Your Role in or Relationship with the Organization

• Describe and explain your role in the organization. • Explain the nature of your relationship with the organization (if not employed by the organization). • Discuss briefly how your role at or relationship to the organization and the problem of practice are connected. For example, if you are a financial aid director and the problem of practice is a gap in meeting and maintaining the standards of federal financial aid, describe how compliance is an integral part of your job. If you are a principal, you are accountable in your role as instructional leader for the performance of your teachers. • Describe and analyze any potential conflict of interest as a result of your role at the organization. Think about your potential dual of role of a both leader and an applied researcher while you complete your Applied Improvement Project.