23 Apr Identify and select an educational leader who has demonstrated a change leadership mindset for the assignment.
Interview Pre-Planning Activities:
This assignment has several components. Plan well and in advance to manage your time allocation
1. Review the suggested videos in Resource Module demonstrating How to Conduct an Interview.
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3. Identify and select an educational leader who has demonstrated a change leadership mindset for the assignment.
4. Determine the interview format (face-to-face, telephone, video conference) to use for undertaking the interview conversation.
5. Schedule the interview appointment. (Should be scheduled as soon as possible via video conferencing or phone unless Face to Face is permitted and agreed to by both parties)
6. Design and develop the interview questions that coincide with Assignment 2 Requirements.
7. Provide the interview with your interview questions to help prepare them for a meaningful and engaging meeting.
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The aim of this assignment is to discover firsthand the role of a Curriculum Specialist/Leader ;
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Purpose of the Assignment:
Today’s curriculum leaders are working in environments of rapid disruption — and often
leading teams that aren’t co-located. As leaders balance demanding jobs alongside roles
outside of work, success requires a clear understanding of one’s own leadership style and
clarity around development goals. Curriculum Specialists/Leaders often make a unique
contribution by creatively transforming theory and knowledge into practice. At varying times,
he/she must be a digital designer, a human relations expert, a theoretician, a data analyst, a
subject matter expert, an evaluator, a researcher, and an instructor.
Leaders face these challenges:
• Leading virtual teams for high-impact results
• Collaborating across the organization — and across the globe
• Maintaining resiliency while handling uncertainty, solving problems, and dealing with
interconnected systems
• Tackling big priorities on all fronts
The purpose of this assignment is to discover what a Leader of Curriculum experiences and
perceives while leading, designing, and implementing curriculum in his/her educational
institution. How do they perceive the difference between being a leader of change rather than
a manager of curriculum? There is a significant difference as discovered in your reading.
Through conversation with a curriculum leader, you will identify the key skill set required to
lead innovative change and understand how to deal with the challenges a leader faces when
striving for academic excellence and growth.
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3. Create no less than 10 and no more than15 original questions that you have created from
your reading and research to ask this interviewee regarding their direct experience and
perceptions of designing, leading, and implementing curricular initiatives or programs.
o Design your questions to identify key elements of curriculum design and change
leadership and to elicit in-depth information based on your readings to date.
o It is important to plan your questions in advance, however, you may wish to revise the
order, or some of the questions during the actual interview based on the dialog that
ensures. Offer to send the questions to the interviewee in advance so they can prepare
their answers thoughtfully.
o If the interviewee gives permission, it is useful to record the interview.
o Keep copies of all electronic communication to submit with your final product.
4. Conduct the Interview in a timely and professional manner
5. Reflect on both the interview experience and the information you received in order to
respond thoughtfully to the guiding questions
6. Write and submit a synopsis of the interview following the format below and including the
subsections outlined. Respond thoughtfully and with citations from your text and other
readings to the guiding questions:
✓ Cover Page
✓ Introduction:
o Who did you interview (use only titles with no identifying information)
o Why did you select this interviewee? (credentials, accomplishments,
reputation)
o Describe the location and circumstances of the interview
o How did you feel about this interview?
✓ Summary:
o What did you learn?
o Include key quotes from the interviewee
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Were the responses congruent with what you anticipated?
o How did this interview influence your perceptions of change leadership?
o Based on the interviewee’s responses, what is this individual’s philosophy of
change management, with reference to the essential topics that serve as weekly
topics for our course.
o What did you discover that surprised you?
o What did you discover that confirmed your understanding of change
management?
o What did you discover that changed/impacted your viewpoint of leadership
during times of change?
o Was there anything the interviewee said that concerned you? If so, please
describe.
✓ Comparative Analysis:
o How did the interviewee’s beliefs and comments confirm/align with
materials presented in course readings?
▪ Be specific and cite the comparison with information in your text or
supplemental material
o How did the interviewee’s beliefs/comments differ with the materials
presented in the course readings?
▪ Be specific and clear with citations.
✓ Conclusion:
o Summarize what you learned from the interview
o Summarize what you learned from the interview process.
o Conclude your overall perception of Change Management and Leadership
✓ Reference Page : Be sure to include the Interviewee as a reference
✓ Appendix :
o Include the List of questions used
o Include any correspondence between you and the Interviewee
