Change Process
At a Glance | Services | Significant Work | Products
Examples of Significant Work
District and School Improvement: Through School Improvement grants (SIGs) and other funding, SEDL builds the capacity of district and school leaders to plan, implement, and sustain improvement efforts, including the change process. For example, SEDL helps district and school leaders implement the Concerns-Based Adoption Model (CBAM), a conceptual framework that describes, explains, and predicts probable teacher concerns and behaviors throughout the school change process.
Southeast Comprehensive Center (SECC): SEDL's SECC works with the state departments of education of Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, and South Carolina to build their capacity to assist schools and districts in key areas, including the change process. For example, SECC staff are assisting the Alabama Department of Education in using the Concerns-Based Adoption Model (CBAM) to monitor districts’ and schools’ implementation of School Improvement Fund (SIF) grants. The work includes planning as well as training state and district staff to use CBAM to monitor and improve implementation.
Texas Comprehensive Center (TXCC): SEDL's TXCC provides technical assistance and professional development to the Texas Education Agency (TEA) and the state’s 20 regional education service centers (ESCs) in key areas, including the change process.
Past Work
Leadership for Changing Schools Training Institute: This professional development institute, formerly known as the Leadership for Change Institute, assisted schools and districts in meeting the challenges of change. The courses were based on two 1992 SEDL publications: Facilitative Leadership: The Imperative for Change by Shirley Hord, which presents a six-component framework to help leaders support change in schools, and School Context: Bridge or Barrier to Change? by Victoria Boyd, which reviews the existing literature on the factors that can affect efforts to bring about change in schools.
Center for Comprehensive School Reform and Improvement: SEDL partnered with Learning Point Associates in the Center for Comprehensive School Reform and Improvement to help schools and districts organize, plan, implement, and sustain school reform and improvement. Our staff oversaw the development and management of the Center’s Web site and online databases.
includes five 3-hour professional development webinars led by Ed Tobia and D'Ette Cowan. Participants will have an opportunity to develop a plan for implementing CBAM with a specific change initiative.
