Influencer Strategy to Implement the Innovation Plan

We all have skills to develop and strengthen. In his famous words, Steve Wonder states that we all have abilities, but what makes the difference is how to use them. Grenny, J. Patterson, K., and other authors of their book Influencer teach us how to get skills to be strengthened through continuous practice. I applied the steps to my innovation plan, focusing on my goal. What vital behaviors do I want to change? Also, use the six sources of influence.This resource is handy for defining what we want to achieve and finding the physical and human resources to help us achieve our goal.

To find vital behaviors

1. Notice the obvious. 

It is evident that in primary school, there is a high percentage of students with a low reading level, especially when they have a different mother tongue. When students start school in second grade, the difference concerning the grade average is significant when learning English.

2. Look for crucial moments.

A crucial moment is when students understand that their reading level differs from the other children in their grade. This generates frustration and demotivation. Teachers practice different tests that reaffirm this significant difference in class.

3. Learn from positive deviants.

Some students overcome this difference in level and receive additional help at school; they are highly motivated by their teachers and receive reinforcement at home; they have spirit, reading habits, and the possibility of having reading books at home. They are also advancing in the use of technology as a means of stimulating reading.

4. Spot culture busters

Detect the destroyers of culture. One of the practices that considerably affects the difference in reading levels is a little motivation that students receive. This makes them interested in more than just this important academic area. 

This motivation should occur both at school and at home. Instead of highlighting the level differences in students, teachers should underline the small achievements they achieve daily.

Part A

Resulting in what I want to achieve and how I will measure them. 

The students will be able to advance in their reading levels.

I will measure the result with the level of motivation and the number of frequently used words they manage to work on each day and weekly.

Vital behavior I am trying to change.

The vital behavior I will change is the degree of demotivation shown when they participate in reading-related activities. Attitudes toward homework activities will be measured in the following categories: 

1. I love to participate.

 2. I like to participate.

3. I dislike participating. 

4. I hate to participate.

Who are my organizational influencers?

My school has many leaders who are excellent employees and respected influencers. There are the classroom teachers, the specialists in the different academic areas, those who handle digital technology very well, and those who lead dyslexia and intervention areas.

PART B 

Influencer Strategies

Six Sources of Influence

Personal Motivation	Personal Ability
Help Them Love What They Hate	Help Them Do What They Can’t
Implement spaces for dialogue,  not a dictatorship.Allow elections in a positive environment.Share in group success and influential stories.Reflect on growth mindsetImplement feedback to help improve.Motivate students to find joy in what they do, and enjoy the tasks.Make educational games that create a pleasant atmosphere.	Establish a routine of daily tasks.Practice high frequency words of the day.Practice the sight words of the month.Perform simple tasks so that they can reach the daily goal.Reach the level through practice without complications.Gain experience increasing performance in different activities.
Social Motivation	Social Ability
Provide Encouragement	Provide Assistance
Enlist the help of experienced teachers to serve as mentors.Ask teachers for educational support to encourage vital behaviors.Encourage social participation in small groups.Invite parents to participate in homework and earn accumulated points each period.Seek support in situations of behavior problems.	Ask the technology specialists for access to the practice on the reading platform.Request staff training for the use of new technological platforms related to reading.Seek help from staff who have successfully implemented blended learning.Ask the teacher trainers for support in the statistical report.Request technological equipment for each student and for the classroom.
Structural Motivation	Structural Ability
Change Their Economy	Change Their Space
Establish a system of earning points and medals for achievements in daily tasks.Encourage the exchange of points for rewards that motivate students to make small achievements.Prepare a billboard that shows the points achieved by each student and the statistics of the learning achieved.Maintain an orderly and clean environment that inspires vital behaviors.Prepare the three stations for rotation with furniture, technology equipment, manipulatives, and colorful resources.	Please ensure you have good Wi-Fi access, equipment, and technology platforms that work well.Reorganize the physical space for the different blended learning stationsPrepare spaces to implement blended learning in three rotations. 1. Work in a small group with the teacher at a table.2. Students in pairs share activities offline. A table and access to manipulative material will be used for every two students. 3. Online students working independently on their iPad or Chrome.Decorate additional spaces for silent reading of books or reading corners and another space for reflection time for the whole group.Use the power of data and statistics by displaying information through intelligent whiteboards.

Conclusion

Changing behaviors is difficult when discipline is not followed, and an environment is created that helps to achieve it—author of Influencer. The New Science of Leading Change teaches us how to do it. First, identify what we want to achieve; second, locate the vital behaviors I need to change to help me work toward my goals; and finally, learn to master the six sources of influence.

Through this analysis. I have understood that success depends on my continuous effort and focus on what I want to achieve. The author describes surprising cases of influencers who solved severe health problems through this strategy.

Therefore, in the educational field, my focus is to ensure that students have a high level of motivation so that they make an effort to practice words, vocabulary, and tasks that strengthen their learning to read, leading them to increase their reading level progressively. Therefore, the personal, social, and structural motivation and personal, social, and structural ability will allow me to maintain a correct focus toward achieving my goal.

References

Grenny, J. P. (2013). Influencer. The New Science of Leading Change. United States: McGraw Hill

Education.Wonder, S. (1976). Ability Quotes. Retrieved from azquotes.com: http://www.azquotes.com