Hermit Park leader in global eLearning

October 26 2011

A North Queensland school is one of seven worldwide enlisted to help transform teaching and learning across the globe.

Townsville's Hermit Park State School will soon be named part of the Microsoft Leadership Advisory Group for the Partners in Learning Worldwide Schools Program.

Principal Clayton Carnes said the school was excited and looking forward to extending its involvement with the program, which brings together a global community of schools to discover, share and scale innovative education practices and models for transformational learning.

Hermit Park's recognition in the Leadership Advisory Group, to be officially announced in Washington DC this month, comes after three years' involvement in the program.

'The Microsoft program has had a big impact on our school, our students and the community in recent years,' Mr Carnes said. 'It has assisted us with improving our NAPLAN data and overall student results.'

The school of 405 students has spent the past two years as a Partners in Learning 'Mentor School'.

It is recognised alongside others from England, Finland, Denmark, Singapore (two schools), and Victoria's Silverton Primary.

'As a Leadership Advisory school we will be assisting with the operational of the World Partners in Learning Schools Program and providing advice to dozens of schools across the world,' Mr Carnes said.

'The program also allows our school to connect with the world and provide both our teachers and leadership team will high-quality mentoring delivered by international leaders in education.'

See the Microsoft website for more information about the Microsoft Partners in Learning Innovative Schools Program.