ICT Advisor - General Information
Role of the ICT Advisor
The role of the ICT Advisor will be to support schools and teachers in promoting the objectives of the Department of Education and Science's Schools IT 2000 policy within the implementation framework devised by National Centre for Technology in Education.
This will include each of the principal initiatives:
- Technology Integration Initiative,
- Teaching Skills Initiative,
- Schools Integration Project and
- ScoilNet.
The Advisor will have a particular role in promoting the pedagogical objectives of the policy and its implementation initiatives.
Education Centres
The Advisor will work in collaboration with Education Centre Directors and other providers to ensure that the best possible local service is provided within the resources available. Advisors will be regionally located and will service the ICT needs of the schools in the catchment area of one or more Education Centres. They will be based in an Education Centre in the region.
Work of the ICT Advisor
The ICT Advisor will carry out the following tasks with the guidance and support of the Education Centre, and the NCTE where appropriate:
- Plan and develop a programme of support for the Principals, ICT coordinating teachers and other teachers in their region, related to all aspects of the Schools IT 2000 project.
- Assist in the local management and organisation of all initiatives, and of the TSI and SIP in particular.
- Assist in the preparation and editing of appropriate resource materials to complement the Advisor's role, and the facilitation of workshops and special interest groups who are involved in preparing such resources.
- Directly deliver training and demonstration of ICT applications when necessary.
- In conjunction with the Education Centre, build local data and information, as well as resource pools housed in Education Centres such as software libraries, which aid the implementation of the project.
- Help to create dynamic local support networks of Principals, ICT coordinating teachers, and teachers through the Education Centres.
- Assist other key players, including management groups and parents, in the development of support networks and in the interfacing of these networks with the teachers' groups where necessary.
- Work with other ICT Advisors and the NCTE to develop national support networks of Principals, ICT
coordinating teachers, teachers and other key players including management groups and parents.
- Provide advice and disseminate information, directly and through support networks developed, to schools on all aspects of Schools IT 2000 and in conjunction with NCTE's information dissemination activities.
- Plan and co-ordinate the provision of technical support to schools where required.
- Promote participation of the social partners in the implementation of Schools IT 2000 on a local level through awareness raising, information dissemination and partnership building.
- Participate as required by the NCTE in the general development of the Schools IT 2000 project, providing information and feedback from the region to inform the national and local implementation.
- Monitor, review and contribute to formal evaluation of the different aspects of the implementation of the initiatives, in conjunction with the NCTE.
- Prepare periodic reports as required, and prepare and provide data concerning the ongoing work of the ICT advisory service as required.
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