SWOTAnalysisofJohnsonvillePrimarySchool-Wikispaces.pptVIP

SWOT Analysis of Somewhere Primary School By Suzie Ashton Demographics We are a decile 9 school with 380 pupils and 17 staff close to Wellington city. There are 30 Mac computers in the school in classes, admin and a small number in a computer suite All the computers have recently been updated to run OS 10.3 and run the latest versions of both Apple Works and Microsoft Office One of the school’s focuses this year is to develop ICT as a learning tool across the school. Strengths The office administration manager is extremely capable and can troubleshoot most technical problems. All classrooms have functioning computers that run the latest operating systems and programs and are networked to a central server. The internet connection is broadband so is fast and reliable. The majority of staff and personally quite computer literate and can use computers for searching for resources and emailing. Some are extremely capable and are running innovative programs with children. Printing is networked to two central printers saving on consumables and maintenance costs. Colour printing is available to staff from the staffroom computer A digital still camera, a digital video camera, a scanner and a fax are available. There is a hard working ICT team with representatives from all syndicates. There is a functioning school intranet that provides children with safe portals to the internet (filtered by WatchDog) and an area for posting class webpages. There is a school internet website. There is strong interest from staff in the school about ICT and all syndicates have indicated they would be willing to attend voluntary workshops to upskill. There was a thorough review of where the school is at in ICT carried out at the end of 2003 at the completion of the last three year strategic plan. Apple Direct staff will come and run workshops for teachers for free. There are shared folders in the teachers resource areas where staff can share ideas. Weaknesses Staff are not yet completely confid