{"id":1218,"date":"2022-12-15T19:20:01","date_gmt":"2022-12-15T19:20:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/citybridge.org\/?page_id=1218"},"modified":"2023-01-06T19:16:15","modified_gmt":"2023-01-06T19:16:15","slug":"toolkit-pilots","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/citybridge.org\/resources\/entrepreneur-toolkit\/toolkit-pilots\/","title":{"rendered":"Toolkit: Pilots"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"page-hero offset\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/citybridge.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/form-triangles.svg);\">\n  <div class=\"page-hero--inner container\">\n    <div class=\"page-hero--content animated\" data-anim-y=\"10\">\n      \n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Entrepreneur Toolkit: <br>Pilot Plans.<\/h1>\n\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"page-hero--offset-image\">\n    <div class=\"animated\" data-anim-x=\"-10\" data-anim-delay=\"0.3\">\n      <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/citybridge.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/form-triangles.svg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citybridge.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/form-triangles.svg 150w, https:\/\/citybridge.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/form-triangles.svg 300w, https:\/\/citybridge.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/form-triangles.svg 1024w, https:\/\/citybridge.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/form-triangles.svg 1536w, https:\/\/citybridge.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/form-triangles.svg 2048w, https:\/\/citybridge.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/form-triangles.svg 590w, https:\/\/citybridge.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/form-triangles.svg 335w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n  \n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-rowlayout alignnone\"><div id=\"kt-layout-id_1878f1-a6\" class=\"kt-row-layout-inner kt-layout-id_1878f1-a6\"><div class=\"kt-row-column-wrap kt-has-2-columns kt-gutter-default kt-v-gutter-default kt-row-valign-top kt-row-layout-equal kt-tab-layout-inherit kt-m-colapse-left-to-right kt-mobile-layout-row kb-theme-content-width\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column inner-column-1 kadence-column_f5b58b-89\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-teal-color has-text-color\">At CityBridge, we believe that piloting is a core practice for equity-centered design. Pilots are experiments, big and small, that are systematically designed to answer a set of questions.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column inner-column-2 kadence-column_87dd6e-54\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<style id=\"kb-rowlayout_4f422f-2c\">#kt-layout-id_4f422f-2c > .kt-row-column-wrap{padding-bottom:0px;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-rowlayout alignnone\"><div id=\"kt-layout-id_4f422f-2c\" class=\"kt-row-layout-inner kt-layout-id_4f422f-2c\"><div class=\"kt-row-column-wrap kt-has-2-columns kt-gutter-default kt-v-gutter-default kt-row-valign-top kt-row-layout-left-golden kt-tab-layout-inherit kt-m-colapse-left-to-right kt-mobile-layout-row kb-theme-content-width\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column inner-column-1 kadence-column_48ae9f-f2\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\">\n<h3 class=\"has-medium-teal-color has-text-color wp-block-heading\">Plan and Learn from Pilots<\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column inner-column-2 kadence-column_6331f0-53\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<style id=\"kb-rowlayout_e5efe8-78\">@media all and (min-width: 768px){#kt-layout-id_e5efe8-78 > .kt-row-column-wrap > .inner-column-1{flex:0 1 80%;-webkit-flex:0 1 80%;}#kt-layout-id_e5efe8-78 > .kt-row-column-wrap > .inner-column-2{flex:0 1 20%;-webkit-flex:0 1 20%;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-rowlayout alignnone\"><div id=\"kt-layout-id_e5efe8-78\" class=\"kt-row-layout-inner kt-layout-id_e5efe8-78\"><div class=\"kt-row-column-wrap kt-has-2-columns kt-gutter-default kt-v-gutter-default kt-row-valign-top kt-row-layout-left-golden kt-tab-layout-inherit kt-m-colapse-left-to-right kt-mobile-layout-row  kt-custom-first-width-80  kt-custom-second-width-20 kb-theme-content-width\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column inner-column-1 kadence-column_0483a2-fb\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\">\n<p>Our design process intentionally brings together a focus on our participants\u2019 humanity with the principles of scientific experimentation. Piloting allows innovators to merge equity and rigor, pushing towards a level of honesty about their assumptions and bias and opening space to engage in learning that can improve processes or outcomes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Through pilots, which we see as low-risk opportunities to learn, innovators are able to \u201ctry on\u201d a solution aimed at addressing inequities within our education system. More explicitly, because racism and inequity are products of design and can therefore be redesigned, we help our program participants apply equitable design principles in the process of building anew. Pilots are structured opportunities to redesign.