‘Technology Enhanced School Leadership – Policy and Practice Support’

Title: ‘Technology Enhanced School Leadership – Policy and Practice Support’
Date: 29th January 2026
Time: 19:00
Format: 1 hour online-Zoom
This course aims to highlight the objectives of recent policy developments with regards to technology and digital literacy. The intention of the course is to simplify the often daunting changes in policy and to demonstrate how technology can enhance the leadership of the school while also supporting the leader in addressing curricular and political demands.
Learning Objectives:
The participant will have a strong understanding of the importance of technology enhanced school leadership from both a policy and practical perspective.
The participant will be confident in their understanding of improvement planning and school self-evaluation (SSE)
The participant will explore various technologies and assess how same can enhance the leadership of teaching and learning in their individual contexts.
Course outline
Policy Briefing: Recent policy developments will be summarised for participants, highlighting the relevance of this training.
School Self-Evaluation – Improvement Planning
A road map will be presented to participants demonstrating how to construct an SSE improvement plan in digital literacy. A checklist will be explored which will enable participants to self-reflect on their school context and evaluate how digitally enhanced they are at present. It also enables the leader to identify an area for improvement.
Digital Infrastructure
This part of the training will present an overview as to how the school leader could digitally enhance their school’s online presence and strengthen home-school links through technologies. Squarespace, WordPress, ClassDojo and Seesaw will be explored with examples of their use.
Embedding Change – Digital Resources and Whole School Initiatives
The training will then present applications and useful technology tools that would support the digital enhancement of teaching and learning in the school. Such resources will include, iMovie, DoInk, ClassDojo, Anchor, PinkCatsGames, Friv, LEGO WeDo and Scratch. A handout will be provided with an overview of each presented resource. The aim of this section of the course is to present real examples of how they have been utilised to enhance learning.