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Region 15 Comprehensive Center

Building State Capacity to Address Complex Educational Challenges

Partnering with Arizona, California, Nevada, and Utah to identify, implement, and sustain evidence-based practices to close opportunity gaps and improve outcomes for every learner.

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Building Capacity in Rural Settings

This project supports a four-state Community of Practice (CoP) focused on developing adaptive leadership capacity and systemic solutions to deliver a comprehensive and rigorous education to every student in rural schools and communities.

American Indian Education Directors Community of Practice

This project supports a regional Community of Practice (CoP) that helps Indian Education directors in four states delivery a comprehensive and rigorous education to American Indigenous students, incorporating the rich cultural assets that Indigenous students, families, communities, and nations offer as successful solutions to these issues.

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Advancing Equity for Indigenous Students

Family and Community Engagement Community of Practice

This project supports a regional family and community partnership collaborative that is focused on networking, problem-solving, and discussing shared topics of interest that support family and community partnerships to accelerate student learning and ensure a pathway to college and career for every student.

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Parental Involvement and Family Engagement

State Education Agency Leadership Development

This project supports state education agencies (SEAs) as they develop internal leadership capacity to support and sustain agency priorities and programs that create the conditions to accelerate learning and offer comprehensive and rigorous education for every student.

Regional Webinar Series: Making a Difference for American Indian and Alaska Native Students

The Making a Difference webinar series is designed to convene and equip tribal and SEA leaders to focus on emerging innovative policies and practices that can tackle persistent challenges for American Indian and Alaska Native students. The series will amplify systemic, policy-level approaches for transforming outcomes for Native American students and support participants in identifying action steps.

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Making A Difference for American Indian and Alaska Native Students Series Resources

COVID-19 Recovery and the Strategic Use of Funds From the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021

This virtual workshop was cosponsored by the Region 2, 13, and 15 Regional Comprehensive Centers in collaboration with the National Comprehensive Network. Attended by SEAs from across the country, the workshop was designed to discuss the implications of the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) of 2021, assist SEAs in strategic planning with featured examples of states and territories’ approaches, and provide opportunities for SEA-specific and cross-SEA planning and discussion. A discussion and planning tool was provided for SEA use.

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The Region 15 Comprehensive Center (R15CC) led by WestEd is part of the national Comprehensive Center Network and provides capacity-building technical assistance, content expertise, and other services in support of state education agencies (SEAs) and their regional and local constituents in Arizona, California, Nevada, and Utah. R15CC staff provide individualized state support and facilitate regional collaboration between the Arizona Department of Education, the California Department of Education, the Nevada Department of Education, and the Utah State Board of Education.

A central priority for the R15CC is providing multiple opportunities for regional state partners to collaborate on shared problems of practice and evidence-based solutions through Communities of Practice (CoPs) and Professional Learning Networks (PLNs). These regular convenings bring together educational partners from all four states, spotlighting bright spots and identifying opportunities for professional learning and technical assistance.

R15CC dedicates significant expertise to building the organizational capacity of its SEA partners and providing support for leadership development. R15CC works side by side with its regional partners to expand the implementation of sustainable practices, increasing SEA’s systemic effectiveness.