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Monday, March 31
 

9:00am PDT

1J-From Spark to Flame: Cultivating Improvement Practices That Ignite a Culture of CI Full
Monday March 31, 2025 9:00am - 10:30am PDT
High Tech High Room 105
Educators often hear, “Improvement can’t be done in isolation” but what does it truly take to shift from individual improvement efforts to sustainable, collective, and equitable improvement cultures? How do leaders create conditions for improvement to thrive in everyday collaboration? In this workshop, participants will explore innovative strategies for fostering a culture of continuous improvement that extends beyond individual team leads to impact entire educational organizations. Drawing from the impactful Freshman Success Improvement Community (FSIC) model developed by the University of Chicago’s Network for College Success, participants will engage in experiential learning and discussions that demonstrate how to build the necessary conditions, dispositions, and cultures for improvement work to thrive beyond an individual improver. 

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avatar for Joyce Randall
avatar for Lauren Perez Pietruszka

Lauren Perez Pietruszka

Transformation Coach, UChicago Network for College Success
Monday March 31, 2025 9:00am - 10:30am PDT
High Tech High Room 105
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9:00am PDT

1N-Values, Data and Relationships: Insights on Scaling CI Practices in Chicago
Monday March 31, 2025 9:00am - 10:30am PDT
High Tech High Room 108
Scaling continuous improvement work is not easy. Doing this work well requires clarity on your non-negotiables in alignment with your values, scalable data tools, and strategic relationship management. In this session, the UChicago To&Through Middle Grades Network (MGN) will share insights about their efforts, as a small organization, to scale their continuous improvement model for middle grades success in partnership with Chicago Public Schools. 

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avatar for Ashley N. Leonard

Ashley N. Leonard

Director, To & Through Middle Grades Network, University of Chicago
Ashley N. Leonard is the Founding Director of the UChicago To&Through Middle Grades Network (MGN), an initiative focused on helping Chicago Public Schools educators create equitable and supportive learning environments for middle school students. Through her leadership, MGN has worked... Read More →
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avatar for Jen Ciok

Jen Ciok

Manager of Coaching and Improvement, To&Through Middle Grades Network
Monday March 31, 2025 9:00am - 10:30am PDT
High Tech High Room 108
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11:00am PDT

2A-9th Grade On-Track Improvement Review with CORE Districts
Monday March 31, 2025 11:00am - 12:30pm PDT
High Tech High International Room 120
A powerful routine where improvement teams reflect on their data and learning, share a dilemma, and receive feedback from experts who can provide a fresh perspective and push. Join this fishbowl type session to experience this routine, learn more about a team’s work, and glean insights to inform your own improvement efforts.

CORE's Breakthrough Success Community connects 45 schools across California dedicated to transforming the 9th grade experience so that all students are on track towards the widest array of post-secondary opportunities. Come learn more about this work, grapple with a dilemma together, and glean insights to inform your own improvement efforts.  

Improvers 💜 data: Complete the Session Survey.
Speakers
avatar for Ryan Gallagher
avatar for Jarrod Bolte

Jarrod Bolte

CEO, Improving Education
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avatar for Dr. Doug Kriedeman

Dr. Doug Kriedeman

Senior Improvement Coach, Core Districts
avatar for Juli Coleman

Juli Coleman

Chief of Improvement, School Networks, CORE Districts
Juli Coleman is the Chief of Improvement, School Networks, for The CORE Districts. She leads a multi-district network of 45 high schools across eight large urban districts focused on improving 9th grade on-track rates.With over 25 years of experience in education, Juli has served... Read More →
avatar for Amanda Meyer

Amanda Meyer

Senior Director of Improvement, CORE Districts
Monday March 31, 2025 11:00am - 12:30pm PDT
High Tech High International Room 120
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11:00am PDT

2J-Data that Works: Effective Data Systems for School Improvement
Monday March 31, 2025 11:00am - 12:30pm PDT
High Tech High International Room 219
Are you confident that every improver on your team has access to the data systems they need and uses them as effectively as they can? Neither were we, which is why we’ve spent the past eight years building data tools for school improvement and sharing them with our partners. Come to our session to practice using a Data for Improvement Maturity Framework to assess your own data systems and identify a way to strengthen them. You’ll hear stories directly from our partner districts. You’ll also see our flagship tool, the Data Hub, and hear where we’re taking it next.

