7900 Dis Md2

To prepare:
• Read the Fullan (2016) chapters for this module, noting the drivers that contribute to successful change and those elements that undermine it. Think about the educational and community changes you and the task force are envisioning for Grand City and how you might collaborate to implement these changes.
• Read the Reed (2015) and Chenoweth (2015) articles. Think about the insights you could draw from the authors’ experiences with and thoughts on change. How might you apply your insights to plans for change for your specialization in Grand City?
• Review the Grand City data and the target list of areas needing improvement or change you developed from the perspective of your specialization in Module 1. Consider the specific issues you believe are the most significant and the steps you might take to address those issues. How might the data inform your decisions with regards to identifying issues and your plan for educational change if you were representing your specialization on the Grand City task force?

due Dec 12 at 3pm

Module 2: Discussion 1

ACTION PLAN FOR CHAGE

Initiation is the process leading up to and including the decision to proceed with implementation. It can take many different forms, ranging from a decision by a single authority to a broad-based mandate. “

– Fullan, 2016, p. 58

Mayor Keller’s task force is in the beginning stages of the initiation process for change. While nothing has been decided, the task force members have taken the time to analyze data and target issues for change. From your perspective as an education leader on the task force, think about how you interpreted the data to determine areas of improvement for your specialization. How will you now plan to implement meaningful change?

For this Discussion, you will outline an action plan to address areas needing improvement for your specialization in Grand City.

To prepare:

· Read the Fullan (2016) chapters for this module, noting the drivers that contribute to successful change and those elements that undermine it. Think about the educational and community changes you and the task force are envisioning for Grand City and how you might collaborate to implement these changes.

· Read the Reed (2015) and Chenoweth (2015) articles. Think about the insights you could draw from the authors’ experiences with and thoughts on change. How might you apply your insights to plans for change for your specialization in Grand City?

· Review the Grand City data and the target list of areas needing improvement or change you developed from the perspective of your specialization in Module 1. Consider the specific issues you believe are the most significant and the steps you might take to address those issues. How might the data inform your decisions with regards to identifying issues and your plan for educational change if you were representing your specialization on the Grand City task force?

Assignment Task Part 1

Write/Create an outline of a plan to address the changes needed in the Grand City community with a focus on your specialization. Include the following in your plan:

· Identify 2 or 3 of the most significant issues to address within your specialization. Provide a rationale for your selected issues, explaining how addressing each might make a meaningful impact on educational and community change in Grand City. Be sure to support your rationales with specific reference to the city’s education and community data.

· Based on your specialization
(Early Childhood Education), identify
5 action steps you would initiate in detail to implement a plan for change based on each of the issues you identified.

· Explain how both quantitative (e.g., community data) and qualitative data (e.g., information from stakeholders and community members) will inform your decisions with regard to your action steps for change in your specialization.

For this Discussion, and all scholarly writing in this course and throughout your program, you will be required to use APA style and provide reference citations.

Assignment Task Part 2

Read a selection of your colleagues’ posts.

Respond to at least two of your colleagues post in a 150 words each in following way:

· by offering additional insights and resources to support or counter the changes they propose and the data they have drawn on to develop their action plans.

· For this Discussion, and all scholarly writing in this course and throughout your program, you will be required to use APA style and provide reference citations.

MODULE 2: LEARNING RESOURCES

Required Readings

· Fullan, M. (2016).

 

The new meaning of educational change (5th ed.). New York, NY: Teachers College Press.

· Chapter 3, “Insights into the Change Process” (pp. 39–53)

· Chapter 4, “Initiation, Implementation, and Continuation” (pp. 54–81)

· Reed, M. (2015). 

To find solutions, look inward.
 Links to an external site.

 
Educational Leadership, 72(9), 80-85.

· Chenoweth, K. (2015). 

How do we get there from here
 Links to an external site.

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Educational Leadership, 72(5), 16-20

· Morel, N. (2014). 

Setting the stage for collaboration: An essential skill for professional growth.
 Links to an external site.

 
Delta Kappa Gamma Bulletin, 81(1), 36-39. doi: 1080/00228958.2005.10532081

· Marsh, J. & Farrell, C. (2015). 

How leaders can support teachers with data-driven decision making: A framework for understanding capacity building.
 Links to an external site.

 
Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 43(2), 269-289. doi:10.1177/1741143214537229

· Sterrett, W., & Irizarry, E. (2015). 

Beyond “autopsy data”: Bolstering teacher leadership, morale, and school improvement
 Links to an external site.

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Journal of Cases in Educational Leadership, 18(1), 3-13. doi:10.1177/1555458914551828

· Cho, V., Jimerson, J.B., & Wayman, J.C. (2015). 

Data system implementation: A leader navigates people problems around technology and data use.
 Links to an external site.

 
Journal of Cases in Educational Leadership, 18(2), 134-143. doi:10.1177/1555458915584677

· Guidera, A. R. (2015) 

Parents need access to education data- and need to know it’s secure.
 Links to an external site.

 Phi Delta Kappan, 96(5), 8-12.

· Walden University. (2017b). 

About: Our history
 Links to an external site.

. Retrieved from https://www.waldenu.edu/about/who-we-are

Review this site for information on Walden University’s mission and vision and its focus on social change.

Required Media

· Grand City Community

Go to the 

Grand City Community
 Links to an external site.

and click into City Hall to review the following for this module:

· Walden University, LLC. (Producer). (2017a). 
Grand City opening task force meeting [Video file]. Baltimore, MD: Author.

· Walden University, LLC. (Producer). (2016a). 
District collaboration for change [Video file]. Baltimore, MD: Author.