Online Learning Update Ray Schroeder, editor, OTEL - University of Illinois at Springfield

Bobby Approved (v 3.2)
Sunday, December 23, 2001

http://education.guardian.co.uk/elearning/story/0,10577,614624,00.html

Headteacher knighted for online success

A headteacher from Shropshire, whose online technology courses have been sold to more than a thousand schools, was today knighted by the Queen in recognition of his school's ground-breaking work in pioneering new policy. Sir Kevin Satchwell, head of Thomas Telford School, Wednesbury, has made the school day longer. In return, teachers get a day out of class each week for marking and lesson preparation. They are also paid for covering for absent colleagues or taking after-school clubs. Classes are a maximum size of 24 and a crèche for the children of staff has been set up....

 



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