#TechTipTuesday – Year End Tech Checklist

On Tuesdays I share a Tech Tip on our social media pages to assist our staff in their use of technology as it relates to their role.

The end of the school year means a very standard routine for educators: time to clean out your classroom!  For many of us this includes removal of any unnecessary clutter that has accumulated, archiving and filing, revamping bulletin boards, and perhaps the beginning of an update to certain decor elements.

Guess what? This should be happening digitally as well; especially with increased use of digital tools/files!

When I taught at Ste Rose our secretary would always provide staff with a detailed “Year End Checklist” that covered a variety of administrative and organizational tasks that needed to be accomplished in the month of June.  This practice was so helpful to me as a classroom teacher because June is such a whirlwind of activities and this straight-forward list of clear expectations was the only way I would remember everything (especially as many of these tasks are “once a year” tasks that aren’t always on your radar).

As I have moved into this role I used this practice as my inspiration to develop a Year End Tech Checklist for our staff.  It is designed to ensure the effective and professional use of various ICT elements and support growth as we prepare for the upcoming school year.  It is important to note that not all checklist elements apply to each staff member depending on their position within the division but the primary focus of the checklist was focused on our teaching staff.

The checklist itself has each task hyperlinked which leads to a tutorial or video providing more information on how to complete the specific task.  Some of these lead to outside sources of information while other resources were created by myself.

If you have any questions please reach out; good luck with your Year End Tech Checklist!