Overview of Workshop Sessions

Session 1: Establish Relationships and Identify a

Collaborative Focus

Sherry Freeman

Session 2: Identify Possible Solutions and Research

Questions

Suzanne Branon & LaTricia Townsend

Session 3: Identify Measures of Success and

Plan Cycles of Inquiry

Lauren Bryant & Allison Black-Maier

Research+Practice Collaboratory

http://researchandpractice.org/

Session One:Establish Relationships and

Identify a Collaborative FocusSherry Freeman

In this session...1. Establishing relationships.2. Ensuring equity. 3. Identifying “problems of practice.” 4. Looking for synergies in our work.

Establishing Relationships

Since researchers and practitioners come from different types of institutions, a “discovery” phase is helpful.

Establishing Relationships

Turn and talk. 1. What is your current role? 2. What are current concerns at your

institution? 3. What motivates you to invest your time

and energy in partnership work?

Share out.

Ensuring Equity

+ What do we mean by equity in research-practice partnerships?

Equity in RPPs means that all partners have shared interest and equal voice in the purpose, conduct, and outcomes of a study. Because partners often come from different institutions with distinct vocabulary, communication structures, and work practices, special attention is needed to ensure that all partners experience the projects as equitable.

R+P Collaboratory

Ensuring Equity

Quick write: How can we create collaborative partnerships that are truly equitable?

● How do we promote collaborative decision making and guard against power imbalances?● What strategies might be used to understand and leverage the diversity of skills, knowledge,

and expertise that stakeholders bring to the table?● What norms of interaction might support equitable participation?

Share out.

Useful Resource

Identifying a Joint Focus of Work

Turn and talk. What “problem of practice” are you most interested in addressing?

Write it down.

Identifying a Joint Focus of Work

Share out. Where are there synergies around shared problems of practice?

What’s Next?

● Lunch - “Birds of a feather flock together!” ● Session 2 -- Going from problems of practice --->

proposed solutions.

Additional Resources ● Building Equity in RPPs ● Research+Practice Partnerships: Fostering Equitable Collaboration● How to negotiate the collaborative focus of an RPP ● Negotiating the Focus of Joint Work in a Partnership● Six Core Principles of Improvement● Using a Fishbone Diagram● Fishbone Diagram Template● Identifying Your Problem of Practice