This week we played a simulation game as a class to experience the challenges a school faces in making change. To me this experience was similar to my lamaze class where the instructor told us to place a clothes pin somewhere on our body and have our partner help us focus through the pain. Yes, I placed it on my hair, because the thought that a clothes pin somewhere on my body was going to simulate labor pain was, to me, ridiculous. Similarly, I view the game not exactly reflective of attaining change in a school, because each culture of each school will be different. There is really no way to prepare for the resistance or circumstances a school will face in the process of change. The valuable thing I did learn through playing the game is that you cannot just do one action to invoke change. You must be persistent, try multiple methods, conduct surveys, continually communicate with colleagues/superiors/stakeholders, and ultimately persevere.
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Stephanie, I agree the game was not the equivalent of acutally dealing with a systems wide change for the reasons you stated in your post, and I like the parallel you drew from your lamaze experience--very appropriate! With that being said, you were still able to pull some valuable lessons from the experience. How would you do things differently to help future leaders learn the process of implementing change on a large scale?
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