Norristown Area School District joins 60 other leading school districts to participate in Digital Promise’s League Learning Collaboratives to address key initiatives that matter most to schools and communities
October 16, 2025 | Norristown, PA – In 2024, Norristown Area School District joined the League of Innovative Schools (The League), a national network of school districts that connects and supports the nation’s most forward-thinking leaders in education. The League is dedicated to innovative learning and leadership practices to achieve equitable outcomes for every student. One key way superintendents and district leaders realize such innovation and change is through the League Learning Collaboratives (LLCs).
The 2025-26 LLCs focus on pressing topics in education, including AI literacy, career readiness and workforce development, and educator recruitment and retention. League leaders choose the learning collaborative in which they want to participate based on their district’s needs and interests, and meet regularly to engage in peer-to-peer learning, co-create solutions, and share best practices. Norristown Area School District is specifically participating in the AI literacy LLC to expand on the work of the district’s AI Task Force, which established guidelines to support thoughtful, safe, and meaningful use of AI by staff and students.
Superintendent of Schools, Christopher Dormer shared, “Norristown Area School District is proud to participate in this year's League Learning Collaborative. We have found the collaboratives to be highly beneficial to implementing successful practices in our district, as evidenced by the Student Advisory Council model that I started last year while participating in the Student Voice collaborative. We look forward to this year's LLC helping us along our journey to successfully leverage AI as a learning and productivity tool.”
Organized by Digital Promise and facilitated by current or former superintendents with extensive experience in these focus areas, LLCs provide an interactive space for school district leaders across roles to discuss and explore tangible strategies for addressing shared problems of practice around these key issues. Each collaborative centers on a topic directly aligned to the Digital Promise Challenge Map—areas nationally identified as critical for student success.
“Education leaders regularly face new evolving challenges that directly impact teaching and learning,” said Tasia King, network learning experience designer at Digital Promise. “Continuous learning opportunities that directly address those big issues, like the learning opportunities offered through the LLCs, give district leaders the insights and tools to tackle those challenges and foster innovation throughout their districts.”
Over the next six months, Norristown Area School District will join other leading districts across the nation to explore challenges, share promising practices, and collaborate toward meaningful, common goals. These professional learning communities provide a supportive space to gain new ideas, receive accountability for implementation, and strengthen the impact of the network by fostering innovation and accelerating growth.
Through the LLCs, Norristown Area School District can contribute to a national community of practice while bringing back tested strategies, leadership insights, and tangible outputs that can be applied to strengthen our schools and directly benefit our students and educators.
In all, school and district leaders from 61 school districts across 19 states will participate in one or more learning collaboratives for the 2025-26 school year.
For more information on the League of Innovative Schools’s League Learning Collaboratives and a full list of district participants, visit: digitalpromise.org/initiative/league-of-innovative-schools/league-learning-collaboratives/.
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About Norristown Area School District
Norristown Area School District (NASD) is a diverse public school district in the heart of Montgomery County in southeastern Pennsylvania, serving more than 7,800 students across the Municipality of Norristown, East Norriton Township, and West Norriton Township. The district takes great pride in its investments in educational programs and opportunities, including the addition of nearly 195 new staff positions in the last five years. NASD is proud to be committed to welcoming and inclusive school communities where all students, families, and staff are valued, respected, and safe. NASD has been designated as a “Best Community for Music Education” for eight consecutive years and an “Outstanding Visual Arts Community” for the last three years, with several schools recognized as “Best Schools” by U.S. News & World Report. NASD is also a second-year member of the League of Innovative Schools, and has been recognized as a Great PA School by the Pennsylvania School Boards Association’s Great Pennsylvania Schools Program.
About Digital Promise
Digital Promise is a global nonprofit working to expand opportunity for each learner. We work with educators, researchers, technology leaders, and communities to design, investigate, and scale up innovations that empower learners, especially those who have been historically and systematically excluded. Our work is done so that every learner can engage in powerful learning experiences that lead to a life of well-being, fulfillment, and economic mobility. For more information, visit the Digital Promise website and follow @digitalpromise for updates.