{"id":1890,"date":"2022-12-06T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-06T20:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carnegie25live.wpenginepowered.com\/?p=1890"},"modified":"2026-01-26T12:21:37","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T20:21:37","slug":"living-improvement-coaching-resources-from-the-2021-carnegie-summit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carnegiefoundation.org\/living-improvement-coaching-resources-from-the-2021-carnegie-summit\/","title":{"rendered":"Living Improvement: Coaching Resources from the 2021 Carnegie Summit"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Carnegie presents, Living Improvement: Resources from the 2021 Summit, a series of releases with selected material from the 2021 Carnegie Foundation Summit on Improvement in Education. In this post, we present resources focusing on the role of coaching in continuous improvement.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This post is made possible by a generous grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to advance the work of improvement in education.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n

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When told with the perspective of hindsight, many improvement stories can seem relatively clear and straightforward\u2013 a team isolates a problem, does some tests, learns some things, and a few iterations later, they\u2019ve made progress. In practice, however, applying improvement science principles, tools, and methods to solve a problem in an educational context can be an incredibly nuanced undertaking, calling on leaders, teams, and networks to decide what to work on first, interpret messy data, adjust a change idea that maybe isn\u2019t getting results, and shift mindsets and behaviors (their own and those of others). It can be a lot to navigate. Every context is different, and there is no singular path that each improvement team will follow. The only way that transformative change can take place is when all involved are committed to continuous learning, and coaching is absolutely essential to fostering a safe and productive space to ideate, discuss challenges, engage in healthy thought partnership, and provide support and encouragement. The practitioners and leaders featured in this release understand coaching to be a foundational practice in their work and offer guidance based on their experiences and network goals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whether you are coaching an improvement team, facilitating learning within your network, or looking for guidance during the first stages of an improvement project, the resources below can help you set conditions for adult learning, guide your processes, and empower agents for change. Explore common challenges improvers face when coaching for improvement, and leveragethe power of networks and collective learning in order to \u201cfail fast and learn quickly\u201d. Hear from coaches in well-established networks offering concrete practices for creating student-centered, equity-driven spaces for adult learning. Finally, learn how to use and teach the essential tools that can be applied across a network to create a common language for testing improvement ideas. We invite you to dig into these resources with the understanding that we must develop our coaching skillsets to create truly transformative learning experiences for practitioners, districts, networks and the students they serve.<\/p>\n\n\n

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