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Monday, March 31
 

9:00am PDT

1G-All Of Us > Any Of Us: Math Teachers Getting Better Together Filling
Monday March 31, 2025 9:00am - 10:30am PDT
High Tech High International Room 215
What gets in the way of building a great math classroom? A network of math teachers are defining and improving on common problems of practice. Join us to explore the range of tools & routines we’ve developed to structure collaborative improvement across a state-wide practice-research NIC.

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avatar for Joanna Burt-Kinderman

Joanna Burt-Kinderman

Project Lead, Mountaineer Mathematics Master Teachers (M3T)
Joanna Burt-Kinderman has been a math teacher and teacher of math teachers for the last 25 years. She is a project lead and developer of  Mountaineer Mathematics Master Teachers (M3T), a network improvement community of local improvement team led by math teachers across 37 West Virginia... Read More →
avatar for Breck Loudermilk

Breck Loudermilk

Mountaineer Mathematics Master Teacher, Marion County Schools, WV
avatar for Jason Massie

Jason Massie

Mountaineer Mathematics Master Teachers, Monroe County Schools WV
Monday March 31, 2025 9:00am - 10:30am PDT
High Tech High International Room 215
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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.

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avatar for Ann Helfman

Ann Helfman

Senior Director of Continuous Improvement & College Access, New Tech Network
avatar for Zoe Fowler

Zoe Fowler

NTN Data Project Lead, New Tech Network
avatar for Elda Armendariz

Elda Armendariz

Continuous Improvement & College Access Coach, New Tech Network
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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
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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 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

1O-Increasing Engagement, Growth, and Achievement through Student-Centered Teaching Practices
Monday March 31, 2025 9:00am - 10:30am PDT
High Tech High International Room 124
Join us to learn about our network’s six-year journey to put student thinking at the center of instruction and the growth in student literacy achievement that resulted. Our work is grounded in a core set of student-centered instructional practices that are generalizable across content areas and have been central to the improvement. Network leaders will share examples of how educators adapted the practices to their specific contexts, how they tracked student metrics alongside implementation to understand the impact of the practices on student learning, and the surprises they encountered along the way. Experience one of the practices and reflect on opportunities to learn from the process of adaptive integration. 

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avatar for Anthony Petrosky

Anthony Petrosky

Director, Institute for Learning
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Monday March 31, 2025 9:00am - 10:30am PDT
High Tech High International Room 124
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9:00am PDT

1P-How 12 Systems of Public Higher Education Improved their way to Transfer Student Success
Monday March 31, 2025 9:00am - 10:30am PDT
High Tech High International Room 222
80% of community college students enroll intending to transfer and earn a bachelor’s degree–unfortunately, only 33% of these students will enroll in a 4–year institution, and only 16% will attain a bachelor’s degree within six years. The National Association of Higher Education Systems brought together 12 public higher education systems into a structured improvement community and has seen breakthrough results at campuses all across the country–84% of participating institutions saw year-over-year improvement in transfer student enrollment. By using rigorous improvement methods, networked learning, and building local improvement capacity, this collaborative has moved the dial for this often-overlooked population of students.

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avatar for Juliette Price

Juliette Price

Senior Improvement Coach, National Association of Higher Education Systems (NASH)
avatar for Tracy Schoolcraft

Tracy Schoolcraft

Associate Provost and Interim Dean of Exploratory Studies
Monday March 31, 2025 9:00am - 10:30am PDT
High Tech High International Room 222
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11:00am PDT

2C-Navigating Uncertainty: Learning and Leading Through Mistakes in Networked Improvement Filling
Monday March 31, 2025 11:00am - 12:30pm PDT
High Tech High Room 108
In this session, we invite you to explore the story of an innovative improvement network that embraced the motto “Fail Forward” to make substantial strides in educational outcomes.  This session will explore how network teams—from diverse contexts—collaborated to measure outcomes, scale effective practices, and create structures for sustained growth. We’ll discuss lessons learned from early missteps, like overlooking user perspectives, and how these experiences shaped our approach. Discover the struggle of refining change ideas, the challenges of sustaining efforts at scale, and strategies for keeping teams energized. Engage with examples, key learnings, and practical applications to inspire your own improvement journey.

