ELEVATE - BEtter TOGETHER
For decades, improvement methodology has been utilized in healthcare, and in the last 10 years or so, there has been a concerted effort to bring that practice into education. As early as 6 years ago, counties and non-profit agencies began launching networked Improvement communities (NICs) which rely on continuous improvement approaches centered around the tenets of social learning. California doubled down on this approach with the advent of Differentiated Assistance (DA) which reformed technical assistance structures in the heavy-handed program improvement era to be that of supportive partnerships and coaching. The DA legislation resulted in County Offices investing heavily in building the capacity of their teams to partner and support eligible districts, coaching improvement. Fast forward to 2021 and continuous improvement is a common language amongst county offices, LEAs, and school sites. We are in it! Learning and applying, and still growing our capabilities.
Social learning structures are absolutely essential in improvement, yet there are few formal opportunities to share and learn together, at least not coordinated across the state outside of the occasional large trainings. That needs to change.
The amazing improvement projects occurring across the state should be elevated AND folks need a go-to resource for just-in-time learning and support. For those of us who want to continue to develop as improvement coaches and leaders, we need a reliable community to draw upon.
Elevate Improvement has launched as an equal opportunity space for improvers to share, learn and inspire together. Small or rural counties and LEAs, Elevate is for you. SPED and SELPA staff, Elevate is for you. Senior leaders and entry-level staff, Elevate is for you. All are welcome.
What is Continuous Improvement?
Theory for Improvement
Elevating Improvement: Showcasing california's journey
Keynote Speakers
Continuous Improvement for Education Recovery: The Opportunity Ahead
Heather Hough, PACE
Innovation, Improvement & Equity: Strange bedfellow or essential partners?
Ben Daley, High Tech High
Breakout Sessions
9th Grade Success: Improving the Trajectory of 9th Graders Using a Breakthrough Network Approach
San Diego County Office of Education
Balancing the Desire to Quickly Improve Outcomes With the Need for Disciplined Inquiry
fresno County Office of Education
Bridging MTSS and Continuous Improvement for Differentiated Assistance Support
Tulare County Office of Education
Co-Designing the Improvement Process Centered on CSI Support
Fresno County Office of Education
Improving Outcomes for Students Experiencing Homelessness Across County Offices
Alameda County Office of Education
Improving Student Outcomes Using a Math Lesson Study Model
San Joaquin County Office of Education
Improving Systems: MTSS Academic Breakthrough Collaborative
San Diego County Office of Education
Stories with Style: Unlocking Student Potential Through Hip Hop
Kings County Office of Education
Using Improvement Science to Tackle Chronic Absenteeism
San Diego County Office of Education
Who’s at the Table? Bringing General Education and Special Education Teams Together to Improve Outcomes for Students with Disabilities
SELPA System Improvement Leads
Check out these improvement resources from Shift-Results: www.shift-results.com
Root Cause Analysis
Learn how root cause analysis helps you avoid the harmful assumptions and costly mistakes that can derail your improvement project. This video will introduce you to a set of proven tools to identify the most effective and lasting levers for change.
Building a Culture of Empathy & Capacity for Change
Learn how empathy and other skills will positively impact your improvement process by helping to foster trust, increase engagement across your community and, ultimately, create long-lasting outcomes centered on what really matters.
Creating a Theory of Change
Key Driver Diagrams can play an important role in helping you realize your vision for change and achieve your intended outcomes. Your theory of change is a visual description of how you expect a change to happen, while a Key Driver Diagram is a tool to organize that theory and make it actionable.
Developing Measures
A critical aspect of improvement work is measurement. This video focuses on measurement for improvement through an emphasis on using a diverse family of measures, frequent measurement over time and, most importantly, using measurement for learning, not judgement.
Measurement for Learning
This video builds on Developing Measures by focusing on tools and techniques to visualize the data you collect. Because that data is the voice of your system, it’s important to understand the story it’s telling. In this video, you’ll learn how to use Run Charts to interpret your data in order to know whether the changes you’re testing are having the desired impact.
PDSA Cycles
One of the best ways to know whether or not the changes your making to your system are working in the way you intended is to test them. This video explains PDSA testing (Plan. Do. Study. Act.), a process that allows you to methodically test and observe how changes interact with your system so you know which ones work as intended.