Below are selected examples of transformational engagements with schools and districts within and beyond Colorado.

Context: The Impact Team partnered with a Network within an urban school district. The network included a range of high-, average-, and low-performing schools. In close coordination with the principal supervisor, The Impact Team provided targeted, on-site support to six of the lowest-performing schools, while delivering instructional leadership professional learning to leadership teams across the entire Collaborative.

The six focal schools served high percentages of multilingual learners and students eligible for free and reduced lunch. Our work centered on strengthening instructional infrastructures; developing leadership capacity, establishing disciplined data cycles, and building coherent systems to accelerate student growth and stabilize performance trajectories.

Action: The Impact Team partnered with district and school leaders to build the instructional infrastructure necessary for sustained improvement. Working alongside principals and their Instructional Leadership Teams (ILTs), we strengthened leadership systems, embedded aligned coaching cycles, and developed teacher leaders’ capacity to use data routinely to inform planning and instruction.

Implementation was supported through clear benchmarks, defined monitoring structures, and consistent progress checks tied to student growth indicators. Principals received ongoing coaching and monthly professional learning focused on data analysis, strategic prioritization, and short-cycle action planning. This ensured that instructional adjustments were measurable, implementation fidelity was monitored, and leadership teams could track leading indicators of progress aligned to SPF outcomes.

Impact: The first chart below illustrates the results of the five schools that worked closely with The Impact Team, as described above. Their growth can be compared with the second chart, showing schools within the same network that did not receive onsite support but WERE part of our monthly professional learning support from The Impact Team.