Development	Dissemination	Research
Informing Training Sustaining   Site-based strategists:  inform educators about what systems thinking is, its pertinence and how it may be implemented in K-12 education. offer a 30 hour, Level 1 training to teach educators systems concepts, habits, tools and methods for implementation in their classrooms or other settings. provide opportunities for collaboration and reflection among educators using systems thinking.	Website Publications Conferences   Educators from sites: present at local, state, national and international workshops and conferences. facilitate a collaborative, national process for publishing and distributing site work such as lesson plans, activity summaries and learning results. provide information, work samples and resources for K-12 educators and other interested parties through the Waters Foundation web site.	Action Research       Teams of educators: use an action research process as they collaborate and reflect on the effects of systems thinking on student and/or adult learning. confer regarding research design and assessment results with "critical friends", -i.e. experts in the field of systems thinking/dynamic modeling, curriculum, instructional pedagogy and assessment. share results regionally and through the Waters Foundation web site.

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