What information do you want?

I agree with much of what Rob says but I add and comment to the points raised



a) I could not agree more, but being north of the border I have to add that the same be done for Curriculum for Excellence.  Yes - it makes no sense having two education systems in one country. No joined up thinking here!!



b) The idea of having lists of schools with what each school would like and when is functionality already embedded in STEMNET and in the sites operated by their Contract Holders.  In my experience this seems to work well, and therefore have to question the need to have another place where the requests can be placed.  We run the risk of having requests missed or support being duplicated.  I'm not against the idea, but as long as there is one main place to register a need and to deliver support why complicate by having more?.  If the STEM Contract Holder is not performing then that is another matter.  Perhaps a link to STEMNET or to a list of Contract Holders sites would suffice.



c) Having a list of activities, notes, exemplars etc is also encouraged on STEMNET, and there is a community on the site to upload.  There is also dwiller.com which abounds with ideas. The IET also have Faraday Challenges which could be implemented at school level rather than at national level. A search will soon recover many ideas, but adding another place to look for ideas in my view complicates things further. 



Best regards



Ken M

I agree with much of what Rob says but I add and comment to the points raised



a) I could not agree more, but being north of the border I have to add that the same be done for Curriculum for Excellence.  Yes - it makes no sense having two education systems in one country. No joined up thinking here!!



b) The idea of having lists of schools with what each school would like and when is functionality already embedded in STEMNET and in the sites operated by their Contract Holders.  In my experience this seems to work well, and therefore have to question the need to have another place where the requests can be placed.  We run the risk of having requests missed or support being duplicated.  I'm not against the idea, but as long as there is one main place to register a need and to deliver support why complicate by having more?.  If the STEM Contract Holder is not performing then that is another matter.  Perhaps a link to STEMNET or to a list of Contract Holders sites would suffice.



c) Having a list of activities, notes, exemplars etc is also encouraged on STEMNET, and there is a community on the site to upload.  There is also dwiller.com which abounds with ideas. The IET also have Faraday Challenges which could be implemented at school level rather than at national level. A search will soon recover many ideas, but adding another place to look for ideas in my view complicates things further. 



Best regards



Ken M