# 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\.

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## Pages
- [Homepage 2022](https://nhlearninginitiative.org/)
- [About Us](https://nhlearninginitiative.org/about-us/)
- [Events Embed](https://nhlearninginitiative.org/events-embed/)
- [Programs For Individuals](https://nhlearninginitiative.org/programs-services/educator-training/)
- [NH PLACE](https://nhlearninginitiative.org/empowered-learning/teaching-and-learning/nh-place/)

## Posts
- [Sensemaking in the Science Classroom: How Learning Happens](https://nhlearninginitiative.org/nhlinsights/sensemaking-in-the-science-classroom/): What would happen if we designed science learning around the way people actually learn something new? Explore how shifting from direct explanation to phenomenon\-driven sensemaking helps K–12 students move from receiving information to actively building understanding\.
- [Want to Help a New Teacher? Watch Them Teach\.](https://nhlearninginitiative.org/nhlinsights/want-to-help-a-new-teacher-watch-them-teach/): Observations shouldn't be intimidating—when paired with supportive, non\-evaluative coaching, they build confident and reflective educators\. Discover why consistent classroom feedback is vital for new teacher retention and growth, and explore how NHLI’s Teacher Success Partnership helps school leaders provide that support\.
- [Teacher Leadership on Display at NHLI’s Summer Empowered Learning Conference](https://nhlearninginitiative.org/nhlinsights/2026-summer-empowered-learning-conference-recap/)
- [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\.

## Events
- [NGSS, Phenomena, and the Use of Sense\-Making in Science](https://nhlearninginitiative.org/event/ngss-phenomena-sense-making-workshop/): Join NHLI on November 5–6 in Concord, NH for a two\-day design workshop on phenomenon\-driven, three\-dimensional science learning for K–12 educators\. Experience sensemaking strategies and begin designing performance\-based curriculum\. Optional SNHU graduate credits available\.  
- [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\.
- [Empowered Learning: From Vision to Evidence](https://nhlearninginitiative.org/event/empowered-learning-summer-conference/2026-07-21/): 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\.
- [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\.
- [OGAP Proportional Training in Laconia \- Feb/Mar 2026](https://nhlearninginitiative.org/event/ogap-proportional-training-in-laconia-feb-mar-2026/2026-03-25/)

## Team Members
- [Jodi Kincaid Tamayoshi](https://nhlearninginitiative.org/team/jodi-kincaid-tamayoshi/): Jodi Kincaid Tamayoshi partners with school district leaders to drive AI integration, lead change management initiatives, and build educator capacity through targeted coaching and professional development\.
- [Bari Boisvert](https://nhlearninginitiative.org/team/bari-boisvert/): Bari Boisvert serves as Director of Student\-Centered Learning at NHLI, bringing 26\+ years of classroom and leadership experience to empower educators in competency\-based and project\-based learning\.
- [Sue Downer](https://nhlearninginitiative.org/team/sue-downer/): Sue Downer serves as Director of STEM and Performance Learning at NHLI, bringing 30\+ years of science education experience, award\-winning leadership, and expertise in OpenSciEd\.
- [Ann Hadwen](https://nhlearninginitiative.org/team/ann-hadwen/): Ann Hadwen serves as Director of Educator Development and Coaching at NHLI, leveraging over 30 years of experience as a teacher, administrator, and curriculum leader to drive instructional growth\.
- [Ellen Hume\-Howard](https://nhlearninginitiative.org/team/ellen-hume-howard/): Ellen Hume\-Howard serves as Executive Director of the New Hampshire Learning Initiative \(NHLI\), leading statewide and national efforts in competency\-based education, performance assessment design, and student\-centered learning systems\.

## 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
- [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/)
- [Engaging Students Through Project\-Based Learning](https://nhlearninginitiative.org/series/engaging-students-through-project-based-learning-2/)

## 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\-Centered Learning](https://nhlearninginitiative.org/category/scl/)
- [Student Agency](https://nhlearninginitiative.org/category/student-agency/)

## Tags
- [New Hampshire Education](https://nhlearninginitiative.org/tag/new-hampshire-education/)
- [teacher leadership](https://nhlearninginitiative.org/tag/teacher-leadership/)
- [student\-centered learning](https://nhlearninginitiative.org/tag/student-centered-learning/)
- [Competency\-Based Education](https://nhlearninginitiative.org/tag/competency-based-education/)
- [PLACE](https://nhlearninginitiative.org/tag/place/)

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