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Monday, March 31
 

9:00am PDT

1I-Leading to Improve: Using Community Action to Address Chronic Absenteeism Full
Monday March 31, 2025 9:00am - 10:30am PDT
High Tech High International Room 205
This session will guide participants through a community-driven approach to addressing chronic absenteeism, drawing on lessons learned from ImpactTulsa’s successful Community Action Forums. Participants will engage in hands-on activities, leveraging data to identify key barriers to attendance—such as safety, mental and physical health, transportation, and housing—and co-design interventions to combat these challenges. Through collaborative discussions and case examples, attendees will learn how to mobilize community partnerships, lead cross-sector efforts, and drive improvements in attendance and student outcomes. This session is ideal for leaders focused on systemic, results-driven change through field-building and community collaboration.

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Speakers
avatar for Aubrey Flowers

Aubrey Flowers

Head of Cradle to Career Initiatives, ImpactTulsa
Aubrey serves as ImpactTulsa's Head of Cradle to Career Initiatives. Aubrey is a passionate advocate seeking to facilitate meaningful change for youth, families, and communities of Tulsa. In service to all children and adults, Aubrey is also proud to be an innovator, reimagining the... Read More →
Monday March 31, 2025 9:00am - 10:30am PDT
High Tech High International Room 205
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9:00am PDT

1K-Enhancing Voice and Equity in Strategic Planning: An Improvement Science Approach Filling
Monday March 31, 2025 9:00am - 10:30am PDT
High Tech High International Room 127
Discover how improvement science can transform strategic planning in education by amplifying stakeholder voices and promoting equity. Participants will learn to align strategic goals with stakeholder input, utilize data-driven decision-making, and foster a culture of continuous improvement. This session offers practical strategies for effective planning and implementation, empowering educators, administrators, and policymakers to drive meaningful progress and equitable outcomes. Join us to enhance stakeholder engagement and ensure equity in your strategic planning and implementation efforts.

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Speakers
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Darcie Jamieson

Assistant Director of Teaching and Learning, Educational Service District 105
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Emily Nelson

Executive Director of Student Support, ESD 105
Emily Nelson is the Executive Director of Student Support at Educational Service District 105 (ESD 105) in Yakima, WA. Emily has over 16 years of experience with school based behavioral health integration and co-launched Together 105, ESD 105’s Licensed Behavioral Health Agency... Read More →
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Shane Backlund

Superintendent, Educational Service District 105
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Brandon Riddle

Assistant Director of Student Support, Educational Service District 105
Brandon is committed to advancing educational equity by coaching and training evidence-based strategies and frameworks. With a solid background in Multi-Tiered System of Support (MTSS), Interconnected Systems Framework (ISF), Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS... Read More →
Monday March 31, 2025 9:00am - 10:30am PDT
High Tech High International Room 127
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9:00am PDT

1L-Building a Pipeline of Leaders to Transform School Improvement Planning Filling
Monday March 31, 2025 9:00am - 10:30am PDT
High Tech High Room 109
The University of Maryland “School Improvement Leadership Academy” (SILA) will serve as a Case Study for this session’s exploration of how to build a pipeline of improvers from the principal and assistant principal ranks across Maryland.  SILA faculty will showcase how they utilized a “braided” curriculum to help administrators unpack the intersectionality of three concepts - equity, instruction, and improvement.  Additionally, the session will provide participants with the opportunity to sample and apply two or more of the improvement-science based tools which were introduced through the Academy to transform traditional school improvement planning into equity-focused continuous improvement.  

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Speakers
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Segun Eubanks

Director, UMD Center for Educational Innovation and Improvement
avatar for Jean Snell

Jean Snell

Senior Faculty Specialist, UMD Center for Educational Innovation & Improvement, University of Maryland, College Park
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Leslie Anderson

Co-Owner and Principal, Policy Studies Associates
Monday March 31, 2025 9:00am - 10:30am PDT
High Tech High Room 109
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9:00am PDT

1M-From Compliance to Connection: Cultivating Relational Trust to Drive Improvement
Monday March 31, 2025 9:00am - 10:30am PDT
High Tech High International Room 219
Explore the role of relational trust in transforming leadership and fostering system-wide improvement. In this session, led by New Tech Network and Hardin County District leaders, learn how district leaders utilized improvement science tools to help foster relational trust and shift from directive leadership approaches to fostering vulnerability, inquiry, and collaboration in their system. Participants will  explore research around relational trust, engage in relationship-building activities and practice feedback protocols that supported trust-building within the district. Reflect and share  your own experiences, then consider how to apply these strategies to strengthen relationships and support continuous improvement in your own work.

