I think "Essential features of effective networks in education" could be a good option for a guiding framework paper. They outline eight features of educational networks with examples and practical applications of each:

• focusing on ambitious student learning outcomes linked to effective pedagogy;
• developing strong relationships of trust and internal accountability;
• continuously improving practice and systems through cycles of collaborative
  inquiry;
• using deliberate leadership and skilled facilitation within flat power structures;
• frequently interacting and learning inwards;
• connecting outwards to learn from others;
• forming new partnership among students, teachers, families, and communities;
• securing adequate resources to sustain the work.

They also address three shifts required of school systems to support effective networks that address other themes important and relevant to BQ: 

• from supply driven to demand driven
• from compliance oriented to learning oriented
• from bureaucracy to movement

I really liked the "Essential features" paper. There is a lot of this language I would like to appropriate and repurpose to characterize FMNs. I think that the use of the term "networks" is general enough that it is easy to read / reflect on these ideas from either a classroom or a PD perspective. By the way I'm beginning to think of participation in partner projects as a form of PD. Meaning that these features may have some relevance for how we engage partner projects in community building.

I really liked the "Essential features" paper. There is a lot of this language I would like to appropriate and repurpose to characterize FMNs. I think that the use of the term "networks" is general enough that it is easy to read / reflect on these ideas from either a classroom or a PD perspective. By the way I'm beginning to think of participation in partner projects as a form of PD. Meaning that these features may have some relevance for how we engage partner projects in community building.