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**ASSIGNMENTS** **MODULE ASSIGNMENTS**  **Module 1 Assignment 1.1:**   **How Policy Impacts Change** For this assignment you write a paper that reviews a piece of legislation or educational policy. You examine the relationship of the policy to the realities of an educational organization. You use your knowledge of change principles to evaluate how well this policy is being implemented and its impact on educational outcomes.

**Module 2 Assignment 2.1: Leading When You Are Not the Leader** Using your knowledge of leadership styles and your understanding of leading without being the leader, write a paper that addresses things that influence the process by building alliances and collaborative partnerships.  **Module 3 Assignment 3.1:**   **Mission: POSSIBLE** For this assignment you develop a paper that could be presented to a budget committee, strategic planning team or mission statement alignment team. This paper should make strong connections for the alignment of vision and mission statements and specific, strategic change initiatives.  **Module 4 Assignment 4.1: Becoming “We”: A Plan for Stakeholder Engagement** <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">Write a paper that outlines a plan for including stakeholders in the change process associated with developing your grant proposal. When developing your plan, consider how you would involve stakeholders in planning and writing the grant proposal. You should explore technology as a way to connect to your stakeholders. (Consider using collaborative workspaces, social networking, and mobile communication tools to make these connections.) <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;"> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">**Module 5 Assignment 5.1: Planning For and Assessing Change** <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">Develop an <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">**Implementation Plan**  <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;"> that outlines the steps you would take to meet your program goals/outcomes. The <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">**Implementation Plan**  <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;"> also should include a section called  <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">**Involvement of Stakeholders**  <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">. You then develop an <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">**Evaluation Plan**  <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;"> identifying how you would evaluate the success of the project that is aligned with your implementation plan. <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;"> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">**Module 6 Assignment 6.1: Applying Lessons Learned to Your Work: Planning for Innovation in Education—Grant Proposal** <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">Review all aspects of the grant proposal, specifically focusing on the <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">**Sustainability**  <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">  <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">**Plan**  <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;"> section. Make certain that the grant proposal is free from errors and flows easily from one section to the other. Incorporate Instructor feedback into your completed grant proposal and submit it for a grade.