Educators as the Educators as the Catalyst for Change Catalyst for Change

in Career in Career DevelopmentDevelopment

Presented byPresented by

Toni R. Tollerud Ph.D. LCPC, NCC, Toni R. Tollerud Ph.D. LCPC, NCC, NCSC, ACSNCSC, ACS

Distinguished Teaching Professor Distinguished Teaching Professor February 27, 2015 February 27, 2015

VALEES In-serviceVALEES In-service

ChangeChange

When you think of change, what When you think of change, what pops into your thinking?pops into your thinking?

How do you promote change in your How do you promote change in your school, classroom, curriculum?school, classroom, curriculum?

What skills do you use to influence What skills do you use to influence others to think differently?others to think differently?

Change Change

Change is defined as Change is defined as “making something “making something different.” different.”

Leaders of change know Leaders of change know that first they must that first they must determine what it is determine what it is that they hope to that they hope to change, and then they change, and then they work to create the work to create the methods for changing methods for changing the behavior or the behavior or situation. situation.

Vital BehaviorsVital Behaviors

To implement the To implement the change you want, change you want,

you can use 4 you can use 4 strategies that help strategies that help determine exactly determine exactly what you want to what you want to

change.change.

Vital Behavior StrategiesVital Behavior Strategies

1. Notice the obvious1. Notice the obvious 2. Look for crucial moments that put 2. Look for crucial moments that put

success at risksuccess at risk 3. Learn from positive deviants3. Learn from positive deviants 4. Spot culture busters4. Spot culture busters

Notice the ObviousNotice the Obvious

Look for behaviors that are obvious or Look for behaviors that are obvious or underused. underused.

If you want to help your students, If you want to help your students, what is obvious that will positively help what is obvious that will positively help them change their direction to one that them change their direction to one that more addresses what they want?more addresses what they want?

Attending class, Attending class,

Developing projects that feed student interest and passionDeveloping projects that feed student interest and passion

Making new friendsMaking new friends

Building a stronger relationship with the studentBuilding a stronger relationship with the student

Look for crucial momentsLook for crucial moments

Most of the time we forge ahead and take Most of the time we forge ahead and take care of business in the classroom without care of business in the classroom without looking at what is working and what isn’t. looking at what is working and what isn’t. Notice when it is not at its best and observe Notice when it is not at its best and observe this.this.

What can you suggest to your students What can you suggest to your students when their behavior is diminishing their when their behavior is diminishing their potential? How do they handle potential? How do they handle disappointment? How might you help them disappointment? How might you help them minimize these times and turn around minimize these times and turn around negativity?negativity?

Learn from Positive Learn from Positive DeviantsDeviants

Do you think of yourself as a positive Do you think of yourself as a positive deviant? …..” a person who, by all rights, deviant? …..” a person who, by all rights, ought to have a problem but for some ought to have a problem but for some reason doesn’t.” reason doesn’t.”

Help students see how they might be Help students see how they might be able to overcome problems by able to overcome problems by introducing them to people who are introducing them to people who are successful. Link and connect them with successful. Link and connect them with strong mentors and role models.strong mentors and role models.

Spot Culture BustersSpot Culture Busters

What can you do to reverse cultural What can you do to reverse cultural norms and taboos in the classroom norms and taboos in the classroom and school?and school?– Includes unwritten rules in the schoolIncludes unwritten rules in the school– Observe long standing tradition and determine Observe long standing tradition and determine

if it is inhibiting potential and changeif it is inhibiting potential and change– These norms can be powerful forces that keep These norms can be powerful forces that keep

creativity and success limitedcreativity and success limited

The Myth of AverageThe Myth of Average

This interesting Ted Talk gives us an This interesting Ted Talk gives us an indication of what might be old rules that indication of what might be old rules that inhibit student potential and successinhibit student potential and success

The Myth of Average

http://tedxtalks.ted.com/video/The-Myth-of-Average-Todd-Rose-a

Sources of InfluenceSources of Influence

There are two basic aspects of There are two basic aspects of behavior that allow us to become behavior that allow us to become catalysts for change with ou students catalysts for change with ou students and our programs…..and our programs…..

