Casey Blochowiak Archives

Studer Education Partners at Carnegie Summit 2024

The Carnegie Foundation is a pioneer in education improvement science. Each year, our coaches and partners join thought leaders and difference makers at the Carnegie Summit to share discoveries, [...]

EP330: The Power of Collaboration in Strategic Planning

As a companion to last week’s high-level overview of strategic planning, this week’s episode dives into crucial aspects like how to form a strong steering committee and the pivotal role of [...]

Harnessing Continuous Improvement: PDSA from School Districts to Student-Owned Learning Cycles

Incorporating PDSA throughout the entire educational system supports a resolute commitment to intentional problem-solving and continuous learning. Leaders are seeing the results. The system-wide [...]

Empower Your Team: Using Plus/Delta as a Template for Making Improvement Decisions

The Plus Delta process is a valuable tool for continuous improvement because it helps to identify areas for improvement, prioritize action items, and foster a culture of learning.

Effectively Using Data to Make Tough Decisions

In this roundtable, Dr. Pat Greco was joined by SDMF Superintendent Cory Golla, Director of Teaching and Learning Casey Blochowiak, and Leader Coach Robin Largue for a roundtable discussion to [...]

EP178: Measures That Matter and Decision Rules

How can we engage people to become champions of improvement? Today, we share how one school district stayed eight months ahead of the national conversation by investing in the brainpower of its [...]

EP158: Listen to People to Continuously Improve

What happens when an organization committed to improvement has to transform everything they do in 5 days? People let go of being perfect and rely on their relationships, values, and communication [...]

Find Harmony Between Prioritizing People and Organizational Outcomes

IT’S POSSIBLE TO BALANCE BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS WITH MAINTAINING A FOCUS ON IMPROVEMENT If there is only one lesson we could all learn from a year like 2020, Casey Blochowiak, Director of [...]

EP76: Make Decisions that Sustain People and Relationships

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought about unprecedented change for schools all over the country. Education has been forced to transform before our eyes. Our schools are rising to the challenge, [...]