Stacey  Quince,  Campbelltown  Performing  Arts  High/    NSW  Department  of  EducaBon  Futures  Learning  Unit    David  Albury,  Board  Director,  Innova0on  Unit  Keren  Caple,  Senior  Associate,  Innova0on  Unit  

FOSTERING SYSTEMS GROWTH THROUGH SPIRALS OF INNOVATION

•  A  large  scale  collabora0ve  enquiry  

•  High  quality  professional  learning  

•  A  system  level  interven0on  

•  A  scaling  and  diffusion  programme  

LEARNING FRONTIERS is:

co-created

connected

personal

integrated

ENGAGING LEARNING is:

Influence  system  condi0ons  

EXPLORE  

GENERATE  

EVALUATE  

Understand  the  issues  

Horizon  scanning  

Animate  innovators  

Generate  insights  &  ideas    

Create  prac0cal  models  &  toolkits              

Further  build    evidence  base  

Influence  system    condi0ons  

to  other  schools  

to  partners  outside  school  

CONNECTING…

to  new  ways  of  working  (for      us!)  

DESIGN THINKING

Identify  

Empathise  

Ideate  

Prototype   Refine  

Test  

Environmental  educa0on  resources  Local  plan  of  management  Increasing  Community  Voice  

Integrated  learning  tool    MeTube  Magnifying  classroom    Prac0ce  Ready,  Set,  Connect!  

DESIGN THINKING

A  hackathon  is  an  event  in  which    (educators)  collaborate  intensively    to  develop  new  tools  and  strategies.  

[A  micro-­‐hack  is  a  hackathon  in  fast    forward!]  

HACKATONS

Na0onal  level    Hub  level    Beyond…  •  Open  assessment  •  Student-­‐led  conferences  •  Student  shadowing  •  Learning  space  design  toolkit  

•  Integrated  learning  tool  

HACKATHONS

“I  think  the  whole  Design  Thinking  process  is  helpful  in  finding  new  ideas  quickly.  I  like  that  we  get  to  present  our  ideas  to    other  people  for  feedback  because  it  helps  improve  our  ideas  as    a  team.”  Year  9  student  

 "I  like  Design  Thinking  because  it  helps  us  find  soluAons  to  real    problems…  it  feels  like  we  have  made  a  difference,  like  we  have    the  power  to  make  changes.  The  council  liked  our  idea  and  we    feel  proud  of  what  we    have  created.”  

 Year  10  student  

"Design  Thinking  has  allowed  me  as  facilitator,  a  teacher  and  as  a    designer  of  learning  to  provide  students  with  an  innovaAve    approach  to  solving  real  world,  authenAc  problems.”    Chris,  teacher    "Hacking,  implemenAng,  trialing  and  refining  before  the  next    iteraAon  has  allowed  tools  to  be  refined  and  improved  using    feedback  across  a  range  of  contexts,  increasing  possibility  of    sustainable  pracAces  across  contexts  and  effecAve  scaling  on  a    wider  level.”    Kirs0ne,  Deputy  Principal  

STUDENT AND TEACHER RESPONSES

•  FlaJened                  model  of  leadership      All  par0cipants  working  towards  developing  new  solu0ons  and    models.  

 •  Increased  agency    

 All  par0cipants  have  a  voice  and  all  are  invested  in  the  work  and  solu0on.  

•  System  leadership    

 Par0cipants  co-­‐create  and    test  new  tools  and  strategies  across  contexts  for,        and  on  behalf  of,  the  profession.  

•  Culture  of  risk    

 Rapid  prototyping  and  con0nual    tes0ng  and  refinement  underpinned  by      evalua0on.  

LEADERS DESIGNING LEARNING THROUGH DESIGN THINKING

Deeply  engaging  and  authen0cally  collabora0ve    processes..  …to  develop  new  tools  and  strategies  …  to  challenging  issues  in  educa0on.  

NOT JUST TOOLS, BUT WAYS OF WORKING…

•  Iden0fy  an  issue  that  you  are  currently  trying    to  resolve  that  might  be  addressed  through    the  applica0on  of  Design  Thinking   process.  

or  •  Iden0fy  a  ‘promising  prac0ce’  (an  approach    that  is  already  showing  some  promise)  that    could  be  developed  further  through  a    hackathon.  

YOUR TURN ….

In  groups  of  4  –  5,  discuss  how  you  might  use    Design  Thinking  or  Hackathons  to  address  your    iden0fied  issue.  

Futures  Learning    Unit  stacey.quince@det.nsw.edu.au  or  @staceyquince  

InnovaBon  Unit      keren.caple@innova0onunit.org  or  @kerencaple    david.albury@innova0onunit.org  or  @davidalbury    www.innova0onunit.org  or  @innova0on_unit  

Learning  FronBers  www.aitsl.edu.au/learning-­‐fron0ers  or  @LFron0ers  

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