Using the Change Toolkit
to Update the West Virginia Strategic Plan for Schools
West Virginia Institutes for 21st Century Leadership
Spring Session 2008
David M. Quinn, Ph.D.
University of Florida
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The Reinventing Education Change Toolkit, based on the work of
Harvard Professor Rosabeth Moss Kanter, is a Web site created by
IBM to help education professionals be more effective at leading
and implementing change.
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Created through the collaborative effort of Rosabeth Moss Kanter,
IBM's Reinventing Education project, together with Council of
Chief State School Officers (CCSSO), National Association of
Secondary School Principals (NASSP), and National Association of
Elementary School Principals (NAESP).
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This presentation will show participants how to utilize several of
the tools in the Toolkit to update their schools’ strategic plan.
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School leaders can use the Change Toolkit to learn about effective
change strategies and to get customized feedback on their own
situations and tailored change management advice.
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The Change Toolkit also contains more than 30 diagnostic tools to
assess organizational readiness and aptitude in change
management, as well as real-life vignettes from educators who
have been successful at creating substantial, lasting change.
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The Change Toolkit provides a forum for online collaboration and
discussion to enable teams to work together and share
documents, “to do” lists, meeting minutes, and lessons learned.
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Discussion
Meeting Minutes
To Do List
Glossary
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Membership
Core Beliefs
Mission
Data Analysis
Goals, Objectives & Benchmarks
High Yield Practices & Strategies
Work Plan
Technology Plan
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Change Masters:
 Enlisting Supporters: Getting Buy-In and Building Coalitions
▪ Action Tools: Stakeholder Review Worksheet
 Developing the Dream: Nurturing the Working Team
▪ Diagnostic: How Effective is our Teamwork?
▪ Action Tools: Developing Team Muscles
▪ Action Tools: Tips for Managing Teams
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Change Fundamentals:
 Designing and Planning Change Projects
▪ Background: Designing Change Project (Steering Committees)
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Change Wheel:
 Champions and Sponsors
▪ Background: Champions and Sponsors
▪ Diagnostic: Are we Adequately Supplied with Champions and Sponsors?
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Change Wheel:
 Common Themes, Shared Vision
▪ Diagnostic: Do We Have Common Themes, Shared
Vision?
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School Improvement:
 Data-Driven Decision Making
▪ Diagnostic: Data-Driven Decision Making Diagnostic
▪ Action Tools: Data-Driven Decision Making Foundations
Worksheet
▪ Action Tools: Managing to Learning Results Worksheet
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Change Fundamentals:
 Changing Organizational Culture & Character
▪ Diagnostic: How Helpful is the Organizational Character
of Our School?
▪ Action Tools: Changing Organizational Culture: Basic
Principles
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Change Wheel:
 Measures, Milestones and Feedback
▪ Action Tools: Developing and Putting In Place Measures
and Milestones
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School Improvement:
 Learning Alignment
▪ Action Tools: Learning Alignment Action Plan
(Standards)
▪ Action Tools: Learning Alignment Action Plan
(Curriculum & Instruction)
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School Improvement:
 Learning Alignment
▪ Action Tools: Learning Alignment Action Plan
(Professional Development)
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Change Wheel:
 Measures, Milestones and Feedback
▪ Action Tools: Developing and Putting In Place Measures
and Milestones
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Organize your professional learning
communities
Launching change initiatives
 RTI
 Technology Integration
 Grade level, subject or vertical teaming projects
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