I am ICT Coordinator and am seeking to raise the status of our solo ICT 
technician to that of Network Manager with appropriate salary increase. 
We will also hopefully be appointing another technician to work 
alongside him.

What do other schools do to ensure that the Network Manager supports 
the vision and strategy of the ICT Coordinator (whose job it is to have 
such vision and strategy!)? There have been occasions at school when we 
have not been singing from the same song sheet and I want to take the 
opportunity of a new job description to try and make sure this does not 
happen in the future. I believe that if a policy is in place it must be 
supported, at least publicly.

Am I completely off-course here, or do I have a valid concern?

Any comments?

-- 
Phillip Deackes

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"Phillip Deackes"  wrote in message 
news:591s66F2ikvbvU1@mid.individual.net...

> What do other schools do to ensure that the Network Manager supports the 
> vision and strategy of the ICT Coordinator (whose job it is to have such 
> vision and strategy!)? There have been occasions at school when we have 
> not been singing from the same song sheet and I want to take the 
> opportunity of a new job description to try and make sure this does not 
> happen in the future. I believe that if a policy is in place it must be 
> supported, at least publicly.
>
> Am I completely off-course here, or do I have a valid concern?

Well you need to be sure you're both working with the best interests of the 
school at heart, which I'm sure isn't a problem, but I'm not sure that means 
you always have to agree - at least in private. It might help to consider 
boundaries that go both ways. You might remember that I'm at a college so 
we're on a slightly different scale perhaps, but at my place, the ICT 
co-ordinator specifies what they require on the network in order to support 
teaching, and it's up to the technical staff to ensure that happens.

It isn't my place to pick what packages are used in classrooms and it isn't 
the co-ordinators place to decide who we buy servers from. This isn't to say 
we don't talk about the best way forward on those issues at times, it's just 
that the *decision* rests in a different place depending on what is being 
decided.

Once a way forward has been agreed then yes everyone needs to support the 
decision and work towards it as best they can. I don't think that's 
something you can really codify in a job description, but simply a manner of 
professional ethics. You can tell someone what is expected of them in this 
regard, but someone either can behave like this or they can not.
-- 
Robert Moir
http://www.rhymeswithgeek.com

On 22 Apr, 20:43, Phillip Deackes  wrote:
> I am ICT Coordinator and am seeking to raise the status of our solo ICT
> technician to that of Network Manager with appropriate salary increase.
> We will also hopefully be appointing another technician to work
> alongside him.
>
> What do other schools do to ensure that the Network Manager supports
> the vision and strategy of the ICT Coordinator (whose job it is to have
> such vision and strategy!)? There have been occasions at school when we
> have not been singing from the same song sheet and I want to take the
> opportunity of a new job description to try and make sure this does not
> happen in the future. I believe that if a policy is in place it must be
> supported, at least publicly.
>
> Am I completely off-course here, or do I have a valid concern?
>
> Any comments?

Where to start.

Firstly, the ICT Strategy should never just be the vision of one
person but an amalgamation based on discussions from key people. Once
this is then sorted you have the outward face of where ICT is going
within the school, whether it is as a discrete subject, as a tool for
other subjects, as a tool for cross-curricular activites, the use of
it for assessment / montioring / data analysis, as a method of
changing the model of teaching and learning ... or simply as part of
the long term financial strategy of the school.

Disagree in private, discuss and come to a common consensus ... but be
sure to give someone the deciding vote ... preferably someone on the
senior manglement team ... or knowledgeable governor.

To start with you can look at the Technical Competencies from BECTA at
http://www.becta.org.uk/techcomp and look to see whehter you need a
Level C or D person. Note that the levels on this scale don't require
a large knowledge of educational practices ... but it really does
help.

If you drop me an email I'll pass on the job specs from my place for
you (giving your school details so we know where they have gone).

Tony Sheppard
--
Need advices on Tech Support
http://www.becta.org.uk/tsas
Need to find excellence in ICT
http://www.ict-register.net

"Phillip Deackes"  wrote in message 
news:591s66F2ikvbvU1@mid.individual.net...

