Creating Long Term Change

What are the essential conditions needed to create meaningful, long-term change? How can a single individual build a "shared vision" of what a school library program should be doing in a building? How can one manage one's time so one can work on long-term objectives rather than just be "putting out forest fires?"

A process for creating long term change

Will you be facing the exact same problems in five years that you are today?

• too little money
• inadequate facilities
• lack of support staff
• no impact on the learning environment
• no job security

Only long-term planning based on an accurate program assessment followed by a deliberate

communications plan can create significant change.

Formula for change C = D x V x F > R

Note the evidence of each item below from the video:

Change

Discontent

Vision

First Steps

Resistance

Covey's Time Management Matrix

What can you eliminate in Quadrants III and IV to give you more time to spend in Quadrant II?

Articles by Doug Johnson

• Advisory Advice
• Collaboration and Reflection
• No Principal Left Behind
• Using Planning and Reporting to Build Program Support