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avatar for Beverley Jenkins

Beverley Jenkins

Coordinator, System Improvement Leads (SIL) Project
avatar for Teresa Patel

Teresa Patel

Improvement Facilitator, System Improvement Leads Project
avatar for Brandon Bennett

Brandon Bennett

Improvement Advisor, Teacher and Author
Brandon Bennett is an advisor, teacher and author who helps organizations in health care, education and social welfare improve outcomes for the communities and individuals they serve. As the founder of ISC LLC, Brandon Bennett teaches advanced improvement methods and partners on a... Read More →
Monday March 31, 2025 11:00am - 12:30pm PDT
High Tech High Room 108
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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. 

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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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11:00am PDT

2O-Elevating Student Voice: Co-Designing for Well-Being, Engagement, and Belonging Filling
Monday March 31, 2025 11:00am - 12:30pm PDT
High Tech High International Room 127
This session explores the transformative power of student voice and co-design in creating more inclusive and equitable learning environments. We will begin by exploring a case study from a California district that successfully used student-centered, community-driven improvement efforts to enhance well-being and belonging. Participants will then dive into national data from the Challenge Success survey and consider trends with their school or community in mind. Participants will leave with practical strategies for engaging students as active participants in the improvement process, empowering them to co-create solutions that drive meaningful and lasting school improvements.

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John Nickerson

Superintendent, Acalanes UHSD
avatar for Megan Pacheco

Megan Pacheco

Executive Director, Challenge Success
Megan Pacheco, M.A., is the Executive Director for Challenge Success. She has more than 20 years of experience helping to transform schools. She has served in a variety of roles, including teacher, school coach, and organizational leader. Prior to joining Challenge Success, she was... Read More →
avatar for Matthew Swenson

Matthew Swenson

Director of Educational Partnerships, Challenge Success
Matthew Swenson is the Director of Educational Partnerships at Challenge Success, where he leads national outreach to help K-12 schools foster student well-being, engagement, and belonging. With experience as an English teacher, assistant principal, and principal, he has a background... Read More →
Monday March 31, 2025 11:00am - 12:30pm PDT
High Tech High International Room 127
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1:45pm PDT

3G-Driving Impact Through Collaborative Practices Filling
Monday March 31, 2025 1:45pm - 3:15pm PDT
High Tech High Room 137
In this interactive session, participants will learn about our story of impact, including the improvement challenges we faced and the practices we refined to drive shifts in student outcomes. Central to our success were the internal processes of democratizing decision-making and, at the school level, the use of collaborative tools like our new classroom-level measurement tracker. Participants will engage with real data and our tools through simulations and case studies. Then reflect on how to customize tools for their own contexts, and explore actionable steps to implement.

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Jacobē Bell

NSI Director, Teaching Matters
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Monday March 31, 2025 1:45pm - 3:15pm PDT
High Tech High Room 137
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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.

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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

3O-Coordinating Cross-sector Work Through a NIC to Meet the Needs of Underserved Students
Monday March 31, 2025 1:45pm - 3:15pm PDT
High Tech High Room 108
Discover how a Networked Improvement Community (NIC) is driving transformational change across four Fresno County school districts. In partnership with local organizations, these districts are achieving significant gains in attendance and literacy for underserved students and influencing countywide policy. Learn about essential practices, including engaging the right stakeholders, implementing clear processes, building routines with feedback loops, and using "Learn by Doing" cycles. See how tracking key data supports sustainable improvement. Join us to explore the Improvement Science framework and tools, and consider how these strategies might apply in your own work through table discussions and Q&A.

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avatar for Abby Petropulos

Abby Petropulos

Executive Leadership Coach, Office of the Fresno County Superintendent of Schools
An Executive Leadership Coach with Fresno County Superintendent of Schools. She has been a teacher, principal, and district-level administrator. Abby leads the accountability team in the FCSS model.
avatar for Justin Paredes

Justin Paredes

Executive Leadership Coach, Office of the Fresno County Superintendent of Schools
avatar for Alyson Rocco

Alyson Rocco

Executive Leadership Coach, Fresno County Superintendent of Schools (FCSS)
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Monday March 31, 2025 1:45pm - 3:15pm PDT
High Tech High Room 108
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1:45pm PDT

3P-Equity in Action: Improving Relational Trust for Instructional Alignment and Coherence
Monday March 31, 2025 1:45pm - 3:15pm PDT
High Tech High International Room 127
This session emphasizes both practical math instruction improvement and building conditions for improving relational trust. Participants will reflect on ways in which they can create conditions for supporting data driven instruction, and instructional alignment and coherence that promotes equity driven results. Participants will explore ways to foster relational trust among students and staff, as well as strategies for instructional planning and authentic collaboration. The goal is to cultivate a culture of courageous conversations about equity and constructively engage in ways to develop alignment and coherence across change ideas within schools and teams. 

