Lead successful, lasting reform in your school or district! There’s no doubt about it: real educational reform happens one school at a time, one classroom at a time. No matter what change your school or district is facing, this definitive book shows how to involve teachers and staff as partners, every step of the way. Shirley Hord and Gene Hall are highly acclaimed experts on K–12 change management with their Concerns-Based Adoption Model (CBAM), a rigorously field-tested approach that has benefitted schools and districts for more than two decades. Now this respected team, joined by co-author James Roussin, shares their hands-on techniques with you in this practical guide. This complete change management program enables you to Understand, predict, and address educator concerns and reactions that may arise during the change process Use a series of powerful Learning Map activities to guide and support individuals and teams to navigate their own change efforts successfully Promote collaboration and learning throughout a change initiative, transforming skeptics into supporters Experience the CBAM model in action through a running case study Implementing Change Through Learning offers realistic, people-centered strategies that help you develop trust and credibility with all teachers and staff involved, setting a foundation for reform that lasts.

Table of Contents:
Foreword by Gene E. Hall Preface: What You Will Find in This Book Acknowledgments About the Authors 1. Introduction Six Beliefs About Change Critical Understandings An Informal Introduction EveryWhere School District 2. Six Strategies: Moving From Adoption to Full Implementation EveryWhere Begins the Implementation Journey Learning Map 2.1: Explaining Six Research-Based Strategies for Change Learning Map 2.2: Planning Strategies for a Change Effort Learning Map 2.3: Reviewing the Literature on Structural and Relational Conditions for Change Learning Map 2.4: Assessing Change Readiness 3. Innovation Configurations: Creating a Vision of the Change EveryWhere Begins Creating A Vision of Its Changes Learning Map 3.1: Articulating the Need for Precision About the Change Learning Map 3.2: Identifying Structures of an Innovation Configuration Map Learning Map 3.3: Creating an IC Map With Guided Practice Learning Map 3.4: Developing an IC Map Independently Learning Map 3.5: Reviewing and Revising the Map Learning Map 3.6: Field-Testing and Revising the Map Learning Map 3.7: Sharing the Map With Implementers Learning Map 3.8: Using an IC Map for Developing an Implementation Plan 4. Stages of Concern: Understanding Individuals EveryWhere Considers the Compelling Case for Concerns Learning Map 4.1: Considering the Compelling Case for Concerns Learning Map 4.2: Generating Responses to Concerns Learning Map 4.3: Collecting Concerns Data 5. Levels of Use: Using Innovations EveryWhere Meets Levels of Use Learning Map 5.1: Articulating Behaviors Associated With the Use of Innovations Learning Map 5.2: Identifying the Level of Use of Individuals Learning Map 5.3: Collecting Levels-of-Use Data EveryWhere′s Journey Comes to an End, or Does It? Implementing Change Through Learning Finale by Gene E. Hall References Additional Resources for the Concerns-Based Adoption Model Index