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Theme 1:

The Head of Digital Learning and the IT Consultant's Roles

Who are the main leads and what do they need to do?
The Head of Digital Learning and the IT Consultant are the primary leaders for this theme, as they are
accountable for the proper management of the school's IT resources. The school community relies on
information technology services to perform its functions. Appropriate IT investments require effective
decision-making on the part of the school's Head of Digital Learning and the IT Consultant.

Recommendation Summary
● Develop and implement a process that incorporates strategic leadership and fiduciary responsibility,
as well as IT priorities, accountability, and transparency at the school level.
● Organize training and workshops to empower the strategic, operational, and technical decision-making

necessary to ensure that information technology enables the school to excel in its mission and achieve
the school leadership's priorities, goals, and initiatives.
● Ascertain that data security and privacy concerns are addressed appropriately.
● Provide a periodic report to the Board on the status of the IT Themes and their associated Focuses.

Key Benefits to The Regent School

● Transparency in information technology decision-making.
● Provides each school's IT manager with specific roles, responsibilities, decision-making authority, and
accountability for IT spending.
● Establishes a long-term fiduciary vision for information technology investments.
● Allocates and prioritises information technology resources in accordance with the school's visions and
missions.
● Aligns information technology plans with the rest of the school's strategic plans.
● Consolidates school and departmental information technology strategies into a single, cohesive school-
wide information technology strategy.
● By promoting communication, collaboration, and trust among the school's sections, it fosters
communication, collaboration, and trust.

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