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NSPI CONFERENCE 2014 KEYNOTE ADDRESS

Managing Educational Change Caroline Clarke

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TRANSFORMATIONEvery few hundred years in Western history there occurs a sharp transformation. Within a few short decades, society—its worldview, its basic values, its social and political structures, its arts, its key institutions—rearranges itself. And the people born then cannot even imagine a world in which their grandparents lived and into which their own parents were born. We are living through such a transformation.”

—Peter Drucker, Post Capitalist Society

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THE CASCADE OF CHANGE !

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HOW DO YOU FEEL LATELY?

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ALL GREAT CHANGES ARE PRECEDED BY CHAOS.~DEEPAK CHOPRA

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CHANGE LESSONS

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1.INTEGRITY, TRUST AND AUTHENTICITY Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself

is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power. If you realize that you have enough, you are truly rich.” ― Laozi  Tao Te Ching

”The glue that holds all relationships together -- including the relationship between the leader and the led is trust, and trust is based on integrity.” --Brian Tracy

”Real integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that nobody's going to know whether you did it or not.” --Oprah Winfrey

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REFLECTION QUESTION

What changes have taken place in you over the last few years?

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2.CHANGE IS THROUGH PEOPLE, NOT SYSTEMS Change one heart at a time…Emotional

Intelligence

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Emotional intelligence involves the “abilities to perceive, appraise, and express emotion; to access and/or generate feelings when they facilitate thought; to understand emotion and emotional knowledge; and to regulate emotions to promote emotional and intellectual growth”

- Mayer & Salovey (1997)

Emotional Intelligence?

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Missionaries

True Believers

Lip servers

Emigrants

Opponents

UndergroundFighter

Spectators & Indifferents

DISPOSITIONS TOWARDS CHANGE

Schratz

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WHO ? HOW? Over the course of your

professional career WHO has influenced you most? Who has changed you? How?

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3.COMMUNICATE, COMMUNICATE, COMMUNICATE !!!

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LISTEN….BE PRESENT

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4. MAKE THE CASE FOR CHANGEADVOCATE A VISION Three steps should be followed in developing

the case: Firstly, confront reality and articulate a

convincing need for change. Second, demonstrate faith that the school has

the potential to embrace the change and the capacity to manage it.

Finally, provide a road map to guide behaviour and decision making

Engaging people’s moral purpose. Moral purpose is a commitment to enhancing student achievement. At a wider level it is about improving society through improving educational systems -Fullan

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BE PATIENT….“Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.” Lao Tzu

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5.UNDERSTAND THE CULTURE The deeper level of basic assumptions and

beliefs that are: learned responses to the group's problems of survival in its external environment and its problems of internal integration; are shared by members of an organization; that operate unconsciously; and that define in a basic "taken -for-granted" fashion in an organization's view of itself and its environment (Schein 1988).

It is much easier to “act your way into new thinking patterns” than to “think your way into new behaviour.”

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Physical StructuresLanguage

Rituals and

CeremoniesStories and Legends

Communication

Networks

HistoryBeliefsValues

Assumptions

Artifacts ofOrganizationalCulture

OrganizationalCulture

ELEMENTS OF ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE

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MY SCHOOL CULTURE

Write 5 adjectives to describe your school culture….

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7.PLAN , DELEGATE & BUILD CAPACITY Planning is critical to achieving successful

change. Realistic objectives. Short term goals which can be achieved and celebrated.

Plans do not have to be elaborate or complex but structure is important

Delegate to others the responsibility to carry out the actions. Give others the opportunity to lead and be part of a team

Offer CPD throughout the change cycle- it is essential

Offer opportunities for feedback and dialogue

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WHAT IS YOUR SMART PLAN OF ACTION? Write down your SMART plan of action

Specific Measurable Achievable Relevant Time framed

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8. EXPECT RESISTANCE

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9.REFLECTIVE PRACTICE-ACTION RESEARCH

“What do I want to change?”“What are the values that underpin that change?”Self evaluation-self reflection “The starting point for improvement is not system change, not change in others around us , but change in ourselves” ( Fullan, 1991 New Meaning of Ed Change )

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10.SHOW LEADERSHIP Role model the change you want to see Look to Transformational Leadership for style that can bring

about change

Power of story telling to connect, inspire and move us to change…tell the story of the possibilities!

Change management principles are only as effective as the person who is implementing them!

Sphere of influence re change- be realistic Create learning communities where the predominant voice

is one of professional dialogue-we need others with us on this journey.

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LEADERSHIP FOR CHANGE Courage / Moral Purpose Resilience-find support Self –awareness Optimism/Hope Build trust Influence what you can Adaptable Inspire by role modelling/ be inspired!!! Change it slowly Well being- mind your self

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Reflect on the reasons why you became an educator?

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TAKE CONTROL OF CHANGE

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ASSUMPTIONS-DO’S & DO NOT’S The Change idea transforms throughout Each has to make meaning of the change There will be discord and displacement People need to be ‘nudged’ to change &

helped to do so Change takes time…work on what you can

change to scaffold the substantive change rejection may not be about the values, it

may be much more complex & personal Changing culture, strengthening culture is

the real prize so keep the relationships central ( Fullan)

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PERMANENCE What are the ‘permanent’ parts of your working life?

What has not changed in your school? In you?

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YOU ARE….

Conductor of Transformation Potter who shapes the Culture Poet who uses language to describe the change Actor who role models the values and

behaviours Helper who offers the safe places in the school Artists who paints the ‘vision’ of how it can be The leader who believes in and creates a better

future Sometimes you are all a child has to have a

chance!

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