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Designing for the Next Generation of Teaching Practices With a Networked Improvement Community: A Longitudinal Study of Local Adaptation and Improvement

Mon, April 16, 10:35am to 12:05pm, New York Hilton Midtown, Floor: Concourse Level, Concourse D Room

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In this related paper set we share 5 papers from a five-year research-practice partnership project in which university science and English Language educational researchers partnered secondary science teachers, coaches, principals, and district leaders from a culturally and linguistically diverse school district to develop a Networked Improvement Community that aims to improve science instruction for all students, and EL students in particular. Currently educational systems are not designed to adapt or improve instruction, but this project represents a shift in how knowledge has traditionally been used in education, particularly in professional learning. We describe the application of NIC principles through three inter-related levels of participants and their interdependent activities, which supports the improvement of instruction, and “getting better at getting better.”

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