Pamela L Eddy This work is supported by the National Science Foundation through grants 1525593 1524605 1524623 amp 1524800 June 20 2018 FacultyAdministrators Working Together Building on other institutional initiatives ID: 780958
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Working with Your Administrator
Pamela L. Eddy
This work is supported by the National Science Foundation through grants 1525593, 1524605, 1524623 & 1524800.
June 20, 2018
Slide2Faculty/Administrators Working TogetherBuilding on other institutional initiativesShared language/story LeverageFocus on student successHow do we know change is working?How do we tell the story?
Slide3“Those administrators”“Those faculty members”Breaking down barriersCommunicating issuesMaking it a team effort—goal of student success
Slide4Priming for a ConversationUnderstanding frame of administratorUnderstanding motivationsYour own “ask”—what you needBudget timingRole of social capital/good will
Slide5Reframing Change
StructuralHuman Resources
PoliticalSymbolic
Barriers to ChangeLoss of direction, clarity, and stability; confusion, chaos
Anxiety, uncertainty; people feel incompetent and needyDisempowerment; conflict between winners and losers
Loss of meaning and purpose; clinging to the pastEssential Strategies
Communicating, realigning, & renegotiating formal patterns and policesTraining to develop new skills; participation &
involvement; psychological support
Developing
arenas where issues can be renegotiated and
new
coalitions formed
Creating transition rituals; mourn the past,
celebrate
the future
Bolman & Deal, 2013, p. 378
Slide6Pitching ideasHow do you pitch your conversation with your administrator based on your frame?How do you pitch for “other” frames?What do you want out of your time with your administrator?
Slide7Reporting outStrategies that have worked for youDifferences based on framesDifferent pitch depending on role
Slide8pamela.eddy@wm.edu