If you are an educational leader in early childhood or primary education, then this course will enable you to plot and plan a path for ICT capability success for your students and staff.

Why have a school ICT Policy?

• To guide lesson planning;

• To inform teachers and students what is expected of them;

• To identify the ICT resources needed;

• To inform in-service training (INSET).

The school ICT Policy that you will learn to develop is important in generating the right attitudes and practices concerning ICT capability in the school.

Driving the Change

Your school must possess a culture that incorporates a strong belief that using ICT can help students to learn, increase the efficacy of the day-to-day activities in the school and generally improve the quality of the school’s performance.

In order to clarify and disseminate the ideas in the culture of the school – the vision of the school leadership and actions of the staff and students – your school must have a written ICT policy document. ICT policies are an essential basis for:

• Effective design, organisation, and management of opportunities for students to develop their ICT capability in a coherent and progressive manner;

• Clear communication within a school, between neighbouring schools, between a school and its LEA, its local community, etc.