Creating a Foundation for Success with any Initiative

Audience Level: 
All
Institutional Level: 
N/A
Abstract: 

With any initiative comes some sort of resistance. Having a clear foundation for why the change is happening will increase the success of what you are doing. Learn strategies to articulate a clear vision and set goals for the ultimate success of your change.

Extended Abstract: 

With any initiative comes some sort of resistance. Having a clear foundation for why the change is happening will increase the success of what you’re doing. Learn strategies to articulate a clear vision and to set goals for the ultimate success of your change.

  1. What’s the point?

In a world with so many new things at our fingertips, it’s easy to have the urge to pull in new and innovative tools and concepts into our schools. Doing so can mean many new initiatives happening all at the same time. What’s the point? Will this increase productivity and help teachers do their job better? How will this serve students? Participants will be challenged to drill down to “the why”, for any initiative at their school, ultimately setting a foundation for why the change will benefit all who will be affected.

  1. Setting goals.

Now we have have an overall vision for the initiative, setting specific, measurable, attainable, relevant, time based goals is the next step. This creates milestone to achieving your overall success, which we can look back on and celebrate our success, or modify to ensure the project keeps moving forward.

  1. What people want to know now.

Once we have goals set, it’s important to begin getting our message about the change out to people. Participants will discussed what needs to be sent out, to whom, and when to get the most success during your transition state.

Conference Track: 
Leadership and Institutional Strategies
Session Type: 
Education Session
Intended Audience: 
Administrators
Design Thinkers
Faculty
Instructional Support
Training Professionals
Technologists