We started out on this series of applying Agile in schools. In the first of the blogs, we covered an introduction to commonly used Agile terminologies and how it applies to School. We followed that up with application of the same for School management. The next was the heart of the matter – Lesson planning and delivery using Agile practices. We have looked into an Agile based Assessment and exams in the last article. 

Here’s a picture that speaks a thousand words on the same for quick visualizing.

Switching to an agile mode, for any organization is challenging, but the results are very rewarding from a long term perspective. We will look to what are the key challenges and ways to overcome the same

Common Challenges

• Mindset Shift: Teachers and administrators may be very used to hierarchical systems; Agile requires trust, time and collaboration at all levels.
• Training Needs: Investment in upskilling – workshops, mentoring and ongoing peer support.
• Resource Gaps: Access to tools, sustained time to develop plans that are long term sustainable.

A few approaches from the industry that have gained from adoption, applicable to schools would be

• Start small: Pilot Agile in one department or grade to demonstrate impact.
• Offer hands-on workshops, peer observation cycles, and celebrate small wins.
• Peer learning: Setup champions that drive practices, have them learn together. Establish and develop agile communities of practice. Share best practices, fine tune approaches iteratively
• Seek out successes, recognize them in open forums. Understand difficulties using Scrum Ceremonies (like retrospectives/feedback). Reflect and fine tune, iteratively
• Digitize where possible, to help with ease of use, automation and repeatability

The outlook for the future of education is ‘adapt quickly and overcome challenges swiftly’, with all stakeholder contributions. Agile will play a vital role in dynamic and student-centric school. By sharing knowledge and supporting each other, schools across India can build systems that are resilient for continuous improvement.

We at beacon4minds are very interested in this journey of Agility – both in management as well as with learning and assessments at schools. We can help you with your journey to becoming as Agile School and reap the benefits of a highly collaborative, result focused, empowered community that can face up to challenges that the rapid digitization and technology adoption that throws up each day.

As we stated earlier, this is a bird’s eye view of Agile methodologies and implementation practices as we have seen them. For extensive details on how to go about applying agile at your organization, please feel free to reach out to us @ mailto:info@beacon4minds.com / WhatsApp or call  + 91 97390 11166 / drop a query @ https://www.beacon4minds.com

Also, we do value your insights on this topic. Please do let us know of your feedback at achyuth@beacon4minds.com / achyuth.coach@gmail.com