"Yes, and no, and you all get As or Fs, and there is no test and you all failed it and you all get As. Who cares? "

Educators when faced with change may feel very similar to how this educator, Chidi Anagonye, feels in the show The Good Place. Here we see Chidi going through crisis because he is facing a change. Chidi doesn't do well with change. Often when faced with change it shakes our foundation of what we know. It can give us fear and confusion as we try to reconfigure things now.

"But times change, and so must I."

"We all change, when you think about it, we're all different people; all through our lives, and that's okay, that's good, you've gotta keep moving, so long as you remember all the people that you used to be."

Understanding that change will happen and it is okay. That change is good. It's how we deal with the changes and how we move forward that matters.

"I just wanted you to know
That this is me trying"

"They told me all of my cages were mental
So I got wasted like all my potential"

"I have a lot of regrets about that
I was so ahead of the curve, the curve became a sphere
Fell behind on my classmates, and I ended up here"

The lyrics above show how a student might feel when they struggle with change. It also shows how they need to be supported. Often times when students act out or shut down the behavior might be seen as disrespect. When it could be the student "trying" and "having a hard time adjusting."

"They told me all of my cages were mental
So I got wasted like all my potential"

The idea of change can put mental cages on students or educators helping students work through these mental cages is needed so they don't fall behind their classmates.

"Sometimes, the real fear is of success. If something works, other educators in the building would be expected to do it, thus creating more work for everyone."

Change isn’t something that comes with a checklist.

Change will not be the same everywhere or in every situation. Change can be technology for example when the current school I"m working at switched computer systems to Powerschool. Leaving teachers struggling to figure out how to enter grades and write referrals in this new system.

It could be learning new strategies to help students succeed in class. It could be a curriculum change that shortens the amount of time you have for an area of study.

Change will not look the same everywhere. It will depend on age group of students, demographics, accessibility and accommodations. Ultimately it is about creating something better than there was before.