Better coordination, communication, and coherence across professional learning and supports are needed to sustain centering student experience¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · qualitative r2 · q2
Currency · newest study 2026 · checked against its sources 2026-10-20 (automated, 2 of 2 entries) · not reviewed by a person

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q2 i? All participants identified a need for better coordination, communication, and coherence across professional learning and supports for centering student experience. → Faye Kroshinsky 2026 q2 i? District staff identified a need for greater coherence and partnership between central offices and departments, since school leaders face multiple and sometimes differing expectations. → Faye Kroshinsky 2026 (2)

Evidence¶

Faye Kroshinsky 2026¶

Faye Kroshinsky, Mary Ann Pitcher, Jackson Overton-Clark, Shanette Porter. (2026). Supports for Centering Student Experience. UChicago Consortium Field Scan. https://consortium.uchicago.edu/publications/supports-for-centering-student-experience

q2 · i? · qualitative · r2

Field scan interviews with 27 stakeholders; all participants spoke about the need for coherence and alignment from their vantage points supporting schools, with external partners focusing on school-level priorities and district staff on cross-office alignment.

"Across all participants, a desire for better coordination, communication, and coherence across professional learning and supports were identified as needed to create a more coherent, viable, and effective experience for educators leading the work in schools."

Faye Kroshinsky 2026 (2)¶

q2 · i? · qualitative · r2

District staff participants reported that principals "experience a disconnect between our various departments and initiatives in the district," making efforts like Cultivate feel like 'another thing' on school leaders' plates.

"District staff participants overwhelmingly identified a need to build greater coherence and partnership between central offices and departments."

Discussion¶

Coherence is theorized to assist teacher effectiveness through coordinated professional development and collaborative work on clear goals — a broader claim this one bears on
An innovation foreign to the rest of its system tends to be rejected; lasting change needs a coordinated bundle of innovations. — a broader claim this one bears on
Teachers reporting better professional development and curricular coherence have better instructional practices than other teachers in their school — related
Teachers are more likely than ever to hold formal performance goals as districts align improvement efforts — related
The OBC model enabled districts to better establish instructional coherence, support increased student engagement, and assess associated outcomes. — related
District leaders use learning walks and ongoing professional learning to reinforce clear, consistent expectations for curriculum use over time — related
Coherence with preexisting initiatives made relationship-centered change more readily embraced — related
Developing professional learning communities appears to hold considerable promise for capacity building for sustainable improvement — related
State investments in coordinators, professional development, and technical assistance were key to achieving community schools outcomes — related
Training and technical assistance is most engaging when it is grounded in clear expectations, designed around recipient needs, developed with ongoing recipient input, accessible, delivered by equipped providers, and framed as a partnership — related

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`title`	`Better coordination, communication, and coherence across professional learning and supports are needed to sustain centering student experience`
`description`	`Better coordination, communication, and coherence across professional learning and supports are needed to sustain centering student experience`
`status`	`review`
`evidence_strength`	`moderate`
`newest_evidence`	`2026`
`source_checked`	`2026-10-20`
`generated`	by `process:wiki-ingest` on `2026-10-08`
`trust`	unverified — no one has confirmed this page's content
`sources`	2 — `faye-kroshinsky-2026`, `faye-kroshinsky-2026-2`

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