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                                             MET-VET – Metacognition for
                                            Environmental Thinking in VET
                                                   Project number:
                                          2021-2-PL01-KA220-VET-000050783



                       PART A - How VET centres manage and successfully
                         implement integration and change management



               1.1    What’s Change Management


               First of all, it is essential to define what Change Management is:


                               Change management is a systematic approach to dealing with
                                the transition or transformation of an organization's goals,
                                    processes or technologies. The purpose of change

                               management is to implement strategies for effecting change,
                                controlling change and helping people to adapt to change.



               When speaking about education, change management involves the systematic process of preparing
               for  upcoming  changes,  developing  an  implementation  plan  for  leading  change  in  educational
               organization, and executing the change.

               Why  is  change  so  essential?  An  educational  institution  that  doesn’t  embrace  the  change  and
               modernization to meet the  current  and  upcoming  developments  imposed  by fast-changing  global
               circumstances  and  challenges,  risks  to  become obsolete  and  this  affects  negatively the  education
               provision and, consequently, educational outcomes.
               To ensure the highest quality standards and to guarantee that learners and staff can fit in a rapidly-
               evolving world and labour market, it is compelling for educational institutions to be open to the change
               and adopt new educational methods and technologies as well as update curricula with the emerging
               and crucial soft skills, such as the ‘green’ ones.
               To effectively manage the change is essential to accurately follow at least three main steps:
                   1)  Informing and preparing the Change
                   2)  Execute the Change
                   3)  Reinforce the Change
               To be effective, the change must be planned, implemented and sustained taking into account multiple
               elements and factors including:
                   -   considering  the  target  groups  and  stakeholders  affected  by  the  change  (learners,
                      teachers/trainers, staff, learners’ families, etc.) as well as the context in which the change
                      should be implemented
                   -   defining procedures to follow and making everybody aware of the start and expected arrival
                      point
                   -   choosing and implementing tools and methodologies coherent with the learning context

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