Critical Resources - Change Leaders
What are the Critical Resources for Change Leaders?
This searchable collection contains documents and sites for those who are interested in leading change. Review the questions below to learn more about leading change and explore the curated resources in the collection.
The critical resource collection explains why the resources are useful for change leaders or those who want to become change leaders.
How can I lead change?
Anybody can be a change leader. If you are creating, facilitating, or advocating for change in STEM education, at any level of the higher education system, you are a change leader. Change leaders may be either formal or informal leaders -- graduate students, faculty members, education leaders, department chairs, professional developers, administrators, etc.
To effectively lead change, think carefully about what type of change you are trying to accomplish, and how you might accomplish this. Who else do you need to involve? What do you need to learn? What might the barriers be? What data might support your planning?
How can I support those who lead change?
Those supporting change leaders often have skills, connections, and/or authority that can be valuable to the change leader. Supports can be within the institution, from chairs and administrators, teaching and learning center staff, or other faculty. Outside the institution, professional organizations and other support networks can be critical.
Develop change leadership competencies
What professional development might they need, and how can they get it? How can you help them identify resources, barriers, and institutional context? How can you help them to access or collect relevant data?
Champion change leader's efforts
Make the work of change leaders work visible within and across departments, celebrate their efforts, and reward them as possible. You may act as a valuable liaison to other stakeholders, including those in positions of authority, translating the change leader's efforts to appropriate language.
Professional development resources for supporters of change leaders include leadership and facilitation training, training in organizational change, and involvement with organizations for professional developers (such as POD).
Review the resources below to learn more!
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How Does Your Professional Organization Lead Positive Change?
Pamela Brown, CUNY New York City College of Technology
This blog post page from the Accelerating Systemic Change Network (ASCN) explores how STEM professional organizations drive systemic change in higher education, featuring expert insights on initiatives like faculty development workshops, curriculum reform, and cross-society collaboration, with contributions from leaders in mathematics and physics education. auto-generated
The author of this page didn't provide a brief description so this one sentence summary was created by an AI tool. It may not be completely accurate.
Target Audience: College/University Staff, Non-tenure Track Faculty, Tenured/Tenure-track Faculty, Institution Administration
Resource Type: Blog Post
Program Components: Outreach:Policy Change
Competencies for Community College Leaders
A resource page detailing leadership competencies for community college administrators, developed by the American Association of Community Colleges, offering guidance for leadership development programs within higher education institutions. auto-generated
The author of this page didn't provide a brief description so this one sentence summary was created by an AI tool. It may not be completely accurate.
Target Audience: College/University Staff, Tenured/Tenure-track Faculty, Institution Administration
Resource Type: Report
Program Components: Institutional Systems:Degree Program Development, Supporting Students:Professional Preparation, Outreach:Policy Change
Leading Change
A resource page from the Accelerating Systemic Change Network presents John Kotter’s book *Leading Change*, detailing strategies for organizational transformation in STEM higher education, including citation, summary, and public domain image reuse permissions. auto-generated
The author of this page didn't provide a brief description so this one sentence summary was created by an AI tool. It may not be completely accurate.
Target Audience: College/University Staff, Non-tenure Track Faculty, Tenured/Tenure-track Faculty, Institution Administration, Graduate Students, Post-doctoral Fellows
Resource Type: Book
Program Components: Outreach:Policy Change
Leadership on the line, with a new preface: Staying alive through the dangers of change.
Book resource page from the Accelerating Systemic Change Network covers leadership strategies for managing organizational change, based on Heifetz and Linsky’s "Leadership on the Line," emphasizing skills to disrupt the status quo while maintaining personal and institutional resilience. auto-generated
The author of this page didn't provide a brief description so this one sentence summary was created by an AI tool. It may not be completely accurate.
Target Audience: College/University Staff, Non-tenure Track Faculty, Tenured/Tenure-track Faculty, Institution Administration, Graduate Students, Post-doctoral Fellows
Resource Type: Book
Program Components: Institutional Systems:Personnel/Hiring, Strategic Planning, Interdepartmental Collaboration, Outreach:Inter-Institutional Collaboration
The Science Education Initiative Handbook
Stephanie Chasteen and Warren Code
A resource page for *The Science Education Initiative Handbook*, a guide for implementing department-level STEM education reforms through Discipline-Based Educational Specialists, featuring implementation strategies, a webinar, and citation details. auto-generated
The author of this page didn't provide a brief description so this one sentence summary was created by an AI tool. It may not be completely accurate.