> What do other schools do to ensure that the Network Manager supports the 
> vision and strategy of the ICT Coordinator (whose job it is to have such 
> vision and strategy!)? There have been occasions at school when we have 
> not been singing from the same song sheet and I want to take the 
> opportunity of a new job description to try and make sure this does not 
> happen in the future. I believe that if a policy is in place it must be 
> supported, at least publicly.
>
> Am I completely off-course here, or do I have a valid concern?

Well you need to be sure you're both working with the best interests of the 
school at heart, which I'm sure isn't a problem, but I'm not sure that means 
you always have to agree - at least in private. It might help to consider 
boundaries that go both ways. You might remember that I'm at a college so 
we're on a slightly different scale perhaps, but at my place, the ICT 
co-ordinator specifies what they require on the network in order to support 
teaching, and it's up to the technical staff to ensure that happens.

It isn't my place to pick what packages are used in classrooms and it isn't 
the co-ordinators place to decide who we buy servers from. This isn't to say 
we don't talk about the best way forward on those issues at times, it's just 
that the *decision* rests in a different place depending on what is being 
decided.

Once a way forward has been agreed then yes everyone needs to support the 
decision and work towards it as best they can. I don't think that's 
something you can really codify in a job description, but simply a manner of 
professional ethics. You can tell someone what is expected of them in this 
regard, but someone either can behave like this or they can not.
-- 
Robert Moir
http://www.rhymeswithgeek.com

On 22 Apr, 20:43, Phillip Deackes  wrote:
> I am ICT Coordinator and am seeking to raise the status of our solo ICT
> technician to that of Network Manager with appropriate salary increase.
> We will also hopefully be appointing another technician to work
> alongside him.
>
> What do other schools do to ensure that the Network Manager supports
> the vision and strategy of the ICT Coordinator (whose job it is to have
> such vision and strategy!)? There have been occasions at school when we
> have not been singing from the same song sheet and I want to take the
> opportunity of a new job description to try and make sure this does not
> happen in the future. I believe that if a policy is in place it must be
> supported, at least publicly.
>
> Am I completely off-course here, or do I have a valid concern?
>
> Any comments?

Where to start.

Firstly, the ICT Strategy should never just be the vision of one
person but an amalgamation based on discussions from key people. Once
this is then sorted you have the outward face of where ICT is going
within the school, whether it is as a discrete subject, as a tool for
other subjects, as a tool for cross-curricular activites, the use of
it for assessment / montioring / data analysis, as a method of
changing the model of teaching and learning ... or simply as part of
the long term financial strategy of the school.

Disagree in private, discuss and come to a common consensus ... but be
sure to give someone the deciding vote ... preferably someone on the
senior manglement team ... or knowledgeable governor.

To start with you can look at the Technical Competencies from BECTA at
http://www.becta.org.uk/techcomp and look to see whehter you need a
Level C or D person. Note that the levels on this scale don't require
a large knowledge of educational practices ... but it really does
help.

If you drop me an email I'll pass on the job specs from my place for
you (giving your school details so we know where they have gone).

Tony Sheppard
--
Need advices on Tech Support
http://www.becta.org.uk/tsas
Need to find excellence in ICT
http://www.ict-register.net

"Phillip Deackes"  wrote in message 
news:591s66F2ikvbvU1@mid.individual.net...

> What do other schools do to ensure that the Network Manager supports the 
> vision and strategy of the ICT Coordinator (whose job it is to have such 
> vision and strategy!)? There have been occasions at school when we have 
> not been singing from the same song sheet and I want to take the 
> opportunity of a new job description to try and make sure this does not 
> happen in the future. I believe that if a policy is in place it must be 
> supported, at least publicly.
>
> Am I completely off-course here, or do I have a valid concern?

Well you need to be sure you're both working with the best interests of the 
school at heart, which I'm sure isn't a problem, but I'm not sure that means 
you always have to agree - at least in private. It might help to consider 
boundaries that go both ways. You might remember that I'm at a college so 
we're on a slightly different scale perhaps, but at my place, the ICT 
co-ordinator specifies what they require on the network in order to support 
teaching, and it's up to the technical staff to ensure that happens.

