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Resources for continuous Improvement

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Step 2: Understand Why

Connect with those closest to the problem to understand how your current conditions are producing your current outcomes.

What is already known about the problem? How is the design of our system producing our current outcomes? How do students and other stakeholders experience the issue?

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Problem Statement Tips
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Process Mapping
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We, not They
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Fishbone Diagram
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Interrelationship Digraph
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Looking at Student Work
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Looking at Patterns in Student Work
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Appreciative Inquiry Interviews
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Chain of Why
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Empathy Interviews
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Empathy Interview Norms
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Equity Stances
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Expert Convening
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Crafting Problem Statements
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