EDU+572+Systems,+Change,+&+Planning

Instructor: Dr. Jackson Parker

Introducing Systems Thinking and Perceptions of Organizational Change __Assignments__ Read Learning Organizations, p. 90, JSD article p. 93, Overviews of Five Disciplines, p. 91-92, Laws p. 74, and Learning Disabilities, p. 73 2020 Forecast Discussion: Creating the Future of Learning
 * Week One, October 13**[[file:Ppt0000010.ppt]]

Understanding and Facilitating Types of Organizational/Systems Change __Assignments__ Read pages 73, 91-92 Senge articles in blue whale Reflect on where your SIP problems started Review SIP in study teams Read Wagner "Change Leadership" assignment and answer the four questions on page 18, relating it to your SIP Creating Order, Systems Change, and PLCs __Assignments__ Read "Hip & Huff" (page 112 in Blue Whale) Read about PLC(A, O, R)s Read [|Goodbye, Command & Control by Margaret Wheatley] Watch [|"Dr. Quantum - Double Slit" (9:00 min vers.) on YouTube] Watch [|"Lisa Randall - Charlie Rose" on YouTube] (seems to be a four part series on YouTube) Watch [|"Dr. Quantum - Flatland" on YouTube] Read for November 17: (in blue whale) 152, 159, 177, 179-180, 187 In Study Team: Examine the main challenges and problems identified in your SIP. Are you dealing more with "technical" or "adaptive" challenges? In Study Team: What single improvement do you think would help?
 * Week Two, October 20**[[file:WilmotSystemsChange.ppt]]
 * Week Three, November 3**

Mobilizing Action for Systems Change Embedding Goal Achievement in the SIP: Planning Models and Dealing with Unanticipated Influences and Consequences [|Organic Strategic Planning] Presenting School Improvement Plans
 * Week Four, November 10**
 * Week Five, November 17**
 * Week Six, December 1**