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Course participants will be able to:
 * Session 1 – Creating Conditions for Change**
 * Session 1 – Creating Conditions for Change**
 * Analyze their own capacity for change
 * Analyze their organizational capacity for change
 * Make strategic decisions about effective use of time and resources

How can we use knowledge of the change process to engage educators in a pragmatic approach to improve teaching and learning?
 * Essential Question: **


 * The first session of this course includes a face to face component. During that face to face session, as a participant you will:**
 * 1) complete a pre-test that will be used to determine current levels of experience and be used later to determine growth.
 * 2) participate in a text based seminar on Chapter 1 of Doug Reeves book: //Leading for Change.[[file:TextBasedSeminarshort.pdf]]//
 * 3) [[file:Text-based seminar Leading Change.doc]]
 * 4) engage in a personal reflection on change and share your personal reflections on change - Chapter 2 of Doug Reeves book: //Leading for Change.//
 * 5) engage in a reflection on your organization's capacity for change and share your reflections with your colleagues in the session.
 * 6) create a WIKI username and password and participate in a tutorial session on the use of WIKI spaces.


 * Online Completion Activities - prior to the next session**


 * 1) Analyze your organization's capacity for change by identifying all current procedures and initiatives within the school - Read Chapter 3 and complete the activities on the following pages: 28 through 33.
 * 2) Determine which of those procedures and/or initiatives can be eliminated or handled more strategically and efficiently
 * 3) Post a journal reflection on the analysis of your organizations capacity for change. Identify at least three procedures or initatives that you would alter or eliminate and explain why and how that could be done. Include any personal reflections on the process of this reflection (e.g. Did you have any ah'ha' moments as a result of conducting this analysis?)
 * 4) Click on the Discussion Tab Above...
 * 5) Reply to the Posting entitled: Analysis of Organizational Capacity for Change.
 * 6) Read and respond, in a value-added, reflective manner to at least three of your colleagues postings.
 * 7) Read Chapters 4 -9 to prepare for the next Session – Planning Change.