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.
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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).
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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.
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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.
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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