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Introduction
Worldwide integration and technological developments, and changing cultural patterns have education experts struggling to respond to the fast paced paradigm changes in order to better equip students with the increased knowledge and skills that are necessary to compete globally in the 21st century. However, research shows that most efforts and proposed initiatives to transform education systems continue to fall short during implementation. There is a substantial gap between the widely acknowledged need for transformation in education and the actual success of such initiatives (Hoteit, Moujaes, Hiltunen, & Sahlberg, 2012). One reason for this gap continues to be a lack of communication and collaboration between policymakers and administrators, teachers, community, and other stakeholders.
In order to close this gap, education leaders must stop searching for piecemeal answers with small-scale reform efforts, and become transformational change leaders and agents that are capable of implementing effective paradigm change that responds to society’s need for school systems that can succeed in the 21st century. According to Duffy (2008), enabling educators to create and sustain transformational change means that they learn new knowledge, develop new skills, and expand their mind-sets toward the new paradigms required to transform school systems. This approach empowers teachers with the tools to become change agents, which is necessary to improve communication and collaboration while helping other stakeholders let go of the past and accept the new paradigm changes.
The purpose of this paper is to display my understanding of the need for educators to become proactive in becoming a part of the change leadership t...

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