Transcript Reflecting and Recommiting to CoP as a Strategy

Reflecting and Recommitting
to CoP as a Strategy
More than a nice idea…
• Strategy
• Belief
• Structure
• Focus
CoP for Strategic Advantage
• Includes decisionmakers, practitioners and
consumers
• Invites TA with aligned workscopes
• State teams to connect with those in authority
• Organizations and networks to connect with
those that have influence
• Practice groups that cross boundaries of role and
bring people together around issues
• Connect for practice change
• Connect practice change with results
Multi-scale learning…
• National
• State
• Local
• Site
• Individual
A Framework for Building Communities of Practice
(CoP)
CoPs : the IDEA Partnership Way
New kinds of leadership
Translate complex challenges
into ways that individuals can
contribute
Focus on the work and the
relationship
Recognize Individual
pursuits and shared goals
Leading by
convening
Doing work
together
Coalescing
around issues
Ensuring relevant
participation
Shared Concerns
What will bring people together?
The right mix of stakeholders
Who must be involved to ensure
changes in practice?
Infrastructure for
the CoP
Today, a Re-examination…
• Do our guiding principles still work?
• Do our goals for states, PG ,organizations and TA
still work?
• Is our infrastructure still viable?
• Do we have the collective intent to make it
happen?