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Journey
Toward Excellence
A Systemic Change Effort in the Metropolitan School District of
Decatur Township
Indianapolis, Indiana
Facilitated by Indiana University
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Readings
for the Leadership Team
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The
workshop described here is designed to enable new participants to
the Decatur Change Process to get up to speed. Note that all readings
have been highlighted to point out critical information. It should
also be noted that when printed, these highlights will print in
gray on a typical Black and White standard printer. The event with
which these readings are offered is listed below:
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(New)
10. Starter Team expands into the Leadership Team, Starter
Team becomes facilitators, facilitator becomes an advisor
and "critical friend" (Old 13) (Begin by redesigning
the event)
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Currently
engaged in this stage
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Click
on the hyperlinked documents below to open (requires Adobe Acrobat
Reader® to open) |
| Workshop:
Catching up with Systemic Change in Decatur |
| Time |
Activity |
| 80
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1.
Understanding what systemic change is and why it is needed
Interactive
presentation
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Waves of societal change
*** Key markers (information vs. industrial age). Results
of community forums reinforce this
*** Sorting vs. learning focused paradigm
*** New leadership paradigm - your role/opportunity
Readings
and discussion:
1.1 - Senge
STL, Industrial-age heritage of schools, pp.29-32
.......... Why systemic change is possible now, pp.50-51
.......... Three levels of systems in public schools, p.11
1.2
- Caine & Caine, Four Guiding Ideas, pp.10-11
.......... Brain learning principles, pp.18-19
.......... Three instructional approaches, pp.24-26
1.3
- Duffy, Rogerson, & Blick, the need for systemic
change, vx-vxii |
| 90
minutes |
2.
Understanding systems
2.1
Senge Schools That Learn (STL), Learning organization
and the 5 disciplines, pp.7-8
.......... Mental models, ladder of inference, pp. 66-71
.......... Shared vision, pp.71-73
.......... Team learning, dialogue, pp.73-77
.......... Systems thinking, the iceberg, pp.77-83
Senge 5th, 11 laws of systems thinking, No reading, I list
laws (Ch. 4)
Senge STL, New paradigm of leadership, Principal Do-right,
pp. 7-8, 66-78, 80-83 |
| 90
minutes |
3.
Understanding the systemic change process
3.1
Duffy, Four phases of KWS, pp. 5-8
.......... Five key players of KWS, pp. 8-9
.......... 11 propositions of KWS, pp.10-12
3.2
Transformational leadership, strategic, team tactical,
self pp.187-193
.......... Leadership stages, pp.193-199
Schlechty's notions...as time allows |
| 60
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4.
What has happened so far (history)
*** Core values of the change process (discuss Values handout)
*** Key events/stages (discuss Milestones handout)
Next
steps in the process
*** Further develop Leadership (LT) culture and understanding
*** LT develops a district-wide framework with all stakeholders
*** LT forms/capacitates school teams, district team
*** Build central office support (Schlechty)
*** Teams create designs with all their stakeholders
*** Everyone implements designs
Facilitation
Team (FT) Roles and responsibilities
*** Help plan activities and "big picture" process
*** Facilitate discussions
*** Develop culture and understanding of systems thinking
on LT
*** Empower LT members
LT
Roles and responsibilities
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Help plan activities and "big picture"
*** Create district-wide framework
*** Charge/capacitate design teams
*** Foster support mechanisms
*** Monitor teams' designs
*** Help reallocate and procure resources |
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5.
Learner centered paradigm of instruction |
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Sample Workshop Agenda |
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