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Speakers
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Kim Frankel Marsh

District Community and Network Design Specialist, New Tech Network
Kim Frankel Marsh serves as a District Community and Network Design Specialist for the New Tech Network where she uses tools and habits from improvement science to support district-level leadership development and systems change .  Prior to joining NTN, she spent 20 years on school... Read More →
avatar for Tanya Jury

Tanya Jury

Director of High School Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment, Hardin County Schools
Dr. Tanya Jury graduated with a broadcasting degree from Western Kentucky University. After graduating with a Bachelors in Broadcasting and Political Science, Tanya worked in the media at various Louisville TV stations and local radio stations for five years before changing careers... Read More →
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Brandy New

Director of Innovation, Hardin County Schools, KY
Brandy started education as an elementary classroom teacher, then Instructional Technology Coordinator and high school Computer Science teacher, before taking on the role of Director of Innovation in 2020. She has spent her entire career in Hardin County Schools in Ky, which she also... Read More →
Monday March 31, 2025 9:00am - 10:30am PDT
High Tech High International Room 219
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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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Speakers
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

2F-Growing Habits into Mindsets: Building Improvement Capability in an Urban School District Full
Monday March 31, 2025 11:00am - 12:30pm PDT
High Tech High Room 109
As Baltimore City Public Schools started its continuous improvement journey, improvement leaders adopted a “mindsets first” orientation, prioritizing building improvement dispositions to fundamentally change the way work was done within the organization. We hypothesized that, by designing tools to apply and reinforce improvement mindsets, people’s improvement habits would grow. Some of the district’s most successful tools include training on improvement dispositions, a tool to develop a theory and measures, and PDSA lab notebooks. Initial qualitative data gathered from district staff supports the district’s hypothesis – specifically, consistent application of the improvement tools by teachers led to growth in their improvement mindsets.

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Speakers
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Natasha Japanwala

Manager, Continuous Improvement, Baltimore City Public Schools (Cohort 3)
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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 →
avatar for Zachary Jaffe

Zachary Jaffe

Manager, Continuous Improvement (Cohort 1 Network Co-lead), Baltimore City Public Schools (Cohort 1)
Monday March 31, 2025 11:00am - 12:30pm PDT
High Tech High Room 109
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11:00am PDT

2G-Going Far by Going Together: Collective Efficacy in Improvement Systems Full
Monday March 31, 2025 11:00am - 12:30pm PDT
High Tech High Room 137
Continuous improvement can produce more equitable student outcomes across a school and across multiple schools within a system. Tension can exist, however, between the convergence towards shared practice and consistent implementation, and the divergence of educators taking ownership and innovating in ways that lead to variation. Through building the collective efficacy of teams, leaders can balance convergence and divergence to increase impact. This session uses texts, cases, participant reflection, and discussion to investigate the balance of convergence and divergence in building teams that believe in the power of their collaboration to achieve more within and across schools.

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Speakers
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Aurora Kushner

VP, School Programming and Impact, NYC Outward Bound Schools
Always looking for the joyful convergence between equity-centered deeper learning and improvement.
avatar for Tom Rochowicz

Tom Rochowicz

NYC Public Schools
Monday March 31, 2025 11:00am - 12:30pm PDT
High Tech High Room 137
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11:00am PDT

2H-Habits of Excellence: Systems Change through Simplicity Full
Monday March 31, 2025 11:00am - 12:30pm PDT
High Tech High International Room 215
When the KIPP national network shifted to a united strategy around standard work (“One KIPP”) in its 28 regions, we needed an expanded toolkit for building improvement capability outside of programmatic NICs. This has included building our ability to “see, solve, spread” with a focus on distilling the core habits we need to encourage at every level of our system. In this session, we will share KIPP’s early learnings from Year 1 of this approach, and participants will practice with a suite of artifacts to walk through this journey themselves. 

