| The
provision of a Small Schools Website
Focus:
Providing online support for small schools. To promote
the use of the net between schools and the LEA. Enabling
communication and collaboration between schools. Resources
contained within the site offer guidance on small
school issues
Keywords:
website; communication,
promote use of the Internet
Read
Project Plan (what are we trying to achieve?)
: Read Progress Report (what did
we achieve?)
Project
Plan
Tasks |
Planning
and design
- Review
of current internet connections per school
- Design
of web – whole and individual schools
Support/guidance
for the pilot projects
Creation
of a resource databank
Communication
centre
- E-mail
addresses
- Discussion
group
- List
server
School
Websites
- Production
of basis information using current templates
- Public
focus – news letters, Humour contribution
from children
- Topic
work especially local area or partner schools
aboard
- Activities
ideas for stories Parents etc
- Framework
for dissemination of good practice
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Success
Criteria
- Dissemination
of curricular and managerial information
- All
schools linked from an admin base
- All
schools issued with admin and head domain
name e-mail address
- Growth
of the site as a resource base
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Resources
allocation and source of funding
- Conversion
of laptops to being NGfL connection enable
£150 (card plus installation)
- Extending
the use of the NGfL router £850 per school
(average cost)
- Web
Design – creating the web framework
- Web
Hosting
- Collection
of content for the site – at the LEA
- Working
with schools to create/convert their information
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Proposed
Developments for 2001 onwards
- Redesign
of original site under way, September 2003
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Project
Progress Report
Brief
-
To produce a website that will be a source of relevant
and up to date material that will inform, support
and inspire small schools and small school clusters.
- The
site must have two main functions: to provide a
reference bank for documentation and to provide
a forum for good ideas, news and reports of achievements.
- It
is important that the site is easily navigable and
quick to download, providing a first stop for information
for Heateachers and teachers in small schools.
- Schools
should have a significant input during development
to ensure a focused, effective and useful site.
Design
and Development
- The
website was commissioned for development in March
2000
- Two
Headteachers, one of whom is on the Support Group,
were consulted informally about content and information
gathering.
- An
initial prototype was produced for the Autumn Term,
ready for discussion with the Small Schools Support
Group.
- At
the October Support Group meeting a list of suggested
categories and sub-categories was agreed.
- After
the meeting this information was used to construct
a questionnaire that was distributed to all small
schools in December 2001.
- The
results of the questionnaire were collated together
and discussed at the February Support Group meeting.
- It
was decided that an LEA Officer, Headteacher and
the Diocesan Director of Education would form a
website sub-group in order to gather information
that schools had indicated would be of great benefit
to them.
Future
Maintenance
- A
budget is in place to allow updates to the site
through the year following launch.
- At
the end of this period the success of the site will
be evaluated through questionnaires issued to small
school head teachers.
Site
redesign and re launch September 2003, You are in
it!! |
