When do we select sessions?

Sched Preview Week will start on February 24th, when you can look at the session descriptions and make a plan for sessions you are interested in. During this week, Sched will be view only. You’ll want to ensure you are able to log into your Sched during preview week so you are ready for session selection. 

On March 3rd at 5pm Pacific Time, you may select your sessions. Sessions hold a maximum of 25 participants by design, so some will fill up quickly. You will want to have 3-4 options in mind in case your first choices are full. There will be no waitlists.

What is the Thrilling Results Workshop Strand?

The purpose and promise of continuous improvement is to create meaningful change and better outcomes for students and families. Sessions in this category highlight improvement efforts that have gotten compelling results, tell the story of how those results were achieved, and provide evidence that the changes led to improvement. These sessions also support attendees to engage in a key practice, tool, or framework that was pivotal in the improvement effort and that attendees might apply in their own contexts. 

What is the Improvement Methods Workshop Strand?

Expertise is growing in the field as organizations and districts across the country build improvement into their daily practice to enact and sustain change. Methods sessions provide the “how to” knowledge improvers need to take their improvement practice to the next level. In these sessions, attendees get to roll up their sleeves and apply tools and approaches that have advanced improvement in varied settings. They also get to explore methods and models that push the boundaries of how we “do” improvement. Attendees will leave with concrete resources and insights to inform work in their own contexts.

What is the Leading Improvement Workshop Strand?

Leadership plays a critical role in shaping, sustaining and spreading improvement, whether we are leading a team, school, district, organization or network. Leading improvement for transformation requires the ability to shift existing norms, build learning cultures, and work with others to redesign our systems to positively impact the lives of the people we serve. Sessions in this category attend to the ways we build improvement capacity within systems and networks, create a pipeline of improvers of all backgrounds, and promote the enabling conditions and policies needed to sustain improvement in education now and into the future.  

What are Improvement Reviews?

Improvement Reviews showcase a powerful routine that supports team learning and organizational change efforts. Presenters in this category will share an improvement project/effort in progress, reflect on their data and learning, pose a dilemma, and receive feedback from experts who can provide a fresh perspective and advice. These sessions are led by Summit facilitators using a structured protocol in a fishbowl format, which allows session attendees to experience this routine, learn more about the presenting team’s work, and glean insights to inform their own improvement efforts. Improvement Reviews were among the most highly rated sessions last year – by attendees and presenters alike! They are an essential way we “walk our talk” as a learning community that celebrates and pushes each other’s work.

Why should I attend Advisory?

In past summits, people have appreciated intentional places to connect with colleagues interested in similar problems or serving similar roles. At Summit 2026, ADVISORY is that place! You can think of it like your “home room” for the conference, a group you will meet up with twice during Summit to reflect, connect, and mobilize.

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