Improvement in Education Summit
Where Partnerships Drive Progress: Applying Improvement Science Together
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Explore our Strands
The National Center for School-University Partnerships is proud to present the four strands for this year’s Summit, titled “Where Partnerships Drive Progress: Applying Improvement Science Together.” These strands highlight the key work advancing the field of improvement science. Based on insights from conversations with multiple stakeholders, NCSUP recognizes the importance of creating opportunities for both LEAs and IHEs to share ideas and collaborate.
- Investigate and implement instructional approaches within educator preparation programs to build foundational fluency in improvement science for pre-service educators.
- Implement strategies for cultivating internal improvement capacity within districts and IHLs, including the use of dedicated improvement teams and aligned resources.
- Create and support professional learning structures such as coaching, communities of practice, and embedded development that foster improvement habits among educators and leaders.
- Learn strategies for building and sustaining trust-based partnerships between schools, universities, and communities grounded in shared goals for improvement.
- Explore how to co-design and co-implement initiatives with diverse stakeholders—students, families, faculty, and staff—using user-centered and equity-driven approaches.
- Share real-world examples of cross-sector collaboration that demonstrate how intentional partnership structures support long-term improvement efforts.
- Highlight successful case studies from LEAs and IHLs demonstrating measurable gains achieved through disciplined improvement work.
- Share actionable tools, strategies, and tested change ideas that led to sustained, system-level outcomes.
- Explore how improvement cycles have been applied to address persistent and context-specific educational challenges.
- Implement continuous improvement frameworks within educator preparation programs to equip future teachers and leaders with the skills to drive change.
- Integrate improvement science into clinical experiences and coursework to build reflective, inquiry-driven practitioners.
- Strengthen partnerships between LEAs and IHLs to provide practice-based improvement learning environments that prepare educators for real-world complexity.