Dimension 5:

Foster ongoing learning and develop infrastructure for partnering

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RPPs prioritize the necessary learning and develop the critical infrastructure needed to support effective partnering. Because education research, community, and practice have traditionally operated in silos, bringing diverse teams together to engage in meaningful collaboration requires individual learning, organizational learning, and partnership learning.

These learning and infrastructure-building efforts are interconnected with the other dimensions and indicators of RPP health and effectiveness featured in this framework. Much of this learning occurs naturally during the partnership’s work. However, RPPs can also proactively create opportunities, systems, tools, and routines to facilitate and enhance ongoing learning at the individual, organizational, and partnership levels:

• Individual Level: People within the partnership approach their roles with curiosity and a commitment to learning. Both through designed activities and ongoing engagement in partnership, there are opportunities for members to develop new knowledge, skills, identities, and practices aligned with the partnership’s goals.
• Organizational Level: Entities like school districts, universities, and community organizations can establish new routines, norms, systems, practices, and roles to support authentic collaboration within the partnership.
• Partnership Level: The partnerships themselves require tools, routines, and roles to define their objectives, refine their inquiry methods, navigate their unique environments, and manage resources for collaboration. This should be done while paying attention to the dynamics of collaboration, the health of relationships, and the social, historical, and local contexts on an ongoing basis.

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