About > Five questions and answers about the Change Toolkit

What is it?
The IBM Reinventing Education Change Toolkit was created to provide educators with real, actionable tools to support leadership development and change management expertise. It was created by IBM in partnership with Rosabeth Moss Kanter, one of the world's leading experts on leadership and change management.

Who is it for?
Anyone working in or working to improve K-12 education. The content of the site, which focuses on leadership and change management, will be most useful for people working on some sort of change or improvement effort (principals, heads of curriculum, technology, learning and instruction, superintendents, etc.), but anyone is welcome to use the site.

How is it being used?
As of January 1, 2005, the Change Toolkit had more than 6,800 registered users in all 50 states and in 10 countries around the world. It is being used as part of a $4.7 million U.S. Department of Education grant in Colorado, is an integral part of leadership training for Superintendents in the state of Georgia, and it was the centerpiece of an executive education program for school leaders at Harvard. To learn more about the use of the Change Toolkit, click here.

How much does it cost?
The Change Toolkit is part of IBM's Reinventing Education grant program, and is available free of charge to anyone working in or working to improve K-12 education. All you have to do is register.

I'm a practical, busy person interested in school improvement. Will this site help me?
Definitely! This site is designed to make it easy to find what you need quickly. It is based on proven content from one of the world's leading expert on leadership and organizational transformation. Plus, there is an entire section on the site about how to apply these concepts to key questions in school improvement: learning alignment, data driven decision-making, quality teaching and effective interventions, and parental support and community collaboration.