Success Story: Networked Improvement Community

- Type:
- Success Story
- State:
- Regional
Introduction
The Region 5 Networked Improvement Community (NIC) applies principles of implementation science to problems of practice in education. If you'd like to learn more, the Region 5 NIC designed a series of self-guided online courses to assist educational leaders in learning about the NIC process and how it can inform education initiatives and continuous improvement efforts.
Region 5 NIC members also developed facilitator resources for education leaders to support continuous improvement. These resources may be adapted and used to address a variety of education-related problems that emerge within a single building or persist across a district, state, or region.
The NIC resources are grouped into three progressive categories.
Apply principles of implementation science to improve students’ learning experiences in remote and hybrid learning environments.

Facilitator Resources
The resources below are designed to support virtual meetings when not all members can be physically present; however, they can also be used in face-to-face and blended learning environments. For more information, please reach out to the Region 5 team at Region5CompCenter@westat.com.
Establish Teams & Identify the Problem
Step 1: Introduction to a Networked Improvement Community
Step 2: Initiating the Team
- NIC Improvement Hub Role Descriptions (DOCX, 307.84 KB)
- Initiating the Team - Agenda (DOCX, 285.94 KB)
- Initiating the Team - Facilitator Guide (DOCX, 294.81 KB)
- Initiating the Team - PowerPoint (PPTX, 2.83 MB)
- Improvement Hub Member Recruitment Letter - Template (DOCX, 22.24 KB)
- NIC Project Overview - Template (DOCX, 50.5 KB)
- Example: Region 5 NIC Project Overview (DOCX, 131.32 KB)
- Example: Region 5 NIC Onboarding PowerPoint (PPTX, 2.35 MB)