Are you struggling with school change? Are you about to launch a major change initiative? What are the lessons from folks who have successfully moved the needle on large-scale school change? Come learn about avoiding the barriers to school change, the strategies for building buy-in for change among your staff and community, and for supporting educators as they implement the change. And leave with concrete strategies for you to bring back to your school.

Companion Book: Moving the Needle: Proven Strategies for Successfully Implementing School Change

Building Buy-in Strategy: Shared Leadership Teams

Are you struggling with school change? Are you about to launch a major change initiative? Are you working to improve a current innovation? Learn practical strategies for overcoming barriers, building staff and community buy-in, and supporting successful implementation. Leave with actionable ideas to bring back to your school.

Resources:

• Shared Leadership Teams: The Power of Diverse Perspectives
• Shared Leadership Teams: What They Are and Aren’t
• How to Avoid Unintentionally Sabotaging Your Shared Leadership Team

Other Strategies for Building Buy-in and Moving the Needle

• Creating a Shared Vision for Learning
• Dealing with Controversy

Supporting Staff Strategy: Proficiency-based Professional Learning

How might we best support our teachers as we work to implement new initiatives with fidelity? There seem to be too many initiatives, too few workshop days, and too few instructional coaches/technology integrators. And we don’t just want teachers attending workshops, we want them to feel supported as they go back to their classrooms and work to implement our initiatives well.

• An Overview of Proficiency-based Professional Learning.

Other Strategies for Supporting Teachers and Moving the Needle

• Not All At Once: Breaking Your Initiative Into Phases
• Working With A Diverse Staff
• Positive Pressure and Support: All 3 Pieces

Mike’s Sites:

• Mike’s Consulting: StudentLearning.Guru
• Mike’s Day Job: Principal, Maranacook Community Middle School (Readfield)
• Mike’s Blogs and Resources: https://mikemuir.us