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Monday, March 31
 

9:00am PDT

1B-Liberatory Improvement: Reimagining the Intersections of Improvement, Equity and Justice
Monday March 31, 2025 9:00am - 10:30am PDT
High Tech High International Commons
Let’s have deep conversations on issues that matter to improvers. No slide decks, just real talk. Fireside chats are places for attendees to connect with luminaries, hear transformative stories, and ask questions. This is not a panel, but a free-flowing conversation where a pair of educational leaders interview one another and pursue their wonderings together.
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Speakers
avatar for Amanda Meyer

Amanda Meyer

Senior Director of Improvement, CORE Districts
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BH
Monday March 31, 2025 9:00am - 10:30am PDT
High Tech High International Commons
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9:00am PDT

1D-Supporting Network Leaders: Unpacking the Work and Challenges of Hub Leadership Filling
Monday March 31, 2025 9:00am - 10:30am PDT
High Tech High Room 146
Improvement networks seek to solve complex problems in education, but little is known about how hub leaders build and manage these temporary learning organizations. In this workshop, hub leaders will use The Network Health Study’s Hub Leadership Framework to reflect on their own leadership practice, engage in collaborative problem solving around hub team design and common challenges leaders face, and engage in a reflective routine to strengthen hub leadership practice. We explicate the complexities of hub leadership practice while supporting leaders’ professional learning, providing tools, routines, and collaborative space to learn from each other.

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Speakers
avatar for Kelly McMahon

Kelly McMahon

Director, Center for Public Research and Leadership
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Jennifer Sherer

Project Lead, Partners for Network Improvement
DP
Monday March 31, 2025 9:00am - 10:30am PDT
High Tech High Room 146
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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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Speakers
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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Speakers
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
avatar for Elisa Castillo

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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Speakers
avatar for Joyce Randall
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

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
avatar for Darcie Jamieson

Darcie Jamieson

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

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 →
avatar for Shane Backlund

Shane Backlund

Superintendent, Educational Service District 105
avatar for Brandon Riddle

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
avatar for Segun Eubanks

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
avatar for Leslie Anderson

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
avatar for Kim Frankel Marsh

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 →
avatar for Brandy New

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
  Sessions

11:00am PDT

2B-Transforming Systems by Embedding CI into Existing Systems and Districts
Monday March 31, 2025 11:00am - 12:30pm PDT
High Tech High International Commons
Let’s have deep conversations on issues that matter to improvers. No slide decks, just real talk. Fireside chats are places for attendees to connect with luminaries, hear transformative stories, and ask questions. This is not a panel, but a free-flowing conversation where a pair of educational leaders interview one another and pursue their wonderings together.
We cannot improve what we can’t measure: Share your feedback on this session.
Speakers
avatar for Nora Guerra

Nora Guerra

Educational Consultant
Nora Guerra is a highly experienced educational leader in all areas of TK-12 instructional services with a proven, collaborative track-record of school improvement at 100% of schools in a historically low-performing district. Nora is also skilled in communication, collaboration, facilitation... Read More →
avatar for Derek Mitchell

Derek Mitchell

CEO, Partners in School Innovation - 1
avatar for Kim Carter
Monday March 31, 2025 11:00am - 12:30pm PDT
High Tech High International Commons
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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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Speakers
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

2D-Prioritizing for Impact: Using Pareto Analysis to Select a High Leverage Focus Filling
Monday March 31, 2025 11:00am - 12:30pm PDT
High Tech High Room 105
Not all problems are created equal—some have a far greater impact than others. In this hands-on session, participants will learn how to apply Pareto analysis, a simple yet powerful tool for identifying the most frequently occurring causes of the problems we seek to address and focusing efforts where they matter most. Using real-world education data, attendees will practice creating Pareto charts, uncovering root causes, and making data-driven decisions that maximize improvement. Walk away with practical skills to streamline your efforts, reduce inefficiencies, and drive meaningful change in your school or district.

