Transforming Education in an Interconnected World
The EdHub for Community and Professional Learning in the University of Michigan’s Marsal Family School of Education is excited to announce the launch of Transforming Education in an Interconnected World. Developed in collaboration with the Improvement Scholars Network, this open access learning series consists of four courses aimed at cultivating a community of impassioned educators, parents, and community stakeholders with capabilities to think globally and to lead locally.
Improvement Science in Education Special Interest Group (SIG)
The Improvement Science in Education SIG is a professional community within the American Educational Research Association (AERA) committed to building knowledge about the principles, methods, and tools of improvement science and related approaches to improve outcomes in educational systems. The SIG aims to provide a home for the growing scholarly community interested in applying (and adapting) the principles, methods, and tools of improvement science to educational problems.
Teaching & Learning in Collaborative Continuous Improvement in Education
The T&L CCIE working group is a gathering of faculty and education professionals who are designing graduate and professional courses for students/practitioners learning about improvement research. Our meetings focus on learner artifacts as the linchpin for discussion around quality teaching and learning in a wide variety of higher education and professional settings. We have been using critical inquiry protocols like the collaborative assessment conference protocol or an adaptation of NSCD’s Peeling the Onion to explore and discuss learners’ work and related learning resources from a single course each month.
For more information contact: David Eddy Spicer dhe5f@virginia.edu and Kristen C. Wilcox kwilcox1@albany.edu.
The Improvement-Focused Leadership Learning Community
The Improvement-focused Leadership Learning Community is open to any faculty, K-12 practitioners, or improvement coaches who teach improvement methods to educators or educational leaders. In each monthly meeting, one of our members hosts a discussion around a dilemma or problem of practice related to teaching improvement-focused research. These discussions often result in shared projects (e.g., UCEA Critical Conversations or AERA Symposia).
For example, our learning community has hosted discussions about: (a) innovations in university-based programs to allow for the collaborative and iterative nature of improvement research; (b) protocols and scaffolds for teaching improvement science or design-based school improvement in professional development settings; (c) how to ensure a deep equity focus in the teaching of improvement; (d) what a focus on improvement means for mentoring or advising; and (e) mapping learning needs for each phase of an improvement journey.
For more information or to receive the calendar and links to join, please reach out to co-facilitators of the community, Elizabeth Zumpe & Max Yurkofsky.