States, districts, and schools continue to grapple with an array of ongoing and emerging needs and challenges while also seeing unprecedented levels of funding to support change. The pandemic--and the influx of incredible amounts of stimulus funding to support education--present state and local leaders and their community partners with a unique opportunity to enact change to support improvements in student academic and developmental outcomes. Each of the Communities of Practice (CoPs) outlined below offers an opportunity for state teams to work on specific issues relevant to their context.
These CoPs will support State Education Agencies (SEA) and their partners (e.g. Local Educational Agencies, Regional Comprehensive Centers, and state or community partners) as they engage around specific problems of practice. Grounded in Continuous Improvement and Implementation Science, the CoPs will help state teams learn from each other while tailoring their own approaches.
As you assemble your team, plan to include members who represent the key state agency staff and stakeholders related to your state's specific problem of practice.
Fill out the form below to indicate your interest in joining a CoP and give us your contact information.
*Learn more about the CoPs mentioned in Department of ED press release here.
Message from the National Center Directors about the Communities of Practice
Evidence-Based Interventions: Using ARP Resources to Accelerate Learning*
Participants will build their organizational capacity to adopt evidence-based practices for learning acceleration programs that use the ARP ESSER SEA and LEA set-asides for evidence-based interventions such as high-dosage tutoring and expanded learning time. This CoP will address students’ academic, social, emotional, and mental health needs with a focus on students most impacted by the pandemic. Click here to download a one page flyer. To access the slides from the 12/16 Open House, click here.
View the video recording of the Open House here
Strategic Use of Summer and Afterschool Set Asides*
State teams and their partners will work to address individualized problems of practice related to accelerating learning through summer and OST, as well as developing mechanisms for continuous program improvement. There will be a combination of asynchronous team planning activities and synchronous peer learning opportunities which will include thought leadership from experts from national partners. Click here to download a one page flyer. To access the slides from the 12/16 Open House, click here.
View the video recording of the Open House here
Driving Toward Equity through School Improvement
State teams will build their capacity to strengthen systems of support for low performing districts and schools (CSI and TSI) through the use of the National Academy of Sciences equity framework. There will be a combination of asynchronous and synchronous activities that will support SEA leaders in applying equity indicators in their systems of support and accountability for CSI and TSI schools. Click here to download a one page flyer. To access the slides from the 12/16 Open House, click here.
View the video recording of the Open House here
Is your State Team Interested?
If so, SEA representatives, please fill out the form below providing your contact information and indicate which of the Communities of Practice your state team would like to join. We will contact you with more information.