Ready to transform your approach to improvement work in your school? The GRAD Partnership announces their 2025 Community of Practice Learning Series. This four-part interactive learning series is designed to help you harness the power of data, elevate student voices, and implement meaningful, student-centered strategies to improve student success in your school. This isn’t just another workshop series—it’s a transformative journey designed to elevate your improvement work, empower your team, and drive better student outcomes.
Who should join?
School success team members – adults working to implement and continually improve strategies to increase student attendance, wellbeing and attainment.
What will you learn?
- Proven tools and strategies to foster data-driven decision-making
- Insights on centering student experiences in your improvement work
- Practical approaches to designing, testing, and refining solutions
- A collaborative space to reflect, learn, and grow
The series kicks off on January 23, 2025 at 1-2 pm EST with Setting the Stage for Data Conversations, focused on learning to use real-time, actionable, and holistic data to identify problems and start meaningful conversations. Join us to practice protocols that create the conditions for vulnerability and collaboration, and leave with clear next steps to analyze data with your team. Don’t miss this opportunity to collaborate, learn, and create a lasting impact in your school!
Upcoming Events
- February 20, 2025 1-2 pm ET: Uncovering Root Causes Together
Dive into root cause analysis with tools like the 5 Whys or Fishbone protocols. Explore how to center student experiences, integrate qualitative data, and check assumptions with young people to ensure solutions are informed by those who matter most. Register for the Event - March 20, 2025 1-2 pm ET: Designing Strategic, Student-Centered Actions
Turn insights into manageable, impactful actions! Learn how to test small, strategic changes built on existing workflows in response to student feedback. Collaborate with peers to map out action-reflection cycles and design interventions that align with your goals. Register for the Event - April 24, 2025 1-2 pm ET: Reflecting to Refine and Sustain Success Reflection is where the magic happens! In this final session, bring back data from something you tried and use it to evaluate what worked, what needs to change, and what to let go of. Practice the Adopt, Adapt, Abandon protocol and reflect on your learning continuous improvement journey. Register for the Event