Training for Leadership in Local Educational Improvement Programs. Unit 3. Task Flow for Designing and Conducting Local Educational Improvement Programs

The purpose of this unit is to give an introduction to the phases of a change program rather than to give a specific training for leadership in conducting each phase. The task flow is presented as an application of a general problem-solving model. A person who completes this program should be able to define the problem-solving process, list its essential components, and illustrate each with examples drawn from everyday life; list the phases in a task flow for planning and conducting a local educational improvement program; list steps in conducting a needs analysis as a basis for deciding on a change program; specify requirements to be met in a search for national and local resources that could meet needs that have been identified; specify general requirements for selecting a change program that promises to meet needs that have been identified; outline requirements to be met in designing a change program; specify kinds of preparations needed for installing a change program; specify requirements for analyzing and assessing the implementation of a change program; specify requirements for assessing the outcomes of a change program; and specify bases for deciding whether to abandon, change, continue, or expand a change program. (Author/IRT)