Managing Change
"Next year" is a time of looming change for many schools, and their staffs need tools and strategies for managing this change effectively while recognizing it as a human process.

BLOGS

• Managing Change When There is an Unknown, February 20, 2019
• Don't Let the Unknown Stop You From Acting, February 1, 2019
• Flashback from 1999: Teachers' Technology Fears and Hopes (*ICG), January 2, 2019
• Covered Bridges: Demographics, Economics, and the Education Conversation (*ICG),​August 6, 2015
• Disruptive Innovation: The Mirror and the Crystal Ball (*ICG), September 16, 2014
• A Place of Strength or Place of Fear,  February 7, 2013
• A Letter to Experienced Teachers (*ICG), July 18, 2012

*Resources written, produced, and released by the Independent Curriculum Group

PODCASTS

The Innovation Journey (*ICG)
Part 1 of our two-part conversation with Tim Fish, Chief Innovation Officer at the National Association of Independent Schools, on how this new position will be supporting schools in their efforts to learn and evolve. 

*Resources written, produced, and released by the Independent Curriculum Group

WEBINARS

Independent Advanced Curriculum: Making and Managing Curricular Change at Christchurch School (*ICG)
As a school that has crafted, implemented, and continuously revised a progressive, skills-based, integrated curriculum for all types of students, Christchurch has learned a lot about developing new curricula, implementing change, working with parents, faculty members and boards, and about the power of hiring to move school culture forward. This webinar provides an overview of the school's curriculum and the change process it has undergone, and then allows for Q & A about specific topics of interest to attendees.

*​Resources written, produced, and released by the Independent Curriculum Group

E-BOOKS & RESEARCH PAPERS

• A Teacher's Guide to Life and Work​ (*ICG) ​by Peter Gow, a sample of what a balanced classroom looks like. ​

*Resources written, produced, and released by the Independent Curriculum Group

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

In-Person Events​​

• Academic Leaders Retreat: Whether you’re a top-level administrator or an aspiring teacher-leader on your first committee assignment, your best resources are personal connections with others doing the same work and facing the same challenges and opportunities. And there is no better experience than learning side by side with peers in small, interactive workshops led by nationally regarded experts.​

​On-Demand Programs

• Change Cycle™ - Managing Self Through Periods of Change:  School leaders will learn strategies and develop skills to allow them to balance their own response to changing circumstances with their responsibility of leading others. Understanding their own mental, emotional, and behavioral responses to change will assist leaders in managing more effectively and productively in the ever changing independent school landscape.
• ​​Change Cycle™ - Managing Results/Leading Employees Through Change:​ While identifying leadership strengths and style in leading change, participants will learn what is needed based on each stage of a change initiative. The understanding of where employees may be in the Change Cycle™ will result in building trust within the school community while achieving desired outcomes.
• ​Change Cycle™ - Communication Strategies For Leading Change: This point in the Change Cycle focuses on communication and success strategies, which will allow educators to feel confident in being transparent and realistic while leading their school through change. Leaders will learn the right actions to take allowing for all constituents to be heard and be active participants in implementing organizational change.

Contributors:

• Corinne Dedini, Assistant Head of School
• Peter Gow, Independent Curriculum Resource Director/ Former Executive Director of ICG
  
• Brad Rathgeber, Head of School & CEO

Schools Mentioned:

• TMI Episcopal School