Assessment Description Districts and schools are generally top-down organizations by nature. Decisions can come from the

Assessment Description

Districts and schools are generally top-down organizations by nature. Decisions can come from the state level and trickle down to the individual teachers. Coaches and mentors are teacher leaders set the example for positive followership thereby creating a strong foundation for a positive organizational climate. They must also support the vision of the leader and the school improvement plan set forth by the leader in order to be effective in their role. In this assignment, you will consider how followers influence culture while supporting leaders.

General Requirements:

Use the following information to ensure successful completion of the assignment:

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment in order to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

Doctoral learners are required to use APA style for their writing assignments. The APA Style Guide is located in the Student Success Center.

This assignment requires that at least two additional scholarly research sources related to this topic, and at least one in-text citation from each source be included.

You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. A link to the LopesWrite technical support articles is located in Class Resources if you need assistance.

Directions:

Write a paper (1,500-1,750 words) that assesses the techniques and tools followers use to influence culture and support leaders in the creation and maintenance of organizational culture conducive to learning. Include the following in your paper:

A discussion of how coaching and mentoring empower followers to exert influence in the culture.

A discussion of how technology innovations can be used to further the work of coaching and mentoring leading to improved outcomes. (Benchmarks C4.2: Analyze technology innovation that improves outcomes.)

A discussion of how peer leaders influence one another in the creation and maintenance of a collaborative culture.

A discussion of how followers support leaders to create and maintain a collaborative culture