Being in Community: Leading and Learning About Improvement Science for Equity

• In Event: Marriott Roundtable Session Three
  In Roundtable Session: Equity and Improvement: Designing, Leading, and Learning (Table 2)

Abstract

Increasingly education professionals are turning to improvement science methods to realize equitable transformations of schools and systems. This involves novel collaborations in a profession that has tended to treat equity training separate from the development of practical knowledge. To date, there are few formal training opportunities for learning improvement for equity. This study explores a fellowship that was designed explicitly to connect improvement training with equity work. This descriptive study illustrates the dispositions and core practices that participants develop through engagement in this community and explains the features of the learning environment that led to their development.

Authors

• Kelly McMahon, Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching
  Presenting Author

• Ryan Gallagher, High Tech High Graduate School of Education
  Presenting Author