After a few too many iterations, I finally settled on and submitted my 2023 myPlan – it’s my organisation’s annual requirement for staff to articulate their goals and outputs for the year. It’s easy to consider this as a token tick and flick activity, but given the new structure, team set up and project deliverables a new master plan is what was need – something fitting that enables collaborative and productive outputs that align to the strategic vision.

Goal #1: Enhance the educator experience

Statement

Initiate new and embellish existing products, services and activities that enhance the educator experience with the whole of Monash Learning Teaching offerings.

Overall tasks

• Lead the design, development and delivery of educator-first experiences with Monash Learning and Teaching offerings.
• Cultivate efficient, effective and productive professional relationships with Monash Learning Teaching colleagues.
• Identify, explore and initiate new products, services and activities that showcase and support teaching and learning excellence at Monash.
• Lead the design, development, and delivery of products, services and activities that showcase and support teaching and learning excellence at Monash.
• Identify and explore opportunities to integrate and optimise existing offerings.

Measure/output

• Completed documentation that maps the educator experience with Monash Learning and Teaching offerings.
• Completed products, services and activities that showcase and support teaching and learning excellence at Monash.
• An efficient, effective, perceivable and reproducible production process that enables the project team.

Goal #2: Lead the multimedia team

Statement

Lead multimedia team and personnel in production of still and time-based multimedia content.

Overall tasks

• Lead the design of efficient and effective workflows and production practices that empowers personnel.
• Lead the identification, exploration, and implementation of production processes that improve productivity and output, as needed.
• Actively cultivate and promote a responsive, yet calm production environment.
• Provide effective leadership of multimedia officers to guide production of content for the Elevate project, Teach HQ and other Learning and Teaching strategic projects.

Measure output

• Completed high quality still and time-based multimedia content.
• An efficient, effective, perceivable and reproducible workflows and production process that enables the project team and personnel.

Goal #3: Communicate the offering

Statement

Plan and implement the strategic use of Teach HQ as a communication tool and vessel for highlighting Portfolio teaching and learning initiatives.

Overall tasks

• Lead the development of a framework, including communication checklist in which new and updated technologies are embedded in a system of support and promotion to increase adoption among staff.
• Co-lead the review and development of essential guides that support application enhancements, version upgrades and new technology implementations, and more.
• Promote the use of Teach HQ across the faculties through new communication/promotion lines such as a “What’s new” page and Monash Workplace (Facebook), and more.
• Analyse Teach HQ page and search analytics to evaluate and inform changes of design, placement, and content.
• Oversee the expansion of Be Inspired and integration across Teach HQ.
• Support project team (writers, builders and multimedia team) and stakeholders throughout the production process.
• Use project management tools to monitor and manage task completion and resource allocation.

Measure/output

• Completed framework and checklists.
• Completed reviews and revised guides.
• Increased Teach HQ page views.
• Increased awareness of Teach HQ and number of users.
• Increased number of Be inspired exemplars, while ensuring a diverse range of categories and contributions from across the university.