KS 1 AND 2
Possible Roles for the HUB M AIN R OLES 1. Support for teachers delivering computer control modules. 2. After school coding clubs set up in primary schools with volunteers. 3. Service level agreement with schools to support CPD, ICT consultation and access to the centre.
It has become clear that some primary schools struggle to deliver control technology as required by the current National Curriculum and as the curriculum changes to include more control and programming content the need for effective CPD and in class support is clearly going to increase. This is something the CLC has been involved with for the last 10 years. The orgainisation ‘Coding Clubs’ has recently launched a nationwide primary school initiative to get coding clubs running after school with the help of local volunteers and have a large take up of people wanting to help children learn these skills. This would obviously need to be monitored and child protection policy met in full. With the CLC’s expertise it is ideally placed to offer this as part of a package to schools. Again the CLC has experience and expertise of offering technology training to teachers. As part of a Service Level Agreement the CLC could offer training for teachers to ready them for the introduction of a more logical thinking based curriculum. The CLC could also offer expertise in order to assist schools in selecting and procuring the most appropriate equipment for school use. Access can be made available for the schools within the agreement to periodic taylor made experiences at the centre that introduces pupils to the world of IT. Pathway waypoints: 1. Basic grounding in logical thinking. 2. Introduction to coding. 3. Knowledge of IT as a career possibility. 4