It isn't my place to pick what packages are used in classrooms and it isn't 
the co-ordinators place to decide who we buy servers from. This isn't to say 
we don't talk about the best way forward on those issues at times, it's just 
that the *decision* rests in a different place depending on what is being 
decided.

Once a way forward has been agreed then yes everyone needs to support the 
decision and work towards it as best they can. I don't think that's 
something you can really codify in a job description, but simply a manner of 
professional ethics. You can tell someone what is expected of them in this 
regard, but someone either can behave like this or they can not.
-- 
Robert Moir
http://www.rhymeswithgeek.com

On 22 Apr, 20:43, Phillip Deackes  wrote:
> I am ICT Coordinator and am seeking to raise the status of our solo ICT
> technician to that of Network Manager with appropriate salary increase.
> We will also hopefully be appointing another technician to work
> alongside him.
>
> What do other schools do to ensure that the Network Manager supports
> the vision and strategy of the ICT Coordinator (whose job it is to have
> such vision and strategy!)? There have been occasions at school when we
> have not been singing from the same song sheet and I want to take the
> opportunity of a new job description to try and make sure this does not
> happen in the future. I believe that if a policy is in place it must be
> supported, at least publicly.
>
> Am I completely off-course here, or do I have a valid concern?
>
> Any comments?

Where to start.

Firstly, the ICT Strategy should never just be the vision of one
person but an amalgamation based on discussions from key people. Once
this is then sorted you have the outward face of where ICT is going
within the school, whether it is as a discrete subject, as a tool for
other subjects, as a tool for cross-curricular activites, the use of
it for assessment / montioring / data analysis, as a method of
changing the model of teaching and learning ... or simply as part of
the long term financial strategy of the school.

Disagree in private, discuss and come to a common consensus ... but be
sure to give someone the deciding vote ... preferably someone on the
senior manglement team ... or knowledgeable governor.

To start with you can look at the Technical Competencies from BECTA at
http://www.becta.org.uk/techcomp and look to see whehter you need a
Level C or D person. Note that the levels on this scale don't require
a large knowledge of educational practices ... but it really does
help.

If you drop me an email I'll pass on the job specs from my place for
you (giving your school details so we know where they have gone).

Tony Sheppard
--
Need advices on Tech Support
http://www.becta.org.uk/tsas
Need to find excellence in ICT
http://www.ict-register.net

"Phillip Deackes"  wrote in message 
news:591s66F2ikvbvU1@mid.individual.net...

> What do other schools do to ensure that the Network Manager supports the 
> vision and strategy of the ICT Coordinator (whose job it is to have such 
> vision and strategy!)? There have been occasions at school when we have 
> not been singing from the same song sheet and I want to take the 
> opportunity of a new job description to try and make sure this does not 
> happen in the future. I believe that if a policy is in place it must be 
> supported, at least publicly.
>
> Am I completely off-course here, or do I have a valid concern?

Well you need to be sure you're both working with the best interests of the 
school at heart, which I'm sure isn't a problem, but I'm not sure that means 
you always have to agree - at least in private. It might help to consider 
boundaries that go both ways. You might remember that I'm at a college so 
we're on a slightly different scale perhaps, but at my place, the ICT 
co-ordinator specifies what they require on the network in order to support 
teaching, and it's up to the technical staff to ensure that happens.

It isn't my place to pick what packages are used in classrooms and it isn't 
the co-ordinators place to decide who we buy servers from. This isn't to say 
we don't talk about the best way forward on those issues at times, it's just 
that the *decision* rests in a different place depending on what is being 
decided.