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Speakers
avatar for Jen Stocklin

Jen Stocklin

Senior Director, Continuous Improvement, KIPP
Monday March 31, 2025 11:00am - 12:30pm PDT
High Tech High International Room 215
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11:00am PDT

2I-Improvement Doesn't Happen By Accident
Monday March 31, 2025 11:00am - 12:30pm PDT
High Tech High Room 148
Improvement doesn’t happen by chance—it requires intentional effort. Since 2018, the City Year Network for School Improvement (NSI) has collaborated with educators to transform schools with trust, respect, and humanity. Our Milwaukee network, rated “achieving” across all Network Health Survey domains, highlights how investing in culture and mindset early fosters lasting improvement for educators and students.

Central to this success is the CLEAR protocol, a framework for advancing collective work. In this session, participants will explore our improvement journey, engage hands-on with CLEAR, and leave with actionable strategies to strengthen collaboration and apply these insights in their own contexts.

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Speakers
avatar for Paola Deliz Felix Encarnacion

Paola Deliz Felix Encarnacion

Vice President, Network for School Improvement, City Year - 1
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E Her Vang

Managing Director, Milwaukee, City Year - 1
avatar for Mary Halling

Mary Halling

External Affairs, Learning & Engagement Director, City Year
MK
Monday March 31, 2025 11:00am - 12:30pm PDT
High Tech High Room 148
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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.

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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 →
KS

Kristin Schmitz

Director of School Improvement, Norwalk Public Schools
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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

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
avatar for Tondaleya G. Jackson

Tondaleya G. Jackson

Chief Operating Officer, Center of Excellence for Educator Preparation and Innovation
avatar for Damara Hightower Mitchell

Damara Hightower Mitchell

Founder and CEO, Center of Excellence for Educator Preparation and Innovation
avatar for Stacey Wilson

Stacey Wilson

Project Manager, (IMPACT) Improvement Science Propels Achievement and Critical Teaching, Center of Excellence for Education Innovation & Preparation
avatar for Javion Simpson
Monday March 31, 2025 11:00am - 12:30pm PDT
High Tech High International Room 123
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11:00am PDT

2M-Embedding CI Practices: Lessons Learned & Sustainability Wins Filling
Monday March 31, 2025 11:00am - 12:30pm PDT
High Tech High Room 146
Bank Street Education Center (Bank Street) will highlight how to embed sustainability practices into CI work. Bank Street will share examples from their 5 + year partnership with Yonkers Public Schools (YPS). This session will share examples of how Bank Street  navigated the local context and leadership transitions, cultivated a coalition of the willing among a network of schools, and supported district leaders in embedding CI practices into district-wide structures including their five-year strategic plan, math vision, PLCs, job descriptions, and data collection systems. Participants will hear examples from the field including course corrections in implementation, lessons learned, and sustainability wins.  

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Speakers
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Tracy Fray-Oliver

Vice President of Bank Street Education Center, Bank Street (Cohort 3 - Brooklyn)
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Tarima Levine

Managing Director of Content & Design, Bank Street (Cohort 3 - Brooklyn)
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Michael McDonald

Executive Director of Math, Yonkers Public Schools
avatar for Shannon Craig

Shannon Craig

Math & Continuous Improvement Coach, Bank Street Education Center
Monday March 31, 2025 11:00am - 12:30pm PDT
High Tech High Room 146
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1:45pm PDT

3D-Racing to Scale: Accelerating Development of Education’s Breakthroughs Together Full
Monday March 31, 2025 1:45pm - 3:15pm PDT
High Tech High Room 146
Breakthrough Collaboratives are increasingly seen as promising strategies for advancing and spreading evidence-based interventions and transforming practice at scale. Most of the common professional knowledge about breakthroughs draws from IHI’s Breakthrough Collaborative model, but through this interactive session, participants will engage with design dilemmas related to launching and leading education-focused collaboratives. Participants will leave with practical insights about our shared opportunity to build requisite professional knowledge and supports for using this model to scale effective practices.

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Speakers
JS

Jennifer Sherer

Project Lead, Partners for Network Improvement
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Kelly McMahon

Director, Center for Public Research and Leadership
Monday March 31, 2025 1:45pm - 3:15pm PDT
High Tech High Room 146
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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.  

