Practicing Collaborative, Continuous Improvement supports local change agents in developing foundational capabilities for iterative analysis, design, implementation, and evaluation. Learn to address local needs, opportunities, and problems, with a focus on improvement science as a specific approach to collaborative, continuous improvement that is useful in classrooms, communities, schools, and systems. Under the guidance of leading researchers, learners develop capabilities to map systems that underlie persistent educational problems; identify a shared theory of (and ideas for) improvement; iteratively implement, measure, and refine potential solutions using plan-do-study-act cycles; and sustain and spread improvement within and beyond their local contexts. Learners also compare such work as enacted in improvement science and other approaches to collaborative, continuous improvement. Learners then develop a detailed plan for initiating a local improvement project to advance new ambitions for educational access, quality, and equity in their local contexts.
Practicing Collaborative, Continuous Improvement
This course is part of Transforming Education in an Interconnected World Specialization
Instructor: Donald Peurach
Sponsored by Louisiana Workforce Commission
What you'll learn
Develop leadership capabilities to empower local stakeholders
Learn how continuous improvement can be used to develop equitable educational solutions
Design a local improvement plan that can be implemented in your educational contexts
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There are 8 modules in this course
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3 videos11 readings
Welcome to Lesson 1: Building the Foundation! Please continue to "1. Introduction" to begin this lesson.
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6 videos21 readings2 assignments1 app item
Welcome to Lesson 2: Mapping the Challenge Space! Please continue to "1. Introduction" to begin this lesson.
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4 videos20 readings2 assignments1 app item
Welcome to Lesson 3: Developing a Theory of (and Ideas for) Improvement! Please continue to "1. Introduction" to begin this lesson.
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5 videos20 readings2 assignments1 app item
Welcome to Lesson 4: Iterating and Measuring! Please continue to "1. Introduction" to begin this lesson.
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5 videos20 readings2 assignments1 app item
Welcome to Lesson 5: Spreading and Sustaining Improvement! Please continue to "1. Introduction" to begin this lesson.
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5 videos20 readings2 assignments1 app item
Welcome to Lesson 6: Beginning Again! Please continue to "1. Introduction" to begin this lesson.
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6 videos20 readings2 assignments1 app item
Welcome to our Course Wrap-Up!
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1 video3 readings1 app item
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