These provide indicators of their progress. One thing that emerges as they play is that if they don't get some results and benefits early on, people lose the energy they need to change. In real life, too, we need to gather continuous evidence of progress and benefit for students and to communicate it to everyone. This helps to build the momentum and the energy needed to persist through tough times. Pay attention to people .
Organizations learn when people learn.
Unfortunately, many districts only value the time teachers spend with students. They don't see the importance of teachers interacting with each other and learning continuously themselves to create and model the kind of place they want their schools to be. The simulation points out the need for people in school organizations to have quality professional development experiences tied to the vision of the school, opportunities to reflect with colleagues, and time to learn from other schools that have faced similar situations. The game also illustrates that leaders of successful change efforts continuously assess where people are in the change process and how they are growing along the change continuum. Participants learn activities that must be tailored to meet the wide range of needs of people in the school.