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Kurt Kaaekuahiwi

LAUSD Network Team Lead, Partners in School Innovation - 1
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CHRISTINE ARVIZO

Assistant Principal, Los Angeles Unified School District
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Elizabeth Esparza

Math Instructional Coach, Los Angles Unified School District
Monday March 31, 2025 1:45pm - 3:15pm PDT
High Tech High International Room 127
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Tuesday, April 1
 

9:00am PDT

4E-Transforming a Large Urban High School to a Culture of Improvement: Lincoln High School
Tuesday April 1, 2025 9:00am - 10:30am PDT
High Tech High Room 109
Discover how Lincoln High School transformed its culture and dramatically improved student success through evidence-based changes and the power of continuous improvement. Once facing a reality where 60% of 9th graders were off-track and credit recovery was commonplace, Lincoln embarked on a bold journey to reimagine its approach. By shifting from a culture of blame to one of collective ownership, the school empowered teachers to unleash their problem-solving potential and tackle systemic challenges.

Through the use of data-driven strategies and PDSA cycles, Lincoln reduced its off-track rate by over 20 percentage points, with even greater gains among Black students. This session will provide a deep dive into their inspiring story—how they moved from a narrative of underperformance to one of collaboration and sustained improvement. Join us to explore actionable insights and tools you can use to create meaningful change in your own context.

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Speakers
avatar for Stephanie Brown

Stephanie Brown

Principal, Lincoln High School
I am deeply passionate about creating educational environments where all students, especially those from historically marginalized communities, can thrive. With over 20 years of experience in high-needs public schools, I’ve dedicated my career to leading transformative school initiatives... Read More →
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 →
Tuesday April 1, 2025 9:00am - 10:30am PDT
High Tech High Room 109
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9:00am PDT

4O-Just and Equitable Educator Preparation in the California State University System
Tuesday April 1, 2025 9:00am - 10:30am PDT
High Tech High International Room 127
Leaders and campus improvement team representatives from the Center for Transformational Educator Preparation Programs (CTEPP) will share artifacts and lessons learned as part of a three-year,10-campus effort to transform educator preparation in the California State University System.Participants will hear about the vision behind CTEPP; the how and why particular components were employed to support this transformation work. Team reps will give a brief overview of their biggest learning and most compelling artifact or improvement tool. Participants will then be invited to ‘dig in’ with a team for a ‘table talk’, ask questions and engage with the artifact. 

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avatar for Catherine Lemmi

Catherine Lemmi

Assistant Professor of Education, California State University, Chico
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avatar for Virginia Adams Simon

Virginia Adams Simon

Data and Improvement Coach, Educator Quality Center, CSU Office of the Chancellor
avatar for Bre Evans- Santiago

Bre Evans- Santiago

Associate Dean, College of Education and Co-Director of The Center for Transformational Education Prep Programs, Cal State Long Beach and the CSU
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avatar for Mimi Coughlin

Mimi Coughlin

Professor, Sacramento State University, Sacramento State
Mimi Coughlin, PhD  is a Professor in the College of Education at Sacramento State University where her focus in on teacher preparation and professional development.  Before entering higher education, Dr. Coughlin worked in various K-12 settings as a history-social science teacher... Read More →
avatar for Alexandria Hollett

Alexandria Hollett

Assistant Professor at California State University, Northridge
Tuesday April 1, 2025 9:00am - 10:30am PDT
High Tech High International Room 127
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9:00am PDT

4P-Sustaining Improvement Practices in the NYC Multi-year Journey to Improve Student Literacy
Tuesday April 1, 2025 9:00am - 10:30am PDT
High Tech High International Room 120
Experience the Bilingual Bicultural Mini School’s multi-year improvement story as a window to the power of highly effective instructional leadership teams (ILTs) to increase student outcomes. This systems-thinking approach leverages ILTs as engines for school-wide and district-wide change. In this workshop, participants will be introduced to two mental models that were instrumental in quickly building ILT capacity to shift literacy outcomes for all students at this site, and will work through how to apply these generalizable models to high quality Tier 1 instruction.

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avatar for Kami Lewis Levin

Kami Lewis Levin

Chief Learning Officer, Literacy Design Collaborative
Tuesday April 1, 2025 9:00am - 10:30am PDT
High Tech High International Room 120
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