Change Leaders Critical Resources
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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Curators and sojourners in learning networks: Practices for transformation
Scholarly article page analyzing network roles in systemic STEM education reform, introducing the conceptual framework of "curators" and "sojourners" to describe strategic actors who build network alignment and bridge institutional change, respectively, within learning networks. 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, Post-doctoral Fellows
Resource Type: Journal Article
Program Components: Institutional Systems:Personnel/Hiring, Strategic Planning, Interdepartmental Collaboration, Outreach:Policy Change
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
Theory and practice of multicultural organization development
This webpage is a scholarly resource page presenting a framework for assessing organizational inclusivity to guide change makers in developing multicultural organizations, featuring a cited book section by Jackson (2006) on multicultural organization development within systemic change 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, Institution Administration
Resource Type: Book Section
Program Components: Institutional Systems:Evaluating Teaching, Strategic Planning, Interdepartmental Collaboration, Outreach:Policy Change
Transforming Institutions
A resource page from the Accelerating Systemic Change Network (ASCN) that compiles scholarly work from the 2011 and 2014 Transforming Institutions conferences, offering insights into systemic reform in undergraduate STEM education through research, program descriptions, and lessons learned, centered on the book *Transforming Institutions: Undergraduate STEM Education for the 21st Century*. 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: Book
Program Components: Professional Development:Curriculum Development, Course Evaluation, Professional Development
Transformative Learning Networks: Guidelines and Insights for Netweavers
This resource page presents a report on transformative learning networks, offering guidelines and insights for "netweavers"—individuals who build and sustain networks that foster collaborative practice, shared learning, and systemic change in STEM higher education, with a focus on capacity-building and relationship cultivation across 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, Non-tenure Track Faculty, Tenured/Tenure-track Faculty, Institution Administration
Resource Type: Report
Program Components: Institutional Systems:Personnel/Hiring, Strategic Planning, Interdepartmental Collaboration, Outreach:Policy Change, Inter-Institutional Collaboration
The Role of Professional Societies in STEM Faculty Workshops
A resource page detailing the role of professional societies in STEM faculty development, featuring a report on scientific society initiatives to enhance college-level STEM teaching through workshops, pedagogical training, and curriculum support. 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: Professional Development:Pedagogical Training, Curriculum Development, Outreach:Presentations/Talks
Institutional change to strengthen teacher prep
A resource page presenting the final grant report for the APLU Science and Mathematics Teacher Imperative, detailing strategies for institutional change to improve the quantity, diversity, and quality of STEM teacher preparation programs, including citation and access information. 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: Professional Development:Diversity/Inclusion, Pedagogical Training, Preparing Future Teachers, Cultural Competency
Developing the capacity of faculty to become institutional agents for Latinos in STEM
A report page from the Accelerating Systemic Change Network detailing strategies to develop faculty as institutional agents promoting Latino student success in STEM, featuring a downloadable publication by Bensimon and Dowd focused on increasing STEM degree attainment through faculty capacity-building and systemic change. auto-generated
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Target Audience: College/University Staff, Tenured/Tenure-track Faculty, Institution Administration
Resource Type: Report
Program Components: Professional Development
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