Wednesday, January 5th, February 2nd, and March 28th, 2022
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM ET
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM PT
How can you get everyone rowing in the same direction with a minimal amount of resistance? Even in the most well-intentioned group, there are diverse perspectives and strongly held beliefs. Do you have to get consensus, or can you get everyone aligned enough to start to move forward? What kind of group processes are conducive to helping people get on board with a coherent way forward? And what of your own ambivalences? How can you be sure you are not contributing to the problem? Finally, what if you are trying to drive change? How do you unpack the varying reactions to change that are affecting people’s buy-in? In three sessions we will touch on these questions, provide conceptual frameworks to help you think them through, and tools to practice with each other and in your school setting.
These sessions are ideal for any professional in the school who supervises a group of teachers or who must coordinate any group of professionals around the implementation of a project. Each virtual interactive 90 minute session will be preceded by 1-2 short video lectures that will prepare you to fully engage in the exercises. In between sessions, participants will be encouraged to meet in triads to practice tools learned and to debrief using them in your school.
Program Outline
To make the most out of this experience, please plan on attending each of the three days.
Session 1: Your Stance Matters
Wednesday, January 5th, 2022
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM ET
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM PT
Explore a variety of approaches to clarifying your own perspective and being intentional about its impact.
Session 2: Diverge to Converge
Wednesday, February 2nd, 2022
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM ET
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM PT
Learn several different approaches to ensuring that diverse voices can be heard in the service of finding a common path forward.
Session 3: Be with the Change
Monday, March 28th, 2022
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM ET
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM PT
Look at various tools to help normalize and surface various reactions to change.