Students and Alumni from CPED programs PLEASE sit together

Student and Alumni Learning

Communities in the CPED Consortium

Dr. Debby Zambo, Carnegie Project on the Education Doctorate and

Dr. Audrey Hovannesian, California State University, San Bernardino

Exchange Overview

• Provide information on the benefits of Learning Communities (LCs)/Network Improvement Communities (NICs)

• Consider the challenges to building these communities

across faculty, students, alumni, and programs

• Develop an aim statement and action plan to get Student, Alumni Faculty Learning Communities into CPED

In 2012 Tony Bryke Posed These Questions:

1.  What if cadres of EdD candidates across multiple institutions were working on a problem, or parts of a problem, in a Networked Improvement Community?

2.  What if CPED institutions served as supporting NICs while also developing human and social capacity for this work to grow?

We want to make these ideas a reality because learning

communities have the potential to...

• Encourage and build capacity for innovation and change • Tap the “wisdom of crowds”• Build on existing strengths• Encourage collaboration, respect, and

equitable partnerships that are far reaching and sustain• Support students and graduates • Enrich faculty’s experiences in EdD

programs

CID Intellectual Communities and PhD

Students• Promote creativity, culture, identity,

purpose, and respect

• Provide opportunities to hear a range of opinions

• Expose students to diverse mentors

• Prepare students for future work

• Expand responsibility - community-wide commitment to help students develop and succeed

Group Discussion

• Can you think of more benefits? What would happen if cadres of EdD students, alumni, and faculty across multiple institutions formed a learning community and worked together on a problem, or parts of a problem?

• What benefits could a Learning Community bring to CPED, you, your students, your alumni, your

program, education, etc..?

How to create Intellectual

Communities • Set a clear purpose

• Engage students fully (respect their views welcome their diversity - age gender culture, prior knowledge)

• Share responsibility for all students

• Share resources (generosity)

• Open program doors

• Allow risk and failure

• Create space

• Have social events

What might be our aim?

Increase from ___% to ___% the percentage of EdD students, alumni, and faculty across institutions working on a common problem of practice by _____.What is a possible EdD Learning Community participation goal (percentage)in what time period?

Share Collaborate

Activity 1: (ROOT CAUSES) To Create Learning Communities Consortium Members Need to Get to the Root of the Problem – why are we not doing it?

Take a systems approach (challenges to faculty,students, alumni, programs, CPED, etc...)

Students and Alumni do their bonesOthers choose

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Few to No LCs with Students,

Graduates, Faculty

Student ChallengesAlumni

Challenges

Faculty Challenges Program Challenges Other

ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS:A VISUAL REPRESENTATION

OF YOUR PROBLEM

Challenges: Faculty

Too busy with research, teaching, service

There is no reward for collaboration between educational practitioners, policy makers, and researchers

Challenges: StudentsFocus on completing coursework and research have little time for networking

Part-time lessens opportunities to interact and network

Research is:• contextualized, engaging, and aimed at

the local good has cohort and small group support but loses this at graduation – does not have networks to spread or sustain

What we Know about PhDs

• Phases of development development (Tinto’s transition = 18 credits), development (proposal) research (dissertation) • Support structures reduce attrition (certain kinds at certain phases)

** assistantships means to connect students with MKOs and expose them to research culture

Challenges for Alumni

• lose faculty and cohort support

• lose resources

• job attainment and research, service, and teaching activities increase

• chances to network with others outside one’s institution lessen

Challenges for Programs

• Limited resources to maintain a student, alumni, and faculty learning community

• Limited information on EdD graduates job placement-related trends to inform program outcomes

June (2013)

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Activity 2: (DRIVER DIAGRAM) To Create Learning Communities Consortium Members Must Develop an Action Plan – How can we get this done – what are our next steps?

Driver Diagram

A tool to:• conceptualize an

challenge and its system components

• demonstrate a pathway to achieve the desired aim

MEASURES:

Driver Diagram

What are we trying to accomplish?

How do we know if a change is an improvement?

What changes might lead to an improvement?

AIM:

Primary Drivers Secondary Drivers – Interventions

Conclusion/Next Steps

Please complete our short survey to share your thoughts and opinions regarding a

CPED EdD Learning Community and volunteer to get one started.