Change Master Trait Analysis

Chapter five speaks about the change master trait. A change master is a person who is flexible, futuristic, and realistic, also able to motivate and manage change in an organized, positive, and enduring fashion. Change masters are take control leaders who are willing to share the power pie to ensure changes are beneficial to all stakeholders. During the 2014-2015 school year, Mississippi Department of Education Office of Special Education adopted new Individualized Education Plan (IEP) forms for all Mississippi schools. These forms were created to provide a better educational experience and assist with an easy transition for special needs students to other schools within the state and neighboring states. Some schools began immediately implementing the use of the new forms as all schools would be required to use them during the 2015-2016 school year. North Panola School District (NPSD), Special Education director, decided to delay the utilization of the new forms, due to her unpreparedness, lack of the change master trait.

She expressed trust in her team; she trusted her staff to research and find workshops to assist them in creating and implementing IEPs. As an administrator of a special education team with 80% new teachers, first year in SPED, she should have taken the initiative to provide her team with resources, professional developments, and off-site training to increase the knowledge, which would also benefit the students. Her lack of preparedness caused her staff to depend heavily on each other and me serving as their