Identify a new territory either in your classroom school district or place of work you consider in need of change

Identify a new territory either in your classroom school district or place of work you consider in need of change

Identify a new territory—an area either in your classroom, school district, or place of work—you consider in need of change. What type of change is required in your workplace, classroom, school, or district to improve equitable learning experiences by altering instruction and/or assessment practices?

Using that as a focus, develop an action plan for instituting your selected change initiative based on those skills and information gained during this course. Your task is to serve as change agent to design—and hopefully implement—a personal change initiative.

In this process, you should:

1. Describe the change you want to implement and provide a brief rationale. What do you immediately see as the three key benefits of this change?
2. Identify key restraining forces and driving forces. Clarify the situation and determine potential roadblocks by identifying such items as the driving forces, restraining forces, personal agendas, specific interest groups or cliques, varying agendas of the major players, etc. You decide. You may also want to consider at least some of the following: Environmental forces (national, regional, state, or community level forces driving change at your school) Strategic Imperatives (action your school or district needs to take) Organizational Imperatives (what needs to change in the school or district) Cultural Imperatives (what school or district norms need to change) Leader & Employee Behavior (what specific behaviors might need to change) Mindset (what assumptions, beliefs, and mental models need to change) Consider how you can provide ownership early in the change process to prevent alienation and bring everyone aboard.
3. Now you are ready to create a strategy based on your growing knowledge of organizational change and leadership to remedy the stalemate or disequilibrium that includes a minimum of: 5-6 action steps based on your knowledge of theory and framing Address such items as what your role will be. Who else will be involved? From which frames and organizational theorists will you borrow the heaviest? Consider Kotter’s (1996) 8 steps for leaders outlined in earlier learning activities. How might these help?
4. Explain the reasons for your approach (be bold and honest, indicating where you are not certain).
5. How will you measure the success of your change?
6. Lastly, what intimidates you the most about becoming an agent of change and enacting this plan?

Support your statements with evidence from the required studies and your research. Cite and reference your sources in APA style.

Final Assignment Parameters

The use of graphics (pictures, charts, graphs, videos, PowerPoint, etc.) is encouraged. Outlines and bullets may be acceptable for certain elements of your change strategy (you decide which). Reference a minimum of two scholarly sources other than your text, and a minimum of two organizational theorists. Make certain to address the requirements listed in your option selection.

Final Assignment Suggestions Be bold with this assignment and do not view it as simply a head exercise. Instead, be hopeful of eventual implementation, always remembering what Einstein said: “Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.” The Eight-Step Process by Kotter (1996) that you explored will be a huge help as you grapple with that all-important question: Where do I start?