Transforming School  & Other Systems: Towards Coherence 
Educator organizations call for  practitioners, officials or experts to prepare brief (3-4 pages) summaries describing how each item in the table below can promote inclusion, equity, whole child development, balance among education goals, broad range of learning opportunities, more pathways to graduation and schoolsas a hub for agency services. These principles have been stated and reiterated in several global statements and reports including:
Towards Coherence: Aligning the Components
​Transforming school and other systems is a complex  and ongoing challenge. The joint statement from several  global educator organizations  suggests that the many different components & apects of school and other systems need to be aligned and coherent if significant reforms are to be implemented and institutionalized. 
The Influences, Actors, Employees, Mediating Factors, Elements & Steps in Rebuilding, Renewing & Transforming Systems
* Adapted from Fullan & Quinn, 2016, USAID-EDC,2024
​See Expanded, Full Version of model/table
The joint educators statement also suggests that the processes to bring about these changes need to be planned, incremental and engage all stakeholders. These steps and elements are part of a coherence model introduced on pages 7-8 of the discussion paper accompanying the joint statement. A simplified version of the coherence model used for this paper is shown above. The model also includes influencers outside of the formal systems, the actors and employees inside the education and other sectors and the contextual and organizational factors that will mediate the nature and impact of policies, programs and practices. 

​Our expanded version provides more detail and the pages linked to this page provide more discussion and web links to the items in these categories/columns in the table:
  • the influencers, trends and events that shape the direction of education and other systems
  • the actors and emploActors & Employeesyees  that operate inside and outside of education & other systems
  • the mediating factors and conditions that determine the direction and evolution of the systems
  •  the system elements (structures, procedures, and features) of the education and other systems that interact with each other and provide a home for policies and programs
  • the small and large steps/proccesses that can be taken to improve and transform the systems

There are many items on each of these lists which will be described in brief summaries Each summary will briefly describe the item, its implications for promoting inclusion and equity and principles as articulated in the joint educator statement.  We have created these detailed lists and summaries because we think it is easier to work on small, specific changes rather than being faced only with broad, general statements about transforming systems.
 
 We invite readers to review, comment on, or prepare these brief summaries in the feedback section below. The educator organizations thank the volunteer practitioners, officials and experts who are preparing the summaries. 
Complete the aplication/nomination form below pare one of our brief summaries. Each summary is intended to:
  • describe how the infuencer, actor/employee, mediating factor, element or step/process can contribute to the goals of inclusion, equity and other principles underlying high qulaity systems listed at the top of this page
  • describe how the item contributesto effective, sustainable change
  • offer practice and evidcan ence-based advice on strategies and pitfalls related to the item
  • present national and sub-national examples of how this item has been used in the real world
  • reflect on how this item is integral to high quality systems and suggest other sources for further relfection, discussion or information
​See examples of these summaries on these pages:  Government Action Plans (Transformation Element) and on education reform commissions (steps to transformation)
Navigate this mini-web site:
  • Read the Joint Statement
  • Endorse/comment on the Joint Statement
  • Edit or comment on the Position Paper
  • Review the discussion paper and Join in the dialogue on the building coherence among the many items that need to be modified and aligned in  school and other systems Review or prepare one page summaries on the levels and degree of intersectoral coordination required,  the influencers & actors outside of the school system, the many different types of educators and employees within school and other systems, the factors/mediators that facilitate or restrict change, the elements of school and other systems and the small and large steps that can be taken towards transformation.
  • Review the list of organizations and individuals supporting the Joint Statement.

    Please join us in preparing brief summaries on the many items or components that should be aligned (over time) to promote inclusion, equity and effective school systems. Tell us what topics you are interested which are li​sted on the pages on Influencers, Actors/Employees, Contextual/ Organizational Mediators, System Elements and Steps/Proccesses to improve or transform systems
     Use the lists of items on the five sub-pages to select the item that most interests you. Se our Suggested Outline for preparing these summaries.
    ​If you are interested in more than one item or would like to post another comment, use the text box below.)