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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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This page offers resources produced under the 2019-24 Region 15 Comprehensive Center grant from the U.S. Department of Education, through which WestEd provided capacity-building technical assistance to state educational agencies and their constituents in Arizona, California, Nevada, and Utah.

To reach the Regional Comprehensive Center serving these states in the 2024-29 cycle, contact the Region 10 Comprehensive Center.

Overview

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.

Building Capacity to Improve Education

The Region 15 Comprehensive Center, led by WestEd, supports state education agencies and their constituents in Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah through capacity-building technical assistance grounded in evidence.

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Region 15: Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah

These skills that I cultivated with [the R15CC] like building these councils of educators, developing surveys that yield all this data, those are sustainable practices.

— Y3 SEA Interview

By helping to align and organize our implementation of our statewide improvement plan, our organization has been able to build capacity as we share ownership of our goals and strategies.

— Y3 Annual SEA Survey

The growth of the state team has been incredible due to the patience and persistence of the R15CC team. They have also provided additional ideas that would complement the project. We are moving forward with these suggestions.

— Y4 Mid-Year SEA Survey

[R15CC project lead] has been instrumental in assisting the steering committee to establish an organizational structure. We cannot thank her enough for the collaboration and knowledge she has brought to this work.

— Y4 Mid-Year Recipient Survey

They [R15CC] have moved the needle for us in a number of areas including supporting reorganizations and long-awaited work on strategic planning for the Executive Team.

— Mid-Year Recipient Survey

R15 has helped our office to develop resources that can help local educational agencies (LEAs) to understand [state] requirements. Such resources will be very helpful to us as we provide technical assistance and support to LEAs.

— Y3 Annual SEA Survey

The meetings we’ve held with both [SEA] staff as we brought them into this process and the LEAs, we’ve connected it to our original vision of the work of aligning – reducing redundancy. And more than that, though, improving the planning process for LEAs so that they can clearly see and develop a process that focuses on continuous improvement rather than just checking the box.

— Y3 SEA Interview

Our Leadership

Kate Wright

Project Director

Bryan Hemberg

Associate Project Director

Heather Mattson

Associate Project Director

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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.

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