Jimmy Stewart taught Mathematics and Physics for 13 years at Coleraine Academical Institution, in Northern Ireland, before moving to Ballymoney High School as Vice-Principal. In 1988 he became Headteacher of Ardnaveigh High School, Antrim’s first community high school.

At this time he was invited to contribute to the development of a specification for a computerised management information system for schools and subsequently served as a member of the procurement team for the Northern Ireland CLASS service. He worked as Deputy Director of the CLASS Project during the 1990’s, supporting the Management Information Systems in all of Northern Ireland’s schools, until the establishment of the Classroom 2000 Project (C2k) when again he became involved in the specification of requirements and the procurement process. He was appointed the Director of C2k in 1999 and now has overall responsibly for the delivery and development of this fully integrated ICT service for all schools throughout Northern Ireland.

He has also held a position as an Associate Lecturer with the Open University since 1987 and taught within the MA programme in Educational Management to students across Ireland. He serves on a regional strategy group within BECTA and a number of other strategic groups within Northern Ireland.

He is married with three “grown-up” children and outside work his interests include sailing and photography.

C2k is the public sector agency responsible for the development, delivery and support of all centrally funded educational ICT services to schools across Northern Ireland. It delivers these services through a small number of managed service contracts and licensing agreements with leading industry partners.

Sitios en Internet:
Programa C2k: http://www.c2kni.org.uk

Departamento de Educación de Irlanda del Norte: http://www.deni.gov.uk

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