Addressing Resistance

Rationale: Effective leaders identify and address the underlying cause of staff resistance to develop team resilience focused on improving student outcomes. People respond to change in their own ways, including active and open resistance. However, change is a necessary element of any successful improvement effort. Establishing effective conditions for change is a critical role for those initiating the change. 

Learning Intention: Teams will understand resistance to change and create plans to address it.

Success Criteria: Teams will know they are successful when they…

• understand the underlying causes for resistance that they may be experiencing in their school improvement work

• have participated in a consultancy protocol to address resistance with an educator

• have considered the implications of this learning for achieving A2A project objectives at their school site