ABSTRACT
This chapter tackles how to spread and scale a change idea or bundle of change ideas in a complex school system. Implementation practices attend moving change through a system. Systems variation plays a role in spreading and scaling and networked learning, including the structure of the “hub” or central node of the networked improvement community (NIC). A NIC allows schools to work on shared problems, measure success, and spread learning throughout the system. We discuss how organizing for continuous improvement, implementing for organizational growth, and sustaining change for organizational development can bolster the success of networked learning. The chapter offers a perspective on the orientation of continuous improvement to evidence use in practice, leveraging practical and local expertise, and contrasting this approach with long-standing notions of the researcher as an expert outsider.
