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 * Resistance to Change Open Session: **

Provide early adopters with whatever they need. Use them as the example for others. Create a strategy to outnumber the resistors.

Teachers who hate the change seem to be the most vocal.

Use the networking model for technology - find a tech friend, make the tech friend's friend a tech friend...

"As a technology integrator, it's not your job to tell people to do their job"

Take advantage of the students.

1.) Self-Interest Factor - in why someone adopts or resists change. Teacher's self-interest factor is teaching well...ideally.

2.) Why of the Change - never propose a technology for its own sake. Will only show you something that is useful for your work.

3.) Support - Change is slow and hard. If methods work, why change? Small changes are most important. They snowball.

4.) Programs - long-term professional development program: Pedagogy of technology workshop - faculty laptop program  - experimental technology program (20% maybe?)

Is technology part of formal faculty assessment? Meetings with each faculty member, head of secondary, and technologist. School wide technology goal - ex. Each teacher will develop a PLN

MENTORSHIP PROGRAM IS KEY

STRONG TECH SUPPORT- MUST BE RELIABLE

FINDING A DETAILED UNIT, FIND THE TOOL THAT WILL MAKE IT EASIER FOR THEM. LEARN IT WITH THEM.

NYSAIS suggested a faculty continuum of faculty competencies, unpopular as a tool for faculty to be evaluated.

PD QUESTION: Best work is just in time training Set aside time and then do follow-up - "How can I help you in a different way?" Sit in the teacher's room. Done videos for basic daily skills - attendance, gradebook, etc... can get it when they need it. Send the videos to them when needed. In house Institute -iPadU- give many options for times/method Instead of training about HOW, train about WHY -Have teachers show others

Department Heads Buy-In Mini workshop at department meetings BRING FOOD Open Forum Lunch and Learns

We have a blend of different constituents: those that wish to change and those that do not wish to change

Top-down and bottom-up strategies both work.

What makes change with the exception of being forced? Not very much. But can ease the pain: -Food -Meeting Needs -Support

Resistance to change is human: 1 on 1 relationships are what make it work. Make a manageable number of 1 on 1 meetings and class observations with follow-up. Then those faculty can help others.

In corporate world, the attitude "I don't want to learn that." would never fly.

Division heads and heads of school need to be on board.

The 1 on 1 mentor process

Turnkey trainers. Train the trainer. When the colleague teaches another colleague it's just helping out.

Need to understand content.

Resistance can be caused by, "You don't understand what I do."

Try and linking technology to what inspired teachers to become teachers to begin with.

Some of the work needs to be unrelated to the classroom. Enhance the faculty member's day-to-day life, productivity and get them excited.

Have designated hours for faculty to ask questions unrelated or related to classroom.

Can we concretize the process so that we can move on to the next thing? 8 years ago these teachers were not on email. The technology keeps moving, but there are real plateaus. We need execs to fund more people, more time, etc...

However, we are facing a larger shift - a new model of education rather than being able to use the tools. It goes back to the mission/vision.

Need a common vocabulary between teachers and tech support.

Technology is the first shift in 200 years. Electronic influence has begun the largest change in educational history.

Testing culture prevents us in the process of shifting the educational model.