Roles and Responsibilities

Role of Board of Management

• Provide funding for purchase of hardware and software within the context of overall school budget

Role of Principal Teacher

• Ensure that overall policies are adhered to, including adherence to copyright and data protection legislation

• Oversee the implementation and evaluation of ICT policy in the school

• Ensure that appropriate staff development opportunities are made available

• Secure adequate funding for repairs, maintenance, upgrade of software and hardware from overall school budget

• Support and assist the ICT co-ordinator and class teachers in the implementation of the policy

Role of ICT Co-ordinator

• Recommend a range of ICT activities which work in a variety of situations

• Create opportunities for teacher training and development in ICT within school

• Diagnose equipment faults

• Advise teachers with regard to the nature of ICT capability within the context of the implementation of the Primary School Curriculum (1999)

• Keep up to date with developments in ICT

• Recommend appropriate software for use by pupils and teachers

• Manage the school’s computers and the network

• Provide classroom-based ICT support for teachers

• Assist in the design of school development plan for ICT

• Compile and produce timetables for the use of ICT equipment

• Deliver ICT skills to all pupils  in the school

• Advise on the purchase of distribution of ICT equipment throughout the school

• Monitor and assess the uses of ICT made by the pupils

• Ensure that there a balanced delivery of ICT capability across the curriculum

• Represent the school at meetings for ICT co-ordinators

• Work with colleagues in other schools

• Negotiate the purchase of site licences

• Attend ICT courses

• Keep a catalogue of hardware and software available in school

• Download relevant software and other materials from the Internet

• Provide advice for parents and teachers with regard to purchases for home use

• Install copies of software on school’s computers and on network

• Provide a replacement plan for ICT equipment

Role of All Other Teachers

The role of staff is crucial in the implementing of policy. It is recognised that teachers have undergone training outside of school hours, and their good will in this regard is appreciated

• Supervise pupils at all times in the computer room

• Plan and implement a balanced programme

• Keep records of pupils’ levels of attainment in ICT

• Use the computer as a teaching tool to facilitate curricular areas

• Ensure that every child is given an opportunity to use the computer

• Be aware of safety factors in computer room

• Ensure that pupils leave computer room in a clean and tidy condition

Role of Pupils

• All pupils in the school will be given the opportunity to use computers for at least one hour per week

• Pupils are expected to obey school rules while they are in the computer room. Eating and drinking are forbidden in the computer room.

• Pupils are not allowed to bring their own CD, games or discs in order to minimise the risk of importing viruses or of infringing copyright

• Pupils will leave the computer room neat and tidy for the next class

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