Increasing a school's readiness for change has the potential to mitigate the negative impact on program implementation in an educational setting. This paper outlines strategies school leaders can use to increase their school’s readiness for change and highlights real-life examples from the Getting it Right from the Start (GIRFTS) project.

Readiness for change is an individual’s or organisation’s motivation to implement a change and their belief that they have the capacity (skills and resources) to make the change happen. A school’s readiness for change is one factor that affects the implementation of a new program in an educational setting. There is emerging evidence that a higher level of readiness for change may be associated with greater implementation success in schools.

This is the second research snapshot in a series that summarise learnings from readiness for change research undertaken as part of the Getting it Right from the Start (GIRFTS) project.