TA&D Network

Communities of Practice
A community of practice (CoP) is a group of people who work together to solve a persistent problem or to improve practice in an area that is important to them and who deepen their knowledge and expertise by interacting on an ongoing basis.  CoPs exist in many forms, some large in scale that deal with complex problems, others small in scale that focus on a problem at a very specific level.  A CoP is a way of working that invites the groups that have a stake in an issue to be a part of the problem-solving process.   The CoP develops its own schedule or 'rhythm' for interacting and creates mechanisms to communicate that give access to all the members.

 

Different TA&D centers funded by OSEP have chosen to use the CoP strategy as a way of working together to meet the needs of their stakeholders.   TA&D Centers utilize different platforms (i.e., Facebook, Twitter, Ning) as a way to communicate and to stay connected with their community members.  Below is the list of OSEP funded projects that employ the CoP approach and the links to their  communities: