Getting Buy-In with Dr. Susan Villani, Equity Assistance Center Region ll

Have you tried to implement a new program at your school but can't seem to get others on board? Have you been met with resistance or hostility? Learn how to get their buy-in!

Join us for an interactive session with author and former principal Dr. Susan Villani. We will cover topic such as how to promote individual and group understanding using the Norms of Collaborations, how to apply the Concerns Based Adoption Model to your initiative and prevent barriers to the success of your endeavor, and how to employ the Dimensions of Success in planning for your next meeting or event.

This interactive session begins at 9:00 and ends at 2:00. Consultation and/or coaching appointments may be made for times between 2:00 and 4:00. This session is offered free of charge by the Equity Assistance Center, Region 2.

Session Presenter: Dr. Susan Villani, who was a school principal for twenty one years, has written books about leadership and coaching, and who now presents and consults with districts throughout the United States.

Objectives

1. Use the Norms of Collaboration to promote individual and group understanding on specific topics
2. Learn and apply the Concerns Based Adoption Model to a new initiative or ongoing change in your school or district in terms of ways to address resistance
3. Employ the Dimensions of Success in planning for a specific meeting or event
4. Anticipate barriers to the success of an endeavor and identify ways to prevent or address those barriers from impeding buy-in

Detailed Agenda for Program Officer

9:00        Welcome and Overview

9:15        Dimensions of Success

• What are they?
• What happens if they are not used?
• How they apply to our work today
• Ways to use this in our  schools/ districts

10:00     The Norms of Collaboration

• What are they?
• Practicing Pause-Paraphrase- Probe
• Balancing Advocacy and Inquiry
• Planning  and practicing advocacy statements and for anticipated topics
• Ways to use this in our schools/ districts

11:30     Working Lunch

• How has what we have done so far apply to your work?
• What questions do you have?
• What I will do next week and next month

12:30     The Concerns Based Adoption Model

• A time when I resisted change- Context- Why I resisted- What I did
• Levels of Concern
• Moving from resistance to adoption
• Ways to use this in our schools/ districts

1:45        Next Steps and Evaluation

2:00        Appointments for Consultation or Coaching

4:00        Adjourn

Contact Info

RSVP to Candice Perkins, Program Associate-EAC ll, Candice.Perkins2@touro.edu or 212-463-0400 Ext. 5109
Bring your I.D. for entrance into the building