Be mindful that with any new change there will be, what Michael Fullan articulates in his 2001 book, Leading in a Culture of Change,
an implementation dip in performance and confidence.
Change theory includes a concept of change as a process of initiation or adoption,
implementation, and institutionalization or continuation.214 According to Fullan (1991), all successful schools experience an «
implementation dip,» a drop
in performance and confidence when people are faced with innovations that demand new knowledge, skills, strategies, and relationships.