Modeling and Leading in Education Plan

Capella University Modeling and Leading in Education Plan

4-6 pages length

Overview

As a leader in your school, you may be asked to develop action plans in the implementation of a variety of initiatives. In this assignment, discuss your ideas for presenting a plan of action to a diverse group of stakeholders, including colleagues, decision makers, parents, and community members.

Instructions

Part 1: Plan

Address the following in your plan:

• Briefly describe the plan you will be promoting in your presentation.
  • Your plan should involve the implementation of an educational innovation, preferably related to educational technology.
• Analyze the makeup of the stakeholder audience to which you would present your plan of action; this group could include colleagues, decision makers, parents, and community members.
• Provide a rationale for your choice of occasion and venue for the presentation.
  • For example, would you present to the school faculty at a faculty meeting? Or would you present to the school board at a board meeting?
• Justify the topics you would address with this group at this occasion and venue.
• Analyze the main points that would be needed to persuade all stakeholders.
  • How could you address their key concerns? How will you support your contentions? Will you refer to the professional literature or personal experience? Why or why not?
• Write a 3-minute introduction designed to grab your audience's attention and persuade them to listen attentively to your presentation.

Resources: The Process of School Change

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Change in schools has been studied from various models, including Systems Theory, Fullan's Educational Change Model, and Rogers' Diffusion of Innovation Theory. From these resources, you will examine varying and divergent views on how educational change occurs. You are encouraged to pay close attention to the roles and responsibilities of individuals and groups who engage in and impact the change process.

• Gundy, M. S., & Berger, M. J. (2016). Towards a model supporting educational change. International Journal of Information and Education Technology, 6(3), 232–235. Retrieved from http://www.ijiet.org/vol6/691-EI1006.pdf
• Loogma, K., Tafel-Viia, K., & Ümarik, M. (2013). Conceptualising educational changes: A social innovation approach. Journal of Educational Change, 14(3), 283–301.
• Moreno, C., Luria, D., & Mojkowski, C. (2013). The latest twist on spreading innovation: One school at a time. Phi Delta Kappan, 95(3), 8–11.
• Ogawa, R. T. (2015). Change of mind: How organization theory led me to move from studying educational reform to pursuing educational design. Journal of Educational Administration, 53(6), 794–804.
• Stoll, L. (2013). Systemwide reform under pressure: A global perspective on learning and change. Journal of Educational Administration, 51(4), 564–570.
• White, D. G., & Levin, J. A. (2016). Navigating the turbulent waters of school reform guided by complexity theory. Complicity, 13(1), 43–80.
• Wood, P. (2017). Overcoming the problem of embedding change in educational organizations: A perspective from normalization process theory. Management in Education, 31(1), 33–38.