Derbyshire County Council Children and Younger Adults Department Jennifer Joy-Matthews & Vikki Trace 0241, Appreciative Development Communities in Adult Community Education Derbyshire Adult Community Education Service (DACES)

Derbyshire County Council Children and Younger Adults Department Context Largest provider of part-time adult learning within Derbyshire Large rural county 23 main centres – 150+ outreach venues 500+ tutors 3,000 courses & 30,000 enrolments including Family and Foundation Learning Undergoing major re-structuring

Derbyshire County Council Children and Younger Adults Department What we did Applied for funding & more funding! Ran Supported Experiments Learnt Lots! Evaluated the Results Learnt even more! Developed Theory Disseminated Ideas

Derbyshire County Council Children and Younger Adults Department Research Process Planning Marketing Briefing Running the Experiments with Support Evaluating the Experiment Evaluating effect on the service Sensemaking in relation to theory

Derbyshire County Council Children and Younger Adults Department Sensemaking When an organisation is undergoing a major change there is a tendency for negativity to creep in! So we focussed on the positive approach of David Cooperrider’s Appreciative Inquiry to harness the good work that was being undertaken.

Derbyshire County Council Children and Younger Adults Department Existing Theories Supported Experiments Joint Practice Development Communities of Practice Appreciative Inquiry

Derbyshire County Council Children and Younger Adults Department Theory Development S E J P D C o P AI A B C D

Derbyshire County Council Children and Younger Adults Department Appreciative Development Communities Appreciative Beneficial Communities of Development

Derbyshire County Council Children and Younger Adults Department Credits LSIS / IfL Suncett Daces Staff and Learners ALT (Kampa Pucha!) If you enjoyed and learnt please vote for us!!