Introducing:Rhondda Cynon Taf Borough Council

RCT & Imagine Academy

Teacher Professional

Development2012

Digital Skills in Secondary

Schools 2014

Digital skills across the

Primary and Secondary spectrum

2017

MSIAMCEMOS

MSIAMCEMOSMTA

Minecraft

MSIAMCE

Teachers > Secondary Students > Primary Students

26 JUNE 2018

Rhondda Cynon Taf Borough Council• Martyn Silezin• 14-19 Strategy Officer / Swyddog Strategaethau

Change is Happening

Our learners are already living in our future

Technology will never replace teachers……

But teachers who teach with technology will replace those

teachers who won’t!

Our Ambition

The Plan

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>500 MCEs 37 MIE Trainers

2 Microsoft Showcase Schools

1 Microsoft Training Academy

Over 3000 MOS and over 300 MTA

certifications

Finalists at the MOS

Championships

Welsh National Digital Awards

Case study for Estyn

So Far, Since 2014

26 JUNE 2018

Darran Park Primary School• James Protheroe• Assistant Headteacher @DpDarran

Our Commitment to Professional

LearningMeaningful CPD Opportunities • Imagine Academy and

Microsoft Educator Community

• Collaborative school-to-school projects

• Certifications: 7 teachers achieved the MCE

• 21st Century LD• 3 MIE Experts

Approach to Digital Learning

Integration of Office 365 through Hwb• Minecraft: EE• Skype in the Classroom• Windows 10 devices

Creating an Engaging

Curriculum Developing effective pedagogy• Digital Learning at the

core• Digital Competence

Framework• Creating memorable

experiences• Developing responsible

digital citizens

Black Gold: Hearts, Souls and Mines

26 JUNE 2018

Treorchy Comprehensive School• Rhys Jones • Headteacher

High QualityLearning Experiences

Opportunities tailored to the individual

Academic and vocational courses appropriate to the pupil • Cross-curricular

learning in context, MOS

Highly skilled coaches (teachers and pupils!)

High quality CPD for all staff (MOS, Office 365, MCE)• Changing culture -not ethos• Innovation• Risk taking

Infrastructure to facilitate 21st Century

Teaching and Learning

Infrastructure to facilitate 21st

Century Teaching and Learning• wireless• devices

Productivity Pathway

Success Stories

Robert Cook

“The NHS valued my MOS qualifications and it enabled me to be narrowed down from 365 applicants to one. After talking with my employer, who is the head of software development at Cwm Taff, he said he valued my Microsoft experience greatly

and it made me stand out.”

Matthew Davies

“Current student Matthew Davies represented the UK last

year in California at the Microsoft Office Specialist World

Championships. The opportunity to study aspects of the Microsoft Imagine Academy

has supported Matthew in making a decision to follow a

career in IT in the future.”

Your Transformation Story?

Teacher Professional

Development? Digital Skills in Secondary

Schools ?Digital skills across the

Primary and Secondary spectrum

?

MSIAMCEMOS

MSIAMCEMOSMTA

Minecraft

MSIAMCE

Teachers > Secondary Students > Primary Students

28 JUNE 2018

The Leigh UTC• Ayo Ogunrekun• Sweety Rekhi

Bits About Ourselves…

Got Involved In PQ..?

Delivery By Set Timetable

4x/wkMainly: Y12 & 13

Now: few Y10

PQ Programme We Deliver…

77%

23%

CertificationResult

Passed

Failed

Let’s Talk Numbers…Total

Exams Done

104

No of Failed Exams

24

No of PASSED Exams

80

Success Stories…

Set-Up and Support…

Fantastic…

The Leigh Vision…

More Companies

and Community Involvement