Self-supporting frameworks and agile PebblePad development Terry Young – Educational Designer Kym Barbary – Education Academic Our vision Introduce us Set the theme SOE Terry & Kym Overarching philosophy how we hoped it would transpire

Current issue Refocusses on Professional portfolio for standards (DEP) Ensuring the requirement that Critical Tasks are created to be collected in DEP Solution – framework requirement by AITSL This presentation is not about the framework, it is about the process improvement

Challenges  Staff and student understanding of process, framework and methodology Staff Confident and capable – will flow to the students Recognise that if staff are not confident and capable this also flows to students How do we achieve this? Time poor staff. Sessional staff. No real intensive for staff

Confident Capable Committed Strategy Staff Confident and capable – will flow to the students Investing in PD program for staff Targeted keen staff Committed – not an expert group Want to but not confident how to Once committed group becomes confident and capable they would be able to Support students better Support colleagues

Community of Practice Implementation Put together a strategy Find committed people Get together a group of committed people Ask what they needed Consulted Asked preferred way for PD to be ran Based on their feedback, put together a program Outcome of process we identified Community of practice

Not experts PebblePad Advocates Needs / challenges Padvocates Group Outcome of process we identified Wanted to build a community of practice SOE Needs, challenges What are your challenges – as a group we try to fix it

Community Formed Padvocates group Had people join Started as we expected – targeted individuals Started the community with about 10-12 people Feedback

Self-regulated learners Collaboration Challenges Desired Outcome  Self-regulated learners Collaboration Challenges All aspirational Desired outcome Self-regulated learners Collaboration Sharing of ideas and solutions Challenge to get/keep staff motivated Intrinsic / extrinsic motivation for Padvocates. Micro credentialling. 

Consultation  As a group, what ideas do you have about helping you to become more confident and capable for your students Feedback with a view to lead to solutions Problems and issues – staff needed opportunity to voice concerns

Targeted Training Targeted Resources Training & Resources Targeted resources for this group that would be useful for others Test case group

Resource Library Explain No else appreciated this as they are still struggling without Great starting points that anyone can grab Library with already created designs Reusable resources Great outcome

Use of Resource Library Results  Attendance Use of Resource Library All great Love to say it worked – not as we expected Training Not enough people attended Resource Library Few visitors Disappointing

Reinforce the fundamentals Reduce the confusion When things go wrong Causes  Reinforce the fundamentals Reduce the confusion When things go wrong Busy What is the ideal time? Those that came still struggled to engage Differing levels of expertise/experience/knowledge/terminology Fundamentals that are still not understood Confusion Technical support – when things go wrong the staff are getting really frustrated Blame the system Escalates 1.Reinforce the fundamentals 2.Reduce the confusion – message to students can be confusing when it is inconsistent 3. When things go wrong – they panic – the system gets blamed

Shift the way we are doing it Same desired outcome Target individuals What’s next?  Shift the way we are doing it Same desired outcome Target individuals Still same desired outcome Shift the way we are doing it Targeting individuals Differing levels of Competence and confidence Compounds frustration

Target individual needs Learn from these interactions Inform our future support What are the common confusions? Focussed support Drawing learning from these interactions Informs our future support Learning about common confusions for students and staff – trends More effective support for staff and students

Ownership Staff self-help Checklist

Just in time support

Another Padvocates group? Review    Another Padvocates group?  

Focus on student outcomes​ Review student examples​ Motivation   Focus on student outcomes​ Review student examples​  

Different approach needed Searching for solutions Start again  Recognise the problem Different approach needed Searching for solutions Back to leadership and let them know our current thinking Recognises the problem and keen for a solution Strategy for 2019 Strategies are same Different approach needed Solutions most welcome