m1 ol sec 3 building faculty involvement
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Systems: Building Faculty Involvement
Building Faculty InvolvementIn this section:
• Rationale• Four approaches to gain faculty
involvement• A plan to foster faculty
involvement
Faculty Involvement: Rationale
When everyone is involved in the process…
• practices are more consistently implemented.
• change is sustained more over time.• interventions are more meaningful and
relevant.• positive overall school climate inspires
others to invest in new practices.
The goal is to achieve ownership in which all faculty and staff view themselves as the PBS team.
Building Faculty Involvement: Four Strategies• Use the existing data. • Utilize school-wide vision
process.• Ensure opportunities for input.• Support and reinforce staff.
Building Faculty Involvement: Use the Existing DataThe use of data helps to build faculty involvement by…
• creating a common awareness of what is working and what needs to change.
• building a climate of openness and trust.
• encouraging dialogue. • committing everyone to the same
cause.• showing results of efforts.
Building Faculty Involvement:Use a School-Wide Vision Process
Building a common vision ensures faculty involvement by…
• allowing everyone to imagine the kind of school they want to have.
• creating clarity about what needs to change so that you can meet goals.
• giving a different viewpoint for understanding why change is needed.
Building Faculty Involvement: Strategies for Increasing InputHave a process to ensure equitable participation in the discussion. Consider including the following:•Effective communication processes•Staff review of draft documents•Opportunities for dissent•Ability to “opt out”•Staff surveys
Building Faculty Involvement: Strategies for Increasing InputConduct staff surveys to…
•obtain staff feedback to set priorities for PBS implementation.
•create involvement without holding more meetings.
•generate new ideas.•build a sense of
faculty ownership.
Building Faculty Involvement: Support and Reinforce Staff
• Remember to support staff efforts.• Everyone needs encouragement to
change.• Model ways to focus on the
positive.• Facilitate understanding of why
reinforcement works.• When people feel good about what
they are doing, they keep doing it!
Key Points for Building Faculty Involvement
• Emphasize benefits.– Conservation of time/effort– Greater professional accountability
• Expect, respect, and respond to resistance (encourage questions and discussion).
• Enlist leaders with integrity, authority, resources and willingness to assist.
• Clarify how changes align with other initiatives.
• Emphasize what will happen if change does not occur.
Activity 1: Planning for Faculty Involvement
• How has the PBS team worked to build faculty involvement in the past?
• List challenges for obtaining 80% of faculty involvement at your school.
• Develop ideas to address challenges with faculty involvement.