Keys to Sustaining Change
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Keys to Sustaining Change
- 1. Turn the Battleship on a Dime: Keys to Initiating Sustainable Change Eric Sheninger Principal - New Milford High School ericsheninger.com Twitter - @NMHS_Principal Sunday, March 17, 2013
- 2. Sunday, March 17, 2013
- 3. What needs to change? Sunday, March 17, 2013
- 4. Why Change? Sunday, March 17, 2013
- 5. Sunday, March 17, 2013
- 6. Why CHANGE? Sunday, March 17, 2013
- 7. Why Change? Sunday, March 17, 2013
- 8. Sunday, March 17, 2013
- 9. Why does change not work? Why has it failed in your school? Sunday, March 17, 2013
- 10. Why is change so hard? Sunday, March 17, 2013
- 11. Why is Change So hard? • Status Quo • If it isn’t broke why fix it • This too shall pass Sunday, March 17, 2013
- 12. Why is Change so Hard? • Fear • Void of leadership • No vision • Lack of knowledge Sunday, March 17, 2013
- 13. Why is Change so Hard? • Instability • Too many initiatives at once • Resistance • One size fits all initiatives Sunday, March 17, 2013
- 14. Identifying and Overcoming Obstacles to Change Sunday, March 17, 2013
- 15. 1. This is too hard • Change is not easy • Requires work, risk-taking, learning from mistakes, and commitment, no fear of failure • 'The price of change is measured by our will and courage, our persistence, in the face of difficulty.' - Peter Block Sunday, March 17, 2013
- 16. 2. I don’t Have Time For This • Most common excuse • In a profession focused on making a difference in the life of a child “I don’t find the time to learn and get better. I make the time to learn and get better.” - Eric Sheninger Sunday, March 17, 2013
- 17. 3. Lack of Collaboration Sunday, March 17, 2013
- 18. 4. Directives and Mandates “You can't force commitment, what you can do... You nudge a little here, inspire a little there, and provide a role model. Your primary influence is the environment you create.” - Peter Senge Sunday, March 17, 2013
- 19. 5. Hierarchy in Schools Result - inflexible, lack of freedom/autonomy to take risks, ideas are squashed Sunday, March 17, 2013
- 20. 6. No Support Sunday, March 17, 2013
- 21. 7. Fear of Change Sunday, March 17, 2013
- 22. 8. The Resistance (Naysayers and Antagonists) Sunday, March 17, 2013
- 23. 9. Poor Professional Development Sunday, March 17, 2013
- 24. 10. Frivolous Purchases Sunday, March 17, 2013
- 25. Sunday, March 17, 2013
- 26. Change Begins With Us 'You must be the change you want to see in the world.' - Mahatma Gandhi Sunday, March 17, 2013
- 27. A Roadmap to Change: Essential Questions • Where do we begin? • What are the school factors that influence student achievement? • How do you change culture and move past the status quo? • How to we get educators and school systems to embrace change? Sunday, March 17, 2013
- 28. Sunday, March 17, 2013
- 29. Keys to Sustainable Change Sunday, March 17, 2013
- 30. What the Research Says Hargreaves, D. & Fink, D. (2003) • Improvement that fosters learning, not merely change that alters schooling. • Improvement that endures over time. • Improvement that can be supported by available or obtainable resources. Sunday, March 17, 2013
- 31. • Improvement that does not affect negatively the surrounding environment of other schools and systems. • Improvement that promotes ecological diversity and capacity throughout the educational and community environment. Sunday, March 17, 2013
- 32. Ownership • Issues involved • Process for achieving change • Complexity of the process Sunday, March 17, 2013
- 33. Vision • Coherent • Shared • Common Sunday, March 17, 2013
- 34. Communication Sunday, March 17, 2013
- 35. Value • Student achievement • Research base • Social/emotional well-being Sunday, March 17, 2013
- 36. Motivation Sunday, March 17, 2013
- 37. Strategic Plan • Why? • How? • Input • Measurement of success Sunday, March 17, 2013
- 38. Image credit http://www.tamhsc.edu/oie/strategic-plan- cycle.jpg Sunday, March 17, 2013
- 39. Embracement as Opposed to Buy-In Sunday, March 17, 2013
- 40. Support • Time • Professional Development (meaningful, relevant, applicable) • Resources Sunday, March 17, 2013
- 41. Culture Shock • Risk-taking • Flexible • Give up CONTROL • Trust • Shared-decision making • Respect • Empowerment • Innovation and creativity rule Sunday, March 17, 2013
- 42. Do One Thing Great Instead of Many Things OK Sunday, March 17, 2013
- 43. Modeling Sunday, March 17, 2013
- 44. Connectedness Matters Sunday, March 17, 2013
- 45. Solutions, not Excuses Sunday, March 17, 2013
- 46. The No Complaining Rule Sunday, March 17, 2013
- 47. Linchpin Mentality Create your own art Become indispensable Sunday, March 17, 2013
- 48. Become an Outlier Sunday, March 17, 2013
- 49. Sunday, March 17, 2013
- 50. Sustainable Changes at New Milford HS • Grading • Academies • Teaching and Learning Web 2.0 • Independent Open Courseware Study (IOCS) • Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) • Professional Growth Period (PGP) • AP Culture • Social Media Sunday, March 17, 2013
- 51. Summary • Realize change is necessary • Understand issues that impede change • Identify major roadblocks beforehand and develop strategies to deal with them • Focus in key elements necessary for sustaining change • Learn from other areas Sunday, March 17, 2013
- 52. Summary - Key Elements • Maintaining the change effort beyond initial implementation. • Extending the change effort after its initial success. • Adapting the change effort so that it survives—and thrives—over time Sunday, March 17, 2013
- 53. Turn the Battleship on a Dime: Keys to Initiating Sustainable Change Eric Sheninger Principal - New Milford High School ericsheninger.com Twitter - @NMHS_Principal Sunday, March 17, 2013