Now that the beginning of the school year is under your belt, step back with your team and reflect on your goals for the school year.
Look through our sample projects to see how a provider could support your team this school year. Click the "request support" button if you want to talk with us about the problem you are working to solve.
Four new resources were added to the Learning Lab this month. Check them out using the links below:
Continuous Improvement
Inclusive Culture
Want to take your work to the next level? Looking for a partner to help you implement new practices this fall? Meet with a member of the Catalyst:Ed team to scope a project and gain access to a network of highly-qualified providers!
Use the blueprint process to facilitate a conversation with your team about your current capacity. The blueprint can help you identify your areas of growth, articulate your strengths, and clarify how to improve. The blueprint will also provide individualized resources according to your results.
Eight new resources were added to the Learning Lab this month. Check them out using the links below:
Continuous Improvement
Network Initiation, Management & Support
Inclusive Culture
Check out our Framework for Improvement Teams (FIT) to reflect on your capacity over the summer, set goals in areas you would like to improve, and celebrate what you do well.
Check out this new report that shares insights from two-day action sprint with school leaders and providers around social & emotional learning. This report answers the question, "In response to the growing calls for centering social-emotional learning in our schools, how might we reimagine an education system that uses equity-oriented SEL in the classroom?"
We want to support you as your team plans over the summer and launches into next year. If you have a critical need to build your team’s capacity and want to know more about how we can help, check out these sample projects from schools and districts with similar issues. We recently heard from one visitor that one of the sample projects perfectly described their needs and this helped them to scope their next project.
Check our featured resources this month using the links below:
Inclusive Culture
Continuous Improvement
Improvement Project Readiness Assessment (Improvement Collective)
As you reflect on SY 21-22 and plan for SY 22-23, revisit our Build a Blueprint activity.
Do you need support with planning summer PD? Let us help you find the right provider to support you.
Six new resources were added to the Learning Lab this month. Check them out using the links below:
Continuous Improvement
Inclusive Culture
Measurement and Data for Improvement
Network Management, Initiation and Support
We launched the Improvement Challenge on January 14th to give you the opportunity to win up to $20,000 in consulting services from an expert consultant of your choice through the Catalyst:Ed network.
Whether you’re focusing on social-emotional learning, family and community engagement, or changing protocols and learning environments due to COVID-19, we believe that continuous improvement practices provide rigor and structure that promotes innovative thinking. Entry into the Improvement Challenge is simple and would require you to log back in to complete a new project listing form starting on January 14. To learn more about eligibility requirements and how to enter, check out the challenge FAQs.