| Abstract: | This paper presents a model of the process of implementation of school change. The model has been developed from observation of and interaction with planned changes in a large number of schools, and traces the process through eight stages, from the initial climate for change to full field trials of innovative programs. At each of these stages the contribution of any of a number of components is discussed: the social context in which change occurs, organizational considerations, the role of evaluation, the development of innovative programs, and the role of the teacher, principal, administrator, and academic. The model is presented as a conceptual framework from which implementation strategies may be, and are being, derived for use in implementation of change in the schools. |
