4 Disciplines of Execution
My disruptive innovation plan is to use ePortfolios starting in Pre-K. The ePortfolio is an innovative way to track student progress, show their own learning, and create ownership of their work.
It is easy to get sidetracked and caught up in the whirlwind of surviving each day and trying to make it to the end of the day. I want this project to get the time it deserves and be successful. After reading, The Four Disciplines of Execution: Achieving Your Wildly Important Goals, by Chris McChesney, Sean Covey, and Jim Huling, I was able to develop a plan to focus on my WIG (Wildly Important Goal).
As a reminder, here is my Influencing Change model.
The last several weeks we have learned about making changes in our organization. The "why" you are doing something is very important and needs to be clear so you can accomplish it. The six sources of influence are very important factors. We also need to use the influencer strategies.
Changes are difficult but can be achieved with persistence and drive. The 4DX are the changes that help clarify what needs to be done.
First, our WIG, is our focus. Next, we are going to use our lead measures to make changes. Our lag measure is to get the students involved and to use their ePortfolios. The scoreboard is the most valuable component in my opinion. This gives a visible representation of where we are are headed and were we want to go. It provides motivation and inspiration to complete our WIG. Lastly, we are going to hold each other accountable by meeting once a week to ensure we are on target. Utilizing all the research I have learned in this class, I am confident we will win or complete our goal with ePortfolios in Pre-K.
This is our Pre-K friendly scoreboard. They each know their numbers and can put a sticker in the box each time they complete an assigned task. When we reach the goal of 10 there will be a reward or celebration. Once we complete the chart, we can print another one and proceed with the new chart. This will help motivate and inspire them to complete their assignment. We use a lot of visuals in pre-k, which help them build pre-reading skills.
The video helps clarify the 4 Disciplines of Execution can be found here.
Utilizing the 4DX and the Five Stages of Change we will achieve our WIG. We want Pre-K students to use their ePortfolios at least once a week to showcase their work, explore opportunities, and find their educational voice. Change happens over time and can be done if we are focused on our WIG. The five stages of change by Covey, McChesney, and Huling (2012) are included in the infographic.
Influencer Model vs the 4DX
The graphic below shows how the Influencer and the 4DX compliment and compare to one another. When we compare the Influencer and the 4DX the WIG and the results are similar. This helps us stay focused on where we are headed. We want these energetic four and five year old pre-k students to use their ePortfolios. Both of these work together to help our team be successful. One will address the emotional, personal, and social side while the other addresses the process of stages. The idea of setting small goals is more appealing. The scoreboard keeps people accountable for what is happening.
These two work well separately, but together they are even better. With the help of these two, we will be able to achieve our WIG (Wildly Important Goal) or the result. With the two of them being intertwined, we should be able to avoid the whirlwind and stay focused. The measures and the lag are part of the process which will get us to our goal and our result. Our vital behaviors and the lead will direct our steps in this journey. When using our six sources and our leveraged behaviors they will also guide our path toward our common desire of using ePortfolios in pre-k. We will keep each other accountable with our weekly meetings and having a visible scoreboard. It will also keep us headed down our path and avoid getting side-tracked. By using both of them together will help formulate a successful plan for the ePortfolios in Pre-K. We will incur challenges, stumbling blocks, and hurdles along the way, but will all that I have learned in the course, I am certain we will withstand all of what we will face and we will succeed.
References
Chesney, C., Covey, S. & Huling, J. (2012) The 4 disciplines of execution: Achieving your wildly important goal. New York, NY: Franklin Covey Co.
Covey, F. (2012, March 09). Goal setting. [Video] retrieved from https://youtu.be/SbUy290KbTA
Grenny, J., Patterson, K., Maxsfield, D., McMillan, R. & Switzler, A. (2013). Influencer: The new science of leading change (2nd ed.). Provo, UT: VitalSmarts, LLC.
Grade Rubric: 98 out of 100.