EDLD 8631 - Implementing Change (3 Credit Hours)

Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0
This course will focus on leading change by having the participants apply change theory in initiating a change effort in the educational setting. After a review of structural and post-structural perspectives, candidates will identify a need with special attention given to the relationship of the change effort to the organizational vision. Candidates will be coached on tools and processes used in implementing change to address the need, as well as coached on how to monitor progress of the change initiative. Skills of leading change will be demonstrated through simulations and lab activities. The course is designed to be 1/3 knowledge-based, 1/3 lab based, and 1/3 performance-based at the district/school level. This course is aligned to the Georgia Board of Regents Principles (7) performance Management and (9) Leading Change and ELCC Standards 1-5.

Corequisite(s): EDLD 8630.
Restriction(s): NO Undergraduate Level Students