National Summit on Improvement in Education 2025: Full Schedule

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9:00am PDT

4H-Designing for High Engagement: Balancing Structure & Agency in Improvement Networks

Tuesday April 1, 2025 9:00am - 10:30am PDT

High Tech High International Room 219

Building a meaningful experience for network members is a pressing challenge for leaders who support networked improvement. Whether or not educators are told to participate in an improvement network, they voluntarily engage at variable levels. This session provides an overview of lessons learned from the Network Health Study about strategies leaders used to design participation structures that support member engagement. Leaders will grapple with how to balance structure and agency in their work and learn about a tool to measure how individuals value network participation.

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Speakers

Jennifer Sherer

Project Lead, Partners for Network Improvement

Jennifer Russell

Project Lead, Partners for Network Improvement

Angel Li

Associate, Impact Lab, Carnegie Foundation

I am an associate on the Impact Lab team at the Carnegie Foundation, supporting teams and networks in leveraging data and analytics for continuous improvement and system transformation. Prior to joining the Foundation, I worked for Denver Public Schools as an innovation and improvement... Read More →

Tuesday April 1, 2025 9:00am - 10:30am PDT
High Tech High International Room 219

Sessions

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

9:00am PDT

4I-Hidden in Plain Sight: Illuminating a Pernicious Equity Issue in a Large Urban District

Tuesday April 1, 2025 9:00am - 10:30am PDT

High Tech High International Room 222

In this session, participants will hear the story of the College Ready on Track (CRoT) hub team’s effort to set up and run a networked improvement community dedicated to providing Long Term Multilingual Learner students in Denver Public Schools high schools with the conditions to be successfully prepared for college, career, and life. Presenters will share learnings about the power of data in helping the CRoT team go from identifying an equity problem to improve, fostering collaboration across central office teams to successfully launching a network in two month’s time.

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Speakers

Caitlin Osugi

Teacher, Senior Team Lead, Denver Public Schools

A public school math educator passionate about cultivating positive math identities and supporting strong conceptual understanding and language skills in math classrooms.

Jeremy Cooper

Program Manager, Improvement Networks, Denver Public Schools

Jeremy has more than 20 years of experience in the field of education. A lifelong learner, Jeremy brings systems thinking, curiosity, and creativity to his work with educators. In his many years with Denver Public Schools, Jeremy has taught High School Language Arts, supported teachers... Read More →

Marc Stein

Executive Director, Improvement Colaboratory, Improving Education

Tuesday April 1, 2025 9:00am - 10:30am PDT
High Tech High International Room 222

Sessions

Strand Leadership and Field Building
Areas of Focus On-track to graduate K-12, Routines and structures for social learning
Target Audience District leaders, Network leaders

9:00am PDT

4K-Beyond Firefighting: Solving Problems to Root Using Real-Time Problem Solving (RTPS)

Tuesday April 1, 2025 9:00am - 10:30am PDT

High Tech High International Room 218

Education leaders often find themselves firefighting — addressing immediate issues only to see them resurface. Real-Time Problem Solving (RTPS) offers a method that tackles problems at their root, focusing on individual incidents, rather than problem generalizations, to uncover and address their underlying causes, then sharing these solutions across the system. Guided by the principles “systems, not people” and “solve, don’t fix,” RTPS fosters sustainable solutions that reduce inequitable outcomes. In this session, participants will engage in hands-on RTPS activities, developing practical skills and mindsets to implement meaningful, lasting improvements in their own work.

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Speakers

Strand Methods of Improvement
Areas of Focus Tools of improvement, Routines and structures for social learning
Target Audience School leaders, Network leaders, Teachers, District leaders, County or state level leaders, Technical assistance providers

National Summit on Improvement in Education 2025

9:00am PDT

Jennifer Sherer

Jennifer Russell

Angel Li

9:00am PDT

Caitlin Osugi

Jeremy Cooper

Marc Stein

9:00am PDT

Tomás Molfino

Jon Dolle

Josh Stern