This article recounts my year-long journey as a principal to pull a school community together. Specifically, I describe my school's use of two Organization Development problem solving strategies to alter the norms of the culture and guide the community through planned change for purposes of improved student achievement. I describe how the strategies of S-T-P (Situation-Target-Plan) and FFA (Force Field Analysis) were applied within a model that integrated staff development, Organization Development, and action research. I conclude by reflecting how my practitioner experiences and my own administrative training directly influenced the way I now prepare aspiring administrators.
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