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Transforming School Culture: Understanding and Overcoming Resistance to Necessary Change
Anthony Muhammad
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A professional learning community (PLC) is a group of “educators committed to working collaboratively in ongoing processes of collective inquiry and action research in order to achieve better results for the students they serve. Professional learning communities operate under the assumption that the key to improved learning for students is continuous job-embedded learning for educators.”
—DuFour, Eaker, & Many (2006)
What Is a PLC?
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Ensuring that students learn
Collaborative culture
Focus on results
Three Big Ideas
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Technical
Cultural
Two Forms of Change in a PLC
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Technical changes are changes in learning tools and structure, such as: Creating collaborative time
Developing common assessments
Interpreting data
Utilizing educational technology
Attending support classes
Technical Change
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Changing the structure will lead to higher levels of learning (“rearranging the seats on the Titanic”).
Technical changes make up for poor instruction or unprofessionalism.
Technical changes will fix kids or fix schools that are broken (for example, dress codes or a longer school day).
Common Misconceptions About Technical Changes
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Technical
Cultural
Two Forms of Change in a PLC
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All children can learn.
All children will learn because of what we do.
All children DO learn, but they don’t always learn what we want them to learn.
Two Underlying Assumptions in a PLC
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Perceptual (everything is relative)
Intrinsic (victims remain victims)
Institutional
Winners remain winners,
and losers remain losers.
Predetermination
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The Believers
The Tweeners
The Survivors
The Fundamentalists
Cultural Wars (School Crusades)
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The Believers
Objective:
Success for all students
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Are very intrinsically motivated Are flexible with kids (academically and
behaviorally) Are mission driven, with a connection to school
or community Are willing to confront negative talk and
attitudes toward children Display varied levels of pedagogical skill Carry the banner of learning for all whether
students are learning or not
The Believers
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The Tweeners
Objective:
To find a comfort zone within the organization
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Are loosely coupled with the school mission Are enthusiastic about the idealistic nature of school, but have
not quite hit the tipping point Are not quite convinced that all children can learn, but not
Darwinistic in their approach Follow instructions as given by administration (and thereby
considered to be good teachers) Try to avoid school and district politics
One bad or good experience can swing them to be a Believer or a Fundamentalist (referred to as the moment of truth).
The Tweeners
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The Survivors
Objective:
Survival
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The Survivors
Are affected by the overwhelming nature of the job or life; it has caused clinical depression or burnout
Have no political or organizational aspirations
Create subcontracts with student to broker a ceasefire agreement
Display little to no professional practice
Are those who don’t belong in the profession (as agreed upon by all other members of the organization)
Removal and treatment is the only possible remedy.
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The Fundamentalists
Objective:
Maintain the status quo
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Defame
Disrupt
Distract
Combat With the Three D’s
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Fundamentalists
(Need for stability and predictability)
School Improvement
(Need to change to meet organizational
goals)
The Clash
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Estimate (by percentage) the presence and power of your Believers, Tweeners, Survivors, and Fundamentalists.
How effective has your school or district been at mentoring and nurturing your Tweeners?
What strategies might be used to strengthen your Tweeners’ attachment and commitment to your school or district?
Pause to Think!
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“Drop Your Tools” Research People persist when they are given no clear
reason to change. People persist when they do not trust the
person who tells them to change. People persist when they view the
alternative as more frightening. To change might mean admitting failure.
—From Young Men and Fire (Maclean, 1993)
Change Is Not Easy
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Level 1: Make a clear case for change.
Level 2: Develop relationships and do not ostracize.
Level 3: Increase capacity and consider the context.
Level 4: Monitor strongly.
How Do We Respond?
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KNOW NEED TO KNOW
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HERE’S WHAT! SO WHAT? NOW WHAT?