This section allows a constant communication and sharing of information among the project partners as far as the activities for the different intellectual outputs are concerned.
Each project partner upload this section of a three months basis.
Work in progress
PARTNERS' INSTITUTION:
Coláiste Mhuire Co-Ed
PROJECT'S PERIOD (FROM/TO):
01 November 2018 - 30 April 2021
ACTIVITY CONCERNED:
PM - Project Management
OBJECTIVES OF ACTIVITIES CARRIED OUT:
- Oversee staff members involved.
- Track work in progress.
- Correspond with associated partners.
- Track finances and manage budget.
- Deal with technical issues reported by technical person.
- Liaise with school management/administration regarding work in progress, contracts, secondment letters and financial queries.
- Attend meetings and report back to staff and management.
- Disseminate project.
- Update online activity reports.
- Liaise with Marie in LIT to develop new learning objects and discuss useful objects already in place/how to enhance them.
- Decide on multiplier event - which format if at all.
- Decide on financial management - transfer of funds/recovery of funds.
- Training event - taking place virtually? and with all staff?
- 3 associated partners
- Final reports/budget
- Evaluations from staff
DESCRIPTION OF ACTIVITIES CARRIED OUT:
- Recording finances.
- Organising team meetings.
- Tracking staff time and disseminating time sheets.
- Creating contracts and secondment letters for staff involved.
- Meeting with management regarding technical issues, staff involvement and financial queries.
- Meeting with lecturers from LIT.
- Completing relevant paperwork and contributing to online platforms associated with the project.
- Over seeing, proof reading and submitting case studies.
- Meeting and discussing learning objects with Marie.
- Staff CPD.
- Meeting via Zoom conference with partners.
- Deadlines extended for project completion.
- Meeting with staff to discuss and divide work.
- Providing guidance and templates to staff for IOs.
- Meeting with school management to make decisions around events, training activities and budget.
- Communicating with staff regarding project updates due to pandemic and management decisions.
- Find three more associated partner
- Sharing end users evaluation with colleagues in various schools
- Project evaluation by our own staff
RESULTS ACHIEVED:
- Successfully obtained 5 case studies from 5 separate staff members.
- Liaised with lecturers in LIT.
- Corresponded well with associated partners.
- Obtained signed and stamped contracts and secondment letters from all involved staff members.
- Handled finances.
- Tracked instalments and time sheets.
- Interviewed staff after completion of their cases studies and created a report based on these discussions.
- CanSat introduced and staff CPD undertaken (new object for teachers).
- Staff chose the learning object best suited to a topic they were currently or will be working on in near future to test with students.
- All staff working from same template for providing comments.
- Attending online Zoom meetings in lieu of overseas travel.
- Transfer budget from transnational meetings, training activities and multiplier event to additional working days for staff and technical person.
- No multiplier event to take place.
- Not feasible to free all 5 teachers for 5 days virtual training event - 2 staff to attend virtually, one day each
- 3 associated partners obtained.
- 2 staff took part in training activity and disseminated information to all school staff
- Website link and end user evaluation shared with new colleagues and schools in Tipperary and Kilkenny
- Final report being able to be written by LIT with our support