Session 1

The profiles were completed and we came together to review the system and learn more about the managment wheel.

Types of work wheel, the following questions were posed:
What kind of work is most likely to energise you?
Why do you feel motivated by some tasks and not others?

There are eight spokes on the wheel with linking being in the middle holding it all together. So what work do you enjoy the most?
1. Promoting
2. Developing
3. Organising
4. Producing
5. Inspector
6. Upholder
7. Reporter
8. Creator

The next part if the Work Preference measures and the following questions were asked:
How do you prefer to :
1. Relate to others the scale is extrovert - intorvert
2. Gather and Use Information the scale is practical - creative
3. Make decisions anyaltical - beliefs
4. Organise yourself and others structured - flexible

The next part was to look at the team management wheel:
What role do you prefer to play in a team?
Do you know what team success looks like?

The roles were identified as:
1. Explorers
2. Organisers
3. Controllers
4. Advisors

We were given our workbooks which included our profile. Work to be done before next week was to discuss your profile with someone else. Next meeting 9th June. Lots of interest and discussion.

Team Management System (TMS)

People tend to practice what they prefer and therefore perform better in those areas that match their work preference. Understanding work preferences is a critical component in developing individual, team, and organizational performance. Team Management Systems' Team Management Profile Questionnaire (TMPQ) is a 60-item assessment focused on enhancing understanding of an individual's approach to work. Based on the responses to the TMPQ, the Personal Team Management Profile provides constructive, work-based information outlining an individual's work preferences, based on the Team Management Wheel, and the strengths that an individual brings to a team.This will identify how the team:
· Relate with others
· Gather and use information
· Make decisions
· Organise themselves and others

The Faculty Management Team completed the online profile. Two sessions staff were provided by the Human Resources Business Partner, Sharyn Kuchar.

BIG DAY OUT

This was the Faculty Networking Day to create the readiness for change.
Is change necessary? What needs to be changed? How do we change?

A range of sessions and speakers provided the starting point for the Bright Ideas Project. The following is an over view of the day:

Key Note Speaker Anne Bartlett- Bragg Managing Director, Headshift
The end is nigh! The adult educator has been registered on the endangered species list and faces certain extinction within the next decade. How has this happened? Can this dwindling profession be saved from extinction? What survival strategies must be implemented urgently to support these rare practitioners? Or should we just accept an evolutionary change and spend our resources supporting the new breeds of educators?
Great way to start to have everyone consider what will happen to the VET sector in the future.

Re-designing the learning landscape
This session will be hands on workshop to develop ideas for re-designing our learning landscape. Focus will include strategies for creating innovative learning environments. What would this look like? What do we, our learners and industry need in the learning environment? How can we continue to engage our learners whilst meeting diverse learning needs? By attending this session, you will walk away with ideas on what you can do to make an impact on the learning environment.
Anne Bartlett- Bragg Managing Director, Headshift

Bouncing back better than ever 3 simple ways to be more resilient
The ability to bounce back from adversity is a vital skill for anyone who wants to survive and thrive in the competitive business world. Successful people are the ones who are willing to take risks and make mistakes, which means they deal with a lot of adversity. However, many of us have lost the ability to be resilient and we need to learn how to get it back. Becoming more resilient is easy when you know how. This practical session will give you real life examples of how to boost your resilience levels so you actually look forward to the challenge of overcoming any adversity that you face. Karen Schmidt CSP Re-engagement expert

How to grow your comfort zone
We all know it’s a good idea to physically stretch ourselves on a regular basis to prevent our body becoming rigid but how many of us remember to do some mental stretching as well. Your brain can also suffer from thinking and acting in the same ways for too long. To be successful in the current work environment you need to be continually growing and expanding your comfort zone. In this fun and interactive session learn all about the how’s and why’s of stretching your comfort zone so you can grow to your full potential. Karen Schmidt CSP Re-engagement expert

Using Technology Interactive Workshop

Practical demonstrations on how people are using a range of tools such as wikis and smartboards including ideas on how technology can support you and your learners. - Innovation & Technology Based Learning Unit

Information Speed Session: systems to support you in your job role.
PD ’09: Find out what is professional development is available for you in 2009. You will gain an overview of the how, and what including SWSI Business Kit, accessing resources and making the Workforce Guarantee work for you.

