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Sir Ken Robinson's TED Talk: Do Schools Kill Creativity? media type="custom" key="3615477" 1. Generating, identifying and assessing opportunities. || Thinking up new things to do and deciding if they are good ideas. || 2. Identifying, assessing and managing risks. || Thinking of the things that could go wrong with an opportunity and making plans and decisions to limit that risk. || 3. Generating and using creative ideas and processes. || Thinking up new ideas and ways to do things that work well. || 4. Identifying, solving and preventing problems. || Looking ahead for things that can go wrong, thinking of ways to solve problems and planning ahead to avoid them. || 5. Monitoring and evaluating. || Checking all the time and making changes if they are needed. || 6. Using initiative and drive. || Seeing what needs to be done and doing it, persevering when things get tough and showing determination to keep going. || 7. Matching personal goals and capabilities to an undertaking. || Using your own skills and abilities to get things done and achieving your goals. || 8. Working with others and in a team. || Listening to others, encouraging people to take part and sharing the responsibilities. || 9. Negotiating and influencing. || Being persuasive, resolving issues, backing up ideas and reaching agreement with others. || 10. Being fair and responsible. || Taking ownership of your own actions while considering what is right for others. || 11. Planning and organising. || Making a decision, making a plan and getting ready. || 12. Identifying, recruiting and managing resources. || Sorting out what resources are needed, getting them and using them in the best way possible. || 13. Being flexible and dealing with change. || Dealing with new situations, accepting new ideas, getting over change and moving on. || 14. Collecting, organising and analysing information. || Getting information and sorting it to make sense of it. || 15. Communicating and receiving ideas and information. || Sharing and taking in ideas from a range of sources. ||
 * Key Competencies — Enterprising Attributes ** ||
 * Enterprising Attributes ** ||
 * What they mean for students ** ||
 * Thinking ** ||
 * What they mean for students ** ||
 * Thinking ** ||
 * Thinking ** ||
 * Managing Self ** ||
 * Managing Self ** ||
 * Relating to Others ** ||
 * Relating to Others ** ||
 * Participating and Contributing ** ||
 * Participating and Contributing ** ||
 * Using Language, Symbols and Texts ** ||
 * Using Language, Symbols and Texts ** ||


 * __Student Survey Questions__

Tick 1, 2, 3 or 4 in the boxes below for each statement.**


 * || **How often does this happen in your learning?** || **1**
 * Very often** || **2**
 * Often** || **3**
 * Sometimes** || **4**
 * Hardly ever** ||
 * **1.** || **I am given opportunities to plan and organise my learning time** ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * **2.** || **I can set my own learning goals** ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * **3.** || **I respect the opinions of others** ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * **4.** || **I can communicate effectively with lots of different people** ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * **5.** || **I am good at working in and contributing to a group** ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * **6.** || **My teacher gives me opportunities to learn about the things I am interested in** ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * **7.** || **My teacher gives me opportunities to learn in different ways and in different places** ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * **8.** || **I can try out new ideas and be creative in my learning** ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * **9.** || **I can use what I know from other learning in new situations** ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * **10.** || **I am given lots of opportunities to talk about new ideas when I am learning new things** ||  ||   ||   ||   ||


 * __Teacher Survey Questions__

Tick 1, 2, 3 or 4 in the boxes below for each statement.**


 * || **How often does your teaching practice reflect these statements?** || **1**
 * Very often** || **2**
 * Often** || **3**
 * Sometimes** || **4**
 * Hardly ever** ||
 * **1.** || **I give students opportunities to plan and organise their learning time** ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * **2.** || **I give students the opportunity to set their own learning goals** ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * **3.** || **I teach students about respecting one another’s opinions** ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * **4.** || **I teach students about communicating effectively in different situations** ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * **5.** || **I encourage students to work collaboratively** ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * **6.** || **I give students the opportunity to learn about the things they are interested in** ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * **7.** || **I give students opportunities to learn within authentic contexts** ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * **8.** || **I encourage students to be curious and try out new ideas** ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * **9.** || **I encourage students to adapt their existing skills and knowledge to new situations** ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * **10.** || **I give students opportunities to discuss new ideas, not just learn ‘facts’ about a topic** ||  ||   ||   ||   ||


 * __** Outcomes from this project could include: ** __

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 * Students will: **
 * 1) increase their awareness of the enterprising attributes and key competencies by participating in authentic cross curricula learning opportunities
 * 2) self evaluate their progress in developing enterprising attributes and key competencies
 * 3) use an enterprising approach to their learning
 * 4) feel more ownership of their learning
 * Teachers will: **
 * 1) undertake professional learning in enterprise to increase their understanding of the enterprising attributes and key competencies that support the diverse learning needs of students
 * 2) trial a range of pedagogies to assist teachers increase their understanding of enterprising attributes and key competencies that support the diverse learning needs of students
 * 3) Reflect and refine a cross curricula approach to increasing an enterprising culture and related skills in their students
 * Principals will: **
 * 1) explore the leadership approaches that best support a cross curricula enterprising approach to teaching and learning
 * 2) identify new ways to integrate multidisciplinary and cross curricula learning into school curriculum design
 * Businesses **** will: **
 * 1) establish working relationships with a local school (principal, teachers and students) to support an enterprising approach to teaching and learning
 * 2) understand how schools make decisions on curriculum choices

__**Planning Template**__

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 * Things to consider when planning your project **
 * ** Project focus ** ||
 * ** Learning area connections ** ||
 * ** What will the students be doing? ** ||
 * ** What business and community links could you make? ** ||
 * ** Which of the key competencies do you want to develop? ** ||
 * **What are the enterprising attributes you woul d like to focus on?** ||
 * **What will your students need to do to develop these attributes?** ||
 * **If you have been successful what would you like the outcomes to be?** ||
 * **What will your evidence be?** ||
 * **Other considerations?** ||
 * **What will your evidence be?** ||
 * **Other considerations?** ||
 * **Other considerations?** ||
 * **Other considerations?** ||