[ers] Curriculum Organiser Newsletter June 2006
- From: "Ian Thompson" <ianthompson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2006 15:53:46 +0800
Curriculum Organiser LogoNEWSLETTER
June 2006
-- Please forward this newsletter onto your school's teachers for tips,
support, training opportunities, and the latest developments with Curriculum
Organiser --
Welcome to our new schools. It's been another busy term for us at Education
Research Solutions, and for you in schools we understand, as new reporting
standards are deployed. We are working towards having a fully integrated
link to reporting from your current planning documents in the Curriculum
Organiser. More news on this as it unfolds later in the year.
ERS Curriculum Improvement Program: No more e-mail attachments or
shared-drive "jungles"
Curriculum improvement is a dynamic process requiring steady and ongoing
input - a little done by many is far better than a lot done by few! To
facilitate this, Curriculum Organiser provides the Central Document Set
(CDS) mechanism to distribute documents, thereby maximising the efforts of
individuals who contribute to the whole school team. If you have not yet set
up a CDS, please contact us for setup instructions.
This term, ERS will be sending out (for free, and by return e-mail) a series
of PDF Behaviour Management resources by David Koutsoukis, a leading
specialist in the field. If you have received a Curriculum Organiser update
since November last year, you will now be able to import these PDF documents
into your CDS. To add these documents to the CDS, the CDS Administrator
(typically the Curriculum Manager) should follow the typical CDS importing
steps:
1. Open the CDS (File > Central Document Set > Open Central Document
Set)
2. Make a new folder in the School Policy (right click > select Create
Folder)
3. Enter the name "Behaviour Management Ideas"
4. Import the resources from where you saved them from the e-mail
attachment (right click > select Import, and for 'File of type' select PDF)
5. Close CDS (File > Personal Document Set > Open)
6. Advise staff to click on their c-import button when next connected
to the network to receive filed copies of the resources
Master these few steps and you will soon see the time-saving power of the
CDS for Curriculum Improvement. As a simple rule of thumb, "If something is
for the whole staff and related to curriculum, file it into the CDS."
ERS Support: Need help?
Our contact information is always at hand in Curriculum Organiser. On the
menu bar, select About > About Curriculum Organiser > click on the email
link and tell us what the problem or suggestion is. We guarantee to reply
to your e-mail promptly. If it's urgent use the phone number there to call
our support line during business hours. For very urgent support, call Ian
Thompson on 0421 635 409. Please leave a message if not answered, as it
probably means he is presenting at a school. We want to hear from you. No
issue is too small when it's holding you up from teaching time.
In-school Support: No time to meet! No need, with Curriculum Organiser
documents in MS Word.
By now you know that opening a document in the Curriculum Organiser
automatically opens it in MS Word for you. So what happens when you make
some changes and want to have others check, review or add to it, but can't
seem to get the time to meet? The answer is to use the MS Word "Send to"
and Tracking functions. You've probably attached documents to emails and
sent them to people; this is much the same, but has some nice time-saving
features.
1. Open a new or existing document in Curriculum Organiser
2. In MS Word, turn on the Tracking feature using one of these means:
* On the status bar (at the bottom of the Word window), double-click the TRK
indicator section/box to enable it (note: it is grey until enabled). This
TRK indicator is handy because you can tell at a glance if Tracking it is on
or off.
* On the menu bar, select Tools > Track Changes (or from the keyboard, use
shortcut Ctrl + Shift + E).
Note: This will also display the Reviewing toolbar:
3. To email to the next person for reviewing (after you have made all
your changes), go to File > Send To > Mail Recipient (if only one person) OR
Routing Recipient (for more than one recipient).
4. Follow the prompts to e-mail people who need to review or contribute
to the final document.
5. When all the edits have been made, on the Reviewing toolbar
(displayed above) select 'Final' from the drop-down (left of the 'Show'
Button). All the edits disappear and it's ready to publish.
ERS Curriculum Improvement Service Packs NEW!
We understand how difficult it is to organise PD, get technical support and
contract services. ERS is now offering schools Service Packs which entitle
schools to buy time in lots of 10 hourly blocks for professional
development, curriculum improvement and accountability, customisation of
documents, technical support, etc, to use throughout the year. Simply
purchase a block of time and use it as needed. You receive a big discount
for advance purchase of time and can budget for your curriculum program for
the year. As an introductory 2006 offer, ERS are providing a Semester 2
Service Pack of 5 hours for only $500 (if purchased before the start of term
3) - a saving of 25% on normal rates! Please note, for regional areas,
travel, accommodation and meal costs will vary depending on location, and
are not included in Service Pack pricing. However, these costs may be
shared between schools which are close in proximity.
Host a PD
These will start in several areas during third term and we are always
looking for more host schools. You will need to provide a space and basic
coffee/tea making facilities. We will invite local CO schools and other
interested delegates to drop in for an informal sharing of ideas, resources
and experience. It's an optional, low-key way to clear up small issues and
pick up some time-saving ideas. If we haven't contacted you, and you see
value for your staff then please contact Ian Thompson to arrange a date.
Executive Briefings
ERS are happy to present policy and directional sessions to regional
meetings of teachers and administrators on curriculum topics of interest.
Outcomes Based Education, Curriculum Accountability, ICT Integration,
Performance Management, Reporting, Team Building are to name a few. Please
contact Robin Clarke or Ian Thompson to discuss your needs and how ERS can
help.
RASCAL Conference
ERS are happy to recommend the 2006 Student Centred Learning RASCAL
conference Inspiration - Aspiration to our members. Please mark it down in
your calendars for Friday 18th and Saturday 19th August. Special Guests:
Roslyn Shepherd, Maggie Dent and Merv Hammond. There are also many
informative and relevant concurrent sessions. Great value! For more
information: Jeanette Hutchison hutch1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
School Contact Details
We can offer more support if we know the key curriculum contact in your
school responsible for managing the Curriculum Organiser.
Click
<mailto:support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=Key%20Curriculum%20Contact%
20Details&body=School:%0D%0AName:%0D%0APosition:%0D%0AEmail:%0D%0ATel:%0D%0A
Mob:%0D%0ASubscribe%20to%20newsletter:%20Yes> here to email us your
contact's details.
Contacts
Click the contact to send an email.
<mailto:robinclarke@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Robin Clarke, Director
<mailto:ianthompson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Ian Thompson, School
Development
<mailto:support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Technical Support
<mailto:masonclarke@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Accounts
Education Research Solutions
<http://www.educationresearch.com.au/> www.educationresearch.com.au
Tel (08) 9249 2402
Mob 0417 987 462
Fax (08) 9249 4949
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