Once a way forward has been agreed then yes everyone needs to support the 
decision and work towards it as best they can. I don't think that's 
something you can really codify in a job description, but simply a manner of 
professional ethics. You can tell someone what is expected of them in this 
regard, but someone either can behave like this or they can not.
-- 
Robert Moir
http://www.rhymeswithgeek.com

On 22 Apr, 20:43, Phillip Deackes  wrote:
> I am ICT Coordinator and am seeking to raise the status of our solo ICT
> technician to that of Network Manager with appropriate salary increase.
> We will also hopefully be appointing another technician to work
> alongside him.
>
> What do other schools do to ensure that the Network Manager supports
> the vision and strategy of the ICT Coordinator (whose job it is to have
> such vision and strategy!)? There have been occasions at school when we
> have not been singing from the same song sheet and I want to take the
> opportunity of a new job description to try and make sure this does not
> happen in the future. I believe that if a policy is in place it must be
> supported, at least publicly.
>
> Am I completely off-course here, or do I have a valid concern?
>
> Any comments?

Where to start.

Firstly, the ICT Strategy should never just be the vision of one
person but an amalgamation based on discussions from key people. Once
this is then sorted you have the outward face of where ICT is going
within the school, whether it is as a discrete subject, as a tool for
other subjects, as a tool for cross-curricular activites, the use of
it for assessment / montioring / data analysis, as a method of
changing the model of teaching and learning ... or simply as part of
the long term financial strategy of the school.

Disagree in private, discuss and come to a common consensus ... but be
sure to give someone the deciding vote ... preferably someone on the
senior manglement team ... or knowledgeable governor.

To start with you can look at the Technical Competencies from BECTA at
http://www.becta.org.uk/techcomp and look to see whehter you need a
Level C or D person. Note that the levels on this scale don't require
a large knowledge of educational practices ... but it really does
help.

If you drop me an email I'll pass on the job specs from my place for
you (giving your school details so we know where they have gone).

Tony Sheppard
--
Need advices on Tech Support
http://www.becta.org.uk/tsas
Need to find excellence in ICT
http://www.ict-register.net

"Phillip Deackes"  wrote in message 
news:591s66F2ikvbvU1@mid.individual.net...

> What do other schools do to ensure that the Network Manager supports the 
> vision and strategy of the ICT Coordinator (whose job it is to have such 
> vision and strategy!)? There have been occasions at school when we have 
> not been singing from the same song sheet and I want to take the 
> opportunity of a new job description to try and make sure this does not 
> happen in the future. I believe that if a policy is in place it must be 
> supported, at least publicly.
>
> Am I completely off-course here, or do I have a valid concern?

Well you need to be sure you're both working with the best interests of the 
school at heart, which I'm sure isn't a problem, but I'm not sure that means 
you always have to agree - at least in private. It might help to consider 
boundaries that go both ways. You might remember that I'm at a college so 
we're on a slightly different scale perhaps, but at my place, the ICT 
co-ordinator specifies what they require on the network in order to support 
teaching, and it's up to the technical staff to ensure that happens.

It isn't my place to pick what packages are used in classrooms and it isn't 
the co-ordinators place to decide who we buy servers from. This isn't to say 
we don't talk about the best way forward on those issues at times, it's just 
that the *decision* rests in a different place depending on what is being 
decided.

Once a way forward has been agreed then yes everyone needs to support the 
decision and work towards it as best they can. I don't think that's 
something you can really codify in a job description, but simply a manner of 
professional ethics. You can tell someone what is expected of them in this 
regard, but someone either can behave like this or they can not.
-- 
Robert Moir
http://www.rhymeswithgeek.com

On 22 Apr, 20:43, Phillip Deackes  wrote:
> I am ICT Coordinator and am seeking to raise the status of our solo ICT
> technician to that of Network Manager with appropriate salary increase.
> We will also hopefully be appointing another technician to work
> alongside him.
>
> What do other schools do to ensure that the Network Manager supports
> the vision and strategy of the ICT Coordinator (whose job it is to have
> such vision and strategy!)? There have been occasions at school when we
> have not been singing from the same song sheet and I want to take the
> opportunity of a new job description to try and make sure this does not
> happen in the future. I believe that if a policy is in place it must be
> supported, at least publicly.
>
> Am I completely off-course here, or do I have a valid concern?
>
> Any comments?

Where to start.

Firstly, the ICT Strategy should never just be the vision of one
person but an amalgamation based on discussions from key people. Once
this is then sorted you have the outward face of where ICT is going
within the school, whether it is as a discrete subject, as a tool for
other subjects, as a tool for cross-curricular activites, the use of
it for assessment / montioring / data analysis, as a method of
changing the model of teaching and learning ... or simply as part of
the long term financial strategy of the school.

