Geoff Vaughan - Academic Focus: Network Improvement Communities of

Networks form in a multiplicity of ways. They can be small, medium or large and informal or informal. They may be defined by a clear purpose or develop more organically. They may not even see themselves as an official Network Improvement Community. In fact, that may be even better. I am fascinated by such networks and believe that they do hold the key to sustained improvement in learning. Let us see!

EXAMPLE 1: Walkthrus - teacher development platform for improving teaching and learning

UK and global

https://www.walkthrus.co.uk/

Walkthrus main website - I believe this to be the best professional develomnet networking organisation in education.
Led by Tom Sherrington, Oli Cavaglioni

Added: 19.07.23

EXAMPLE 2: Teacherhead - by Tom Sherrington

UK and Global

https://teacherhead.com/

Probably the most important education blog that I know of. Absolutely chock full of intelligent, clear and practical guidance and advice by a consummate educational professional who knows his stuff, deeply.

https://teacherhead.com/2022/08/16/build-your-cpd-around-a-learning-model/

An example of Teacherhead's writing around building CPD. A great example of an anchor-model that can be used to develop NIC learning.

https://teacherhead.com/2023/01/30/six-design-decisions-for-effective-professional-development-programmes/

Teacherhead and Walkthrus - design decisions for PD Programmes
Added: 23.08.23

https://simplyinstructionalcoaching.com/

EXAMPLE 3: Evidence Based Education
https://evidencebased.education/

https://evidencebased.education/why-are-we-holding-out-for-more-professional-development-time-even-though-school-leaders-say-they-cant-manage-it/?utm_content=257427483&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&hss_channel=tw-2869283795

Added: 19.07.23
Evidence Based Education PD article.
Always good.

https://evidencebased.education/why-are-we-holding-out-for-more-professional-development-time-even-though-school-leaders-say-they-cant-manage-it/?utm_content=260469785&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&hss_channel=tw-2869283795

https://evidencebased.education/why-arent-we-doing-instructional-coaching-even-though-everyone-else-seems-to-be/?utm_content=260469785&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&hss_channel=tw-2869283795

https://evidencebased.education/why-do-we-see-teacher-expertise-as-needing-knowledge-skill-and-judgement/?utm_content=260469785&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&hss_channel=tw-2869283795

https://evidencebased.education/teacher-collaboration-why-were-for-it-even-when-the-evidence-is-weak/?utm_content=260469785&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&hss_channel=tw-2869283795

EXAMPLE 4:
https://thinkforwardeducators.org/blog/looking-back

Added: 19.07.23
AUS: Think Forward Educators. New, young org doing great work.
Led by Dr Nathaniel Swain. Good guy.

Networked Improvement Community
Example 5: Rethinking Education - Making Change Stick (UK/International)

Networked Improvement Community
Example 6: Parents for Reading Justice (USA)

https://parentsforreadingjustice.org/

Networked Improvement Community
Example 7: The Grammar Project (Australia)

https://thesyntaxproject2022.squarespace.com/

EXAMPLE 7: THE DECODE PROJECT
US (Louisville)

https://decodeproject.org/

https://escholarship.org/uc/item/32t8b4bt

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christine_L._Borgman#References

https://philosophynews.com/thoughts-on-networking-the-good-the-bad-the-tacky/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

https://cs4fn.blog/2023/07/22/pit-stop-heart-surgery/

Bear with me on this - but I have been thinking about F' crew teams and effectiveness of teams in education for a while now - this article acts as an anchor example of my emerging thinking on this.

https://www.icsei.net/professional-learning/

ICSEI NICs

https://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/beyond-transfer/nash-improvement-model

NASH NICs

https://web.s.ebscohost.com/abstract?direct=true&profile=ehost&scope=site&authtype=crawler&jrnl=15509850&AN=129479617&h=fbtIzWX6yA2EPz6m2Ez9pYaBDETMFTyz3jp8x94L9X%2f6iQT6mV2XApj57tttxbsIryMBwFQF9wvbti00tM1iew%3d%3d&crl=f&crawlloc=cf%3az%2f2801270936&crawllib=RD201804.LIB&resultNs=AdminWebAuth&resultLocal=ErrCrlNotAuth&crlhashurl=login.aspx%3fdirect%3dtrue%26profile%3dehost%26scope%3dsite%26authtype%3dcrawler%26jrnl%3d15509850%26AN%3d129479617

EBSCO NICs

https://kappanonline.org/moving-teachers-center-school-improvement-khachatryan-parkerson/

Kappan NICs

https://blog.edmentum.com/making-organizational-changes-improvement-science

Edmentum NICs

https://cstuk.org.uk/professional-development/professional-communities/directors-of-improvement-professional-community

UK confederation of schools trusts NICs

https://www.cpedinitiative.org/cped-improvement-groups

Carnegie project doctorate and NICs

https://www.sreb.org/support-continuous-improvement
US southern regional education board NICs

https://www.improvementcollective.com/work

Improvement Collective NICs

https://par.nsf.gov/biblio/10302269-building-networked-improvement-community-lessons-organizing-promote-diversity-equity-inclusion-science-technology-engineering-mathematics

NSF NIC

https://www.edtx.org/our-impact-areas/college-career-readiness/texas-network-for-school-improvement

Texas NIC LINK WITH HUNGARY ED POSSIBLE?

https://www.uwyo.edu/wyslice/nic.html

Uni of Wyoming NICs