C&S563--#10

Educational Change

Beliefs About Change

Using the list of statements and grid, place your beliefs about change in the rectangle in each box.

1 belief you agree with most2 beliefs you agree with 2nd most3 most neutral beliefs2 beliefs you disagree with 2nd most1 belief you disagree with most

Guidelines for Successful Change Linda MacRae Campbell

1 Identify a new mission or a need for reform within the school.

√ Target a high profile concern or need within a school

√ Write a mission statement

2 Seek support for educational change

√ Provide rationale for change with research back up.

√ Don’t need majority or consensus

3 Educational reform endeavors should be well organized and coordinated.

√ Timelines, activities, task forces, etc.√ Short-term and long-term goals√ Formative and summative evaluations

4 Secure needed resources

√ Human and material √ Extensive and on-going staff development√ TIME!

5 Acknowledge the emotional reaction to change

√ 5 stages (uninformed optimism, informed pessimism, hopeful realism, informed optimism, a sense of rewarding completion)

√ Implementation Dip√ Resistors

6 Anticipate restructuring problems and identifying problem-solving skills

√ Plan how to solve problems before they arise.

7 Share the leadership

√ Teams√ Effective communication channels

8 Anchor the innovation as quickly as possible to classroom practice

√ Supervision and evaluation√ Watch for implementation dip

9 Embed the renewal effort and process into organizational practice

√ Philosophy√ Budget√ Policies√ practices

Activity

Taking the 9 guidelines, discuss in group which guidelines were followed and which were ignored in the study of the change initiative you read for today, “Out on a Limb…”

A Final Look

Tomorrow after we finish the Change Game, we will revisit the list of beliefs and see if they have changed.