This Position Paper on “How to Implement Change” was presented by Clyde Hall, Savannah State College, Savannah, GA at the National Workshop on Comprehensive Vocational Education Development and Utilization, June 15-17, 1971 in Washington, D.C. It s importance lies in fact it was probably the first major example of wholesale acceptance by the leadership of the American educational establishment of the need for “planned change”. This presentation seems to have followed immediately upon publication of the Change Agent Manual developed by Professor Ronald Havelock (see above entry). Some important quotes follow: “An example of such planning change is the performance contract with Behavioral Research Labs to run Banneker Elementary School in Gary, Indiana.” “This paper describes the science of managed change and how that technique can be applied to educational situations.” On page 4 one reads: “Stages of Planning: It is generally recognized that managed change proceeds through several distinct stages from beginning to end. In 1951 Kurt Lewin suggested a three-phase change cycle consisting of (1) unfreezing of present situation; (2) moving to a new condition, and (3) refreezing or stabilizing the change situation.”
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