Tennessee Early Literacy Network (TELN)

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Tennessee Early Literacy Network (TELN)

Abstract/Description

Led by Centers of Regional Excellence (CORE), seven districts from the East and Upper Cumberland regions have formed the inaugural Tennessee Early Literacy Network (TELN) to pioneer a new way of learning and improving. TELN joins the discipline of improvement science with the capacities of networks to foster innovation and social learning in an effort to better support our state’s early readers. The network provides a content focus on improving early literacy and a sustainable process for enacting and sharing practices across the network. With the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, TELN is facilitating an investigative process that allows districts to understand the system that is leading to current K–3 reading achievement and use “Plan-Do-Study-Act” cycles to rapidly test ideas for change and measure progress to constantly improve. Building district capacity is squarely in focus—TELN supports districts to problem solve, find better solutions to challenges, and improve student achievement in their own unique, local context.

[Excerpted from p. 12 of "Building the Framework: A Report on Elementary Grades Reading in Tennessee" (Feb. 2017)]

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en Organizational Entity

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en Network/Partnership

IRE Approach/Concept

Networked Improvement Community (NIC)

Plan Do Study Act (PDSA) Cycle

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Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching

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TELN Described in Carnegie Foundation Blog: "Journey Mapping a Path to Early Literacy in Tennessee"

Carnegie NICs Webpage

Citation

Tennessee Early Literacy Network (n.d.). Retrieved August 20, 2022 from https://www.carnegiefoundation.org/our-work/networked-improvement/

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