TOPIC: Change Agent/ Organizational Facilitator

The following represents a sample of information to get you started and is not meant to be exhaustive. (See also: Quick find topic on Systemic Change and Schools)
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Center Developed Documents, Resources and Tools

Articles
• Adelman, H.S. & Taylor, L. (2014).. Best Practices in the Use of Learning Supports Leadership Teams to Enhance Learning Supports (pp. 181-196). In Best Practices in School Psychology: System-Level Services, published by the National Association of School Psychologists.
• C. Lim & H.S. Adelman (1997). Establishing School-based Collaborative Teams to Coordinate Resources: A Case Study. Social Work in Education, 19(4), 266-277.
• L. Taylor, P. Nelson, & H.S. Adelman (1999). Scaling-Up Reforms Across a School District. Reading & Writing Quarterly, 15(4), 303-326.
• H.S. Adelman & L. Taylor (2007). Systemic Change for School Improvement. Journal of Educational and Psychological Consultation, 17(1), 55–77.
• M. B. DiCecco, L. Rosenblum, & L. Taylor Upgrading School Support Programs through Collaboration: Resource Coordinating Teams from the "Working Together" Packet

Diffusion of Innovations and Science-Based Practices to Address Barriers to Learning & Improve Schools: A Series of Information Resources on Enabling System Change
• Brief Overview of Major Concepts from E.M. Rogers' Work on Diffusion of Innovations
• Change Agent Mechanisms for School Improvement: Infrastructure not Individuals
• Policy Implications for Advancing Systemic Change for School Improvement
• Some Key References Related to Enabling System Change
• Some Key Terms Related to Enabling System Change
• Systemic Change for School Improvement

Guidance Note
• Education Leaders’ Guide to Transforming Student and Learning Supports
• Getting From Here to There: A Guide book for The Enabling Component
• Guide for Planning Coaching for SEAs/LEAs to Establish a Unified and Comprehensive System of Learning Supports
• Leadership at a School Site for Developing a Comprehensive System of Learning Supports
• Notes About the Learning Supports Facilitator Position
• Social Marketing as a Spiraling Facet of Program and Systemic Change
• Turning a Project or Pilot into a Catalyst for Systemic Change and Sustainability

Policy Notes
• Leadership Changes: Minimizing the Downside
• Resource Oriented Teams: Key Infrastructure Mechanisms for Enhancing Education Supports
• What Every Leader for School Improvement Needs to Know About Student and Learning Supports

Information Resource
• Leadership for a Learning Support System in State Departments of Education: Example Job Descriptions

Report
• Organization Facilitators: A Key Change Agent for Systemic School and Community Changes

Training
• Leadership for a Learning Support System in State Departments of Education: Example Job Descriptions
• Leadership Training: Moving in New Directions for Student Support

Quick Find
• Job Descriptions Related to Mental Health in Schools
• Staffing Student Support Services: New Directions
• Systemic Change and Schools



See Toolkit

• Transforming Student Supports into a Comprehensive System for Addressing Barriers to Learning and Teaching