Courses offered by Journey to Improvement Authors

Improvement Science Coaching Course

Improvement Science Coaching is an exciting opportunity for school districts, schools and other educational organizations interested in being at the forefront of what is known about applying improvement science to educational settings. This year-long course will help build these organizations’ improvement capacity by preparing select individuals to become improvement coaches who support district and school teams in using improvement science to tackle persistent educational inequities in their local contexts.

This course will prepare participants to:

  • Understand the foundations of equity-focused improvement science

  • Apply the tools of improvement science in helping district or school-level teams identify specific problems of practice and strategically focus improvement efforts

  • Develop the coaching skills necessary to guide district and school-level teams through an improvement journey from understanding the problem to moving to action to getting to results

  • Take on the role of improvement coach in their organizations

  • Learn with and from a cohort of improvers from other educators across the country

Full course details can be found here for the 2025-2026 cohort. Priority applications are due Monday May 5th - apply here.

Advance Fellowship

The Advance Fellowship brings together experienced improvement practitioners from across the nation to dig into advanced methods. The year-long learning experience includes exploration of:

• Analyzing variation
• Developing a strong theory
• Building a measurement system
• Designing a testing strategy
• Planned experimentation and factorial thinking
• Introduction to spread and scale

Each module will weave together the personal, relational and technical aspects of these methods and their application to pursuing equitable systems. Fellows will learn through case-based examples and hands-on applications. They will apply the methods to their current work, creating a portfolio to demonstrate mastery. Full course details for the 2025-2026 cohort can be found at this link.

Applications are open through May 30th! Apply here.