Defining Change and Impact Construct Presentation

1. Fellows Upcoming Work
October 2015

2. Moving Forward October 2015
Two further constructs:
#1: organizational changes
– Principle 2: Prepares leaders who can construct and apply knowledge
to make a positive difference in the lives of individuals, families,
organizations, and communities.
– Principle 4: Provides field-based opportunities to analyze problems of
practice and use multiple frames to develop meaningful solutions.
– Principle 5: Is grounded in and develops a professional knowledge
base that integrates both practical and research knowledge, that links
theory with systemic and systematic inquiry.

3. Moving Forward October 2015
Two further constructs:
#2: Impact
– Principle 1: Is framed around questions of equity, ethics,
and social justice to bring about solutions to complex
problems of practice

4. Working Definitions
Impact
• a strong effect on
(something or
someone)
• a powerful or
major influence
Change
• to become different
• to become something else

5. Where do we go from here?
Question 1: What questions should be asked about
change and CPED’s impact?
Question 2: What programs do you believe are
exemplary in terms of change and/or impact?
Explain your response.

6. Continue to provide input
https://cped.wufoo.com/forms/change-and-
impact/