Welcome to the Improvement Science SIG website. I am honored to be the Chair for 2024-25. The SIG governance structure is that you are elected as the Secretary-Treasurer, in which capacity you serve for a year, then you become Chair and Past-Chair, each for a year a piece. Thank you to the the outgoing chair and current Past-Chair, Brandi Hinnant-Crawford for modeling how to lead the SIG. 

We have determined the following priorities for 2024-25.

• Continuing to develop our SIG identity

  • We would like to focus on amplifying the work going on throughout the field such as the Improvement Scholar Network (ISN) and “The future of improvement” HTH group
  • We would like to continue bridging research and practice.
  • We want to lead with a focus on people (people-forward).

• Expanding SIG communication

  • We want to ensure that improvers from a broad range of continuous improvement strategies join the SIG and see themselves reflected on our goals, programming, and communication.
  • We would like to use the newsletter to spotlight improvement initiatives and learning communities.
  • We would like to intentionally use of social media as part of role of being amplifiers.

• Growing SIG membership

  • We plan to conduct an inventory or network analysis of current membership to understand into what motivates people to join.
  • We would like to be ambassadors to help people see how they fit into the SIG.

• Sponsoring events

  • We plan to continue to emphasize how to support early career/grad students.
  • We plan to increase outreach and support for symposium development for AERA, especially for early career scholars/ proposal writing sessions
  • We want to strengthen our emphasis on practitioners.
  • We plan to hold an improvers career panel to explore the range of possibilities. 

Please feel free to reach out with questions, ideas, or concerns!

Erin Anderson

Erin.Anderson249@du.edu