Facilitate a multi-session collaborative workgroup to co-develop state guidance¶

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Description¶

R15CC designed and facilitated a highly collaborative six-session workgroup in which NDE staff and education leaders from across the state used evidence and research to make collaborative decisions about the MRI menu content and a related guidance document. The team adapted the Collaborative Solution Discovery framework, "a problem-solving framework for finding sustainable solutions to local complex problems," into an inquiry-driven problem-solving cycle guiding the sessions.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Involving interest holders from across the state and inviting education leaders from NDE and LEAs to build commitment

Constraints¶

Target Learners¶

• State education agency staff and local education leaders

Target Learning Goals¶

• Building SEA staff capacity to lead complex statewide initiatives and design implementable resources

Related Strategies¶

• Pilot guidance documents with a small set of schools and iterate before wide dissemination
• Cross-division convenings and joint review sessions to strengthen a state education agency's internal collaboration on multilingual policy
• Provide synthesized and customized evidence tailored to the state context
• Implementation-phase supports: staff engagement, communication and action plans, thought partnership, and self-assessment rubrics
• Represent small and rural districts in statewide materials review through regional professional development program coordinators
• Phased LEA and SEA recommendations for adopting Opportunity Culture staffing redesign
• Recommendations for state education agencies and districts implementing formative assessment at scale

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• Co-Creating a Menu of More Rigorous Interventions to Drive Nevada School Improvement. (2024). Region 15 Comprehensive Center at WestEd. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED662043