Term 1 Workshop 1

The Workshop Objectives were:

• To establish a sense of community amongst participants: we are here to learn how to work and learn together, collaboratively

• To establish rapport between schools, DET team and Innovation Unit team

• To clarify understanding and expectations of the STARRS program

• Participants understand the characteristics of social innovation and co-design

• Participants can differentiate technical versus complex problems and are familiarised with best approaches for each

• Participants can advance their ideas around practices that support the STARRS program.

With its roots in the participatory design techniques developed in Scandinavia in the 1970s, co-design empowers people to solve their own problems. It is often used as an umbrella term for a suite of design thinking methods, including creating design briefs, ideation, prototyping, methods of scale and diffusion. It engages people in the design process by seeking their contribution in defining problems, creating solutions and then testing these solutions.

What co-design isn't!

Consultation - it builds and deepens equal collaboration between those affected by, or attempting to, resolve a particular challenge. A key tenet of co-design is that users, as 'experts' of their own experience, are central to the design process.

• To create a Case for Change (why are we doing this work) for their own individual schools

• Reflected and listed to each other's challenges, opportunities, insights, needs and system challenges

• Used this information to create a persona for their user (teachers)

• Created a design brief (a project idea to take back to school/Network)

• Created a service blueprint to identify the process/journey and resources needed to implement the idea.

Schools and Networks were asked to take this back to school gain buy-in from other colleagues and facilitate a Network meeting prior to the commencement of Term 2 to present, gain feedback and work collaboratively to use the funding to start implementing the agreed idea/approach.

Disruptions due to COVID-19

The disruption of COVID-19 has prevented this from taking place. However, your Local Coordinators will have been in contact with schools and new teachers to offer support and to facilitate the implementation of your idea.

If you didn't attend Workshop 1 there is still an opportunity to create a Case for Change and implement an idea through Terms 2 and 3 of 2020. It may even be an opportunity to work with other schools within your Network who have already commenced this work.

You will find below some useful templates and resources from Workshop 1. Your Local Coordinator also has copies and will support you through this process.