Professional learning partnerships 2020-2021

Building on previous work studying research-practice partnerships, we
use the framework of policy attributes to explore success and resilience in
organizations tasked with quickly adapting to serving teachers and
students in school environments vastly changed by the COVID-19
pandemic. This study leverages survey and interview data from 12
partnerships located in large, urban school districts in the United States
to understand how the policy environment of partnerships facilitates
success. While previous literature emphasized the importance of all policy
attributes in successful partnership work, we found that only high
specificity (having a shared, clear understanding of roles, responsibilities,
and objectives) and the presence of robust authority (strong buy-in and
sufficient resources) are most critical for organizational success. Here we provide the survey and interview protocols. Data is available upon request from Dr. Hill or Dr. Desimone.