret about those who dont... provide opportunities and let them go :)
 * include the BOT
 * digital citizenship and cybersafety ... VERY important
 * Lead teacher team very important . Give them time at staff meetings give them release time cudo's
 * Go to conferences - As below make sure that this PD is shared?
 * Milestone support page shared
 * Admin handbook shared
 * Effective practice reg
 * Track learning learning notebooks.

**Session 6: Questions (Pose a question here ** )
 * **Dissemination of knowledge?** Your PD needs to have far reaching impact on your cluster particularly when only a select few are able to attend conferences. How will you do this?
 * **Skype and iChat are free downloads!** These are very timely and time efficient ways in which to communicate
 * **Engaging staff?** Realise that there will be some early adopters and late adopters. Create a safe and supportive learning environment for your staff. LISTEN to them. Invite their voice.
 * **WHEN do we get time to go online?** Create time in your staff mtgs. Rather than an add on, use your current practices and strategies to invite curiosity and participation. A space in the staffroom dedicated to ICT PD? A space on the whiteboard for 'How to'? A page in your wiki for 'Hot tips'? New sites found?
 * **Staff tracking their own learning?** Encourage the development of 'independent users of the technologies'
 * **Growing team capability?** Create time in a staff mtg for those who have been on PD to on-share their learning?
 * **Forums to share across your cluster?** Cluster wikis/links