Scrum in Schools … Bringing the Magic?

Maritza van den HeuvelBeyond Agile – Tales of Continuous Improvement

http://scrumfamily.wordpress.com@maritzavdh

My JourneyLinguistics

Research

Technical Writing

Testing

Support

Product Owner

Product Manager

Innovation Lab Director

Pearson Education

Agile + Learning

to change the way people work, we need to change

the way they learn

~ Maritza ~

workplace learning

from training (push) ... • Documentation Management ( 2003)• Knowledge Management• Class-room or f2f training• Blended Learning = eLearning• Training or HR Departments• Training as "Event" or "Intervention"

... to learning (pull)• Just-in-time learning• Byte-sized learning chunks• Blended = Program of Learning (f2f, chat,

online discussion, co-creation)• L& D or Learning Departments• Continuous Learning as Skill

Personal Learning Networks ... social learning, peer content and communities, finding over remembering

Challenges:• New workers (graduates) and matriculants

• Study to Pass, rather than Learning to Learn

• Management view of Training vs Learning

• Teams haven’t known anything else

Prevailing Culture

- Linear hierarchies

- Top-down decision-making

- Accepting a given system, not creating it

Culture is Everything (nom nom)Organizations (Changing)

Society/Economy (Changing a Lot)

Education (Not Changing Enough)

The Long GameDisrupting and Reinventing

Education to Create a Foundation for

Life-long Learning and Continuous Improvement

(Sir Ken Robinson)

#agile#lean

#rightshifting#scrum

Just as waterfall managers find it impossible to control projects, teachers

find it impossible to control kids. Scrum is designed to solve this

problem.

~ Jeff Sutherland ~http://scrum.jeffsutherland.com/2012/04/scrum-future-for-education.html

What does that look like?

tangible visible simple fun

http://iamagile.com

photo: Karthik Chandrasekarial

"Glows, Grows, Throws, Knows Reflection" by John Miller, Agile Schools

http://eduscrum.nl/

deep principles

PDCA for Individuals

• observing - seeing the work honestly

• questioning - interrogating the work

• applying - courage to try something new

• evaluate - interpret and adjust

"seeing the system" - lack of contextual awareness, lack of ability to change things, waiting for somebody to tell me the answer ~ Bob Marshall

"we need to teach students to teach themselves"

#ictinhed 18/3/2013

People Doing It AlreadyThe Agile School (US)eduScrum (NL)Marian Willeke (HED)Thinking Schools SA

What can YOU do?Adopt a School/Teacher/ClassHelp them Solve ProblemsTeach your practiseShowcase your resultsBe part of the changeThe earlier we begin …

Thank YouMaritza van den Heuvel

• @maritzavdh #edtech #agile #lean• http://scrumfamily.wordpress.com• Beyond Agile - Tales of Continuous Improvement• Innovation Lab Director: PSA