Rutgers Center for Effective School Practices research professor Cynthia Blitz presented 'Building and Measuring Effective Internal and External Collaborations to Advance Rural Education' in 2017 at the National Forum to Advance Rural Education, organized by the National Rural Education Association.
Topics discussed in the presentation include:
Internal collaboration structures, such as action research, collaborative analysis of student learning, collegial circle, community of practice, lesson study, and professional learning community.
External collaboration structures, such as academic alliance, design research, high school outreach, networked improvement community, professional learning network, research alliance, strategic alliance, and study council.
Forming and sustaining internal and external collaborative structures.
Measurement to assess collaborative work: GRIP framework (goals, roles, interpersonal relationships, and procedures and processes), Logic model (inputs, outputs/activities, outcomes (short-, medium-, long-term), Selecting measurement instruments, Measuring team process and collaboration and commitment to collective inquiry
October 2017
Conference: National Forum to Advance Rural Education. National Rural Education Association
Location: Columbus, OH
How to build and measure internal and external collaborations in rural education systems is the focus of this conference presentation.
Citation
Blitz, C.L. (2017, October 13). Building and measuring effective internal and external collaborations to advance rural education [Paper presentation]. 2017 National Forum to Advance Rural Education. National Rural Education Association, Columbus, OH.