Allocation and Management Policy

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Objectives

The goal of the Laptops for Teachers Program is to provide Northern Territory teachers with means to become proficient users of Information Technology and to be able to integrate this into their teaching and administration practices. The objectives of the program are to:

• reward and provide an incentive for teachers undertaking significant professional development in the use of learning technologies,
• provide tools for teachers so they can consolidate their professional development and improve their skills and confidence level in relation to Information, Communications and Technology,
• support and encourage Principals and teachers to effectively integrate the use of learning technologies into classroom and administrative practices, and
• enhance the professional status of teachers
  

Eligible Staff

Laptops will be allocated to individual Teachers rather than schools under the new program with the following teaching positions being eligible for a personal allocation:

• Frontline teaching position paid by the NT Government with a teaching load greater than or equal to 50%;
• Teachers in Principal or Assistant Principal positions;
• Teachers in the 5 Government funded remote catholic schools. The distribution of Laptops for these teachers will be managed by the Catholic Education Office.

Eligible staff will need to sign a usage agreement before receiving their computer and the serial number will be recorded as an asset in the personnel system (PIPS) against the individual teachers.

Teachers will retain their laptop while they remain in an eligible teaching position and will take it when they move between schools.

Laptops must be returned to the Department via the last school when teachers leave DET employment or move into a non eligible position. Teachers must return their laptop when they are on leave for greater than 3 months with the exception of approved study leave.

Teachers who do not return their laptop when ceasing employment will have the replacement cost deducted from their final pay.

The Laptop Use Agreement is located here.

A teacher may seek special consideration for retaining their laptop whilst on extended leave greater than or equal to 3 months where there is a valid reason to extend the provisions to cover their situation.

These appeal/special consideration requests will be dealt with by the Director Audit Services on a case by case basis and can be emailed to vic.czernezkyj@nt.gov.au.