Competency: The condition of being competent, well qualified, capable. In the case of this lesson, the perceived belief in one´s own ability to change their behavior. Believing one has the abilities and skills necessary to change their behavior.

Consensus: An opinion held by all or most of a group, general agreement of opinion. For example, all staff agree, a consensus has been established with regards to which strategies to utilize and staff support each other in implementing these strategies.

Equilibrium: Evenly balanced, a state of balance or equality between opposing forces.

Explicit: Clearly stated and leaving nothing implied, distinctly expressed, definite, saying what is meant without reservation or disguise.

First order change: Change that is limited or only affects an isolated part of a system, rather than the whole system.

Formative assessments: A type of assessment that gives form or shape in assisting to develop instruction. For example, one-minute timings completed daily or student portfolios updated continuously. These items provide immediate feedback that has the potential to direct, influence, or "form" instruction.

Implicit: Suggested or to be understood though not plainly expressed, implied. Necessary or naturally involved though not plainly apparent or expressed, but inherent and understood by those involved.

Motivation: To have a motive, inner drive or intention. In this lesson motivation refers to the understanding of the positives and negatives of behavior and of the reasons for changing behavior. A person who is highly motivated often can handle the difficulties of change because they have the inner drive and recognition that their effort will be worth it in the end.

Outcomes: The result or consequence. Student outcomes refer directly to student results, the product of what they have been taught, what their knowledge base is and what their level of competence or mastery is as a result of being taught.

Processes: A particular method of doing something, generally involving a number of steps or operations. Teaching processes refer to those specific methods, strategies, or steps specific to teaching.

Qualitative: Qualitative data are not measured. Their values vary in kind but not degree. Qualitative data relate to the characteristics of our students, teachers, and even the instructional processes we have in place, but they do not represent measurements.

Quantitative: Quantitative data can be counted or measured. To quantify educational phenomena, there must be an instrument to measure or a standard used to count learning behavior.

Readiness: A state of being prepared or ready. In regards to this lesson, readiness is the point at which everyone involved has the information and knowledge needed to move forward and make change a reality.

Repertoire: The stock of special skills, devices, techniques, etc. of a particular person or particular field. In this lesson a school´s repertoire, or skills and techniques, is increased with the integration of new knowledge and skills through the process of practice and integration.

Second order change: A profound and lasting type of change that requires a system to make a cultural shift by going deeper into how their systems are structured and the ways in which people work together. It touches everyone who participates in the organization by modifying the patterns in which people think, perceive, behave, relate to each other, and collaborate. It affects the whole system, rather than an isolated part of a system.

Stakeholders: Anyone who has a vested interest, something at stake that they can gain or loose in a system. Stakeholders of a school system might include but are not limited to: community members, teachers, teacher assistants, bus drivers, cafeteria workers, janitors, dorm supervisors, students, parents, administrators, government agencies, politicians, business leaders, etc.

Summative assessments: A type of assessment that summarizes what students have learned or what they have been taught. For example, standardized tests (Terra Nova, SAT 9, ITBS, etc.) completed once a year.

Systems: Any organized assembly of resources and procedures that are united and regulated by interaction or interdependence to accomplish a set of specific functions. A collection of personnel, equipment, and methods organized to accomplish a set of specific functions. Examples of systems: Families, Organizations, Communities, Teams.