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Speakers
avatar for Eliza Moeller

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 →
avatar for Amiee Winchester

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 →
avatar for Zachary Jaffe

Zachary Jaffe

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

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

3F-Leading a Learning Hive: Building Adaptive Governance for Equity
Monday March 31, 2025 1:45pm - 3:15pm PDT
High Tech High Room 109
Despite a deep commitment to equity and improvement, many education leaders use traditional, inherited governance models fundamentally mismatched to the complexity of education systems and their challenges. Leaders who succeed in enabling progress toward equity fundamentally rewire how and with whom they identify, choose among, and implement policies and strategies, treating daily work as an opportunity for inquiry, improvement, and innovation. In this session, participants will explore the governance approaches at play within their own systems, identify opportunities for transition toward a model well-matched to their goals, and learn from district leaders advancing this work in New York City. 

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Speakers
avatar for Alan Cheng

Alan Cheng

High School Superintendent, New York City Public Schools
Alan Cheng is a high school superintendent in the New York City Public Schools, responsible for a network of 50 schools that includes members of the New York Performance Standards Consortium, Internationals Network, and NYC Outward Bound Schools. His work focuses on supporting school... Read More →
avatar for Elizabeth Chu

Elizabeth Chu

Executive Director, Center for Public Research and Leadership
Elizabeth Chu is the Executive Director of CPRL and a lecturer of law at Columbia Law School. At CPRL, her focus is on readying graduate students and clients to use Evolutionary Learning to enhance the education sector’s capacity to improve and serve all children, particularly those... Read More →
avatar for Tom Rochowicz

Tom Rochowicz

NYC Public Schools
avatar for Meghan Snyder

Meghan Snyder

Director of Research Policy and Strategy, Center for Public Research and Leadership at Columbia University
Monday March 31, 2025 1:45pm - 3:15pm PDT
High Tech High Room 109
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1:45pm PDT

3J-Continuous Improvement Journey: A Collaborative Approach to Transformation Filling
Monday March 31, 2025 1:45pm - 3:15pm PDT
High Tech High Room 105
Can a school district use Continuous Improvement to build a Continuous Improvement culture? Absolutely! Barker Central School District did just that by creating intentional ways of being that activate and sustain teacher collective efficacy—the key to moving a school forward together. When teachers believe in their collective power, student outcomes improve. In this interactive session explore Barker’s improvement journey, unpack their problem statements and theory of action, and gain fully replicable tools to strengthen collaboration and impact. Walk away with a roadmap for building teacher capacity while transforming school culture. Don’t miss this chance to be part of the movement!

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Speakers
avatar for Christina Lesh

Christina Lesh

Lesh EDvantage Consulting
Christina L. Lesh has 25 years of education instruction and leadership experience including elementary and intermediate level special education instruction, and serving as a Director of Student Services (K-12) and as a Principal (K-8).  She has also served as a Program Director for... Read More →
avatar for Dr. Micaela Love

Dr. Micaela Love

PK-12 Principal, Barker Central School District
Dr. Micaela Love is the PK-12 Principal at Barker Central School and a dedicated educational leader committed to fostering inclusive and engaging learning environments. With experience as a high school assistant principal and an elementary teacher, she has worked in both rural and... Read More →
avatar for Loriann Martell

Loriann Martell

Science Teacher/Dept Chair/Union President, Barker Central School
My name is Loriann Martell and I have been a science teacher for 31 years. Being in a small district, I've taught almost every type of science (7th, 8th, Biology, Psychology, Regents Chemistry, Advanced Chemistry and College Biology).  I am also the president of the Barker Teacher's... Read More →
Monday March 31, 2025 1:45pm - 3:15pm PDT
High Tech High Room 105
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1:45pm PDT

3K-Leading Instructional Improvement: Building an Infrastructure for Equity in Classrooms
Monday March 31, 2025 1:45pm - 3:15pm PDT
High Tech High International Room 219
This session addresses the infrastructure that leaders must cultivate to sustain system-wide instructional improvement. With an evergreen aim to reduce variation in the quality of instruction students experience–both within and across classrooms–we will share our approach to shifting how building and district leaders think and act within their systems. Core principles include creating a shared definition of equitable and adaptive instruction, leveling power structures, reversing the flow of feedback, lowering the stakes for engaging in real-time improvement work, providing practical support for collaborative learning through teacher teams, and changing beliefs about teachers, about students, about data, and about improvement.

