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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…

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DRAFT A COMMS PLAN

Conduct a chorus of voices to direct and narrate the journey of change.

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BUILD A GLASS BOX

To secure buy-in, make sure the slice team is transparent and accountable to the wider school community.

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APPOINT A SLICE TEAM

Use a representative team to drive the change process, improve decision-making and boost buy-in.

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OPTIMISE THE TEAM             

Create the conditions for achieving team flow: jell the team, agree ground rules and set group goals.

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CHOOSE YOUR FOCUS      

Analyse gaps, compare alternative courses of action and arrive at a research-informed, values-aligned decision.

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MAP THE JOURNEY

Connect to a vision of the near future in which your school has become a beacon of best practice.

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PLAN BACKWARDS

Start with the end in mind, and then figure out how to get there.

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CONDUCT A ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS

Locate the source of the problem(s) you wish to address.

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DRAFT YOUR IMPROVEMENT STRATEGY

Build the vehicle that will take you from where you are to where you want to be.

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PLAN TIGHT BUT LOOSE

Implement with integrity, rather than fidelity.

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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.

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PLAN FOR DIFFUSION

Plan how to spread effective practice through the school population.

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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.

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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.

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PREPARE DATA COLLECTION

Collect data on every aspect of your improvement strategy and use it to inform decision-making in an ongoing way.

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TIMELINE AND STREAMLINE

Simplify, sequence and distribute your actions along a timeline to facilitate a smooth transition to the new norm.

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WRITE A LOGIC MODEL

Capture all the moving parts of your improvement initiative on a single side of A4. 

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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.

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CREATE INDIVIDUAL IMPROVEMENT PLANS

Apply implementation and improvement strategies at the level of individuals, as well as the organisation.

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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.

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CONDUCT A PRE-MORTEM

Anticipate problems in advance and solve or mitigate them before they happen.

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SCHEDULE REGULAR ‘PIVOT OR PERSEVERE’ MEETINGS

Use a combination of data and dialogue to continually re-orient your school toward achieving optimal outcomes.

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EMBED AND SUSTAIN IMPROVEMENTS

Transition your strategy from ‘improvement initiative’ to ‘the way we do things around here’.

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REVIEW, REFLECT – AND PLAN YOUR NEXT PROJECT!

Look back, look ahead.

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B.

WHY DO SO FEW CHANGE INITIATIVES ACHIEVE THEIR INTENDED GOALS?

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IMPLEMENTATION AND IMPROVEMENT SCIENCE: A NEW SYNTHESIS

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D.

THE ROLE OF SCHOOL LEADERS IN MAKING CHANGE STICK

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