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In the same way that crash diets don’t work, we must abandon the search for a quick fix.

CHANGE & IMPLEMENTATION. In the same way that crash diets don’t work, we must abandon the search for a quick fix. Emotion and Hope: Constructive Concepts for Complex Times , Micheal Fullan Rethinking Educational Change With Heart and Mind. CHANGE…. People. PHASES What might it look like?.

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In the same way that crash diets don’t work, we must abandon the search for a quick fix.

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  1. CHANGE & IMPLEMENTATION In the same way that crash diets don’t work, we must abandon the search for a quick fix. Emotion and Hope: Constructive Concepts for Complex Times, Micheal Fullan Rethinking Educational Change With Heart and Mind OSCA TRAINING CONSORTIUM

  2. CHANGE… • People • PHASES • What might it look like? • Organizations (schools & boards) OSCA TRAINING CONSORTIUM

  3. INNOVATOR eager to try new ideas, risk taker, perceived as maverick 8% LEADER Open to change, careful about getting involved, trusted by other staff 17% EARLY MAJORITY Cautious & deliberate about adopting, follower 29% LATE MAJORITY ‘set in their ways’, won over by peer pressure & admin expectations 29% RESISTER Suspicious, opposed to new ideas, low in influence, isolated 17% ADAPTING TO CHANGE People… Adopting Educational Innovations Program, University of Texas (Austin) OSCA TRAINING CONSORTIUM

  4. Staff Learning People… • 1. Why? • Achieving a Common Understanding • Reculturing not Restructuring • 2. What? • 3. How? “Change would be easy if it weren’t for all the people.” OSCA TRAINING CONSORTIUM

  5. Where are we? PHASES - People 5. Renewal Maybe I can improve this by…. 4. Mastery I can do this. 3. Practice Just have things ready…..this isn’t like it used to be. 2. Preparation Just tell me what I need to know. How will this affect me? 1. Awareness What’s it about? Who cares? OSCA TRAINING CONSORTIUM

  6. Organizations – Schools, Boards Things are the way they are because they got that way. Unless things change, they are likely to remain the same. OSCA TRAINING CONSORTIUM

  7. Systems Approach Seeing the forest … not just the trees. The Organization - School & Board OSCA TRAINING CONSORTIUM

  8. The Organization - School & Board “Systems thinking is a discipline for seeing wholes, recognizing patterns and interrelationships, and learning how to structure those interrelationships in more effective, efficient ways.” Senge, P. & Lannon-Kim, C., 1991. OSCA TRAINING CONSORTIUM

  9. What is it that we want for our students? TA PROGRAM SCHOOL SUBJECTS CO-CURRICULARS School structures aligned with plan / vision. The Organization - School & Board OSCA TRAINING CONSORTIUM

  10. What is it that we want for our students? Choices Into Action Focus on the Learning Environment Safe Schools Differentiated Instruction / Focus on Instruction etc. Align school initiatives with vision & plan. The Organization - School & Board OSCA TRAINING CONSORTIUM

  11. EARLY LATE What is it that we want for our students? Begin to develop a vision & a plan. Refined vision / plan Status quo – few competencies addressed -focus on depth, gathering of evidence to inform planning, to provide feedback for students Most / all of competencies – breadth & depth Some teachers integrate competencies into appropriate curriculum content. All teachers integrate competencies into appropriate curriculum content. Roles & responsibilities unclear Referral process in place, staff roles & responsibilities defined & clear Few initiatives aligned with vision. Most initiatives aligned with vision Teacher Adviser helps student with AEP; distributes report card. TAP activities have little focus. Teacher Adviser helps student with AEP, is aware of student progress in all subject areas, contacts home as required, TAP activities aligned with vision. What might it look like? OSCA TRAINING CONSORTIUM

  12. Components of Successful Change • Effective Leadership • Attention to People • Using Systems Thinking • Using and Understanding Processes Systems Thinking, Systems Changing; The Network, Inc. OSCA TRAINING CONSORTIUM

  13. “Finding a way to reconcile positive and negative emotion is the key to releasing energy for change. The initiator or leader of change who combines hope and empathy, even in the face of seemingly lost causes, has a much greater chance of a breakthrough.” Emotion and Hope: Constructive Changes for Complex Times Michael Fullan Rethinking Educational Change with Heart and Mind Ed. Andy Hargreaves OSCA TRAINING CONSORTIUM

  14. Getting Ready To Start • How ready are you? How ready is your school? What does ‘status quo’ look like for you and your school? • What are the essential first steps? For you, for your school, for your board? Why? OSCA TRAINING CONSORTIUM

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