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column inner-column-2 kadence-column_018368-12\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-rowlayout alignnone\"><div id=\"kt-layout-id_85dd2f-a8\" class=\"kt-row-layout-inner kt-layout-id_85dd2f-a8\"><div class=\"kt-row-column-wrap kt-has-1-columns kt-gutter-default kt-v-gutter-default kt-row-valign-top kt-row-layout-equal kt-tab-layout-inherit kt-m-colapse-left-to-right kt-mobile-layout-row kb-theme-content-width\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column inner-column-1 kadence-column_1b485e-dc\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\"><style id=\"kb-rowlayout_6af281-7d\">#kt-layout-id_6af281-7d > .kt-row-column-wrap{padding-top:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;padding-right:0px;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-rowlayout alignnone\"><div id=\"kt-layout-id_6af281-7d\" class=\"kt-row-layout-inner kt-row-has-bg kt-layout-id_6af281-7d has-light-teal-background-color\"><div class=\"kt-row-column-wrap kt-has-2-columns kt-gutter-default kt-v-gutter-default kt-row-valign-top kt-row-layout-right-golden kt-tab-layout-inherit kt-m-colapse-left-to-right kt-mobile-layout-row kt-inner-column-height-full\"><style id=\"kb-column_12c5ed-25\">.kadence-column_12c5ed-25 > .kt-inside-inner-col{background-image:url('https:\/\/citybridge.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/triangle-accent.svg');background-size:contain;background-position:1% 50%;background-attachment:scroll;background-repeat:repeat-y;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column inner-column-1 kadence-column_12c5ed-25\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<style id=\"kb-column_791ea5-5a\">.kadence-column_791ea5-5a > .kt-inside-inner-col{padding-top:50px;padding-bottom:50px;padding-left:50px;padding-right:50px;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column inner-column-2 kadence-column_791ea5-5a\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\">\n<h3 class=\"has-dark-orange-color has-text-color wp-block-heading\">Pilot Plan Tool<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The Pilot Plan tool provides a highly specific framework for articulating what a team wants to learn, who they will work with and when, how they will conduct their tests, and what evidence they will gather in order to understand a hypothesis about the impact of their intervention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1peFrqh3HAnL-wrRpA9L9cmAK684cgRK-XND_rz3UESs\/edit#heading=h.e1dgt7cguj0h\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Go To Pilot Plan Tool<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-rowlayout alignnone\"><div id=\"kt-layout-id_4166eb-66\" class=\"kt-row-layout-inner kt-layout-id_4166eb-66\"><div class=\"kt-row-column-wrap kt-has-1-columns kt-gutter-default kt-v-gutter-default kt-row-valign-top kt-row-layout-equal kt-tab-layout-inherit kt-m-colapse-left-to-right kt-mobile-layout-row kb-theme-content-width\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column inner-column-1 kadence-column_fff403-71\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\"><style id=\"kb-rowlayout_f22754-40\">@media all and (min-width: 768px){#kt-layout-id_f22754-40 > .kt-row-column-wrap > .inner-column-1{flex:0 1 35%;-webkit-flex:0 1 35%;}#kt-layout-id_f22754-40 > .kt-row-column-wrap > .inner-column-2{flex:0 1 65%;-webkit-flex:0 1 65%;}}#kt-layout-id_f22754-40 > .kt-row-column-wrap{padding-top:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;padding-right:0px;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-rowlayout alignnone\"><div id=\"kt-layout-id_f22754-40\" class=\"kt-row-layout-inner kt-row-has-bg kt-layout-id_f22754-40 has-teal-background-color\"><div class=\"kt-row-column-wrap kt-has-2-columns kt-gutter-default kt-v-gutter-default kt-row-valign-top kt-row-layout-right-golden kt-tab-layout-inherit kt-m-colapse-left-to-right kt-mobile-layout-row  kt-custom-first-width-35  kt-custom-second-width-65 kt-inner-column-height-full\"><style id=\"kb-column_d9772b-5f\">.kadence-column_d9772b-5f > .kt-inside-inner-col{background-color:#55C3B6;}.kadence-column_d9772b-5f > .kt-inside-inner-col{background-image:url('https:\/\/citybridge.