Excited to share my new paper w/Alex J Bowers Identifying a Typology of New York City Schools Through Teacher perceptions of Organizational Capacity: A Latent Class Analysis. EPSA at TC Teachers College, Columbia University

We find teachers perceive 6 organizational types among all NYC elementary and middle schools. Further, these types are associated with student demographics and outcomes. We argue this has implications for differentiated school supports. Read more: doi.org/10.1080/157007…

You can tell I'm getting closer to finishing my dissertation because my closets and drawers have *never* been more organized.

Schools working (so hard!) largely in isolation to address a common challenge. Makes you wonder how different this last year could have looked with a little effort to support collaboration and shared capacity building.

Been thinking about the technical challenges that plagued #AERA21 this weekend and how for many students, teachers, and schools with inadequate Wi-Fi and technology, these kinds of challenges have been the norm for *well over a year*. Really helps to put things in perspective.

Received my second vaccine dose today from the same doctor who gave me my first last month. And she remembered me. Me: I'm so glad we could be on this journey together! Her: We've always been in it together! Me: *tearing up* Healthcare workers are amazing people. #drtaj

Excited to share I'll be starting a post-doc to study networks for school improvement with Jennifer Russell at University of Pittsburgh's Learning Research & Development Center next month. Forever grateful to everyone at EPSA at TC for their support!

Honored to have contributed to the NEW Foundational Handbook on Improvement Research in Education along with brilliant collaborators: Joshua Glazer Toby Greany & William Berry. amzn.to/3IUHlis #EdImprovementResearch

Little graduate school milestone: first publication! Thanks to Dr. Meg Duff, Toby Greany and my Twitter-less advisor Joshua Glazer for bringing me on board with this team. A great learning experience! See the essay and more at: amzn.to/3IUHlis

Very excited to get my copy of this important new improvement research handbook! Our chapter w Josh Glazer Dr. Meg Duff & William Berry looks at role of new 'middle tier' orgs - eg MATs (UK) & affinity orgs (US) - in moving knowledge around so it impacts at scale

Hiring postdoc (for April/May start date) Salary = $70K - 71K (max UC Berkeley postdoc salary) This will be a one-year appointment focused on supporting educator diversity projects. Will post call SOON sharing now b/c looking to hire asap. Questions -> [email protected]

I may be biased, but I think the authors of this article are onto something. Don't just take my (or Adam's) word for it. Read what Josh, Matthew Shirrell, Dryw, and I learned about whether and how improvement theory can help support district learning in RPPs.

Excited to be back at the old stomping grounds thinking about how we can design data systems that support school and system improvement with Alex J Bowers and his colleagues Teachers College, Columbia University #ELDA2023