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The application is now open for next year's 💫Chicagoland-area Pilot Network Cohort!
🌟 See how you can engage a small team in our guided design cycles to address the opportunity of practice YOU define and make progress on your CIWP and SIP.
🌟 Scholarship priority will be given to applications received by May 29.
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Pilot Network — LEAP Innovations The Pilot Network is a cohort-based program that empowers forward-thinking school teams to design, pilot and scale innovative approaches to sustainable school improvement and student-centered learning. School teams and educators design and refine their approach to personalized learning, discovering

Next week we're getting honest about how AI and emerging technologies are affecting High School learning.

If you're a teacher, counselor, or education leader trying to make sense of the shift, this virtual conversation is for you.

📅 April 22 | 2pm ET/1pm CT/11am PT
🔗 Register: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/MwkOkJLMQ6CWgE_jopyvIg

Here's what we'll dig into:
→ How the school day is being restructured around AI
→ The student mental health crisis and what educators can actually do about it
→ What educators might do with the time that smarter tools give back

Speakers: Maria Andersen (Socrait) + Sean Wheelock (InnerPeak AI)
Facilitated by LEAP Innovations

👉Save your seat! Register Here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/MwkOkJLMQ6CWgE_jopyvIg

🌟 High schools are navigating a lot right now, from evolving student needs to the rapid introduction of AI in classrooms.

At LEAP Innovations, we’re creating space for honest, practical conversations about what this shift means for educators and how we can better support both students and staff.

Join us next Wednesday for a one-hour virtual fireside chat: High School Reimagined: Rethinking Time, Tech, and Transformation

This session brings together Edtech leaders and practitioners to share real examples of how high schools are using technology to support teaching, learning, and student well-being—without losing the human connections that matter most.

You’ll hear from:
🔹 Maria Andersen (Co-founder, Socrait) on how voice-powered tools can help teachers save time and better understand student learning in real time
🔹 Sean Wheelock (Founder, InnerPeak AI) on approaches to supporting student mental health with AI in ways that complement, not replace, educators

Facilitated by Carlos Beato and Sue Holmes of LEAP Innovations, we’ll explore:
✔️ How AI is showing up in the high school day
✔️ Where technology can meaningfully reduce educator workload
✔️ How schools can guide healthy AI use for students
✔️ Practical ideas for rethinking time and support systems

📅 April 22, 2026
🕑 2PM ET | 1PM CT | 11AM PT

👉 Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/MwkOkJLMQ6CWgE_jopyvIg

If you’re a high school educator, counselor, or leader, we hope you’ll join us as we learn together and share what’s working.

🌟 Measuring What Matters: How Complementary Growth Indicators Can Transform K-12 Education

Test scores alone don’t tell the whole story, and schools need complementary measures to identify opportunities for growth — even when achievement levels appear strong on the surface.

Our aligned, validated LEAP Learner Engagement Survey provides real-time data on the classroom learning experience to support professional learning, coaching and innovation so schools can actively build deeper engagement and foster student success. Learn more at https://lnkd.in/gjuF_prY or see below about how real-time student experience data is an essential complement to test scores and other traditional measures.

Thank you to America Forward for featuring LEAP. Read more here: https://americaforward.medium.com/measuring-what-matters-how-complementary-growth-indicators-can-transform-k-12-education-dd0f43a1ef97?postPublishedType=repub

Measuring What Matters: How Complementary Growth Indicators Can Transform K-12 Education By Jessica Paulsen, President, Innovation & Impact, LEAP Innovations