During the first stage you will need to gather information about the current situation in your school in order to determine your current position from which you will identify key areas for improvement.
To gain an understanding of the school’s current provision and standards of digital competence
To identify the barriers and enablers that contribute to this
Staff skills audit
Complete 360 Digi Cymru review
Work scrutiny
Planning review
Discussions with staff members
Which departments are already demonstrating effective practice?
How broad are the experiences currently offered?
Which departments require significant support?
Are there any consistent factors? I.e use of learning platforms, storage,
What is the current deployment model for devices (fixed, mobile etc) - is it working?
Is there a relation between the skills taught through IT lessons and cross-curricular application of these skills?
This guidance introduces various tools and methods for self-evaluation, along with suggestions of enquiry lines that you could use to develop a focused approach to gathering information.
This link provide a template for you to adapt for conducting a digital skills audit. The audit targets the school's teachers and measures their confidence, skills and ability to integrate digital competence experiences in their subject. You can use it at this stage to identify the baseline, and repeat it over time in order to measure the impact of your action on your staff.