The first definitive text on continuous improvement in school district-university partnerships, covering improvement methods, theory, research, and real cases across the country with practical improvement tools that can be adapted to any setting.
Edited by Louis M. Gomez; Manuelito Biag; David G. Imig; Randy Hitz and Steve Tozer - Foreword by Anthony S. Bryk
Foreword
Anthony Bryk
Introduction: Getting to Mutual-Benefit Partnerships
Navigating the Tangles of Inter-Organizational Work
¿It Takes a Village¿ to Redress Inequities
The Improvement Leadership Education and Development (iLEAD) Network
Social Learning Theory and Culture
Moving Beyond Transactional Relationships
Trading Zones and Boundary Objects
iLEAD¿s Developmental Progressions Framework as a Boundary Object
The Desiderata to Sustain Trading Zones
Conclusion
References
Section I: Improvement Methods, Equity, and Problems of Practice in Local Context
1 ¿ Braiding Improvement into the Fabric of District Leadership Preparation and Practice
University of Virginia and Chesterfield County Public Schools
David Eddy-Spicer, Tinkhani White, and Michelle Beavers
Partnership Context
An Educational Leadership Preparation Partnership Emerges
The ¿Improvement Sandwich¿: Cooperation into Coordination
Securing the Braid: Coordination into Collaboration
Results: Organizational Practice & Partnership
Conclusions and Lessons Learned
Questions for Discussion
References
2 ¿ A University-School District Collaboration to Improve Equity- and Inquiry-Driven School Leadership
Fordham University and Bronx School Districts 9 & 11
Margaret Terry Orr, Kris DeFilippis, Meisha Ross Porter, and Elizabeth Leisy Stosich
Context
Problem
Challenges, Solutions and Evidence
Conclusions and Lessons Learned
Questions for Discussion
References
3 ¿ Moving a Partnership from Itinerant to Integral: Using Improvement Science as a Catalyst for Change in Leadership Preparation & Induction
George Mason University and Fairfax County Public Schools
Samantha Viano, Farnoosh Shahrokhi, Regina Biggs, Natasha Saunders, Claire Silva, and Paige Whitlock
Context
Problems
Challenges, Solutions, and Evidence
Making Improvement Science EDLE¿s Signature Pedagogy
Diverse Approaches to Supporting the Use of Improvement Science in FCPS
Our Partnership Driven Initiative: Piloting an Improvement Science Approach to School Improvement
Synergy between Leadership Preparation and School Improvement
Conclusions and Lessons Learned
Questions for Discussion
References
4 ¿ Improvement Science as a Collaborative Effort for Equity
High Tech High and High Tech High Graduate School of Education
Julia Jacobsen and Diana Cornejo-Sanchez
Context
Problems
Challenges, Solutions and Evidence
Conclusions and Lessons Learned
Teachable Moments
Questions for Discussion
References
Section II: A New Kind of Partnership: Continuous Improvement as an Animating Force
5 ¿From a Transactional Relationship to a Transformational Partnership
University of Maryland College Park and Prince George¿s County Public Schools
Segun Eubanks, Jean Snell, Doug Anthony, Charoscar Coleman, Felice Desouza, Kara Miley-Libby, and Christine M. Neumerski
Context
Problems
Challenges, Solutions, and Evidence
Lessons Learned
Teachable Moments
References
6 ¿ Redesigning School Staffing Models through Team-Based Residencies
Arizona State University and Avondale Elementary School District
Betsy Hargrove, Christina Flesher, Nicole L. Thompson, and Carole Basile
The Next Education Workforce: A Growing Idea
Context: MLFTC and AESD Partnership
Challenges, Solutions, and Evidence Based Teacher Preparation
Lessons Learned
Conclusion
Afterword: Beyond Teacher Preparation
Questions for Discussion
References
7 ¿ District-University Partnerships for Continuous Improvement: How Can UM Help? University of Mississippi and Oxford School District
Denise A. Soares, Mark E. Deschaine, W. Bradley Roberson, David Rock, Marni Harrington, and Brian Harvey
Context: Beginning the Partnership Work
The Achievement Gap Project
Chronic Absenteeism PDSA Cycle
OSD Improvement Science Problems of Practice
UM-SOE Improvement Science Problems of Practice
UM-Developmental Progression
Lessons Learned
Questions for Discussion
References
8 ¿ Equity-Focused Improvement Science
Portland State University and Portland Public Schools
Susan P. Carlile, Deborah S. Peterson, and Tania McKey
Key Leaders
Context of the PSU-PPS Partnership
Chronology of Improvement Science Efforts
Networked Improvement Communities
The New District Partnership: Portland Public Schools
Challenges and Solutions
Tools to Identify Next Steps
Contextual Complexities
Theory of Improvement
Lessons Learned
Next Steps
Conclusion
Questions for Discussion
References
Section III: Partnerships Ain¿t Easy: Learning from Short-Term Efforts and Long-Term Sustainability
9 ¿ Shared Goals, Methods, and Learning: Partnering for Equity-focused, Systems-level Improvement
University of Denver and Denver Public Schools
Erin Anderson and Sandra Lochhead
Context
Problem
District Context
Sustainable Improvement in the District
Challenges, Solutions, and Evidence
Summary of Impact
Conclusions and Lessons Learned
Questions for Discussion
References
10 ¿ Organizational Changes¿ Impacts on University-District Partnership Development
University of South Carolina and K-12 School District in South Carolina
Kathleen M. W. Cunningham, Peter Moyi, and Barnett Berry
Context
Developing and Sustaining a District-University Partnership
Challenges
Conclusions and Lessons Learned
Questions for Discussion
References
11 ¿ Preparing Principals for Urban Schools: The Challenge of Equitable Outcomes at Scale
University of Illinois Chicago and Chicago Public Schools
Steve Tozer, Peter Martinez, Cynthia K. Barron, Shelby Cosner, Zipporah Hightower, Janice Jackson, David Mayrowetz, Sam Whalen, and Paul Zavitkovsky
Partnership Context: Chicago school reform and UIC¿s ¿Urban Mission¿
Using the Development Progressions to Tell the CPS/UIC Partnership Story
Developing Capacity as a District Partner: the UIC Ed.D. Program
Elaborations and Qualifications on the IHE Narrative
How Did the District Sustain its Share of the Partnership for 20 Years across 9 CEOs?
Conclusions and Lessons Learned
1.Equity
2.Partnership
3.Leadership Development: Vision, Systems, and People
4.Continuous Improvement
Questions for Discussion
References
Conclusion: How Continuous Improvement Partnerships Can Transform Education
Louis Gomez and Manuelito Biag
Tightly Tethered Mutuality
Attending to the How of Partnerships
The Role of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching
Building a Strong Field: Infrastructure that Recasts Partnerships
Creating Social Infrastructure for Collective Action
Looking Forward: The Sustainability of Mutually Beneficial Partnerships for Leadership and Continuous Improvement
References
References
Index
About the Contributors