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Speakers
avatar for Andrew Volkert

Andrew Volkert

Partners for Educational Leadership
IS
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TN
Monday March 31, 2025 1:45pm - 3:15pm PDT
High Tech High International Room 219
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1:45pm PDT

3L-Building Systems Capacity for Equity-Driven ILTs: Lessons Learned, Relearned and Unlearned Filling
Monday March 31, 2025 1:45pm - 3:15pm PDT
High Tech High Room 148
In this session, participants will explore effective strategies for supporting Instructional Leadership Teams (ILTs) across diverse school districts. Facilitators will share lessons learned in building networked improvement communities for ILTs and what happened when those lessons were applied in new contexts. Attendees will reflect on these lessons and adapt them for their contexts and use practical tools including strategy banks and self-assessments aimed at ILT skills and growth areas.  Overall, the session highlights successful adaptations of ILT models across various districts, approaches that drive school improvement, and actionable insights and resources to strengthen ILTs.

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Speakers
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avatar for Jenay Enna

Jenay Enna

Assistant Superintendent, Educational Services Division, Oak Grove School District
JR
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Paula Espinoza

Senior Improvement Partner, Partners in School Innovation
I'm passionate about my work in schools. I love helping people find the connection between continuous improvement and social justice. I've spent a lot of the last year learning about bias and trying to disrupt my own. Ask me about the antibias, antiracist work I did with a school... Read More →
RP
Monday March 31, 2025 1:45pm - 3:15pm PDT
High Tech High Room 148
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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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Speakers
EC
JS
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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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Tuesday, April 1
 

9:00am PDT

4C-Learning from Public Chronic Absenteeism Data: An Interactive Control Chart Dashboard
Tuesday April 1, 2025 9:00am - 10:30am PDT
High Tech High International Room 205
Discover a fresh perspective on Chronic Absenteeism with the NCIE data team’s interactive control chart dashboard, designed from California’s public data to drive improvement rather than accountability. In this hands-on session, participants will explore absenteeism data across California schools and districts, learning from variation and “bright spots” of success that can inspire actionable insights. For those interested in the technical side, we’ll also dive into the code and tools behind the dashboard, offering practical guidance for creating similar solutions. Join us to see how public data can be leveraged for learning and improvement.

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Speakers
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Ben Sanoff

High Tech High GSE
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Erica Geary

Data Scientist, HTH GSE
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Julio Garcia-Granados

High Tech High Graduate School of Education
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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 →
Tuesday April 1, 2025 9:00am - 10:30am PDT
High Tech High International Room 205
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9:00am PDT

4F-Beyond Change Packages: Strategies for Creating Dynamic, Silo-busting Resource Hubs Full
Tuesday April 1, 2025 9:00am - 10:30am PDT
High Tech High Room 105
Join HTH GSE’s CARE Network team and their design partner, Friday, as they challenge us to acknowledge the drawbacks of PDF change packages and the benefits of a digital approach. Together, you’ll dive into the principles of atomic design, explore the benefits of consistent messaging structures, and consider how filtering and tagging strategies can break down silos between district, school, and classroom teams. Lessons will be grounded in their own work to build a more dynamic resource hub, efforts you’ll be invited to join as we work together to spread and scale improvement routines and change ideas.

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Speakers
avatar for Daisy Sharrock

Daisy Sharrock

Director, CARE Network, HTH GSE
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Elizabeth Cameron

Co-founder & Partner, Friday
Elizabeth has over 10 years of experience partnering with mission-driven organizations to develop brands and communications that match the magic of what they do. She excels at seeing the big picture, defining the steps and strategy needed to get there, and bringing others along to... Read More →
Tuesday April 1, 2025 9:00am - 10:30am PDT
High Tech High Room 105
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9:00am PDT

4G-Interrogating Improvement: Reimagining Improvement Science for Equity and Justice Filling
Tuesday April 1, 2025 9:00am - 10:30am PDT
High Tech High Room 137
In this session, participants will explore the crucial role of equity and justice in the field of improvement science (IS). Participants will learn from a group of equity and justice-centered improvers about how they designed learning experiences for their team to critically evaluate and refine IS methods. The session will 1) equip participants with approaches, skills, and lenses for interrogating IS tools and methods; 2) provide a space to delve into vital connections between IS work and educational equity; and 3) help participants apply a justice-oriented framework to the design and execution of improvement projects.

