Name: Leading Through Learning: Rethinking How Schools Learn and Adapt
Start: 2026-07-15T15:35:00-0400
End: 2026-07-15T16:30:00-0400

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Leading Through Learning: Rethinking How Schools Learn and Adapt

Wednesday July 15, 2026 3:35pm - 4:30pm EDT

W2108

Schools are rich with data. Every day, student work, formative assessments, and parent interactions give us invaluable feedback. Yet too often, our systems move more slowly than our classrooms. By the time we can truly act on insights, the moment has passed. As educators, we are constantly making thoughtful, brilliant adjustments, we are just doing it inside structures that weren't built for speed.

This session is about a powerful, simple shift: rethinking how feedback flows so our schools can learn, breathe, and adjust in real time.

We will look at a pattern used by high-performing organizations across industries: act, measure, learn, adjust. But we aren't here to add more to your plate. Instead, we will explore how to connect this agile rhythm directly to the work you are already doing in classrooms, team meetings, and leadership decisions. We’ll take existing practices, like data reviews and formative assessments, and make them more immediate, visible, and deeply actionable.

What We Will Do Together:

Map Your Current Flow: Analyze how feedback and data currently move through your unique school context.
Redesign the Loop: Work through a real-time challenge you are currently facing to build a faster, more responsive insight loop.
Keep it Sustainable: Ensure these adjustments integrate seamlessly into your current workload without creating burnout.

The Ultimate Goal: You will leave this session with a practical, customized blueprint. A plan you can implement on Monday to boost learner engagement, support educators, and make confident, data-informed decisions without waiting months to see if they worked.

Speakers

Liz Hamen

Agile Lead, Nationwide

As an Agile Transformation Coach at Nationwide, my mission is to design scalable frameworks that empower teams to take true ownership of their work. I work to leverage my knowledge and expertise to deliver innovative and value-driven solutions that lead to high-value outcomes. Drawing... Read More →

Jamie Peeso

Vice President, JP Morgan Chase

Linda Amici

Educator, Westerville City Schools

Linda Amici is an educator passionate about empowering future leaders to “be the change” the world needs. As a middle school instructional coach for the Westerville City School District and part-time faculty member for Otterbein University, she seeks to inspire those around... Read More →

Wednesday July 15, 2026 3:35pm - 4:30pm EDT
W2108

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