Target Audience: College/University Staff, Non-tenure Track Faculty, Tenured/Tenure-track Faculty, Post-doctoral Fellows
Resource Type: Book
Program Components: Professional Development:Pedagogical Training, Curriculum Development, Institutional Systems:Personnel/Hiring, Evaluating Teaching, Interdepartmental Collaboration
Communities of Transformation and their work scaling STEM reform
A resource page from the Accelerating Systemic Change Network presents a white paper on Communities of Transformation—specifically BioQUEST, PKAL, POGIL, and SENCER—detailing their roles in advancing and scaling STEM education reform through sustainability, leadership, and institutional change. auto-generated
The author of this page didn't provide a brief description so this one sentence summary was created by an AI tool. It may not be completely accurate.
Target Audience: Tenured/Tenure-track Faculty, Institution Administration
Resource Type: White Paper
Program Components: Professional Development, Institutional Systems
From Faculty to Change Agent: Lessons Learned in the Development and Implementation of a Change Workshop
Journal article detailing effective change strategies and workshop design for STEM faculty transitioning into change leadership roles, emphasizing systemic reform in higher education through practical implementation and facilitation techniques. auto-generated
The author of this page didn't provide a brief description so this one sentence summary was created by an AI tool. It may not be completely accurate.
Target Audience: College/University Staff, Tenured/Tenure-track Faculty, Institution Administration
Resource Type: Journal Article
Program Components: Professional Development:Pedagogical Training, Preparing Future Teachers, Curriculum Development, Course Evaluation, Outreach:Presentations/Talks
Accelerating change: The power of faculty change agents to promote diversity and inclusive teaching practices
R. Heather Macdonald, College of William and Mary; Rachel Beane, Bowdoin College; Eric Baer, Highline College; Pamela Eddy, College of William and Mary; Norlene Emerson, University of Wisconsin-Richland; Jan Hodder; University of Oregon; Ellen Iverson, Carleton College; John McDaris, Carleton College; Kristin O'Connell, Carleton College; Carol Ormand, Carleton College
This article about preparing faculty to act as change agents to support diversity and inclusion is applicable to both two-year colleges and a larger audience.
Target Audience: College/University Staff, Non-tenure Track Faculty, Tenured/Tenure-track Faculty, Institution Administration, Post-doctoral Fellows
Resource Type: Journal Article
Program Components: Professional Development:Diversity/Inclusion, Institutional Systems:Incentive/Reward Systems, Strategic Planning
Improving postsecondary STEM education: Strategies for successful collaboration and brokering across disciplinary paradigms
A resource page from the Accelerating Systemic Change Network presents a white paper detailing five strategies for fostering collaboration between STEM and education faculty to integrate education research into postsecondary STEM teaching practices, emphasizing interdisciplinary brokering and systemic reform. auto-generated
The author of this page didn't provide a brief description so this one sentence summary was created by an AI tool. It may not be completely accurate.
Target Audience: College/University Staff, Non-tenure Track Faculty, Tenured/Tenure-track Faculty, Institution Administration
Resource Type: White Paper, Conference Paper
Program Components: Institutional Systems:Strategic Planning, Interdepartmental Collaboration, Degree Program Development, Outreach:Policy Change
Fostering Change from Within: Influencing Teaching Practices of Departmental Colleagues by Science Faculty with Education Specialties
This journal article page examines the role of science faculty with education specialties in driving pedagogical change within academic departments, detailing their strategies, influence mechanisms, and leadership in advancing systemic reform in STEM higher education. auto-generated
The author of this page didn't provide a brief description so this one sentence summary was created by an AI tool. It may not be completely accurate.
Target Audience: College/University Staff, Non-tenure Track Faculty, Tenured/Tenure-track Faculty, Post-doctoral Fellows
Resource Type: Journal Article
Program Components: Professional Development:Pedagogical Training