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About the Primary Sector of the
ICT Learning Centre
Mission
Statement
- To promote full integration of Information and Communication
Technology in primary school teaching as laid out in the National
Minimum Curriculum.
- To offer pedagogical and technical support to primary schools
in the implementation of ICT throughout all aspects of the Curriculum.
- To offer individual support and training to primary school teachers
to integrate ICT in their professional development.
- To ensure equal access of ICT and equal opportunities for the
development of ICT capability for all students in primary schools.
The Staff
At present, the Primary Sector has a full complement of 16 ICT
Peripatetic Teachers and 4 ICT Support Teachers, headed by an Education
Officer (Primary ICT).
Roles
The roles of the ICT Peripatetic Teacher:
- Organise demonstration lessons to class teachers in order to
give practical examples of ICT implementation across all aspects
of the Curriculum. Through these demonstration lessons Peripatetic
Teachers will support class teachers in:
i. Integrating software into their Schemes of Work;
ii. Planning lessons involving the use of ICT;
iii. Using software for their professional needs;
iv. Updating their teaching approach and methodology.
- Participate in school-based ICT-related projects by contributing
work or acting as consultants.
- Act as consultants for the creation and maintenance of the school
web site.
- Act as liaisons or contact persons during ICT-related twinning
projects between schools in Malta and Gozo.
- Act as consultants for ICT-related aspects in projects involving
foreign schools (such as Comenius projects).
- Assist in organising and delivering in-service and in-house
courses for teachers.
- Provide the first line of technical support.
Additional responsibilities to those listed above for Support
Teachers include:
- Support and facilitate Peripatetic Teachers in the planning
and execution of their work.
- Co-ordinate ICT-related inter-school activities and initiatives.
- Contribute in the maintenance and updating of the Primary Sector
website and resources.
- Liaise with MITTS to ensure continuous and efficient technical
support to all Primary schools.
Initiatives
The Primary Sector regularly embarks on a number of initiatives
to promote proper and effective implementation of ICT across the
Primary Curriculum. Most of these initiatives are ongoing, and include:
- Staff Development In-School hands-on
sessions: meeting each particular school's staff requirements
by organising tailor-made ICT-related programmes.
- Primary
Sector website: offering online support to school administrators,
teachers, students and parents.
- Online
Primary ThemePacks: online projects aimed to encourage, facilitate
and inspire the use of ICT, e-mailing and the Internet across
all the subjects of the Primary syllabus.
- ComputerWise
and other publications: a newsletter specifically addressing Primary-related
ICT issues, freely distributed to teachers and student teachers;
administrative and implementation policy reference documents for
senior management teams; promotional brochures for parents.
- Contribution in the summer and evening ICT
courses regularly organised by the ICTLC.
- Parents' ICT Awareness Programmes:
promoting ICT awareness in general and ICT implementation in the
Primary classrooms in particular, through the organisation of
school-based talks and hands-on sessions at the ICT Learning Centre
computer labs, for parents of children currently attending Primary
schools.
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