Iowa Adopts HPT Methods

I had the privilege of visiting the Iowa State Support Team several times last fall (2008), and see the excellent work they were doing there.

The exciting part of their work to us practitioners in Human Performance Technology is the fact that they have adopted explicitly the language of HPT.

Here are some links to some of the resources they post on their webpages:

Main webpage Iowa State Support Team

Take a look at the Phases the Support Teams work through….the language will look very familiar to HPT professionals:

Phases of ISST School Improvement Process

Forward Moving Districts

The Mississippi Bend Educational Assistance Agency has developed an outstanding survey of literature about performance improvement in schools. Here’s a link to it:

Forward Moving Districts

Applying HPT to School Improvement

We’ll be posting case studies of school districts that are applying HPT to school improvement. Post your own stories here, as well.

Resources for School Improvement

We’ll be posting resources in this category, as we encounter them. Please post your own ideas here, as well.

Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development

School Improvement Network

Iowa School Improvement Resources

Metro ECSU– school improvement agency in Twin Cities (Minneapolis/St. Paul)

Center for Applied Research and Educational Research (University of Minnesota)

Center for Comprehensive School Reform and Improvement