Key Terms & Definitions for Redesign
The following terms are used in the Real-Time Redesign toolkit developed through the Strategy Lab.
March 3, 2021
Craft Category: Artifacts
What We Learned from the Strategy Lab
In our work to support seven school systems from the Strategy Lab through the Real-Time Redesign process, we encountered three powerful takeaways about what it means to advance equity and resiliency in teaching and learning in a school system context.
March 3, 2021
Questions for the Field on School & System Redesign
We created the Real-Time Redesign process through our work with school systems facing increased pressure to adapt teaching and learning to meet individual students’ diverse needs as well as the changing needs of the world around them.
For school sites, school systems, and the organizations supporting them, we propose the following questions aligned to emerging themes from this redesign work.
March 3, 2021
Where Real-Time Redesign Originated: Always Ready for Learning Strategy Lab
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, The Learning Accelerator, along with Bellwether Education Partners, created a new networked learning community focused on equity and resiliency called the Strategy Lab. The nine-month, pro bono, cohort-based learning experience supported seven school systems in their reopening planning in the fall and winter of 2020 through expert support and targeted coaching before engaging in a process to make real-time, meaningful, and lasting improvements to teaching and learning.
March 3, 2021
Advice: Common Pitfalls & Tips for Success in Design Work
The design process is transformational and thrilling – but not without its challenges. Here, we surface six common pitfalls, along with potential ways to avoid these same pitfalls, captured from school systems that completed our Real-Time Redesign process as part of the Always Ready for Learning Strategy Lab cohort in the 2020-21 school year.
March 3, 2021
Real-Time Redesign: Approaches to Broader Change
Where do you go after completing the Real-Time Redesign process?
We see two primary pathways for working toward more equitable, resilient teaching and learning across a school system. It is important to note these are not mutually exclusive. Highly effective school systems often use both processes in complementary ways.
March 2, 2021
Real-Time Redesign: Path Forward Planner
Regardless of the path you choose for your immediate next steps following a redesign process such as Real-Time Redesign, get specific on what the timeline and major activities look like to keep your school system moving in the direction of your vision.
March 2, 2021
Monterey Peninsula: Preparing Stakeholders for Co-Creation
As part of their pilot for Real-Time Redesign, one of the Monterey Peninsula Unified School District design team’s initial priorities was to orient students and teachers to their role as co-designers. The team designed a short training session in which they gave participants an overview of the liberatory design process and created space for interactive discussion, questions, and reflection. The design team also shared their vision and problem of practice (“How might we increase flexibility and personalization to build a sense of belonging and connection within the context of our labor and policy constraints?”) to prepare participants to create solutions that would build relationships and strengthen student belonging in the district.
February 25, 2021
Using Jamboard to Build Action Steps
Jamboard is a great place to align on next steps, based on what ideas were uncovered during a brainstorming session. As seen in this example, after brainstorming and noting favored ideas, the participants are then able to bucket based on an impact-effort matrix and gather consensus on next steps to start putting those ideas into action.
February 24, 2021
Using Jamboard to Bucket Ideas
One way to use Jamboard to take collaborative conversations deeper after brainstorming ideas is to take those ideas and bucket them based on topic, commonalities, themes, or other relevant categories. The act of “bucketing” can be done virtually by moving the sticky notes around to bring common themes together. You can also take this one step further by circling and naming each group to underscore the information you’d like to highlight.
February 24, 2021