Goals and Motivations

• I don’t understand much about technology
• I don't see the value in taking my child to tech events
• I see a tech event/workshop event as daycare / a place to dump the kids for a short while without giving much thought to the tech education

Goals and Motivations

• I want my child to succeed at life
• I want to change my child's perspective on technology so that it is seen as an important tool
• I believe that tech education will give my child a better life
• I don’t want to have to bribe my child to do more tech things as the learning will stop the moment the gifts stop

Goals and Motivations

• I want help my child do more with their tech efforts
• I want to sustain the momentum my child has built up learning about technology
• I want my child to keep working on projects, attending competitions, and to become a STEM role model

High level success looks like…

• Demonstrating the value that technology education brings to their child
• Conversion to engaged parent

High level success looks like…

• My child attaining a desire to learn tech skills
• My child progressing from only doing things at workshops, to developing their own games/programs/projects on their own without any prompting or briefing
• My child transitioning from disengaged with technology to engaged

High level success looks like…

• Ensuring student is consistently learning new tech skills
• Child transitioning from student to mentor

Actions we want them to take to accomplish the above

• Motivate them to ask for help
• Learning more about technology
• Understanding that there are tech jobs and career paths in the industry
• Taking their child to tech events and workshops
• Ensuring they continue education post intervention

Actions we want them to take to accomplish the above

• Sending child to events
• Request support helping their child transition if needed
• Sub to newsletter to learn about more omg opportunities
• performing volunteering opportunities and continuing to contribute by being a mentor to other children
• Using our learning resources pre/post event to continue tech education

Actions we want them to take

• Ensure that the student keeps undertaking tech projects, either solo/in a team/with help from parent
• Attend events
• Encourage other students to take up the same challenges
• Ensure that other students upskill

Goals and Motivations

• Fearful of new digital technology curriculum (/ uneducated about it)
• I want someone else to teach the digital tech stuff for me so I don’t have to learn it
• I may have been engaged in the past but have been seriously burned by the pond /other initiatives - lots of effort went in only for it to get shut down
• I get shown new education tools on a regular basis - I tend to forget about most of them after a month or so
• I might be waiting to retire and cant be bothered picking up new skills
• Help me do the least amount of administration possible

High level success looks like…

• I feel comfortable teaching the new digital tech curriculum
• My classroom experiencing increased grades and satisfaction in exchange for minimal effort
• Converting the behaviors from disengaged > engaged

Actions we want them to take

• Asking for volunteers on voluntarily
• Requesting / Booking volunteers
• Organizing events for students
• Using vly resources as a teaching aid
• Convincing students to apply for mentoring and other programs for young people

Goals and Motivations

• I want my students to have the best learning experience possible
• I want every activity my students do to be amazing
• I want to be the best teacher at my school
• I try every tool I get my hands on, but dump the tool if the experience is terrible (ie: pond)

High level success looks like…

• My job becoming easier because…
  • It becomes easier to find volunteers to come in and teach my kids topics I'm not an expert in
  • Volunteers offering to help by taking some of the workload off me
  • It becomes easier to find things to do
• Having an easier time justifying my career progression by demonstrating Professional Teaching Standards, especially as a graduate or provisional teacher

Actions we want them to take

• Helping students transition from disengaged > engaged > mentoring
• Transition students to self-sustaining study / projects

Goals and Motivations

• Honestly, I don’t see volunteering as a good use of my time nor do I think I would enjoy it
• As a corporate employee, I see my corporate volunteer programme as paid time off avoiding work
• As a skilled professional I might have kids that take priority over volunteering
• Most volunteering opportunities I currently see don’t allow me to fully use my skills

High level success looks like…

• Transitioning mindset from disengaged > engaged
• As a skilled tech worker, doing more volunteering with students
• Identifying candidates that enjoy volunteering with students
• Mentoring the next generation of students

Actions we want them to take

• Volunteering at more events as a role model
• For industry people, teaching more students and teachers using industry knowledge

Goals and Motivations

• I want to help my community by using my skills
• I may have trained for a specific skill but don’t get to use it in my day job - I see this as an outlet for it

High level success looks like…

• Ensuring they don't revert to disengaged traits
• Maintaining a flow of interesting things to do without being too overwhelming
• For volunteers with families - keeping them engaged even when they have kids
• For organizations that have repeating events - how to maintain continuity after they leave their workplace, or how to ensure a steady supply of volunteers

Actions we want them to take

• Maintain sustainable levels of activity in the community - unsure of the exact number
• Converting other skilled volunteers from disengaged > engaged