Improvers 💜 data: Complete the Session Survey.
Speakers
avatar for Blake Garfinkle

Blake Garfinkle

Growth Product Manager, CT RISE Network
I'd love to chat about all things data for school improvement.I'm dedicated to bringing powerful, actionable data tools to educators and schools to drive student success. For 7 years I have worked with educators and RISE to hone our data tools and processes. In our session, we will... Read More →
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Kristin Schmitz

Director of School Improvement, Norwalk Public Schools
avatar for Chris Lewine

Chris Lewine

Chief of Data Strategy and Product Innovation, CT RISE Network
avatar for Alan Thorne

Alan Thorne

Product Manager, CT RISE Network
Alan is the Product Manager at the RISE Network where he leads the development of the RISE Data Hub, a data platform that helps educators collaborate and support student success. A long-time data and IT leader, Alan has worked in- and with dozens of schools across the Northeast to... Read More →
Monday March 31, 2025 11:00am - 12:30pm PDT
High Tech High International Room 219
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11:00am PDT

2N-The Core 4 (and Beyond): Monitoring Progress to Graduation in a Post COVID World
Monday March 31, 2025 11:00am - 12:30pm PDT
High Tech High International Room 205
In a post-COVID world, there are a new set of challenges facing educators and students, all while pre-COVID expectations and policies are shifting back into place. In this session, we will share how continuous improvement has helped us evolve our strategy over the last 10 years to be responsive to the ever changing environment to ensure all NYC students succeed academically, mentally, socially, and professionally. Join us for a hands-on session of diving into multi-agency data around the “core 4” obstacles to graduation, and walk away with new ideas for using data to define holistic supports for students. 

We cannot improve what we can’t measure: Share your feedback on this session.
Speakers
avatar for Nikki Giunta

Nikki Giunta

Chief of Staff / Project Manager, New Visions for Public Schools (Cohort 1)
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Mark Dunetz

President, New Visions for Public Schools (Cohort 1)
Monday March 31, 2025 11:00am - 12:30pm PDT
High Tech High International Room 205
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1:45pm PDT

3C-Data That Moves: Designing Actionable Displays for Improvement Leaders Filling
Monday March 31, 2025 1:45pm - 3:15pm PDT
High Tech High International Room 123
Educators are regularly given data that highlight problematic outcomes without providing clues for how to improve. Seeking a different approach, CORE’s 9th grade on-track network has learned to display grade and attendance data in new ways that support improvers to act. We will share emergent insights from our work with urban districts across California and improvement-focused data displays we’ve used with schools, including control charts and pareto charts. Session activities will surface participants’ collective wisdom about how to display familiar data in novel ways that catalyze action. Attendees will leave with insights to apply to data in their own context.

Improvers 💜 data: Complete the Session Survey.
Speakers
avatar for Juli Coleman

Juli Coleman

Chief of Improvement, School Networks, CORE Districts
Juli Coleman is the Chief of Improvement, School Networks, for The CORE Districts. She leads a multi-district network of 45 high schools across eight large urban districts focused on improving 9th grade on-track rates.With over 25 years of experience in education, Juli has served... Read More →
avatar for Amanda Meyer

Amanda Meyer

Senior Director of Improvement, CORE Districts
Monday March 31, 2025 1:45pm - 3:15pm PDT
High Tech High International Room 123
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1:45pm PDT

3M-Raising the Bar: Improving Graduation Rates for Students with Disabilities
Monday March 31, 2025 1:45pm - 3:15pm PDT
High Tech High International Room 222
In 2023, seven California school districts joined forces to address a shared challenge: improve graduation rates for students with disabilities by at least 10%. The System Improvement Leads project brought these districts together to leverage shared learning to reach this goal. Join us to hear directly from one of the districts, Anaheim Union High School District, about how they tested new strategies to achieve meaningful system improvements.

We cannot improve what we can’t measure: Share your feedback on this session.
Speakers
avatar for Teresa Patel

Teresa Patel

Improvement Facilitator, System Improvement Leads Project
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avatar for Ashley MacGavin

Ashley MacGavin

Grant Coordinator, SELPA System Improvement Leads Project
Ashley MacGavin has worked in the field of special education for over 10 years and currently serves in the role of Grant Coordinator at Riverside County SELPA in Perris, CA. She holds a Master’s Degree in Education and an Administrative Services Credential, Education Specialist... Read More →
Monday March 31, 2025 1:45pm - 3:15pm PDT
High Tech High International Room 222
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1:45pm PDT

3N-Using Intermediaries to Increase Access to Student Support Systems in Rural Schools
Monday March 31, 2025 1:45pm - 3:15pm PDT
High Tech High International Room 205
Join us to explore how the GRAD Partnership leverages intermediaries—ranging from district offices to higher education regional networks—to address unique educational and community contexts to support implementation of student success systems. This session will focus on building the network and leadership of improvers specifically in rural schools. Participants will: (1) Gain insight into intermediary role and its impact; (2) Engage in an interactive activity to identify their connection to intermediary supports; and (3) Hear real-world success stories from two rural intermediary partners (North State Together in Northern California and district level attendance team leadership in New Mexico).

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avatar for Susan Schroth

Susan Schroth

Program Director of The GRAD Partnership, North State Together/Rural Schools Collaborative
Monday March 31, 2025 1:45pm - 3:15pm PDT
High Tech High International Room 205
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