Managing Complex Change - Principles Meeting Overview

Managing Complex Change Principals Meeting January 27, 2015

Purpose To examine processes of complex change Learning Objectives To help principals identify the components and processes of change To assist principals in assessing the condition and climate of schools

Components of a change strategy + + + + = Results/Change Vision Skills Incentive Resources Action Plan adapted from Ambrose, Managing Complex Change

What happens when a component is missing? + + + + = Results/Change Vision Skills Incentive Resources Action Plan + + + + = Confusion Vision Skills Incentive Resources Action Plan + + + + = Anxiety Vision Skills Incentive Resources Action Plan + + + + = Resistance Vision Skills Incentive Resources Action Plan + + + + = Frustration Vision Skills Incentive Resources Action Plan + + + + = False start Vision Skills Incentive Resources Action Plan adapted from Ambrose, Managing Complex Change

Vision + + + + = Confusion Vision Skills Incentive Resources Action Plan Vision = A compelling future state which provides direction and a sense of unity - What is the vision? Lack of Vision = Leaves people feeling confused Why? What are they thinking? Here we go again!

Skills + + + + = Anxiety Vision Skills Incentive Resources Action Plan Skills = The ability to do something well and with a level of expertise - Does the team have those skills? Lack of Skills or Training = Without the skills, or the promise of skills from a source we trust, we will feel anxiety I can t! I don t know how. Will there be a place for me?

Incentive + + + + = Resistance Vision Skills Incentive Resources Action Plan Incentive = A thing that motivates or encourages one to do something - What s in it for me? Lack of Incentive = Why do the work if there is no value, no consensus is built. Don t waste our time! I just want to do the job, not deal with all this

Resources + + + + = Frustration Vision Skills Incentive Resources Action Plan Resources = A stock or supply of money, materials, staff or other assets that can be drawn on by a person or organization in order to function effectively - What do I have to work with? Lack of Resources = Without the physical and emotional resources to accomplish the change people will be frustrated They ask the world and give us nothing to work with. How can they expect us to do ?

Action Plan + + + + = False start Vision Skills Incentive Resources Action Plan Plan = A detailed proposal for doing or achieving something- Do we have a clear, manageable, measurable plan? Lack of a Plan = Without a plan it is impossible to gain traction We keep talking but nothing is happening We are going in circles.

In the context of CLIP, where are we as a district? + + + + = Results/Change Vision Skills Incentive Resources Action Plan + + + + = Confusion Vision Skills Incentive Resources Action Plan + + + + = Anxiety Vision Skills Incentive Resources Action Plan + + + + = Resistance Vision Skills Incentive Resources Action Plan + + + + = Frustration Vision Skills Incentive Resources Action Plan + + + + = False start Vision Skills Incentive Resources Action Plan adapted from Ambrose , Managing Complex Change

Taking Stock Reflection Time Do we have the ideal conditions for change? What do I need? Bridge to Practice- Forward Focus

Sowhat do you think? Too often, students of all ages come to class struggling with life challenges that can interfere with instruction, impede achievement, and undermine school climate. Preventing or remedying such barriers is critical to school success. If you want to bring about a fundamental change in people s belief and behavior, a change that will persist and serve as an example to others, you need to create a community around them, where those new beliefs can be practiced, expressed and nurtured. Malcolm Gladwell, The Tipping Point -National Association of School Psychologists, August 2008