Member Commitment Information

RPPL’s partner organizations share a desire to strengthen program design, results, and efficacy, especially for historically marginalized student populations. The cross-organizational relationships and practices we are establishing will create the infrastructure for sustained learning in the teacher PL ecosystem for years to come.

What member organizations can expect from RPPL over a 2-year period:

Cross-Workstream Enabling Conditions

• Access to shared data repository for faster data analysis and secondary analyses (once built) 
• Eligible to serve on RPPL’s advisory board 
• Access to Brown’s Digital Library resources

Research: 

• Access to funds and technical support to participate in RPPL research studies aligned to our learning agenda, including:
• Review and provide feedback on supporting study proposals (with advance notice)

Ecosystem Learning and Development: 

• Cover some travel expenses to external conferences, when possible
• Amplify your organizational research and learning (e.g., evidence-based frameworks, conference presentations, briefs/papers)
• One quarterly partnership alignment meeting with RPPL’s Executive Director (additional meetings as needed)

What RPPL will expect from member organizations over a 2-year period:

Cross-Workstream Enabling Conditions

• Support RPPL in generating leads for district partnerships (i.e., connecting to and recruiting district partners for anchor studies and co-design opportunities)
• Share data to RPPL’s data repository to pilot test its build, create appropriate use cases, support faster data analysis, and increase secondary analysis capabilities (includes DSA development*)
• Participate in at least 1 workgroup annually (excluding funder-sponsored groups, e.g., Schusterman)

Research: 

• Co-design and/or participate in executing at least 1 anchor study (funded as research subawards)
• Apply for contributing study RFP (funded as research subawards; if funds are awarded, includes research-focused PLC meetings) and/or conduct a supporting study (i.e., non-RPPL funded)

Ecosystem Learning and Development 

• Present organizational and RPPL learnings at least 3 times at RPPL events (e.g., Brown Bags, webinars, RPPL annual convening) and conferences external to RPPL, including learning from non-RPPL funded research (i.e. supporting studies)
• Attend ≥50% of monthly RPPL Brown Bag Lunches and webinar/briefings; share relevant findings with your team to incorporate into practice