National Summit on Improvement in Education 2025: Full Schedule

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9:00am PDT

1H-From Zero to Data Hero: Co-Designing Data Measurement Strategies for Improvement

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

High Tech High International Room 218

“How will we know that a change is an improvement?” An effective answer lies in the collection and analysis of data from measures across all levels of a system; however, schools and districts sometimes begin their improvement journey with limited data systems and strategies, or they experience significant changes along the way. In this session, learn how New Tech Network developed effective practices for co-designing college access data measurement systems and coaching teams to use data for improvement. Reflect on and share your experiences, and engage in a data skill-building activity that you can bring back to your network.

Improvers 💜 data: Complete the Session Survey.

Speakers

Ann Helfman

Senior Director of Continuous Improvement & College Access, New Tech Network

Zoe Fowler

NTN Data Project Lead, New Tech Network

Elda Armendariz

Continuous Improvement & College Access Coach, New Tech Network

Elisa Castillo

Continuous Improvement & College Access Coach, New Tech Network

Monday March 31, 2025 9:00am - 10:30am PDT
High Tech High International Room 218

Sessions

Strand Improvement for Impact Stories
Areas of Focus College access, Scale or spread practices, Leadership actions
Target Audience District leaders, Network leaders, School leaders, County or state level leaders

11:00am PDT

2E-Cooking Up a Measurement System for a School Network

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

High Tech High International Room 218

How do you build a shared set of measures that truly supports learning and improvement across a network? In this interactive session, participants will explore key principles for selecting meaningful measures and apply them to a real-world challenge from a math improvement network. Through discussion and insights from improvement advisors, attendees will leave with practical strategies to design a measurement system that drives continuous learning and impact.

We cannot improve what we can’t measure: Share your feedback on this session.

Speakers

Kiran Purohit

VP of Curriculum & Instruction, New Visions for Public Schools, New Visions for Public Schools

Project-Based LearningScience curriculum designUrban high schools

Jennifer Kim

Lead Instructional Continuous Improvement Coach, New Visions for Public Schools (Cohort 3)

Russell West

Director of Curriculum & Instruction and Counsel, New Visions for Public Schools (Cohort 3)

Alicia Grunow

Co-Founder; Improvement Specialist, Improvement Collective

Alicia Grunow is an educational improvement expert, specializing in how to apply the science of improvement to help teams, organizations and networks reach their improvement goals. Alicia started her career as a bilingual teacher in Denver Public School and then in New York City... Read More →

Marc Stein

Executive Director, Improvement Colaboratory, Improving Education

Danielle Hayden

Lloyd Provost

Monday March 31, 2025 11:00am - 12:30pm PDT
High Tech High International Room 218

Sessions

Strand Methods of Improvement
Areas of Focus Improvement measurement & analytics, Routines and structures for social learning, Networks
Target Audience District leaders, Network leaders, School leaders, Technical assistance providers, Teachers

1:45pm PDT

3E-Equity-focused Improvement: Making the Implicit Explicit

Monday March 31, 2025 1:45pm - 3:15pm PDT

High Tech High International Room 218

When the world of education races through initiatives at a breakneck pace, how can we slow down to do the personal and interpersonal work necessary to keep equity at the core of our continuous improvement work? We believe that we can create more equitable systems that drive improvement work in a more grounded, values-driven, and authentically collaborative way. In this session, we will do this by asking participants to 1) engage in the reflective work of drafting a personal equity stance; 2) practice building a collective theory of equity-focused improvement; and 3) apply these tools and processes to their own practice.

Celebrate and push on the work: Give feedback on this session.

Speakers

Eliza Moeller

Transformation Coach, NCS

Eliza Moeller is the Director of Research and Continuous Improvement with the Network for College Success as well as a Research Analyst at the UChicago Consortium. In an ongoing effort to make research live in schools, Eliza works with NCS data strategists and Consortium researchers... Read More →

Amiee Winchester

Director, Continuous Improvement, Baltimore City Public Schools

Amiee is a Lifelong learner and educator with over 15 years of experience navigating and leading change in complex organizations. She began her career as a fourth-grade teacher, where she continually confronted a system that reliably failed to produce transformative outcomes for all... Read More →

Zachary Jaffe

Manager, Continuous Improvement (Cohort 1 Network Co-lead), Baltimore City Public Schools (Cohort 1)

Beth Brown

Transformation Manager, NCS

Monday March 31, 2025 1:45pm - 3:15pm PDT
High Tech High International Room 218

Sessions

Strand Leadership and Field Building
Areas of Focus Equity Diversity and Belonging, Improvement field-building strategies
Target Audience District leaders, Network leaders, Technical assistance providers