A Community of Practice (CoP) is quite simply a group of people that agree to interact regularly to solve a persistent problem or improve practice in an area that is important to them.

The Partnership created issues based Communities of Practice that states and stakeholder organizations affiliate with based on their common interest in improving practice. The Partnership communities are focused on shared implementation of IDEA and the alignment of IDEA with other federal legislation.

 

Through the CoP approach, we strive to:

• bring diverse organizations into a working relationship around their common interests
• bring stakeholders into the work of state education agencies as allies
• bring fresh approaches to persistent problems by uniting decisionmakers, practitioners and consumers around a common goal

Over 33 states see the value of the CoP strategy and chose to participate in Communities of Practice at some level. IDEA Partner organizations choose to participate in a CoP based on the value it can add to their organization.

Communities of Practice Convened and Facilitated by The IDEA Partnership

 

 

NCLB-IDEA Collaboration Community

• State CoP on NCLB/IDEA

• Practice Groups on NCLB/IDEA

National Community of Practice on School Behavioral Health

• State CoP on School Behavioral Health

• Practice Groups on School Behavioral Health

National Community of Practice on Autism Spectrum Disorder

National Community of Practice on Creating Agreement

National Community of Practice in Support of Transition

• State CoP on Secondary Transition

• Practice Groups on Secondary Transition

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Resources:

Rationale for Communities of Practice

CoP Collection & Resources

Resource Archive

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