This document provides an agenda for the Carnegie Foundation Summit on Improvement in Education. The summit will cover improvement science basics and networked improvement communities. It will include introductions from Carnegie faculty, a poll about time spent on improvement work, an overview of improvement science and how it differs from other approaches, and learning some introductory improvement tools and methodologies. The schedule also details sessions on developing a theory of improvement, aim statements, measurement, testing changes, and seeing the system as a whole.

1. WELCOME
to the Carnegie Foundation Summit on
Improvement in Education!
PC1: Improvement Science Basics
Monday, March 2, 2015

2. The Carnegie Foundation
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+IMPROVEMENT
SCIENCE
NETWORKED
COMMUNITIES
Get better at getting betterWhy?
What?
Networked Improvement Communities
(NICS)

3. 3
(1) Serve as a Hub
for NICS
Failure rates in
developmental
math
Failure to
support and
retain new
teachers
Equip students
to persist in
the face of
rigorous
learning
challenges
CCP
BTEN
SAIC
(2) Support Others
(3) Build a Community
HUB
HUB
HUB
HUB
HUB
HUB
HUB

4. Faculty Introductions
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Alicia Grunow
Senior Partner and
Co-Director of the Center for
Networked Improvement
Carnegie Foundation
Amanda Meyer
Post-Baccalaureate Fellow,
Improvement Science
Carnegie Foundation
Jon Benjamin
Director of Facilities and
Improvement Specialist
Carnegie Foundation
Heather Hough
Associate, Improvement
Science and Analytics
Carnegie Foundation

5. To access PollEverywhere:
Go to pollev.com/cfsummit
or
Text cfsummit to 22333
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6. To access PollEverywhere:
Go to pollev.com/cfsummit
or
Text cfsummit to 22333
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7. “Improvement”
How much of your time at your job is spent
“doing improvement”?
What are you doing when you are “doing
improvement?”
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8. Goals for Today
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IMPROVEMENT
SCIENCE
NETWORKED
COMMUNITIES
Get better at getting better

9. Goals for Today
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IMPROVEMENT
SCIENCE
Get better at getting better
(1)What is improvement
science? How is it different
and complementary to
current approaches to
improve outcomes?
(2) Knowledge of an
introductory set of tools &
methodologies

10. The Improvement Journey
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Problem
P D
S A
Understand
the
problem
See the
system
Set an aim
Develop a
theory of
improvement
Test
changes
Spread
changes
Identify
measures

11. Table Introductions
(1) Table Intros (<45 seconds each):
– Introduce yourself (name, organization, role)
– One thing you are passionate about
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(2) Split into 3 teams per table for the
activities

12. Developing a Theory of
Improvement
Aim Statements
Measurement for
Improvement
Putting it All Together
Testing Changes
Closing Reflections
Seeing the System
Break
Break
LUNCH
Opening
Systems Activity