toolkit

When you register your school or group for Design for Change we will send you a toolkit.

The toolkit is also available for download using the links below.

	Download the Student Instruction Sheet
	Download the Teacher Instruction Sheet
	Download the Cover Sheet

Not registered yet?

	Download the registration form
	Download the competition guidelines

the design for change process

The toolkits will guide both teachers and students through the following process.

	feel In your class, make teams with no more than 5 students per team. Ask each team to discuss issues in their school / life or community that bother them and that they would like to see changed. These issues can be as simple as cleaner toilets to as audacious as ‘creating child friendly cities’ – every idea is important. Have each group present to the class the issue that they have identified Teacher tip – let children know that changing lives is not only about others but also about how their lives will be changed by caring about these issues. We want them to get connected to community issues and ‘see’ that they can be the change.
	imagine Once the issue is selected, get each team of students to ‘engage’ with the people connected to the issue – for eg – if it is garbage in their society that bothers them, get students to speak to the people who dispose garbage, local council, recycling companies etc. to understand how to ‘design’ a solution that will have the desired impact. From all the ideas generated, get the students to select the one that will have the maximum impact following the criteria listed : potential to benefit a large number of people Potential to look at an existing problem with a fresh prospective Potential to not only see change in other’s lives, but in the lives of the students too Teacher tip – get children to go beyond the ‘obvious’ or the ‘first answer’. Encourage them to think of change ‘beyond’ money. Celebrate their ideas and help them see that changing lives can be meaningful and fun – also, keep helping them see how ‘they are being changed in the process’ – you may point out their increased confidence, their leadership qualities etc.
	do Each group presents their problem / solution to the class. The class now selects the ONE idea that they feel has potential for most change and can get as many students involved in the implementation Create a simple plan to implement the project Shared the project with parents / teachers and other students in the school. The children go out and “DO” their project Teacher tip – You can choose either a ‘consesus’ or ‘vote’ to determine the issue / solution you will implement. Using conversation to come to an agreed consesus is usually the best way to keep all students engaged and participating. If you need help with the planning process of the project, please contact us for a basic planning structure. Please remember to ‘document’ the process. You can identify a student team to document or older students who might do this for you. Do remember to get sound bites of the students before, during and after the ‘DO’.
	share The documented story of change is now shared with us Each school fills in the submission form and adds their chosen form of documentation from the recommended list. Teacher tip – help the children add their challenges, their favorite moment, their learnings, and how they not only ‘were the change’ but how ‘they were changed’. You may also encourage them to continue their project beyond the competition. Perhaps they could form an active social group at school or train other students in the school to implement the project. The possibilities are endless!