bernajean porter

future search process

communities with a common purpose can't be pushed around

jackiegerstein: Interview with Michael Fullan: Change agent  http://www.learningforward.org/news/jsd/fullan241.cfm

jackiegerstein: schools often are in a survival/bandaiding mode


needs to be owned by enough people to change
jackiegerstein: http://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/199909/take-job-and-love-it

who owns the situation? who owns the solutions

we want to disturb the system and get people focused

Moderator (Steve Hargadon): http://WWW.FUTURESEARCH.NET

Moderator (Steve Hargadon): http://I-IMAGINE.WIKISPACES.COM

push people's passion buttons

people want to help...

traditional future search - says 60 people

did this in denver public schools

are there many schools doing this?
she said  not many - and the ones that do, do it as a one night stand

you need to do it ongoing

if you really want to change an organization you need to change it's metaphors, not it's action plans
need to bring community along and engage
Moderator (Steve Hargadon): http://i-imagine.wikispaces.com/Future+Searches


Moderator (Steve Hargadon): http://www.amazon.com/Future-Search-Getting-System-Commitment/dp/1605094285/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1302222568&sr=8-1


Moderator (Steve Hargadon): http://www.amazon.com/Future-Search-School-District-Change/dp/1578861659/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1302222581&sr=8-1

jackiegerstein: http://i-imagine.wikispaces.com/Vision+Videos

culture is the story we tell ourselves about who we are

jackiegerstein: Imagining what could be - positive endings, powerful stuff

get story field ready
roll out prototypes

traditional future search is 3 days... but doing now in a single session
trade off - never going to get enough stake holders together for 3 days

i understand that you can't make it happen, but these are your kids, you have to make it happen anyway
the power of story, buzz words aren't going to do it

jackiegerstein: Imagining alternative, positive endings is a powerful strategy
at the end - where is your commitment - vote with your feet

in illinois - if you didn't do the community mtgs you couldn't get the funds

systems thinking and schools don't go together?..

jackiegerstein: http://i-imagine.wikispaces.com/Vision+Videos

jackiegerstein: Peter Senge tried with Schools That Learn http://www.fieldbook.com/STL/STL.html

jackiegerstein: http://i-imagine.wikispaces.com/I-imagine+Project

Peggy Sheehy: http://zhaolearning.com/2009/11/14/3/  his book Catching Up or Leading the Way


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