Make PoD work hard for you!: Our much loved PoD has had a complete make over undergoing a strict workout regime in 2008 and is now looking trim, taut and terrific! Come and find out what has changed not only on the surface, but under the bonnet. Where have all the documents gone? How are the documents arranged? What are the tips to quickly finding what you need on PoD? How do you upload a document to the new PoD?

Sharepoint can do what?? :Sharepoint can store information and documents but what else can it do? Come to this session and find out wikis and blogs, surveys and collaborative functions that you can use in Sharepoint.

The Missing Link
Teaching is a bit like a jig saw puzzle. You need to find teaching and learning resources. You need to create resources. You need a way to get your message across to students. Today technology can help fit some of these puzzle pieces together. In this session we will look at why you would want to use technology in your teaching and learning, where you can find quality resources and what to do with the resources when you have found them. Grant Casey Centre Learning Innovation

Tips for engaging learners
Learning is effective when it engages and motivates people and the experience is as personal as possible. You can't make people learn; they must want to learn themselves. Different people learn in different ways, so it is dependent on learning styles and personal objectives. You can make it easier for your learners. In this session you will come away with a variety of ideas and experiences that will engage and motivate your learners. This will be a practical hands on session. Hillie Higson Outreach Coordinator

Change Management Process

Change Management is the process of modifying or transforming organisations in order to maintain or improve their effectiveness. The Cumming and Worley model best describe the current changes and the environment in which the VET practitioner will be operating within. For our project we will be working through the following:

1. Creating the Readiness for Change (TAFE 21st Century, Current Funding models, Institute Strategic Directions 2009-2011 drivers for the change) This stage will be set at the faculty networking day where a range of discussions will take place to identify the importance of change to meet the current business needs of the Faculty. (Institute and TAFE NSW)

2.Creating the Vision (Where we need to be, what we need to look like and act like in the future) A self assessment of Faculty staff will be managed by the Human Resources Business Partner, Sharyn Kuchar through the Margerison –McCann Team Management Profiling tool which will identify work preferences. This will identify how the team:
· Relate with others
· Gather and use information
· Make decisions
· Organise themselves and others
Results will be analysed and workshopped to create the vision for the Faculty. Focus groups will identify barriers to implementing change and will develop strategies to support an innovative culture and practices. This will be documented and discussed at Head teacher meeting and section meetings.

3. Managing the current to the desired state (balance between continuous and compliance) This stage will focus on overcoming the obstacles and resistance and encourage staff to try new approaches by building skills and confidence. This will be a range of professional development activities. Good news stories will be documented and shared to encourage the focus on continuous improvement.

4. Developing support and sustaining the momentum (developing milestones to evaluate effectiveness) This stage will determine the effectiveness of the strategies and incorporate any feedback from sections. This will be developed into an action plan and fed into the new business planning model.

Action Plan

The aim of the project is to develop the capabilities and effectiveness of the Community Health and Personal Services (CHAPS) Faculty Management team (FMT) by:

• Profiling the CHAPS FMT and determine current work preferences and skills;
• Reviewing the current strategies, cultures and structures operating within the Faculty;
  Then
• Identify where we need to be, what we need to look like and act like in the future;
• Translate vision into strategies to achieve an innovative and responsive culture;
  Evaluate and review the project outcomes to determine effectiveness;
• Plan strategy to support continuous improvement and best practice within the Faculty.

So what does this all mean? How we will manage this? Lets have a look at chnage management.

About CHAPS

The Bright Ideas project will focus on bring together the FMT (Faculty Managment Team) which include head teachers (16 in total) and Faculty staff (5 in total). The Faculty provide courses from Statement of Attainment to Diploma level in the following disciplines:

• Aging and Disability
• Beauty Therapy
• Children's Services
• Community Services
• Hairdressing
• Nursing
• Sport and Recreation

Bright Idea 2009

South Western Sydney Institute has provided funding for staff to further develop skills to ensure high quality service to our customers. The Community Health and Personal Services Faculty has been successful in gaining funding to participate in a Bright Ideas Project. The project will support innovation in the Faculty to explore learning pathways to meet the needs of students and workforce development requirements of industry and communities. The aim of the project is to increase the productivity of our workforce and contribute to the economic and social development of our community.