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By Paola Deliz Félix Encarnación, Mary Halling, Andrea Carter and Stephanie Wu
Categories: Continuous improvement, Data, Improvement science/networksApril 2023
Amid soaring rates of teacher burnout and attrition, we at City Year are finding a trend that may seem surprising: Participants in our Network for School Improvement, when asked how likely they would be to recommend the network to other colleagues, have given an average rating of 9 out of 10. With many educators citing increasing responsibilities as one of the main reasons for exiting the job, wouldn’t taking on responsibility for yet another initiative make them feel even more overwhelmed? We have found the opposite to be true, and we believe the following characteristics of our school improvement network are key: We trust that educators have theories of how to improve outcomes for students at their schools, respect their expertise and agency, and honor
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References
Balfanz, B. (2021, July 29). Behavior, resilience, and engaged learning change package. Johns Hopkins University Everyone Graduates Center.
Paola Deliz Félix Encarnacion (pfelixencarnacion@cityyear.org) is vice president, National Network for School Improvement at City Year.
Mary Halling (mary.halling@cityyear.org) is NSI external affairs, learning, and engagement director at City Year.
Andrea Carter was vice president, communications at City Year.
Stephanie Wu (swu@cityyear.org) is executive vice president, chief transformation officer at City Year.
Categories: Continuous improvement, Data, Improvement science/networks
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