The Challenge of Cultural Change by Oxana Hughes

Culture is…

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The assumptions we don’t see.

Cultural Change

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Emphasizing improvement rather than change

Cultural Change

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Cultural change takes team effort and time to instill.

Students learn from teachers who want to learn

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K. Harrel

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The culture of a school has impact on student learning.

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Without cultural shifts, our school cannot function as a PLC.

Culture isn’t something it’s everything

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Hodges

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I really liked the shift from coverage of content to demonstration of proficiency. In CTE, we work on a lot of projects and so this shift aligns with many things we are already doing.

Cultural Change

astephens2209 — 2024-08-29 13:03:21 UTC

A common mistake in the change process is too much complacency. Members of an organization often have no sense of urgency incorporate the change.

Teks

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The idea that we need to review TEKS and focus more on the ones that will be more valuable to their life, now and after high school. As well as the impact of teachers working together to prep kids for the next course/class that will follow.

Samantha Morse

sbennett106 — 2024-08-29 13:03:29 UTC

Culture is “the assumptions, beliefs, values, expectations, and habits that constitute the norm for that organization.” (Pg. 62)

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Focus on a PROCESS rather than an OUTCOME.

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Sustainable improvement occurs when the improvements are anchored in the culture.

Switching Places

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The educators need to first become the students. “The growth of the educators as the catalyst to the growth of the students”. -Donielle Larson

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People will resist change and fight to preserve the status quo

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Willingness to change to improve our abilities as educators.

Celebrate the small wins!

J. Smith

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The ultimate goal of change is improvement.

It’s important to remember that change is not the goal itself, but is a means to an end: the end of improvement. If a change does not bring improvement, it be adjusted or abandoned. If the goal of a change is attention, awards, to meet personal preferences, or just for the sake of change, it is not meeting the purpose.

If our institutional mission is to ensure high levels of learning for all, then all changes need to be made in pursuit of that goal, or the change needs to be reevaluated.

A Dunford

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It is important to focus on the process and not the outcome.

Less is More

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Focusing on the essential standards that kids need to take away from your curriculum in order to move on to the next grade, course level, or post secondary, will serve your students better than trying to fit quantity over quality.

Complacency

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Without a sufficient sense of urgency, complacency will rule. "He argues that this is a fatal error because change efforts always fail when complacency levels are high". (Kotter, 1996)

Willis

Cultural Shifts

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Cultural changes are less visible and more difficult to make than a policy change. Policy changes cannot force a change in the beliefs, values, and expectations or the teachers in the school. (Camp)

Cultural change

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It takes everyone to change culture and it takes time. It’s a process and the outcome isn’t visible right away.

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One of the biggest challenges is to get people to understand and accept they have to do things in a way they have never done, which could also include acquiring new skills and knowledge.

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Sustainable improvement happens only if it is anchored in the culture of an organization

BGeorge

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Students grow when teachers grow.

Communication in vision

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Without clear goals and a vision, each individual will do their own thing and everything can fall apart from there.

Cultural Change

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We often recognize a need for change but refrain from doing so because it would force us out of our comfort zone.

Reid Whiteside

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Positively influencing change in people is profoundly different than the challenge of creating better structures.

Challenge of Cultural Change

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Overcoming the urge to only change structurally vs culturally is difficult.

Culture shapes educators.

—Zarzosa and Gonzales

Prescott

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“It is impossible for a school or district to develop the capacity to function as a PLC without undergoing profound cultural shifts.” p64

For most, change is difficult.

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It’s essential to get out of your comfort zone in order to be open to the changes needed to improve culture.

It is not about working in isolation or covering material, but about a focus of working together equally to help students meet or exceed the essential standards. Kim, Marc, Amy, Lisa

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Resistance

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A person may resist change out of fear of the new and unknown. Helping them see how easy and doable it is may help lower the resistance. K. Wood

Willis

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People working within that system will typically resist change and fight to preserve the status quo because the rules of engagement and success have been challenged.

Systematic vs Cultural

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Systematic change has more buy in because it is more instant and does rely on teaching changes; therefore, cultural change is more difficult because it is hard to break away from our own teaching habits. It takes everyone supporting each other and understanding cultural change needs to happen for the success of ALL students.