Why Change Management?
Despite almost unlimited availability of technology tools many schools have not been able to bring positive change in their organisation. The pace of implementation is often slow because of the lack of reliable information, resources, and expertise on which to guide implementation. This is an area we have expertise in.
Community First
The aim is not to hand in technology tools but to nurture a digital participatory culture.
Long-term and deep-rooted change requires time, patience and consistency. As schools evolve, the human factor of accepting, acknowledging and adapting to the change is neglected; and that is why we focus on these areas.
Implement Change Powerfully & Successfully
Based on Kotter's 8-Step Change Model
Whether you're considering a small change to one or two processes, or a system wide change in your school, it's common to feel uneasy and intimidated by the scale of the challenge.
Creating Urgency
For change to happen it helps if the whole school really wants it. Developing a sense of urgency around the need for change helps spark the initial motivation to get things moving.
Creating a Vision for Change
A clear vision can help everyone understand why you're asking them to do something.
Communicating the Vision
We believe that change happens when everyone in a comunity understands the need for change. Managing change isn't enough – everybody has to understand it.
Creating Change Agents
It often takes strong leadership, a dedicated team and visible support from key people within a school to bring about change.
Evaluation & Analysis
It is cruical to understand where a school is now, where it wants to be and what it needs to get there.
Removing Obstacles & Integrating Change
Is anyone resisting the change? And are there processes or structures that are getting in its way? — As we start implementing new processes we're continually on the lookout for barriers.
Creating Short-Term Goals & Wins
Nothing motivates more than success. Give your school a taste of victory early in the change process.
Anchoring the Changes in School Culture
Real change runs deep. Quick wins are only the beginning of what needs to be done to achieve long-term change. To make any change stick, it should become part of the core of your school.
Building on the Change
Real change runs deep. Quick wins are only the beginning of what needs to be done to achieve long-term change. To make any change stick, it should become part of the core of your school.
Creating Dedicated & Empowered Change Agents
Our goal is to create a dedicated and empowered team of change agents that will drive long-term change for our partner schools.
Key to improving students’ outcomes is a concerted strategy that includes developing better learning materials, attracting good teachers in the profession, encouraging teachers’ own learning and professional growth, and improving our ability to measure what students have learned – all efforts that require significant resources and the ability to plan in the long term.
Change & Growth From Within
Rather than change that is driven from outside forces we believe a school can flourish best if the impetus for change comes from within.
The School Takes Ownership Of Change
Our goal is to make our partner schools capable of implementing change and building on change within 1-2 years.