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Speakers
avatar for Curtis Taylor

Curtis Taylor

Director, Meta Network, HTH GSE
avatar for Kelly McMahon

Kelly McMahon

Director, Center for Public Research and Leadership
Monday March 31, 2025 11:00am - 12:30pm PDT
High Tech High Room 105
  Sessions

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
avatar for Aurora Kushner

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

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
avatar for Chris Lewine

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
  Sessions

11:00am PDT

2K-Coaching for Improvement: Navigating Common Coaching Dilemmas Filling
Monday March 31, 2025 11:00am - 12:30pm PDT
High Tech High International Room 124
Organizations using improvement science to guide change efforts often look to improvement coaches to support their work. Coaching can be essential to build individual and team capabilities and support progress towards an improvement goal, but there are few resources that describe this nuanced work. In this session, four categories of common improvement coaching dilemmas will be introduced, as well as ways to explore them and identify potential actions to take. Participants will engage in a scenario-based simulation to practice responding to challenges that routinely arise during coaching and also reflect on a challenge from their own practice.

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Speakers
avatar for Edit Khachatryan

Edit Khachatryan

Senior Associate Networked Improvement Science, Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching
Edit Khachatryan is a Senior Associate at the Carnegie Foundation, supporting system transformation work through improvement science. Edit is an improvement facilitator, researcher, and educator with a mission to create lasting educational improvements by facilitating, strengthening... Read More →
avatar for Barbara Shreve

Barbara Shreve

MD Network Improvement Science, Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching
Barbara Shreve serves as managing director of the Networked Improvement Science team at the Carnegie Foundation. In this role, she leads strategy to advance access to and use of improvement science to address challenges in education and enable system transformation. As a senior associate... Read More →
Monday March 31, 2025 11:00am - 12:30pm PDT
High Tech High International Room 124
  Sessions

1:45pm PDT

3B-How Do We Catalyze and Accelerate a Movement?: Lessons from Healthcare and the Social Sector
Monday March 31, 2025 1:45pm - 3:15pm PDT
High Tech High International Commons
Let’s have deep conversations on issues that matter to improvers. No slide decks, just real talk. Fireside chats are places for attendees to connect with luminaries, hear transformative stories, and ask questions. This is not a panel, but a free-flowing conversation where a pair of educational leaders interview one another and pursue their wonderings together.
Celebrate and push on the work: Give feedback on this session.
Speakers
avatar for Ben Daley

Ben Daley

President, High Tech High Graduate School of Education
What do we want? Deeper Learning!How will we get it? Improvement!
avatar for Cathy Casserly

Cathy Casserly

Casserly Consulting & Coaching
LP
Monday March 31, 2025 1:45pm - 3:15pm PDT
High Tech High International Commons
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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
  Sessions

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.

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

Jacobē Bell

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

We cannot improve what we can’t measure: Share your feedback on this session.
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
avatar for Rydell Harrison
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
KG
avatar for Jenay Enna

Jenay Enna

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

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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Tuesday, April 1
 

9:00am PDT

4B-Improvement as a Field: Where have we been? Where are we going?
Tuesday April 1, 2025 9:00am - 10:30am PDT
High Tech High International Commons
Let’s have deep conversations on issues that matter to improvers. No slide decks, just real talk. Fireside chats are places for attendees to connect with luminaries, hear transformative stories, and ask questions. This is not a panel, but a free-flowing conversation where a pair of educational leaders interview one another and pursue their wonderings together.

Improvers 💜 data: Complete the Session Survey.
Speakers
avatar for Manuelito Biag

Manuelito Biag

Improvement Advisor, National Center for School-University Partnerships
avatar for Louis Gomez

Louis Gomez

Senior Partner, Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching
Louis Gomez holds the MacArthur Chair in Digital Media and Learning in the Graduate School of Education and Information Studies at the University of California Los Angeles. Gomez has served since 2008 as a senior partner at the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching... Read More →
avatar for Alicia Grunow

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 →
Tuesday April 1, 2025 9:00am - 10:30am PDT
High Tech High International Commons
  Sessions

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. 

We cannot improve what we can’t measure: Share your feedback on this session.
Speakers
avatar for Jennifer Marroquin

Jennifer Marroquin

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

Adam Leckie

Superintendent, CGESD
avatar for Casey Blochowiak, Ph.D.

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 →
avatar for Whitney Holton
Tuesday April 1, 2025 9:00am - 10:30am PDT
High Tech High Room 146
  Sessions

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
avatar for Dr. Samantha Walder

Dr. Samantha Walder

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

John Westhoff

School Improvement Coach
avatar for Tracy Schmidt

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

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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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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