# NHLI \| New Hampshire Learning Initiative: All Students Deserve a Quality Education > We are an educator\-led team dedicated to helping teachers, administrators and school district officials advance education and better prepare students for college, career, and life\. Generated by Yoast SEO v27.6, this is an llms.txt file, meant for consumption by LLMs. ## Pages - [Homepage 2022](https://nhlearninginitiative.org/) - [Programs For Individuals](https://nhlearninginitiative.org/programs-services/educator-training/) - [About Us](https://nhlearninginitiative.org/about-us/) - [NH PLACE](https://nhlearninginitiative.org/empowered-learning/teaching-and-learning/nh-place/) - [NHLI Blog](https://nhlearninginitiative.org/nhl-insights/) ## Posts - [FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE](https://nhlearninginitiative.org/place/nhli-place-five-year-impact-report/) - [ELA PLACE — A PLC in Action](https://nhlearninginitiative.org/place/ela-place-professional-learning-community/): What happens when professional learning is led by teachers, for teachers? PLACE: a statewide community reimagining student engagement\. Go inside the ELA PLACE network to see how educators are co\-creating equitable, performance\-based assessments through radical collaboration\. - [Making Math Spicy](https://nhlearninginitiative.org/place/making-math-spicy/): Is your math class spicy enough? Discover how New Hampshire educators in the PLACE program are using "thin slicing" and the chili pepper metaphor to transform student\-centered math instruction into an engaging, collaborative experience that builds student persistence\. - [Co\-Creating Science Learning Across New Hampshire: PLACE Science Network Meeting](https://nhlearninginitiative.org/place/science-place-three-dimensional-learning/): On a cold February morning in Concord, science educators gathered to strengthen three\-dimensional science learning\. From northern lights observations to the "Bone Mystery" investigation, see how PLACE is accelerating high\-quality science instruction across the state\. - [Reflections On the Outside: How Being a Teacher Prepared Me For My Next Chapter](https://nhlearninginitiative.org/nhli-blogs/leaving-the-classroom-deepened-my-commitment-to-student-centered-learning/): Leaving the classroom is never just a career move—it’s an identity shift\. In this reflective piece, the author shares what it meant to step away from daily lesson plans and into a system\-level role at the New Hampshire Learning Initiative\. Drawing on years of classroom experience, the blog explores how teaching shaped not only instructional practice, but also ways of listening, problem\-solving, and understanding success\. While the work has shifted from one classroom to many, the core beliefs remain the same: students thrive when they feel known, have voice and agency, and experience learning that feels real\. This post reflects on what is missed, what is not, and how becoming a bridge between classrooms and systems has strengthened the author’s ability to advocate for meaningful, student\-centered change—grounded in empathy, credibility, and urgency\. ## Events - [Empowered Learning: From Vision to Evidence](https://nhlearninginitiative.org/event/empowered-learning-summer-conference/2026-07-20/): A two\-day conference for educators ready to design learning that centers on students and meaningful evidence of learning\. Join New Hampshire teachers and leaders who are doing the work—alongside NHLI’s competency\-based education \(CBE\) experts—to share practical tools, classroom\-tested strategies, and performance assessment practices that strengthen instruction, improve learner engagement, and address the systems and structures needed to implement CBE with clarity and consistency—along with leadership training that supports sustainable implementation across schools and districts\. - [NGSS, Phenomena, and the Use of Sense\-Making in Science](https://nhlearninginitiative.org/event/ngss-phenomena-and-the-use-of-sense-making-in-science-3/2026-11-05/): Participants Will: Engage in hands\-on activities and collaborative discussions to explore 3\-dimensional, phenomenon\-based instruction aligned with the NGSS\. Learn strategies to design authentic learning experiences that promote critical thinking, problem\-solving, and collaboration—skills essential for both academic and workplace success\. Begin developing performance\-based science curriculum and assessments that support all learners and reflect real\-world applications\. Explore ways to connect science instruction to meaningful contexts, helping students see how their learning relates to future opportunities and careers\. - [NGSS, Phenomena, and the Use of Sense\-Making in