Date/Time: October 30, 2025 | 9:00 – 10:30 am

Room: 155-156

Audience: Educators/Teachers

Call to Action: Review your current plan. Consider the plan you have in place to support educators to transition into the new environment. What changes might you make as a result of the material we have covered during the session? Identify your next steps. What specific actions might help generate momentum or minimise resistance for your project? How will you make the transition as incremental as possible? How will you celebrate and share promising practice to minimise barriers to success?

Abstract: When the environment around us changes, often we feel challenged and threatened, but for teachers to thrive in a new learning environment they need to feel confident and capable. Unfortunately the focus of many construction projects is the preparation of the buildings themselves rather than the people who are going to inhabit and use those buildings. This session will draw from the latest change leadership research to offer administrators and school leaders a process they can follow to prepare educators to successfully transition into new spaces, helping them to take advantage of new opportunities rather than focusing on ‘the way things used to be.’

Learning Objectives:

1. Understand the key phases of a successful change leadership process.
2. Understand how momentum for change is developed, and apply this to their own projects.
3. Build confidence and self-belief in educators as they transition into new learning environments.
4. Understand what causes resistance to change and put in place mitigation strategies to address it.