Create a 20-30 slide PowerPoint presentation for a conference, presenting your process or technology innovation in the context of the conference theme, “Innovating in Education During Times of Rapid Change.” This is an opportunity for you to consolidate all of your learning in this course and to extend your thinking through a new scenario, allowing you to examine your issue and solution from multiple perspectives.
The field of education is evolving and so too must the role of leadership. One way to understand how this change is happening is to observe successful leaders in the field and study how they are newly applying the fundamentals of leadership. Of course, it helps to have a good grounding in the fundamental skills of leadership so you can recognize new and innovative ways of leading.
A leader’s job is a busy one, and there are usually more tasks than time. When you complete one project, what is your natural reaction? Start the next project and move forward. What if you discovered there was a missed opportunity for learning in that approach? The end of a project or task should signal a time of self-reflection. Take notes and record lessons learned. Use a journal to record your thoughts for a few minutes or type your notes in an electronic document. Whatever method you use, take the time to learn and you will likely be surprised at the outcome. An effective wrap-up will lead to an even more effective start on the next task or project.
Which leadership style or styles fit you best? What will serve your career goals best?
How often do you engage in work-related introspection?
Overview
Everyone is enthusiastic about how well this new project is going and excited about the results. You have even been invited to present your work at an educational conference. For this assessment, you will create a PowerPoint deck to present your process or technology innovation in the context of the conference theme, “Innovating in Education During Times of Rapid Change.” This assessment is an opportunity for you to consolidate all of your learning in this course, along with the feedback you have received from your leader interview, peers, and your instructor, and to extend your thinking through a new scenario, allowing you to examine your issue and solution from multiple perspectives.
Instructions
Your presentation should outline the change you initiated, why you did it, how you did it, how it has been received, and the challenges you will face as you continue to implement or scale the change in the context of rapidly changing educational expectations and advances. You should also address the type of leadership skills required to meet these challenges and how they can be attained.
Your presentation should include the following items:
Title slide.
Introductory slide describing your specific goals for the presentation.
Slides in which you address the following:
Describe the change or innovation you made.
Identify and describe the problem you have addressed and how it is impacted by rapid societal change.
Describe the innovation you have developed as a potential solution to address the problem.
Include research that led you to decide on the possible solution.
Identify and describe how your institution needed to prepare for implementing this solution.
What changes needed to be made in organizational structure and resources?
Identify the stakeholders with whom you collaborated and how you implemented a shared vision of the project.
What external factors, in the field of education, or in society, may hinder or aid your organization in achieving the new outcomes desired?
What have you learned from others who have attempted the same innovations?
How did their experience influence the way you conceived of your project?
What barriers or potential barriers might there be to implementing the recommended solution?
What will it take to implement and lead these changes?
Summary and conclusion slide.
Reference slide.
Last Completed Projects
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