How do you successfully promote whole school transformation with technology?

1. Digital School Transformation
Managing change with effective strategies
Joseph Perkins
Manager
Digital Pedagogy Team
August 2010

2. http://www.slideshare.net/geepatty/if-youre-riding-a-horse-and-it-dies

12. What the best strategies for school
transformation? How do you get your ‘giddy up’?

13. What is it that we’re really
talking about?

14. “Many reform efforts target the
superficial aspects of schools, but
disregard the values, beliefs,
behaviours, rules, products, signs,
and symbols which serve as the
very foundation of the school – the
culture.”
(Donahoe, 1997)

15. “Education, compared to many
other professions, has been slow to
focus on the “black box of
instruction” in order to develop,
identify and spread specific, highyield practices that are known to
get results.”
(Fullan, Hill & Crevola, 2006)

16. We know the
ingredients…

17. … we know the cooks…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diffusion_of_innovations

18. … we know the cooks…
Trinidad, 2005

19. … we even know what the end product looks like…

20. … but what is the recipe?

21. Technology in schools
is a change agenda
yet…

22. “Schools should be
admired for their resistance
to change”
Adam Brice on Twitter

23. “Steeped in tradition and reliant on practices
that have long outlived their usefulness, many
of our nation’s high schools are in dire need of
reform, but so far, many efforts have proved
unsuccessful at transforming this venerable
institution. While there are numerous
examples of elementary schools that have
been turned around – from low performing to
high achieving schools – there are relatively
few examples of high schools that have
undergone a similar transformation.”
Noguera, 2009

24. “The presence of change
knowledge does not
guarantee success, but its
absence ensures failure”
Fullan, Cuttreee & Kilcher, 2009

25. Examine the core – using data
Challenge TTWWADI
Compelling case
Unfreeze
Leadership coalition
Involve external parties
Involve community
Vision and Planning
Empower action
Create urgency
Manage doubts & concerns
Celebrate
Change
Communicate often
Remove obstacles
Strategise to promote change
Develop sustainability
Refreeze
Anchor change in culture

26. 70% of change initiatives fail.
Why?
(Zigarmi et al in Blanchard, 2006).

27. Giddy-up!
Knoster, T., Villa R., & Thousand, J. (2000). A framework for thinking about systems change. In R. villa & J. Thousand (Eds.),
Restructuring for caring and effective education: Piecing the puzzle together (pp. 93-128). Baltimore: Paul H. Brookes Publishing Co.

28. “If you take any hundred
or so books on change,
the message all boils
down to one word:
motivation.”
Fullan, 2006

29. It’s hard.

30. “Whether positive or toxic, the
introduction of change will serve to
bring the dominant features of the
school’s culture to the surface.”
http://www.usca.edu/essays/vol122004/hinde.pdf

31. “The sceptics are just waiting for a reason to NOT come on
board. They are waiting for an excuse and as soon as one of
your plans does not go smoothly they will jump on the
opportunity to spread dissent amongst the ranks. Some of
those who were just about climbing on board may now start to
jump ship and it will be even harder to get them back”
(Ferris, 2004, p.2)

32. Which stage are you at?
1. Denial
‘It is just another fad and it simply won’t happen’
2. Resistance
3. Exploration
‘I haven’t got the time and anyway, we have
always done things this way’
‘OK – maybe I’ll listen, but what is in it for me?’
4. Commitment
‘I believe in this and I am with you.’
(Ferris, 2003,p.2)

33. http://www.leanhrm.com/images/project_change.jpg

34. What
needs to
change?
How
will we
do
this?
Who
will be
responsible?

35. What could promote change?
What could block change?

36. Whole School Vision
Instructional Model
Curriculum
Digital Resource
‘Packs’
Communication
Rethink budget
Learning Spaces
Incentives
Alignment
Support
Community
involvement
Mentoring
Professional Development
approach

37. Pause and Reflect

38. Defining next steps.

39. Thank you.