Statewide, national and regional teams
One network, every district at the table, all year.
CoLab gives statewide, national and regional teams a shared home, so educators across districts build on each other’s work between convenings.
36+ learning teams across 35+ districts, charters and partners in Utah run on CoLab.
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The challenge
Convenings start the work. The months between them decide whether it lasts.
Members return to their own districts, tools and full calendars, and small rural districts are often left to go it alone.
100 miles
In many rural areas, the nearest teacher for the same grade or subject might work 100 miles away.
Parsley, American Educator, 2017
83%
of rural teachers say most of their professional learning is one-time events or seminars.
Rutgers CESP, 2021
38%
have regular time to collaborate with same-subject colleagues, though 71% collaborate to improve their teaching.
Rutgers CESP, 2021
A year in your network
First convening
“Great kickoff. Then everyone drives home to their own tools.”
Every district joins one branded community, with a Space for each learning team. Google and Microsoft districts alike.
The work keeps going after the convening.
Spreading what works
“Another district solved this last year. We never heard about it.”
Solutions, and the conversation behind them, reach every district facing the same challenge.
Solved once, shared everywhere.
Network check
“I see the plan, not the progress.”
Leaders see where capacity is building and where an initiative needs help.
Coaches go where they’re needed.
Building on it
“New members start from scratch.”
New districts join a network that already holds a year of practice, resources and relationships.
Every year builds on the last.
What you’ll be able to do
Get support to every district that needs it.
Spread what’s working to every district
Send facilitators and coaches where an initiative is stuck
Share stories of practice changing with network leaders and partners
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How we work with you
Your measure of success is ours.
01
Goals that matter.
We track what’s changing in classrooms, not logins.
In one cross-district rural network, 4 in 5 teachers used its ideas daily. Parsley, 2017
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Built on what you have.
Your convening materials and member expertise are the foundation.
03
A real partner, not a help desk.
Former K-12 educators, alongside your team.
Partners leading your institutes? They can run their own community alongside yours, with your educators in both.
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