Topic 2 - Leading Change

Tapscott’s Four Principals for an Open World
Teacher Librarians can use the four principles for an open world by :

Collaboration

A team approach is required so getting others to jump on board and share the vision is important.
·         encouraging, initiating and promoting collaborative practices within the school amongst teachers and between students when  planning and working together. This will promote a culture of change over a period of time.
·         Extending these experiences further by engaging in relevant online activities  beyond the boundaries of the school into other schools and across the world. Teacher librarians can use their specialist expertise and knowledge to model and introduce these practices to staff and students.
·         Allowing the students to be the leaders and teachers in areas in which they are knowledgeable or have a high interest. This is extremely empowering and motivating.

Transparency

·         Making achievements and results of successful collaborations clearly known to the learning community as Kotter suggests in his 8 step plan, ” through every effective communication possible.”
·         Using Kotter’s principals to make collaboration an effective vision (step 3)  - imaginable, desirable feasible, focused, flexible and communicable. Start off by keeping it simple and achievable.

Sharing

·         Sharing knowledge, resources  teaching tools latest research and professional articles  with other educators through a variety of communications.
·         Encouraging students and staff to share knowledge and resources  etc with each other and eventually beyond the school environment .
·         Provide staff and students with an understanding of intellectual property and creative commons.

Empowerment and Freedom

This sharing and reciprocal learning provides new knowledge and with this comes empowerment and the freedom to experiment and move forward.

Tapscott, D. (2012) Four principles of the open world [ETL504 Module 2]. Retrieved March 13, 2014, from Charles Sturt University website: http://interact.csu.edu.au/portal/site/ETL504_201430_W_D/page/bc04b2bb-bf8d-4bc7-0064-24e289f73e4e

Kotter, J. (n.d.). The 8-Step Process for Leading Change . Kotter International - Innovative Strategy Implementation Professionals. Retrieved February 3, 2013 from http://www.kotterinternational.com/our-principles/changesteps/changesteps