By: Lauren King, MA Jessica Smith, Senior Director of Education and Collaborative Action at ImpactTulsa, shares the history of Continuous Learning & Improvement (CLI) and how it became a central part of the organization’s mission to align the community to provide a pathway for all students...
ImpactTulsa offers a series of professional development opportunities that can be taken together to help individuals develop the skills they need to move groups from talk to action. The first, Continuous Learning & Improvement (CLI) 101, teaches an approach to improvement by which a team uses...
by Curcio Smith and Lauren King During crises, such as the COVID-19 and the fight for anti-racism and racial justice, the needs of people and the community rise in number and variety. This often puts heavy strain on social service and education organizations creating a need...
by Bailey McBride As more and more students return to school both from home and in physical buildings, parents and business leaders are left with many questions about how to balance the new normal in education with employee needs and constraints. In order to help the...
by Laura Latta, Ph.D., Director of Post-Secondary Partnerships and Research Editor's Note: This is the fourth and final installment in the ImpactTulsa multi-part series, Equity in Education. For the previous three installments, please check the bottom of this post. A Personal Note When I began writing this series...
By Lauren Thiesse The acts of racism like the recent violence against unarmed Black people across our nation including George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and many others, are not a new occurrence. Black people have spoken out about these injustices for lifetimes. Many people who...
July 7, 2020 Program to Unlock New Career Opportunities for Black Youth with Curriculum in Data & Analytics, Creating a Pipeline to Professional Roles in Sports, Entertainment, and Tech Tulsa, OKLAHOMA-- The Oklahoma City Thunder and CAA Sports, a division of leading entertainment and sports agency Creative Artists...
What is continuous learning and improvement (CLI)? It’s an approach to improvement by which a team uses data to refine a problem, sets goals, and implements small tests of change to identify practices that are successful and can be scaled to a larger scope; CLI...
By Bailey McBride “Oftentimes, white voices are centered even in these conversations. So I think it’s powerful that there are so many white people on the call with mic’s muted, just listening.” Dr. Ashley Bennett, Director of College Counseling at KIPP Sunnyside High School, summed up a...
By Laura Latta, Ph.D. Preparing for life after high school can feel like an exciting adventure and also a challenging obstacle course. There are many steps that students must take to prepare themselves for their post-high school college, career, or military dreams. In 2019, an Oklahoma...