Leading Educators

New from EdWeek Market Brief: Leading Educators and The Learning Accelerator discuss why we teamed up to launch the first-of-its-kind School Teams AI Collaborative. “Oftentimes technology is just designed for educators to use. This is an opportunity for educators to also design their own tools, to interact with technologists, and to think about, ‘What does it actually look like for my kids in my classroom? What are the problems that we need to solve?’” said Chong-Hao Fu, CEO of Leading Educators. Teams of educators from 19 schools in nine cities across the country will work on developing uses for AI tools in the classroom, test those efforts in coaching cycles, and document their learning throughout the 2024-25 school year. Read the story: https://hubs.la/Q02VTTJt0

We know how difficult it is for a leader to pull themselves out of the day-to-day operational management of schools and focus on the long-term strategic vision for instruction. Still, Mark Healy, Ed.D., senior director of system strategy at Leading Educators, advises leaders to ask themselves, "Is this initiative going to create predictable and sustainable improvement for my students?" ⚡ Mark's team helps leaders surface hidden insights through empathy processes to identify ways to focus limited resources on more coherent and impactful instructional work amid competing priorities: https://hubs.la/Q03205hK0

Our thoughts are with our partners, the students, the families, the community, and our staff in the greater Los Angeles area. We hope for your safety and for a swift end to the California wildfires. 🤝 How to help: https://lnkd.in/eV9cPZMS 🦺 Los Angeles Unified School District safety updates: https://lnkd.in/g_y4DPAZ

With more technology in our classrooms every day, how should you evaluate return on investment through an instructional lens? It starts with clarifying your technology goals. Our Value Add of Technology on Teaching (VATT) framework, developed alongside Google for Education and educators from around the world, provides a way to evaluate and maximize the impact of edtech on teaching and learning.  ⚡Learn more: https://hubs.la/Q031Gkcr0

📣 ICYMI: Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) leaders recently announced significant philanthropic investment in their math strategy. 🎉 We've been proud to be their partners in this work for several years, supporting educators to use the Illustrative Mathematics curriculum to deepen students' concept knowledge and ability to apply mathematical thinking to their world. 📈 Read about how this work has taken shape: https://hubs.la/Q031qxyn0

Whether you’re aligning coaching frameworks with strategic goals, refining curriculum implementation, or preparing leaders for a new school year, strategic support can transform challenges into opportunities for sustainable improvement.

With students now out on break, you might be nervous about whether they'll retain what they learned. The good news: spacing, a concept from learning science, gives us strategies for helping students retrieve information! ⚡Dr. Yana Weinstein-Jones explains, "The idea of spacing is coming back to information that was learned previously in order to refresh it …Spacing enables additional opportunities to retrieve or remember that information so that the knowledge then gets boosted instead of just completely deteriorating.” See how two teachers in Maine are using it: https://hubs.la/Q030pmDL0

Leading systemic change is tough, especially when faced with budget constraints, competing priorities, and the challenge of making decisions that will have a lasting impact. So, where should you start? 💡 Mark Healy, Ed.D., Senior Director of System Strategy at Leading Educators, shares how strategic diagnostics—like instructional "snapshots" and tailored strategies—can help leaders unlock opportunities for sustainable improvement. 📖 Dive into Dr. Healy’s insights on how these tools can ignite system success: 🔗https://hubs.la/Q030nJzS0

As we reflect on a remarkable year of growth, we are filled with gratitude for the dedication and collaboration of people like YOU—our partners, supporters, and the educators who prove every day what education can offer students. We hope this winter season brings you whatever you need: rest, joy, laughter, the comfort of loved ones, new inspiration, time to reflect. ❄️