Best Practice

There are a range of ideas below for how school leaders can improve IT and manage costs.

• Always relate the IT improvement to a whole school improvement
• IT priorities should be set by the SLT to align with the School Plan (SIP or SDP)
• Include IT training costs, there is no such thing as free IT
• Have a detailed improvement plan for IT and review it annually
  • baseline the plan with the current state
  • list the planned improvements that are in budget
  • list the aspirational improvements that are not in budget
  • prioritise improvements based on the benefits to the school outcomes
• Ask for support if you do not understand what the improvement is
• Costs change, often reducing so shop around before you renew contracts or enter into new contracts