Architecting Impact: Lisa Hartman on Building Systems That Transcend Leaders

About this episode

Lisa Hartman discusses her work on systems change and collaborative improvement in education.

Lisa Hartman, Director of Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment at Lewis Central Community School District in Iowa, is a visionary leader driven by a deep commitment to human-centered educational change. Passionate about collaborative systems improvement, she works to advance structures that meaningfully support students, educators, and communities. In this episode, we explore systems change in action through Lewis Central’s districtwide literacy plan, and the development of in-house paraprofessional training using the STEAM framework. Lisa shares how she built intentional feedback loops across the district—creating structures that increase efficiency and keep the evolving needs of people at the center of improvement efforts.

People in this episode

Guest: Lisa Hartman

Topics covered

• systems change
• literacy plan
• collaborative systems improvement
• feedback loops
• STEAM framework

Keywords

• human-centered educational change
• in-house paraprofessional training
• districtwide literacy plan

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Places: Iowa

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