Organizational Improvement

You are not required to share any actual educational setting as part of this course, but it may be a way to inform and involve your colleagues of your plans for a project to improve an issue in the setting. It will also help you look ahead to EDD8020: The Dynamics of Organizational Improvement, where you are introduced to the processes of research and writing needed to make you successful in this program and EDD8030: Investigating Problems of Practice, where you will begin to focus and develop the problem of practice that will become the focus of your capstone project. You will end this course by creating a beginning place for the rest of your journey.
Additional Requirements
In addition to the requirements outlined above, your assignment should meet the following:

Communication: Communication is free of errors that detract from the overall message. • APA formatting: Follow current APA style and formatting for in-text citations. For more information on the APA guidelines for in-text citations, go to Academic Writer E, and use the Learn tab to find the Quick Guides on Citing Sources and Paper Format and Organization. See the Evidence and APA D section of the Writing Center for instructions on accessing and using Academic Writer. • Writing Matrix: Complete the Writing Feedback Matrix [DOCX] sl, .
Submit your presentation and completed Writing Matrix in the Week 9 assignment area.
Competencies Measured
By successfully completing this assignment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and grading criteria:
Competency 1: Determine how action research and systems thinking apply to professional problems, challenges, or issues in education. o Describe initial underlying assumptions related to a problem of practice and how they’ve changed as a result of research, analysis, and reflection. • Competency 3: Critically reflect on one’s own professional decisions, attitudes, actions, and skills to direct one’s own learning and growth. o Identify opportunities for individual growth and for growth of the educational community in order to support recommendations. • Competency 4: Analyze the characteristics of ethical behavior and respect for diversity and civil discourse. o Synthesize questions of diversity, equity, and inclusion related to a given problem of practice into key themes and findings, using examples. o Synthesize ethical issues related to a problem of practice into key themes and findings, using examples. o Describe civil discourse within the context of a given problem of practice, using examples. o Recommend how to proceed in the investigation of a problem of practice based on research, analysis, and reflection. • Competency 5: Communicate in a manner that is scholarly, professional, and appropriate to purpose. o Organize content so ideas flow logically with smooth transitions.

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