National Summit on Improvement in Education 2025: Full Schedule

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9:00am PDT

1E-Experimenting for Improvement

Monday March 31, 2025 9:00am - 10:30am PDT

High Tech High International Room 123

How do you know which changes will lead to real improvement? In this interactive session, participants will apply planned experimentation—a structured approach to testing changes that increases both the efficiency and effectiveness of PDSA cycles. Through a hands-on activity, attendees will design, run, and analyze PDSA cycles, uncovering insights to drive better decision-making. Whether tackling student outcomes, operational processes, or instructional strategies, this session will introduce you to practical tools to test multiple changes and learn about their individual and combined effects.

Improvers 💜 data: Complete the Session Survey.

Speakers

Daisy Sharrock

Director, CARE Network, HTH GSE

Lloyd Provost

Monday March 31, 2025 9:00am - 10:30am PDT
High Tech High International Room 123

Sessions

Strand Methods of Improvement
Areas of Focus Improvement measurement & analytics
Target Audience District leaders, Network leaders, Researchers, School leaders

11:00am PDT

2L-Leveraging Improvement Science for IMPACT: A Collaborative Model for K-12 and Higher Ed

Monday March 31, 2025 11:00am - 12:30pm PDT

High Tech High International Room 123

The Center of Excellence for Educator Preparation and Innovation (EPI), in collaboration with Voorhees University, has pioneered Improvement Science practices to achieve equitable outcomes in K-12 education throughout South Carolina. This session will highlight the work of specific K-12 educators across South Carolina whose active engagement in classroom-based improvement initiatives has directly informed school improvement and transformed learning. Attendees will see firsthand the IMPACT of this collaborative partnership on student learning outcomes, classroom instructional strategies, and the broader educational system. Participants will engage in individual and small group activities, fostering collaboration and the exchange of ideas. They will leave empowered with a framework to pursue inquiry, leverage evidence, and embrace change, embodying the role of lifelong improvers dedicated to transforming educational outcomes for all students.

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Speakers

Tondaleya G. Jackson

Chief Operating Officer, Center of Excellence for Educator Preparation and Innovation

Damara Hightower Mitchell

Founder and CEO, Center of Excellence for Educator Preparation and Innovation

Stacey Wilson

Project Manager, (IMPACT) Improvement Science Propels Achievement and Critical Teaching, Center of Excellence for Education Innovation & Preparation

Javion Simpson

Monday March 31, 2025 11:00am - 12:30pm PDT
High Tech High International Room 123

Sessions

Strand Leadership and Field Building
Areas of Focus Curriculum and instruction, Building the pipeline of improvers
Target Audience District leaders, Higher education faculty or administrators, School leaders, Teachers

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

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 →

Amanda Meyer

Senior Director of Improvement, CORE Districts

Monday March 31, 2025 1:45pm - 3:15pm PDT
High Tech High International Room 123

Sessions

Strand Methods of Improvement
Areas of Focus On-track to graduate K-12, Routines and structures for social learning
Target Audience District leaders, Higher education faculty or administrators, Network leaders, Researchers, County or state level leaders, Technical assistance providers