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  Faculty: Monica Higgins and Uche Amaechi (leads); various instructors with expertise in leadership and organizations across the education sector  Dates: August 3-9, 2023  Credits: 2  Estimated time per week: About 18-22 hours total over 1 week (~13 hours of class time plus about 1-1.5 hours of preparation per day)  Format: On-campus residential experience    Overview  In order for you to lead teams, champion initiatives, and move critical work forward to improve outcomes for all learners, you must understand how organizations and systems work—and how to generate change within them. Whether you are interested in working in a school, a school district, a nonprofit organization, a university, an entrepreneurial venture, a technology firm, or government, Leading Change will provide you with powerful learning experiences, concepts, and tools for leading and managing change. Since change is rarely accomplished in isolation, Leading Change will focus on techniques designed to build effective teams and cultivate a better understanding of organizational culture. Leading Change is a 2-credit, 5-day course that begins in-person on August 3rd and concludes August 9th. This is the first on-campus learning experience for residential students.       Leading Change is designed to provide an introduction to leading change in organizations, teams, and systems and to give you an opportunity for personal learning in these areas to set you up for success at the start of your HGSE experience. Through case discussions, a simulation, and a guided personal development exercise, you will explore fundamental knowledge and skills related to leading change at multiple levels: the macro or organization and systems level, the meso or team level, and the micro or individual level.