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PART 1: RATIONALE AND OVERVIEW
PHASE I: MAKE A START
PHASE III: MAKE IT HAPPEN
PHASE II: MAKE A PLAN
WRITE A ONE-PAGE RESEARCH SUMMARY
Don't reinvent the wheel. The truth is (probably) out there…
DRAFT A COMMS PLAN
Conduct a chorus of voices to direct and narrate the journey of change.
BUILD A GLASS BOX
To secure buy-in, make sure the slice team is transparent and accountable to the wider school community.
APPOINT A SLICE TEAM
Use a representative team to drive the change process, improve decision-making and boost buy-in.
OPTIMISE THE TEAM
Create the conditions for achieving team flow: jell the team, agree ground rules and set group goals.
CHOOSE YOUR FOCUS
MAP THE JOURNEY
Connect to a vision of the near future in which your school has become a beacon of best practice.
PLAN BACKWARDS
Start with the end in mind, and then figure out how to get there.
CONDUCT A ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS
Locate the source of the problem(s) you wish to address.
DRAFT YOUR IMPROVEMENT STRATEGY
Build the vehicle that will take you from where you are to where you want to be.
PLAN TIGHT BUT LOOSE
Implement with integrity, rather than fidelity.
BUILD STEPS TO SUCCESS
Plan how to get from where you are to where you want to be in a series of logical, manageable steps.
PLAN FOR DIFFUSION
Plan how to spread effective practice through the school population.
OPTIMISE FOR HABIT CHANGE
School improvement largely depends on the extent to which people change their habitual behaviours. To plan for habit change is to plan for success.
PLAN PROFESSIONAL LEARNING
Use Guskey’s pyramid to point you in the right direction. Plan professional learning with a balance of mechanisms. Facilitate ongoing dialogue.
PREPARE DATA COLLECTION
Collect data on every aspect of your improvement strategy and use it to inform decision-making in an ongoing way.
TIMELINE AND STREAMLINE
Simplify, sequence and distribute your actions along a timeline to facilitate a smooth transition to the new norm.
WRITE A LOGIC MODEL
Capture all the moving parts of your improvement initiative on a single side of A4.
MANAGE YOUR PROJECT
Use project management tools to keep track of what needs to be done, by whom, when, for how long and in what order.
CREATE INDIVIDUAL IMPROVEMENT PLANS
Apply implementation and improvement strategies at the level of individuals, as well as the organisation.
RUN PDSA CYCLES
Implement and evaluate new ideas and practices through a series of PDSA cycles (Plan, Do, Study, Act) – the cornerstone of improvement science.
CONDUCT A PRE-MORTEM
Anticipate problems in advance and solve or mitigate them before they happen.
SCHEDULE REGULAR ‘PIVOT OR PERSEVERE’ MEETINGS
Use a combination of data and dialogue to continually re-orient your school toward achieving optimal outcomes.
EMBED AND SUSTAIN IMPROVEMENTS
Transition your strategy from ‘improvement initiative’ to ‘the way we do things around here’.
REVIEW, REFLECT – AND PLAN YOUR NEXT PROJECT!
Look back, look ahead.
THE MIND-BLOWING QUESTION
WHY DO SO FEW CHANGE INITIATIVES ACHIEVE THEIR INTENDED GOALS?
IMPLEMENTATION AND IMPROVEMENT SCIENCE: A NEW SYNTHESIS
THE ROLE OF SCHOOL LEADERS IN MAKING CHANGE STICK