EmpowerED
Unlocking academic and personal potential through digital innovation
Our aims
To share the why, how and what of the next phase of our strategy - ‘EmpowerED’
To receive feedback from you to help us to make it even better
Shaping the next phase
01
Student, staff and leadership voice:
• Surveys
• 3 x review sessions with all senior digital learning leaders
Visits to Apple HQ/Engaging with evidence:
• UK digital technology leaders’ forum
• WAT visit with Executive Team and Headteachers
• Evidence
02
Engaging with key thought leaders/partners:
• Andrew Jewell
• Abdul Chohan
• Showbie
• Edtech UK
03
Three Big Questions Reflections
Jamboards
How do we harness digital technology and evolve? What do we want for our students, where are we heading and WHY? 01
Have we trained our staff well enough around when and how to maximise digital technology and how empowered are they?
How do we get deep and meaningful voice from our staff and students?
Our students
EmpowerED
Why?
Our staff
Our community
Our world
To be empowered to thrive in today’s world and to shape tomorrow’s
To be empowered to transform the way they teach and work
To empower parents to actively engage in their child’s learning experience and build expertise
To create a more sustainable environment for students of today and tomorrow
The Curriculum
EmpowerED
What we will do
• Further embed dig tech within curriculum planning
• Development of a policy on work in books vs iPads
• Engagement with ‘Everybody create series’ from Apple
• SAMR model/Industry standard apps woven into the curriculum
Pedagogy
• Explanation & modelling - AirServer
• Formative assessment & feedback - AirServer (Secondary guidance for navigating Google Classroom/Showbie).
• Personalised learning - accessibility features (tbc)
• Behaviour management - Apple Classroom/Teacher app
Metacognition/
Self-Regulation
• The pedagogical foci listed above
• ASPIRE
• Engagement
• Personalised learning (accessibility, adaptive teaching)
Building expertise
• Bespoke staff CPL e.g. a new programme for staff induction
• 100% of teaching staff will be Apple Teacher Certified by February half term
• At least one Apple Learning Coach on the first ever national cohort
• At least one Apple Distinguished School this academic year
• Planning and preparing towards becoming an Apple Regional Training Centre
Sustainability
• Building expertise: Live training, promotion of Apple iPad Guides for parents
• Improved engagement with platforms - Showbie, G Classroom, Class Charts
• Establish a clear strategy and set targets to reduce unnecessary resources (e.g. amount of desktops/photocopying/exercise books)
• Using dig tech to monitor and evaluate energy costs e.g. a live energy management dashboard in all schools
• AI tailors the educational content to match each student’s unique learning needs
• It provides teachers with in-depth analyses of students’ learning progress
• AI enables the creation of interactive and engaging learning experiences
• We are harnessing the power of AI to enhance every aspect of our educational practices and outcomes