WELCOME

to the Carnegie Foundation Summit on

Improvement in Education!

PC1: Improvement Science Basics

Monday, March 2, 2015

The Carnegie Foundation

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+ IMPROVEMENT SCIENCE

NETWORKED COMMUNITIES

Get better at getting better Why?

What?

Networked Improvement Communities

(NICS)

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(1) Serve as a Hub for NICS

Failure rates in

developmental

math

Failure to

support and

retain new

teachers

Equip students

to persist in

the face of

rigorous

learning

challenges

CCP

BTEN

SAIC

(2) Support Others

(3) Build a Community

HUB

HUB HUB

HUB

HUB

HUB

HUB

Faculty Introductions

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Alicia Grunow Senior Partner and

Co-Director of the Center for Networked Improvement

Carnegie Foundation

Amanda Meyer Post-Baccalaureate Fellow,

Improvement Science Carnegie Foundation

Jon Benjamin Director of Facilities and Improvement Specialist

Carnegie Foundation

Heather Hough Associate, Improvement

Science and Analytics

Carnegie Foundation

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To access PollEverywhere:

Go to pollev.com/cfsummit

or

Text cfsummit to 22333

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“Improvement”

How much of your time at your job is spent “doing improvement”?

What are you doing when you are “doing improvement?”

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Goals for Today

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IMPROVEMENT SCIENCE

NETWORKED COMMUNITIES

Get better at getting better

Goals for Today

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IMPROVEMENT SCIENCE

Get better at getting better

(1) What is improvement science? How is it different and complementary to current approaches to improve outcomes?

(2) Knowledge of an introductory set of tools & methodologies

The Improvement Journey

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Problem

P D

S A

Understand

the

problem

See the

system Set an aim

Develop a

theory of

improvement

Test

changes

Spread

changes Identify

measures

Table Introductions

(1) Table Intros (<45 seconds each): – Introduce yourself (name, organization, role)

–One thing you are passionate about

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(2) Split into 3 teams per table for the activities

Developing a Theory of Improvement

Aim Statements

Measurement for Improvement

Putting it All Together

Testing Changes

Closing Reflections

Seeing the System

Break

Break

LUNCH

Opening

Systems Activity