The innovation will have the greatest chance of succeeding and surviving if all of the participants feel as if they are shareholders in the enterprise. Because absentee landlords make poor partners, the school council must make an extraordinary effort to keep all of the partners actively involved even after the initial invention stage has passed and implementation is proceeding. One of the most dangerous patterns or scripts characteristic of schools is the tendency to lapse into WE-THEY characterizations. The school splits into factions and engages in finger-pointing. Instead of putting energy into forward progress, people devote themselves to attacks and complaints.
Blame is the name of the game.
Everybody else is at fault. Some teachers end up blaming the students and their parents for poor test results. Others may blame the administration or the school board. Parents may point the finger at teachers or the administration. Site-based management should eliminate these blame scripts and replace them with support scripts.