Educator 2 Educator
E2E Representatives from Alaska, Oregon and Washington meet with Program Evaluators Veronica Smith and Beverly Pearson, March 2016.
E2E Initiative for Student Learning
A Pacific Northwest Model for Collective Impact
From 2013-2016, E3 Washington worked with four Washington school districts and higher education to develop local, state and regional models of school-community partnerships that support interdisciplinary, project and place-based learning. This was part of a larger EPA grant which E3 managed with affiliates in Alaska, Idaho and Oregon. This project reached over 21,400 Washington K-12 students, and will have lasting effects for many years.
Collective Impact Components
Common Agenda
- Implementing State Environmental or Outdoor Education Literacy Plans
Shared Measurement Systems
- Systems Thinking Model for Change
- Wavy-Line Diagram to identify systems "tipping-points"
Mutually Reinforcing Activities
- Teacher Professional Development
- Resource sharing among and within States
Continuous Communication
- Monthly calls
- Biennial workshops
Backbone Support Organization
- E3 Washington
A Spidergram offers a snapshot of complex project components
The wavy line diagram from evaluator Beverly Pearson's Insite. Each state identified Tipping Points necessary to ensure systemic change.