1.1. Can I do what’s required?Can I do what’s required? Am I ABLE?Am I ABLE?

2.2. Will it be worth it?Will it be worth it? Am I MOTIVATED?Am I MOTIVATED?

Influencing changeInfluencing change

PersonalPersonal Influences at the intrinsic level to build Influences at the intrinsic level to build

personal ability and intentional personal ability and intentional practice.practice.

SocialSocial Occurs at the group level where you Occurs at the group level where you

can draw on the power of the social can draw on the power of the social arena to influence others. Motivate arena to influence others. Motivate and enable new behaviors.and enable new behaviors.

StructuralStructural Used the least but critically important Used the least but critically important

to change. Includes providing to change. Includes providing incentives to help people motivate incentives to help people motivate others and provide support for vital others and provide support for vital behaviors.behaviors.

MotivationMotivation

and and

AbilityAbility

Sources of InfluenceSources of Influence

MotivationMotivation

Help Them Love Help Them Love What They HateWhat They Hate

Provide Provide EncouragementEncouragement

Change Their Change Their EconomyEconomy

AbilityAbility

Help Them Do Help Them Do What They Can’tWhat They Can’t

Provide Provide AssistanceAssistance

Change Their Change Their SpaceSpace

Changing BehaviorsChanging Behaviors

Changing behaviors requires that you Changing behaviors requires that you incorporate all six of these behaviors incorporate all six of these behaviors into your work. into your work.

Personal InfluencingPersonal Influencing

Personal MotivationPersonal Motivation– You can help others love what they currently hate by You can help others love what they currently hate by

allowing them choices, creating direct experiences, allowing them choices, creating direct experiences, telling meaningful stories, and turning the tedious into a telling meaningful stories, and turning the tedious into a gamegame

Personal AbilityPersonal Ability– Help others learn new skills and practicing these skillsHelp others learn new skills and practicing these skills– Practice how to recover from setbacks and what do to if Practice how to recover from setbacks and what do to if

they fail in earlier attempts they fail in earlier attempts – Include not only learn technical and interpersonal skills Include not only learn technical and interpersonal skills

but intrapersonal skills as well…identify and handle their but intrapersonal skills as well…identify and handle their emotionsemotions

Social InfluencingSocial Influencing

Social MotivationSocial Motivation– Need to be respected and connectedNeed to be respected and connected– Not just talk the talk, but walk the walkNot just talk the talk, but walk the walk– Create new norms by holding others accountable…praise and Create new norms by holding others accountable…praise and

critique vital behaviorscritique vital behaviors– Everyone yearns to be accepted, respected, and connected.Everyone yearns to be accepted, respected, and connected.

Social AbilitySocial Ability– Rely on social capitalRely on social capital– Identify help, consent, assistance, and cooperation from Identify help, consent, assistance, and cooperation from

others that will facilitate facing something new or riskyothers that will facilitate facing something new or risky– Develop a strategy that offers the social capital required Develop a strategy that offers the social capital required

to make the change inevitableto make the change inevitable

Structural InfluencingStructural Influencing

Structural MotivationStructural Motivation Involves extrinsic motivationsInvolves extrinsic motivations Rely on the personal and social the mostRely on the personal and social the most Link rewards to the behaviors you want to see Link rewards to the behaviors you want to see

repeatedrepeated Reward behaviors not just outcomesReward behaviors not just outcomes

Structural AbilityStructural Ability Is the right environment surrounding you Is the right environment surrounding you What is the impact of nonhuman forces, building, What is the impact of nonhuman forces, building,

space, light, influencing our successspace, light, influencing our success Analyze your life in terms of its environment, are Analyze your life in terms of its environment, are

they moving toward success or holding you back?they moving toward success or holding you back?

Being the change agentBeing the change agent

““We all have ability. We all have ability. The difference is The difference is how we use it.”how we use it.”

Stevie WonderStevie Wonder

Using the Model for Using the Model for Change in EducationChange in Education

Identify one of the Identify one of the aspects of being a aspects of being a catalyst that you catalyst that you learned in this learned in this workshop that you workshop that you believe can be used believe can be used within career within career development education development education to benefit our students.to benefit our students.

What might you do What might you do differently as a result of differently as a result of today?today?

You are the CatalystYou are the Catalyst