About Us

Our Mission

InnovateK12 is dedicated to empowering organizations through crowd-based innovation.

We leverage powerful social and analytical tools, along with research-based best practices, to optimize engagement and collaboration with stakeholders in critical areas such as workforce development, staff collaboration, family and community engagement, strategic planning, continuous improvement, and student-directed learning.

How We Help

We help you harness the collective intelligence of your stakeholders, fostering creativity and trust within their organizations.

Through crowd-sourcing initiatives focused on co-creation and co-construction, you receive data analytics that delivers key insights, correlations, and findings.

This enables you to invite stakeholder groups to engage, participate, and collaborate, leading to an aligned leadership model and practice.

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How We Help

We help you harness the collective intelligence of your stakeholders, fostering creativity and trust within their organizations.

Through crowd-sourcing initiatives focused on co-creation and co-construction, you receive data analytics that delivers key insights, correlations, and findings.

This enables you to invite stakeholder groups to engage, participate, and collaborate, leading to an aligned leadership model and practice.

Our Differentiated Value

Community-wide Co-Design:
We offer safe, constructive ways to engage stakeholders, leading to operational success.

AI-Driven Data Analysis:
Analyzing districts’ qualitative data 100X faster and with deeper insight.

Sentiment Analytics AKA “The Why”:
Sense-making; not just what stakeholders are saying, but why, via Sentiment Analytics.

Our Approach

Our peer-reviewed research demonstrates that when stakeholders can contribute their voices to something larger than themselves, they become more hopeful and optimistic about their community and its future.

InnovateK12's Three-Dimensional Service Model

Phase 1
Engagement Sequencing

We collaborate with district leaders to plan their engagement strategy and events, culminating in an Annual Engagement Plan.

Phase 2
Engagement Platform/Survey Tools

Stakeholders are invited, inspired, and motivated to engage, ideate, iterate, and collaborate by sharing knowledge and ideas.

Phase 3
Data Reporting

Using a blend of AI and human intelligence, we distill the data into Sentiment Analytics, providing deep insights with actionable next steps, which then inform Phase 1.

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Middletown Public Schools

Featured Clients

Meet the Team

  • Evan St. Lifer

    Evan St. Lifer

    CEO

  • Ann Majchrzak

    Ann Majchrzak

    Research Advisor

  • Michael Conner

    Michael Conner

    Partner Agile Blueprinting

  • Joey Hailpern

    Joey Hailpern

    COO

  • Jayme Markus

    Jayme Markus

    Design Director

  • Conor Howlett

    Conor Howlett

    UX-Data Analytics Intern

Case Studies

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    Pike County Schools

    Student Engagement: Pike County Schools used InnovateK12 to gather core memories from students exiting grades 5, 8, & 12 to capture the positive experience of Pike County Schools.

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    Central Falls School District

    Teacher Engagement: Central Falls School District used InnovateK12 to build consensus around the strategies they could deploy as a team to finish the year strong.

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    Alexandria Public Schools

    Family Engagement: Alexandria Public Schools used InnovateK12 to identify priorities for investment of ESSER funds with input from families of enrolled students.

Use Cases

Strategic Planning
Co-create and ideate with the various segments of your community.

ESSER Funding
Enlist the community to provide input on how best to invest critical funds. 

Student-Centered Design
Elevate student voice to give them agency into their learning.

Staff Initiatives
Recognize teachers, ascertain their deepest needs.

Professional Learning
Teachers and staff  ideate and collaborate on instructional approaches.

Equity and Inclusion
Harnessing the voice of the previously disengaged and disenfranchised.