Appreciative Inquiry LearnScope teams in Victoria Strategic questions

Appreciative Inquiry Appreciate “What is” (What gives life?) Imagine “What Might Be” Determine “What Should Be” Create “What Will Be”

Appreciate “What is” (What gives life?)

Imagine “What Might Be”

Determine “What Should Be”

Create “What Will Be”

Ap-pre’ci-ate, v., valuing; the act of recognizing the best in people or the world around us; affirming past and present strengths, successes, and potentials; to perceive those things that give life (health, vitality, excellence) to living systems to increase in value, e.g. the economy has appreciated in value. Synonyms: VALUING, PRIZING, ESTEEMING, and HONORING .

valuing; the act of recognizing the best in people or the world around us; affirming past and present strengths, successes, and potentials; to perceive those things that give life (health, vitality, excellence) to living systems

to increase in value, e.g. the economy has appreciated in value.

Synonyms: VALUING, PRIZING, ESTEEMING, and HONORING .

In-quire’ (kwir), v., the act of exploration and discovery to ask questions; to be open to seeing new potentials and possibilities Synonyms: DISCOVERY, SEARCH, and SYSTEMATIC EXPLORATION, STUDY

the act of exploration and discovery

to ask questions; to be open to seeing new potentials and possibilities

Synonyms: DISCOVERY, SEARCH, and SYSTEMATIC EXPLORATION, STUDY

Discovery “ What gives life?” (The best of what is) Appreciating Dream “ What might be?” (What is needed) Envisioning Design “ What should be--the ideal?” ( What needs to change ) Co-constructing Destiny “ What will enable change?” (what needs to happen) Sustaining Appreciative Inquiry 4-D Cycle LearnScope Project Outcomes

Stage one: focus on the teacher and appreciate the strengths Opening Interview High point moment: discovery What has worked well in LearnScope projects at your place? (manager) What is the best thing about being in a LearnScope team? (team leader or participant) Valuing: dream What has LearnScope achieved for your teachers? What could be improved in LearnScope at your place? Continuity: design What do you need to keep? What needs to change? Positive images of the future: destiny What needs to happen for change to take place? What will you do to manage the change? Strategies: TEN minute paired interviews.

Opening Interview

High point moment: discovery

What has worked well in LearnScope projects at your place? (manager)

What is the best thing about being in a LearnScope team? (team leader or participant)

Valuing: dream

What has LearnScope achieved for your teachers?

What could be improved in LearnScope at your place?

Continuity: design

What do you need to keep?

What needs to change?

Positive images of the future: destiny

What needs to happen for change to take place?

What will you do to manage the change?

Finding common themes Group discussion Introduce highlights from interview with your partner What are common themes in your: High points Evaluation Continuity (things we want to keep) Images of the future we share Twenty minute group interviews (3 x 2 pairs).

Group discussion

Introduce highlights from interview with your partner

What are common themes in your:

High points

Evaluation

Continuity (things we want to keep)

Images of the future we share

Summary – continuous improvement Publishing in the VELS wiki Stories – high points Strategies – continuity Take forward to stage 2: Evaluation Vision

Publishing in the VELS wiki

Stories – high points

Strategies – continuity

Take forward to stage 2:

Evaluation

Vision

Appreciative Inquiry: stage two Dream: Build new capacity for learning Build on earlier themes: high point continuity vision Create 3-5 great topics Be Bold Something Desired Want to learn Strategic/high leverage Energizing (sometimes opposites together) Ask empowering questions

Dream: Build new capacity for learning

Build on earlier themes:

high point

continuity

vision

Create 3-5 great topics

Be Bold

Something Desired

Want to learn

Strategic/high leverage

Energizing (sometimes opposites together)

Ask empowering questions

Creating the powerful questions: Choose one of your topics Create an AI set of questions for that one topic E.g. Topic – Ready for change! A. Question that elicits a powerful story B. Question that helps envision future

Choose one of your topics

Create an AI set of questions for that one topic

E.g. Topic – Ready for change!

A. Question that elicits a powerful story

B. Question that helps envision future

What makes AI questions powerful? Language: questions & statements… Focus attention Heighten energy…drive to complete, to answer Every creative act Rapport and relationship (people are honored) Fulcrum change: connect to strength, imagination Break automatic thinking, essence of learning Alter internal dialogue & storytelling Specific positive future (the fairway)

Language: questions & statements…

Focus attention

Heighten energy…drive to complete, to answer

Every creative act

Rapport and relationship (people are honored)

Fulcrum change: connect to strength, imagination

Break automatic thinking, essence of learning

Alter internal dialogue & storytelling

Specific positive future (the fairway)

Appreciative Inquiry: stage three Design: collaboratively create what could be Consider the effectiveness of the four common approaches to change: Top Down Strategies Bottom Up Strategies Representative Cross-Section Strategies Pilot Strategies Consider how to use your empowering questions for the: Whole team Whole department Whole organisation Collate and analyse the results

Design: collaboratively create what could be

Consider the effectiveness of the four common approaches to change:

Top Down Strategies

Bottom Up Strategies

Representative Cross-Section Strategies

Pilot Strategies

Consider how to use your empowering questions for the:

Whole team

Whole department

Whole organisation

Collate and analyse the results

Finding the most empowering questions: Examples: What possibilities exist that we have not thought about yet? What’s the smallest change that could make the biggest impact? What solutions would have benefits for all stakeholders? What makes my questions inspiring, energizing, and mobilizing?

Examples:

What possibilities exist that we have not thought about yet?

What’s the smallest change that could make the biggest impact?

What solutions would have benefits for all stakeholders?

What makes my questions inspiring, energizing, and mobilizing?

Appreciative Inquiry: stage four Destiny: Creating a Positive Change Network As you imagine and think about “high leverage” ways that appreciative inquiry can add value and strength to you….what are the high potential things you could do? What are the actions you could take at the: whole system level: (important topics/issues/opportunities)? smaller unit level…things I/we could do?

Destiny: Creating a Positive Change Network

As you imagine and think about “high leverage” ways that appreciative inquiry can add value and strength to you….what are the high potential things you could do?

What are the actions you could take at the:

whole system level: (important topics/issues/opportunities)?

smaller unit level…things I/we could do?

Actions The AI approach will assist in discovery, dream, design and destiny The actions will ensure that you manage the change and achieve the vision you have for your organisation Embed the AI approach by encouraging its use each year

The AI approach will assist in discovery, dream, design and destiny

The actions will ensure that you manage the change and achieve the vision you have for your organisation

Embed the AI approach by encouraging its use each year