We support educational leaders and teachers with the knowledge and tools they need to ensure that great teaching is consistently in place in Florida classrooms.
We Connect.
Improving teaching and learning takes all of us. Educators, policymakers, funders, and community leaders each have a role to play—but real change happens when they work together. Impact Florida connects these stakeholders with the experts, data, and resources they need to focus on what matters most for students: high-quality instruction.
We Convene.
As Aristotle said, “The whole is greater than the sum of its parts”—and that’s especially true in education. When leaders learn and grow together, their collective impact exceeds what any one person can achieve alone. Impact Florida brings education leaders together to share and scale the best instructional practices across the state, creating a culture of continuous learning and improvement.
We Catalyze.
Impact Florida inspires education leaders to use their influence to strengthen systems and improve classrooms. By building a strong evidence base and clearly communicating what matters most, we catalyze collective action around shared goals—transforming the educational experience for students across Florida.
Why We Do It
We believe that all students deserve education leaders who:
- Direct resources and action toward supports that drive improvements in student learning
- Use data effectively to understand and respond to student learning needs
- Adopt and implement high-quality, aligned curricular materials
- Deliver rigorous lessons that are aligned to grade-level expectations
Florida’s educational achievements are on the rise, but the state still has a long way to go in providing quality instruction to all students in all schools. A Vision for Great Teaching in Florida addresses how the status-quo is contributing to the stunting of student achievement and opportunity, and what research points to for solutions.
Districts for Impact is an exciting new initiative focused on sharing and promoting promising instructional leadership practices across districts through a peer-to-peer learning community. Impact Florida, in partnership with FADSS, created the program to help education leaders share and learn about high-impact teaching practices that are bridging the opportunity gap and improving outcomes for all students.
Participants will participate in a series of facilitated Learning Walks, synthesize their learnings from those gatherings, and Impact Florida will publish a summary of insights from each district in a series of papers called Cases for Impact.