1. Focused USQ support and mentoring
2. Materials
3. Continuous professional dialogue
4. Capacity building
5. Costs
6. Commencement Dates for IDEAS Engagement 

1. Focused IDEAS support and mentoring

 Four one-day Facilitator workshops:

• Day One - Orientation and preliminary skill development
• Day Two - Advanced skill development
• Day Three - Advanced skill development
• Day Four - Evaluation and future planning.
             
  
• Four site visits from USQ IDEAS Training Team/IDEAS Support Team members^*:
• Visit One - Interpretation of Diagnostic Inventory results with staff
• Visit Two - Analysis of successful Practices to generate Schoolwide Pedagogy
• Visit Three - Action planning for full implementation
• Visit Four - Sustaining the work of IDEAS and community connection.

*NOTE: A team of trained Facilitators from the 1998 - 2004 IDEAS Project - the IDEAS Support Team will be available to participate in site visits.

2. Materials

IDEAS Facilitation Folder - a comprehensive resource including:

• the Research-based Framework
• Leadership for successful school revitalisation
• the ideas process
• making IDEAS work for you - Participants' Journeys
• detailed workshop exercises and activities for school implementation
• folio records for participants.
• Diagnostic Inventories
• Data analysis spreadsheets
• Support readings with supplementary materials available

3. Continuous professional dialogue

• Networked exchange
• Clusters of like schools
• Facilitator networks
• Teleconferences
• Hot Line/Hot Links to the IDEAS support
• Website access
• Exemplars of IDEAS Schools journey
• Professional learning support and materials
• Archived discussions and publications
• Contact details for all participating IDEAS schools.

4. Capacity building

The opportunity is provided for School Facilitators and IDEAS School Management Team members to become accredited to join the IDEAS Support Team to assist other sites through IDEAS.

5. Costs

Cost for three semesters of IDEAS engagement for schools joining the program to encompass the above support components will be negotiated according to cluster location and school size. Schools will be able to pay a per semester cost for the three semesters for their IDEAS engagement.  

6. Commencement dates for IDEAS engagement

Commencement dates are predetermined to allow cohorts of schools to be engaged in a local cluster model to benefit from the support of the IDEAS team and their fellow participants.