BYOD Resource Centre Day Loan Program

As of Term 4 2020


Students from Years 7,8 and Senior Students will have the opportunity to borrow a BYOD support device from the daily loan program. This program is designed to allow students to borrow a device from the resource centre if they are experiencing issues with their BYOD Device e.g. Repair/Damage, Not charged, Forgot laptop etc.


Role statements for the BYOD resource centre day loans program are explained below.


Student Roles and Responsibilities

  • Students are able to collect a BYOD support device from the Resource Centre throughout the day (preferably before school and as early as possible in the school day). Students will not be denied access to borrowing a device from the resource centre during the school day.

  • Students are required to return the BYOD support device before the end of the school day.

    • Years 7-12 (Regular days): Return device at 2pm (bag to be left in the classroom).

    • Years 8-12 (Thursday Sport): Return device at 11am (bag to be left in the classroom).

    • Year 7 (p5/6 Sport): Return device during Lunch.

  • BYOD support devices are to be returned in good working order with no damage from the day's usage.

  • Students who borrow the device are responsible for any damage or loss that may occur. 

  • To use the device in accordance with the schools Technology Policy and User Charter.


Teacher Role

  • To ensure that their students are accessing a device to support their learning.

  • To raise awareness of the daily laptop loans in the Resource Centre.

  • To escalate any BYOD concerns to the BYOD Coordinator as needed.


Resource Centre Role 

  • To ensure that all laptops are charged and secure in the laptop cabinet.

  • To provide students in the BYOD program a laptop to loan for the day, ensuring the device has been loaned out correctly through the library system.

  • Identify all students who are borrowing a device to ensure it is assigned to them correctly in the library system. This can be a library card (Preferred option), via Sentral or another form of identification.

  • To inspect the laptops when they are returned to ensure that there is no damage, missing keys etc.

  • To provide the BYOD Coordinator with a list of BYOD support devices loaned out every two weeks, to allow the coordinator to follow up on students who are frequently borrowing laptops.

  • Create a ticket on ITHelp if there are any problems with the laptops.

  • To raise any issues related to the daily loans with the Technology Committee.


BYOD Coordinator Role

  • Follow up on students who regularly borrow a laptop from the Resource Centre.

  • Make contact/work with families to ensure that students have access to a BYOD device.

  • Escalate any welfare issues to the Senior Executive and/or HT Welfare as needed.


Technology Committee Role

  • To ensure there are enough laptops to support the program.

  • To make informed decisions on the BYOD daily loan program and work with parties involved to ensure transparency.

  • To ensure that laptops are up to date and have necessary applications installed.

  • To fix any laptops that are having problems.

Senior Executive  

  • To raise issues with the Technology Committee as needed.

  • To work with the BYOD Coordinator and Technology Committee with any issues surrounding student welfare/access to a device.

  • To assist the Technology Committee with the rollout of the BYOD program across the school.

 


Implementation date: 12/10/2020

Last updated: 17/09/2020