Colorado Lab Essential Elements: Prioritize Relationships & Learn Together
Early on, we learned the importance of meeting our partners where they are. We listen carefully, supporting them to unpack ideas and gain insights on factors—big and small—that might serve to accelerate or shut down learning, improvement, and change efforts. Surfacing these types of details requires trust, which is why our top priority—always—is relationship-building.
As this milestone approached, we reflected on the “essential elements” that make our work most effective. We’ll be sharing insights about these key elements throughout the year in a series of blog posts. We hope you’ll follow along, asking questions, sharing feedback, and offering ideas in the spirit of working together to make Colorado’s policy lab a valuable resource for the people of our state well into the future.
Colorado Lab Celebrates 5-Year Milestone
This year marks the fifth anniversary of the Colorado Evaluation and Action Lab!
As this milestone approached, we reflected on the “essential elements” that make our work most effective. We’ll be sharing insights about these key elements throughout the year in a series of blog posts. We hope you’ll follow along, asking questions, sharing feedback, and offering ideas in the spirit of working together to make Colorado’s policy lab a valuable resource for the people of our state well into the future.
Denver-area Charter Schools: Infusing Social-Emotional Learning in Summer Programs
Six Denver-area charter schools delivered summer programs that included academic, social-emotional, and experiential components. The Colorado Lab created a learning community to support these schools in sharing best practices and identifying and testing solutions to emerging challenges.
Montrose County School District: Supporting Student Wellness and Engagement
RISE funding supported the Montrose County School District in its work to develop a referral process and support systems to increase access to mental health resources in six elementary schools. Colorado Lab staff met with the team in Montrose to synthesize work into a Student Wellness and Engagement Program Guide.