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CS
RN
Tuesday April 1, 2025 9:00am - 10:30am PDT
High Tech High Room 137
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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
avatar for Caitlin Osugi

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. 
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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 →
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Marc Stein

Executive Director, Improvement Colaboratory, Improving Education
Tuesday April 1, 2025 9:00am - 10:30am PDT
High Tech High International Room 222
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4J-Empowering Educators: How Community-based Partnerships can Help Sustain Improvement Filling
Tuesday April 1, 2025 9:00am - 10:30am PDT
High Tech High Room 108
Context is king when it comes to schools and driving change. In this session, participants will hear stories about school improvement in StriveTogether Network Communities, as well as how we are seeing place-based partnerships support sustainable CI capability building in schools. 
You’ll also explore our open-source District Improvement Toolkit, composed of lessons, templates, and an AI powered goal-setter designed to support district and building leaders, classroom teachers, and supporting partners as they train the trainers in their own unique local context.
We have designed this workshop so that anyone, regardless of role, can walk away with an actionable next step toward understanding or furthering the readiness of schools in your community to engage in this work.

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Melissa McCoy

CI Coach, Consultant and SME, Representing StriveTogether
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Suzy Thomas

Continuous Improvement Coach, StriveTogether
Tuesday April 1, 2025 9:00am - 10:30am PDT
High Tech High Room 108
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9:00am PDT

4L-Hardwiring Improvement for the Student and System Results Filling
Tuesday April 1, 2025 9:00am - 10:30am PDT
High Tech High Room 146
Improvement cycles are the engine to realize improved results. Learn alongside executive leaders building the capacity to scale student learning and system results based on a decade of evidence within the field.  These leaders are scaling what was learned within the School District of Menomonee Falls and leading the way to improved outcomes in highly diverse communities.  They will share how they are reducing the impact of fragmented system processes and spreading improvement capability across every classroom.  These executive leaders are demonstrating their ability to remove systemic barriers, ensure student access, and demonstrate improved results, system wide. 

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Jennifer Marroquin

Assistant Superintendent (Educational Services), Tulare City School District
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Adam Leckie

Superintendent, CGESD
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Casey Blochowiak, Ph.D.

Senior Director, Huron|Studer Education
Casey helps educational leaders create people-first organizations where individuals want to be, thrive, contribute, and grow — all while achieving results. She draws upon decades of K-12 experience as a teacher, literacy specialist, and leader in school administration. Prior to... Read More →
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Tuesday April 1, 2025 9:00am - 10:30am PDT
High Tech High Room 146
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9:00am PDT

4M-Leading to Build and Sustain PLCs for Student Growth and Teacher Empowerment
Tuesday April 1, 2025 9:00am - 10:30am PDT
High Tech High International Room 124
In this interactive session, participants will learn how the Tea Area School District utilizes improvement science principles to enhance instructional practices through weekly Elementary Professional Learning Community (PLC) meetings. Attendees will engage in hands-on activities that illustrate the use of student-driven Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) cycles and effective goal-setting strategies.Through group discussions, role-playing scenarios, and real-life improvement studies, attendees will collaborate with peers to share insights and develop actionable strategies. The session will incorporate feedback loops and guidelines used in the Tea Area PLCs, highlighting the gradual release of ownership to teachers and the importance of feedback cycles in fostering teacher agency and increasing teacher collective efficacy.

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Speakers
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Dr. Samantha Walder

Director of Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment, Tea Area School District
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John Westhoff

School Improvement Coach
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Tracy Schmidt

Continuous School Improvement Coach, Tea Area School District
Tuesday April 1, 2025 9:00am - 10:30am PDT
High Tech High International Room 124
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9:00am PDT

4N-From Innovation to Impact: Designing for Sustainable Scaling in a Networked Community
Tuesday April 1, 2025 9:00am - 10:30am PDT
High Tech High International Room 215
Our session shares the journey of evolving from an innovation-focused network to a scaling initiative, driven by a commitment to expand effective practices reliably across diverse schools and regions. We’ll discuss how we built and refined infrastructure to support routines for data collection, fostered cross-regional collaboration, and developed onboarding systems to welcome new teams while honoring the work of founding partners. Join us to explore strategies and tools that not only spread proven methods but also create a pipeline of skilled practitioners to sustain field growth and impact.

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Stephanie Lassalle

Director of Improvement Programs, Marshall Street
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Kim Burdi

Director of Continuous Improvement, Marshall Street
Tuesday April 1, 2025 9:00am - 10:30am PDT
High Tech High International Room 215
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