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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