Managing Educational Change for Education Administrators

Introduction

The Need for Change

• Why Education Renewal
• The Global Need for Change
• Supporting Research
• Changes in Teaching and Learning
• Changing Portrait of Learning

A System Model for Leading Change

• A Promising Model for Building Capacity and Meeting Adaptive Challenges
• Change development
• Change management and Perspective Taking
• Collaboration: Connecting People and Working Together Within and Across the System
• Continuous Learning: An Everlasting Journey

Culture for Capacity Building

• Culture as a Key Driver of Educational Change and Improvement
• Culture as Holding Environment for Capacity Building
• What does a Holding Environment Do?
• Setting the Stage: The Foundational Preconditions of Trust, Safety, and Respect
• Modeling the Message: Leadership Capacities for Change and Culture Building
• The Courage to Be—and Grow—Yourself: Modeling Self-Development
• The Wisdom to Welcome Others: Modeling Care, Appreciation, and Inclusiveness

Pillar Practice for Effective Collaboration

• Toward Enhanced Collaboration: Diving Deeper into the Pillar Practices
• Teaming
• Providing Leadership Roles
• Collegial Inquiry
• Mentoring
• Collaborating Beyond the School Walls

Processes of Change Management

• Feedback in Context
• Why Transformation Efforts Fail
• Managing Change: The Art of Balancing
• Changing the Way We Change: Lessons from the Business World
• Resistance to Organizational Change and Overcoming Resistance

Conclusion