Leading School Change

9 Strategies to Bring Everybody on Board (Study Guide)

Todd Whitaker

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2013
• Print ISBN:
  9781596671362
• eBook ISBN:
  9781317921462
• Topic: Education
• Subtopic: Education General

This two-part Implementation Guide will help to deepen your understanding and sharpen your ability to implement each of the strategies discussed in Leading School Change: Nine Strategies to Bring Everybody on Board. Part One offers discussion questions and activities which focus on each of the nine strategies. They can be completed by an educator working individually or addressed collaboratively and interactively by a group or leadership team from a school, district, or organization. This guide will greatly enhance your group's ability to implement any change you would like to make in your organization. Part Two consists of a Quick Start Step-By-Step Action Plan. It is for individuals and leadership groups to use once they have a full understanding of the nine strategies and are ready to start implementing the changes they need to improve their organizations.

PART ONE

Introduction

Change is not always easy. As school leaders, there are some changes we would like to make and others that we are directed to implement. Getting people to agree with change is often difficult. Quite simply, change is an emotional process. We are all creatures of habit who usually resist change and welcome routine. We drive down the same streets to work every morning. We mow our lawn in the same pattern every summer. Unchartered waters are scary. When a change occurs, however, new worlds can emerge. The challenge for any leader, then, is to convince the team that the new world is better than the one they already have. It is not easy. It takes planning, commitment, patience, and courage. A leader must develop ideas that inspire, motivate, and encourage the team to move forward and to embrace change.

“Every area of trouble gives out a ray of hope, and the one unchangeable certainty is that nothing is certain or unchangeable.” It is doubtful that John F. Kennedy was actually referring to the educational s...

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• Preface
• Part One
• Part Two Quick Start Step-by-Step Action Plan