As a school leader, your primary responsibility is to move teacher practice and drive student success. This guide provides the essential framework for directly naming and effectively managing change to improve teacher capacity and achieve stronger scholar outcomes.
What You’ll Find Inside:
The resource outlines four core steps for managing change, along with critical best practices:
- Prioritize the most impactful changes by targeting gaps that yield the greatest gains for scholars.
- Name the Change clearly and directly, avoiding suggestions and explicitly tying teacher actions to scholar outcomes.
- Outline the HOW by providing clear steps for teachers and committing to the leader support you will provide.
- Establish Accountability by setting clear deliverables, outlining follow-up (like observations or work-study), and putting the onus on teachers to follow up.
Key Best Practices:
- Be Direct: Avoid language like “maybe try” or “you could.” Say directly what needs to change.
- Prioritize Team: Manage change at the team level when possible to be more efficient.
- Discuss First, Then Write: Mirror the same level of directness regardless of whether you are in person or writing.
- Note the Positive: Deliberately express improvement you see to build capital and encourage staff.
Download “Naming and Managing Change” today to access this actionable framework for moving teacher practice.
