During today’s lecture on research the lecturer mentioned the fact that in completion of training one of our roles would be that of change agents within our schools. He said that we would have to get teachers to share the vision and to engage in some degree of action research and reflective practice if we are to improve student performance. In light of this I thought that it might be helpful to look at the traits that we should possess if we are to be effective change agents.
(Gordon, 2002, p. 466)Lists the following as desirable traits of effective change agents; effective change agents (that’s us) are empathetic, sensitive, open, tolerant flexible, patient, friendly, cooperative and imaginative. They develop and use information to understand situations and identify behaviour patterns. They act in a self-reliant fashion, are bold, risk-taking and initiating.
Additionally, as change agents we need to be ensure that we develop good communication channels such as our blogs and the old tried and true face to face meetings in groups and with individuals and ensure that decisions on the school’s reading programme or policy are made democratically. We also need to share our training so that our colleagues feel competent. Last but not least we need to remember to manage our own enthusiasm so that we can guide an evolution and not start a revolution.
Gordon, J. R. (2002). Organizational Behaviour: A Diagnostic Approach. New Jersey: Prentice Hall.
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