Continuous improvement processes engage key players within a system to focus on a specific problem of practice and, through a series of iterative cycles, test changes, gather data about the changes, and study the potential influence of these changes on outcomes of interest. This practitioner-friendly toolkit is designed to provide an overview of continuous improvement processes in education, with a focus on the use of Plan-Do-Study-Act cycles. It also offers related tools and resources that educational practitioners can use to implement continuous improvement processes in their own schools, districts, or agencies.

Download the full toolkit: Continuous Improvement in Education: A Toolkit for Schools and Districts

Handouts:

• Continuous improvement calendar (1.96 MB)
• Continuous improvement cycle (1.73 MB)
• Fishbone diagram example (1.89 MB)
• Fishbone diagram template (2.23 MB)
• Driver diagram example (2.13 MB)
• Driver diagram template (2.06 MB)
• PDSA planning tool example (787 KB)
• PDSA planning tool template (1.13 MB)
• Adopt, adapt, abandon flow chart (1.67 MB)
• Run chart template (65 KB)

Videos:

• Continuous Improvement: A School Perspective
• Developing the Driver Diagram
• Developing a Fishbone Diagram
• Using the Driver Diagram
• Continuous Improvement: Collecting Data