The Swedish government initiative Co-operation for the Best School Possible (CBS)(Samverkan för Bästa Skola, CBS) is aimed specifically at schools that are deemed to have the greatest challenges in terms of improving their knowledge results on their own or increasing equivalence within and between school and preschool units (Swedish National Agency for Education, 2022). The school development work is done in tripartite cooperation between the Swedish National Agency for Education (SNAE) (Skolverket), Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) and school organisers. The aim of this study was to explore and analyse the final reports written by a HEI’s process supervisors following the completion CBS with seven school organisers.The following research questions were posed: 1) How do the process supervisors describe their lessons learnt from the co-operation process in the final reports? and 2) What challenges and opportunities are described in the reports? The results of the study show that the process supervisors face challenges in creating beneficial conditions for participation, anchoring, consensus and ownership within the school organisers and the school units. Opportunities for co-operation and learning are found through the process supervisors’ flexibility, responsiveness, adaptation and self-reflection. Aspects such as communication, joint learning and time appear to be central. Exchanges of experience via various arenas, forums and networks, both internal and external, could be important to support process supervisors. How cooperation processes among the HEIs process supervisors in their work with school organisers to support and advance continue school development will have impact om strengthening students' learning.
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