Science](https://nhlearninginitiative.org/event/ngss-phenomena-and-the-use-of-sense-making-in-science-3/2026-11-05/): Participants Will: Engage in hands\-on activities and collaborative discussions to explore 3\-dimensional, phenomenon\-based instruction aligned with the NGSS\. Learn strategies to design authentic learning experiences that promote critical thinking, problem\-solving, and collaboration—skills essential for both academic and workplace success\. Begin developing performance\-based science curriculum and assessments that support all learners and reflect real\-world applications\. Explore ways to connect science instruction to meaningful contexts, helping students see how their learning relates to future opportunities and careers\. - [NGSS, Phenomena, and the Use of Sense\-Making in Science](https://nhlearninginitiative.org/event/ngss-phenomena-and-the-use-of-sense-making-in-science-3/2026-11-06/): Participants Will: Engage in hands\-on activities and collaborative discussions to explore 3\-dimensional, phenomenon\-based instruction aligned with the NGSS\. Learn strategies to design authentic learning experiences that promote critical thinking, problem\-solving, and collaboration—skills essential for both academic and workplace success\. Begin developing performance\-based science curriculum and assessments that support all learners and reflect real\-world applications\. Explore ways to connect science instruction to meaningful contexts, helping students see how their learning relates to future opportunities and careers\. - [OGAP Proportional Training in Laconia \- Feb/Mar 2026](https://nhlearninginitiative.org/event/ogap-proportional-training-in-laconia-feb-mar-2026/2026-03-24/) ## Team Members - [NHLI Communications](https://nhlearninginitiative.org/team/staff-authors/) - [Sue Downer](https://nhlearninginitiative.org/team/sue-downer/) - [Debbie Metcalfe Quint](https://nhlearninginitiative.org/team/debbie-metcalfe-quint/): Debbie joined NHLI part\-time in 2019 to support the important work being done by NHLI and its outstanding staff\. - [Kathy White](https://nhlearninginitiative.org/team/kathy-white-2/): Kathy White joined the NHLI team in 2020 and serves as the Director of Deeper Learning, continuing her work as the project lead on the Deeper Learning and Diffusion of Innovation and Scaled Impact in New Hampshire as a vital member of the JFF/NHLI RPP team\. - [Mariane Gfroerer](https://nhlearninginitiative.org/team/mariane-gfroerer/): Mariane is Director of Advanced Studies for the New Hampshire Learning Initiative\. In this role she assists schools and districts to build transformational educator leadership in competency education ## Voices - [Jordan](https://nhlearninginitiative.org/student-voices/jordan-2/) - [Jordan](https://nhlearninginitiative.org/student-voices/jordan/) - [Pre\-K Students](https://nhlearninginitiative.org/student-voices/pre-k-students/) - [Elizabeth](https://nhlearninginitiative.org/student-voices/elizabeth/) - [High Shool](https://nhlearninginitiative.org/student-voices/high-shool/) ## Series - [NGSS, Phenomena, and the Use of Sense\-Making in Science](https://nhlearninginitiative.org/series/ngss-phenomena-and-the-use-of-sense-making-in-science-3/) - [OGAP Additive Training in Laconia \- Feb/Mar 2026](https://nhlearninginitiative.org/series/ogap-additive-training-in-laconia-feb-mar-2026/) - [NGSS, Phenomena, and the Use of Sense\-Making in Science](https://nhlearninginitiative.org/series/ngss-phenomena-and-the-use-of-sense-making-in-science/) - [NGSS, Phenomena, and the Use of Sense\-Making in Science](https://nhlearninginitiative.org/series/ngss-phenomena-and-the-use-of-sense-making-in-science-2/) - [Engaging Students Through Project\-Based Learning](https://nhlearninginitiative.org/series/engaging-students-through-project-based-learning-3/) ## Categories - [NHLInsights, Research and Resources](https://nhlearninginitiative.org/category/nhlinsights/) - [Competency\-Based Learning \(CBL\)](https://nhlearninginitiative.org/category/competency-based-learning/) - [WSP \(Work Study Practices\)](https://nhlearninginitiative.org/category/wsp/) - [Student Agency](https://nhlearninginitiative.org/category/student-agency/) - [Student\-Centered Learning](https://nhlearninginitiative.org/category/scl/) ## Tags - [teacher leadership](https://nhlearninginitiative.org/tag/teacher-leadership/) - [student\-centered learning](https://nhlearninginitiative.org/tag/student-centered-learning/) - [PLACE](https://nhlearninginitiative.org/tag/place/) - [Professional Learning Networks](https://nhlearninginitiative.org/tag/professional-learning-networks/) - [NHLI Impact Report](https://nhlearninginitiative.org/tag/nhli-impact-report/) ## Optional - [Sitemap index](https://nhlearninginitiative.org/sitemap_index.xml)