Michael Fullan by Frances Worthey, Presented in Dr. Kritsonis' PhD Class

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What¶s Worth FightingFor in Your School

Michael Fullan

(with Andy Hargreaves)

A Presentation & Study of Michael Fullan

By Frances C. Worthey

EDUL-7043-001Dr. William Kritsonis

November 19, 2005



What¶s Worth Fighting For?

1. What¶s Worth Fighting For In

Your School?2. What¶s Worth Fighting For ³Out

There´?

3. What¶s Worth Fighting For inLeadership for Change?




New outcomes as opposed to traditionalism

Movements toward self-managing schools

Teacher professionalism with increasedstandards of practice, more collaboration andcontinuous professional learning

Information technology accompanied bygreater global access to ideas and people

Multicultural and gender politics which bringnew styles of leadership and more visibility toissues of equity

Rapid, Complex, multilinear changes in theworkforce

Forces For Change



1. The Problem of Overload

2. The Problem of Isolation

3. The Problem of ³Groupthink´

4. The Problem of Untapped Competence(and Neglected Incompetence)

5. The Problem of Narrowness in theTeachers¶ Role (and the Problem of Leadership)

6. The Problem of Poor Solutions and FiledReform

What¶s Worth Fighting For?The Problem



A common theme of Wh

at¶sW ort h Fig hting For? is the

overwhelming need for greater

involvement of teachers ineducational reform outside as

well as inside their own

classrooms, in curriculum

development and in the

improvement of their schools.



Involvement itself is not enough.It is the kind of involvement, the

particular way that teachers

work together as a communitythat really matters, if meaningful

improvement in our schools is to

take place.



The teacher¶s purpose

The teacher as a person

The context of teaching


Total Teachers

Total teachers are not perfectteachers.



What¶s Worth Fighting For?Total teachers are most likely to

emerge, develop and prosper in

total schools, in schools whichvalue, develop and support the

judgment and expertise of all their

teachers in the common quest for improvement.



The culture of individualism

The power of collaboration

The problem of collaboration


Total Schools

What is worth fighting for is not to

allow our organizations to be

negative by default, but to make

them positive by design



Locate, listen to and articulate your inner voice.

Practice reflection in action, on action and about action. Develop a risk-taking mentality.

Trust processes as well as people

Appreciate the total person in working with others.

Commit to working with colleagues.

Seek variety and avoid balkanization.

Redefine your role to extend beyond the classroom.

Balance work and life.

Push and support principals and other administrators todevelop interactive professionalism.

Commit to continuous improvement and perpetuallearning.

Monitor and strengthen the connection between your

development and students¶ development.

What¶s Worth Fighting For?Guidelines for Action

There can be no improvement without the teacher.

These guidelines for teacher improvement will not be effective in

isolation from each other ± they must be practiced together, in

combinations«




It is individuals and small groups

of teachers and principals who

must create the school and

professional culture they want.



Michael Fullan is the Dean of the Ontario

Institute for Studies in Education of theUniversity of Toronto. He is recognized as an

international authority on educational reform.

His ideas for managing change are used in

countries around the world and his bookshave been published in many languages. His

What¶s Worth Fighting For trilogy (with Andy

Hargreaves) and Changes Forces trilogy are

widely acclaimed.



References

Fullan,Michael, Hargreaves Andy.

(1996).What¶s Worth Fighting For in Your

School. 1996. Teachers College Press,

Columbia University, New York, NY 10027.

Fullan,Michael. (2001). The New Meaning of

Educational Change (Third Edition). 2001.

Teachers College, Columbia University. New York and London.

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Michael Fullan by Frances Worthey, Presented in Dr. Kritsonis' PhD Class