A Community of Practice Approach to Inform Continuous Improvement

• In Event: Quality Data Informing Continuous Improvement

Abstract

We examine how our community of practice ensures continuous improvement in our educator preparation program (EPP) and share results from our study that asks the following question: In what ways does our community of practice ensure continuous improvement across our EPP? Using Lave and Wenger’s (1991) Communities of Practice and socialization theory lenses (Austin & McDaniels, 2006), we found that our perspectives as recent faculty members turned administrators played a significant role in making substantial, necessary curricular, clinical, and data changes to improve our EPP.

Authors

• Todd McCardle, Eastern Kentucky University
  Presenting Author

• Nicola Mason, Eastern Kentucky University
  Presenting Author

• Stacey J Korson, Eastern Kentucky University
  Presenting Author