Coaching+As+A+Means+to+Creating+Systemic+Change

1. What ideas/concepts/new learning did you acquire from this session? Angie S: When we ask people to change we are actully asking them to adapt. We also need to remember that as a species we resist adaptation, as all systems do. Also it is important to remember that adaptation is NEVER done! Darwin said "survival of the fittest" - what this actually means is that "he who adapts the best, survives". We need to try to have an Open System - one that lets new ideas in and eventually adapts and looks different, rather than expending large amounts of energy resisting change - if we do this the system becomes weaker and will eventually collapse.

2. How do you plan to use this information a) in your work life, b) in your building committee, c) with your staff? Angie S: Keep changing when it is needed!

3. How do you suggest the district proceed, given what you learned? Angie S: try to create bridges to help people go through the changes, involve stakeholders in the messy process of getting where we want to go (they need to be involved so that they buy into the change), and realize that this is sometimes a slow process and we need to bepatient. 4. What questions do you have for the group?