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Screenshot-2022-12-06-at-8.49.19-AM.png');background-size:contain;background-position:1% 50%;background-attachment:scroll;background-repeat:repeat-y;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column inner-column-1 kadence-column_d9772b-5f\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<style id=\"kb-column_230d76-f3\">.kadence-column_230d76-f3 > .kt-inside-inner-col{padding-top:50px;padding-bottom:50px;padding-left:50px;padding-right:50px;}.kadence-column_230d76-f3 > .kt-inside-inner-col{background-color:#55C3B6;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column inner-column-2 kadence-column_230d76-f3\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\">\n<h3 class=\"has-white-color has-text-color wp-block-heading\">Pilot Plan Templates<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>This Pilot Plan Template document summarizes several recurring types of pilots teams can borrow from, ranging from introducing a new teaching method, to new professional development for faculty, to ceding power to students and allow them to take on new responsibilities within a school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1yoy46oBRSjMVaS7Rh1dGgNvnxxfbYdYJFgJ3GpAPBx8\/edit?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Go To Pilot plan templates<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<style id=\"kb-rowlayout_4a8add-58\">#kt-layout-id_4a8add-58 > .kt-row-column-wrap{padding-bottom:0px;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-rowlayout alignnone\"><div id=\"kt-layout-id_4a8add-58\" class=\"kt-row-layout-inner kt-layout-id_4a8add-58\"><div class=\"kt-row-column-wrap kt-has-1-columns kt-gutter-default kt-v-gutter-default kt-row-valign-top kt-row-layout-equal kt-tab-layout-inherit kt-m-colapse-left-to-right kt-mobile-layout-row kb-theme-content-width\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column inner-column-1 kadence-column_8d9cbd-91\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\">\n<h3 class=\"has-medium-teal-color has-text-color wp-block-heading\">Examples<\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-rowlayout alignnone\"><div id=\"kt-layout-id_17d68d-fd\" class=\"kt-row-layout-inner kt-layout-id_17d68d-fd\"><div class=\"kt-row-column-wrap kt-has-3-columns kt-gutter-default kt-v-gutter-default kt-row-valign-top kt-row-layout-equal kt-tab-layout-inherit kt-m-colapse-left-to-right kt-mobile-layout-row kb-theme-content-width\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column inner-column-1 kadence-column_e5415c-84\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\">\n<div class=\"icon-block animated-group\">\n\n  <div class=\"icon-block--icon animated-entry orange\">\n      <span class=\"icon-entry fas share\" aria-label=\"hidden\"><\/span>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <div class=\"icon-block--content\">\n\n    <p class=\"icon-block-header animated-entry\">\n      Example Pilot: Hendley Elementary School    <\/p>\n\n    <p class=\"icon-block-copy animated-entry\">\n      Pilot: Student-led community circles.    <\/p>\n\n          <p class=\"icon-banner-link animated-entry triangle-link\">\n        <a href=https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1BTb9xrS7ixKiJKI5xjS8KIn2byJ44rTL-ZXxrrZbE-E\/edit?usp=sharing target=\"_blank\">\n        Read More      <\/a>\n    <\/p>\n    \n  <\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column inner-column-2 kadence-column_131017-92\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\">\n<div class=\"icon-block animated-group\">\n\n  <div class=\"icon-block--icon animated-entry teal\">\n      <span class=\"icon-entry fas share\" aria-label=\"hidden\"><\/span>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <div class=\"icon-block--content\">\n\n    <p class=\"icon-block-header animated-entry\">\n      Example pilot: Bard High School Early College DC    <\/p>\n\n    <p class=\"icon-block-copy animated-entry\">\n      Pilot: SEL-focused brain breaks during class time.    <\/p>\n\n          <p class=\"icon-banner-link animated-entry triangle-link\">\n        <a href=https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/18HLw3e8SYHWg5NQPwvrQYuI1zhviYuP0YHHgUnFxI30\/edit?usp=sharing target=\"_blank\">\n        Read More      <\/a>\n    <\/p>\n    \n  <\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column inner-column-3 kadence-column_4deb26-2e\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\">\n<div class=\"icon-block animated-group\">\n\n  <div class=\"icon-block--icon animated-entry yellow\">\n      <span class=\"icon-entry fas share\" aria-label=\"hidden\"><\/span>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <div class=\"icon-block--content\">\n\n    <p class=\"icon-block-header animated-entry\">\n      Example Pilot: Planting Seeds    <\/p>\n\n    <p class=\"icon-block-copy animated-entry\">\n      Pilot: Supporting Black high school girls to identify, strengthen, and practice self-advocacy skills.    <\/p>\n\n          <p class=\"icon-banner-link animated-entry triangle-link\">\n        <a href=https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1y8l6sS7kMy_JrIHy-g25sv7nq9ijLgB_uLiIvwCPsoA\/edit?usp=sharing target=\"_blank\">\n        Read More      <\/a>\n    <\/p>\n    \n  <\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<style id=\"kb-rowlayout_a4e703-92\">@media all and (min-width: 768px){#kt-layout-id_a4e703-92 > .kt-row-column-wrap > .inner-column-1{flex:0 1 70%;-webkit-flex:0 1 70%;}#kt-layout-id_a4e703-92 > .kt-row-column-wrap > .inner-column-2{flex:0 1 30%;-webkit-flex:0 1 30%;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-rowlayout alignnone\"><div id=\"kt-layout-id_a4e703-92\" class=\"kt-row-layout-inner kt-layout-id_a4e703-92\"><div class=\"kt-row-column-wrap kt-has-2-columns kt-gutter-default kt-v-gutter-default kt-row-valign-top kt-row-layout-left-golden kt-tab-layout-inherit kt-m-colapse-left-to-right kt-mobile-layout-row  kt-custom-first-width-70  kt-custom-second-width-30 kb-theme-content-width\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column inner-column-1 kadence-column_51b194-fd\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\">\n<h3 class=\"has-medium-teal-color has-text-color wp-block-heading\">The Power and Importance of Reflection for Learning <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The final section of the Pilot Plan tool deserves special attention. Teams that are able to learn the most from their pilots generate strong learning questions, gather evidence to help them answer those questions, and pause to take stock of what they have learned before moving to the next project or iteration of their work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The cycle of planning, doing, and reflecting appears in many continuous improvement frameworks. We emphasize that reflection happens at many moments in the design process: when teams make sense of their empathy research, when they analyze their work with a theory of change, and after they try something new through piloting. Gathering empathy data or developing a theory of change without reflection hardly makes any sense, but it can be challenging in the midst of urgent work to ensure that teams take a pause after implementing a pilot to reflect on their learning questions. Even pilots that don\u2019t go as expected are opportunities for learning. To get the most out of all of the tools in this toolkit, setting aside time to reflect is important.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column inner-column-2 kadence-column_563276-02\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group triangle-callout-box inview has-medium-teal-color has-light-teal-background-color has-text-color has-background is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">To learn how a team used reflection at multiple points along their design journey, <a href=\"https:\/\/citybridge.org\/the-power-of-reflective-moments\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/citybridge.org\/the-power-of-reflective-moments\/\">read our blog<\/a> about Felicia Owo-Grant and Ayinde Spradley at Friendship PCS.<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-rowlayout alignnone\"><div id=\"kt-layout-id_d59556-f4\" class=\"kt-row-layout-inner kt-layout-id_d59556-f4\"><div class=\"kt-row-column-wrap kt-has-2-columns kt-gutter-default kt-v-gutter-default kt-row-valign-top kt-row-layout-left-golden kt-tab-layout-inherit kt-m-colapse-left-to-right kt-mobile-layout-row kb-theme-content-width\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column inner-column-1 kadence-column_c3a95b-cd\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group triangle-callout-box inview has-dark-orange-background-color has-background is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How can we supplement our existing sources of achievement data with more nimble, holistic data sources to form a full picture of student progress? The answer can be found in expansive measures: non-traditional measures that can indicate to us whether we are on track to both our achievement and non-achievement goals.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-layout-3 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-dark-teal-color has-yellow-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/citybridge.org\/promising-practice-expansive-measures-of-success\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column inner-column-2 kadence-column_34767b-6e\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/citybridge.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Copy-of-CityBridge_FirstDay2021_IDreamPCS_0105-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-779\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citybridge.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Copy-of-CityBridge_FirstDay2021_IDreamPCS_0105-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/citybridge.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Copy-of-CityBridge_FirstDay2021_IDreamPCS_0105-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/citybridge.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Copy-of-CityBridge_FirstDay2021_IDreamPCS_0105-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/citybridge.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Copy-of-CityBridge_FirstDay2021_IDreamPCS_0105-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/citybridge.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Copy-of-CityBridge_FirstDay2021_IDreamPCS_0105-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/citybridge.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Copy-of-CityBridge_FirstDay2021_IDreamPCS_0105-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, 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