Disagree in private, discuss and come to a common consensus ... but be
sure to give someone the deciding vote ... preferably someone on the
senior manglement team ... or knowledgeable governor.

To start with you can look at the Technical Competencies from BECTA at
http://www.becta.org.uk/techcomp and look to see whehter you need a
Level C or D person. Note that the levels on this scale don't require
a large knowledge of educational practices ... but it really does
help.

If you drop me an email I'll pass on the job specs from my place for
you (giving your school details so we know where they have gone).

Tony Sheppard
--
Need advices on Tech Support
http://www.becta.org.uk/tsas
Need to find excellence in ICT
http://www.ict-register.net

"Phillip Deackes"  wrote in message 
news:591s66F2ikvbvU1@mid.individual.net...

> What do other schools do to ensure that the Network Manager supports the 
> vision and strategy of the ICT Coordinator (whose job it is to have such 
> vision and strategy!)? There have been occasions at school when we have 
> not been singing from the same song sheet and I want to take the 
> opportunity of a new job description to try and make sure this does not 
> happen in the future. I believe that if a policy is in place it must be 
> supported, at least publicly.
>
> Am I completely off-course here, or do I have a valid concern?

Well you need to be sure you're both working with the best interests of the 
school at heart, which I'm sure isn't a problem, but I'm not sure that means 
you always have to agree - at least in private. It might help to consider 
boundaries that go both ways. You might remember that I'm at a college so 
we're on a slightly different scale perhaps, but at my place, the ICT 
co-ordinator specifies what they require on the network in order to support 
teaching, and it's up to the technical staff to ensure that happens.

It isn't my place to pick what packages are used in classrooms and it isn't 
the co-ordinators place to decide who we buy servers from. This isn't to say 
we don't talk about the best way forward on those issues at times, it's just 
that the *decision* rests in a different place depending on what is being 
decided.

Once a way forward has been agreed then yes everyone needs to support the 
decision and work towards it as best they can. I don't think that's 
something you can really codify in a job description, but simply a manner of 
professional ethics. You can tell someone what is expected of them in this 
regard, but someone either can behave like this or they can not.
-- 
Robert Moir
http://www.rhymeswithgeek.com

On 22 Apr, 20:43, Phillip Deackes  wrote:
> I am ICT Coordinator and am seeking to raise the status of our solo ICT
> technician to that of Network Manager with appropriate salary increase.
> We will also hopefully be appointing another technician to work
> alongside him.
>
> What do other schools do to ensure that the Network Manager supports
> the vision and strategy of the ICT Coordinator (whose job it is to have
> such vision and strategy!)? There have been occasions at school when we
> have not been singing from the same song sheet and I want to take the
> opportunity of a new job description to try and make sure this does not
> happen in the future. I believe that if a policy is in place it must be
> supported, at least publicly.
>
> Am I completely off-course here, or do I have a valid concern?
>
> Any comments?

Where to start.

Firstly, the ICT Strategy should never just be the vision of one
person but an amalgamation based on discussions from key people. Once
this is then sorted you have the outward face of where ICT is going
within the school, whether it is as a discrete subject, as a tool for
other subjects, as a tool for cross-curricular activites, the use of
it for assessment / montioring / data analysis, as a method of
changing the model of teaching and learning ... or simply as part of
the long term financial strategy of the school.

Disagree in private, discuss and come to a common consensus ... but be
sure to give someone the deciding vote ... preferably someone on the
senior manglement team ... or knowledgeable governor.

To start with you can look at the Technical Competencies from BECTA at
http://www.becta.org.uk/techcomp and look to see whehter you need a
Level C or D person. Note that the levels on this scale don't require
a large knowledge of educational practices ... but it really does
help.

If you drop me an email I'll pass on the job specs from my place for
you (giving your school details so we know where they have gone).

Tony Sheppard
--
Need advices on Tech Support
http://www.becta.org.uk/tsas
Need to find excellence in ICT
http://www.ict-register.net