Scaling Impact Together: How Partnerships Enable Change in Education
Hear from Martha Jez, Owner and CEO of Fair Chance Learning, on what it can take to grow promising ideas across education contexts.
Join us for a 30-minute InnovED QuickCast exploring how partnerships can help education initiatives move from early promise toward broader impact.
Drawing on Fair Chance Learning’s work across education contexts, Martha Jez will reflect on how partnerships have helped shape the organization’s impact, what it means to scale thoughtfully, and what edupreneurs and intrapreneurs can consider as they work to move promising ideas into broader practice.
In this QuickCast
Our conversation with Martha will explore:
- How partnerships can support education initiatives as they grow across different contexts
- Milestones, challenges, and pivots that have shaped Fair Chance Learning’s approach to scaling impact through collaboration
- How a broader view of systems, stakeholders, and context can inform decisions about when, why, and how to scale
- Considerations for edupreneurs and intrapreneurs working to expand the reach and relevance of their innovations
What you’ll gain
This QuickCast offers an opportunity to:
- Hear directly from an experienced education innovation leader
- Reflect on what readiness to scale can look like in education contexts
- Consider how collaboration, stakeholder engagement, and systems thinking can shape growth
This session is for educators, education entrepreneurs, intrapreneurs, program leaders, learning designers, and members or prospective members of the InnovED Network of Practice exploring how promising ideas, initiatives, and education ventures can grow across organizations and systems.
Date & Time:
May 13th, 2026
12:15 pm
Category:
InnovED QuickCast
Type:
Webinar
Price:
Free
Subject Matter Experts
Martha Jez, Owner and CEO of Fair Chance Learning; Expert-in-Residence
With a Master’s in Critical Disability Studies from York University, Martha is a recognized leader in inclusive, future‑ready education. She has collaborated with UNESCO, the British Council, Microsoft, and Amazon to deliver skills development programs across Canada, the U.S., Kenya, Algeria, and the U.K. Her work focuses on building digital fluency, AI literacy, and equitable access to emerging technologies through Universal Design for Learning and system‑wide transformation. Martha also serves on the OISE Curriculum Review Committee for Continued Professional Learning, shaping programs that prepare individuals and organizations for a rapidly evolving world. Known for her energy and motto “LET’S DO THIS!”, Martha brings expertise in collaboration and innovation to every conversation about workforce readiness.