Lead Spark Team didn't start in a boardroom. It started in a classroom —and with a question that wouldn't go away:

"Why doesn't professional development actually build teacher capacity?"

Olivia's Journey:

For over 14 years, Olivia Odileke stood at the front of rooms full of teachers—delivering professional development for companies like HMH, Nearpod, BetterLesson, and Stride. She trained teachers across multiple states, designed workshops on curriculum and technology integration, and watched administrators nod along as she shared research-backed strategies.

But then she'd leave. And nothing would change.

The workshops were engaging. The content was solid. But the impact? Temporary at best.

Olivia saw the pattern everywhere:

• Teachers sat through PD, took notes, and went back to their classrooms
• Principals spent thousands on consultants who delivered one-size-fits-all solutions
• Individual teachers were evaluated in isolation—no collective accountability, no team learning
• By the next year, everyone was back to square one, waiting for the next expert to tell them what to do

The problem wasn't the teachers. It was the model.

The Realization:

Olivia realized something fundamental: Lecturing teachers about instructional strategies doesn't build capacity. Practice does. Collaboration does. Teams do.

You can't sit through a 90-minute workshop on formative assessment and expect to master it.
You can't watch a consultant model a strategy once and implement it with fidelity.
You can't improve instruction when you're working in isolation with no feedback loop.

Capacity is built through cycles of inquiry—not one-time events.

The "Aha" Moment: Team-Based Learning Walks

Olivia started experimenting with a different approach: team-based learning walks.

Instead of observing individual teachers and evaluating them in isolation, she worked with principals to observe teacher teams working on shared challenges. The data wasn't about naming individual teachers—it was aggregated team data that showed: How are we performing as a team? What patterns are emerging? What do we need to work on together?

This changed everything.

Teachers stopped feeling defensive. They started collaborating. They began solving problems together—because the focus shifted from "fixing individual teachers" to "building collective capacity."

Principals had a clearer picture of what was happening across their schools.
Teachers felt empowered instead of evaluated.
And most importantly, the changes stuck.

The Research Journey:

Olivia knew she was onto something, but she needed to go deeper. She conducted in-depth interviews with school board members, principals, and teachers to understand what they actually needed.

The answer was clear: They needed a micro solution focused on instructional practices—not another pacing guide, not another end-of-year test, but a way to truly measure and focus on the actual learning taking place in classrooms.

They needed a system to:

• Identify specific instructional challenges
• Test research-backed strategies in real classrooms
• Track progressive change in student development
• Build teacher capacity through collaborative cycles
• See results in weeks, not years

Lead Spark Team was born from those conversations.

Enter Yann:

Around the same time, Olivia connected with Yann Davidson Yossah, an AI/ML expert at Apple with a passion for using technology to solve real-world problems. Yann had spent years training AI systems at Google and Apple, building data platforms, and creating tools that simplified complex processes.

When Olivia shared her vision—a platform that would activate teacher teams, simplify action research, and build permanent capacity—Yann saw the potential immediately.

"What if we could use AI to make this process simple enough for any principal to use? What if we could generate research-backed action plans in 30 minutes instead of 6 weeks? What if we could give schools the tools to build their own capacity—without consultants?"

Together, they founded Kampus Insights to make that vision a reality.

❌ Rented Expertise
Schools spend billions on consultants who deliver workshops, then leave. When they go, the expertise goes with them.

❌ Passive Learning
Teachers sit through trainings, take notes, and return to classrooms. No practice. No feedback. No lasting change.

❌ Individual Evaluation
Teachers are observed and evaluated in isolation. There's no collective accountability, no team learning, no shared problem-solving.

❌ One-Size-Fits-All
Generic workshops ignore the unique challenges of each school, grade level, and student population.

❌ No Follow-Through
Professional development happens once or twice a year. There's no structure for ongoing practice, reflection, and improvement.

The result?
Schools spend $18 billion annually on professional development—and most of it doesn't stick.

Our Approach:

✅ Built Capacity
Activate teacher teams to solve their own challenges. Capacity stays in your school—permanently.

✅ Active Learning
Teachers test strategies, collect evidence, reflect together, and make informed decisions. Practice builds expertise.

✅ Team-Based Accountability
Focus on collective performance, not individual blame. Aggregated team data shows how the team is improving together.

✅ Customized to Your Context
Address the specific challenges at your school with strategies tailored to your students and culture.

✅ Sustained Cycles
2–8 week action research cycles provide ongoing practice, reflection, and refinement—not one-time events.

The result?
Permanent capacity. Teacher teams that can solve the next challenge themselves.

To empower instructional leaders to build lasting teacher capacity from within—without consultant dependency or tool dependency—by providing the structure, methodology, and support that make permanent improvement possible.

We believe every school has the expertise to solve its own challenges when teachers are given:

• Structure for collaborative problem-solving
• Access to research-backed strategies
• Coached implementation of effective methods
• Time to test, reflect, and refine

Our job isn't to provide answers or create new dependencies. Our job is to build the capacity that lasts.

Our Vision

A world where every school is a self-improving learning organization—where instructional leaders build permanent capacity, teachers solve challenges collaboratively, and professional learning is an ongoing cycle of curiosity, inquiry, and growth.

We envision schools that don't wait for consultants to diagnose problems or AI tools to do the thinking.

They activate their own teachers.
They model effective methods.
They test strategies collaboratively.
They build capacity that lasts beyond any subscription.

One team cycle at a time. One coached implementation at a time. One self-improving school at a time.

1. Teachers Are the Solution

We believe teachers—not consultants—are best positioned to solve instructional challenges when given structure, research, and collaborative support.

2. Simplicity Scales

Complexity kills adoption. We build tools that are simple enough to use every day but powerful enough to create lasting change.

3. Research + Practice = Capacity

We ground everything in evidence, but we know research alone doesn't build capacity. Practice does. Collaboration does. Reflection does.

4. Teams Over Individuals

Collective efficacy (1.39 effect size) is the highest-impact factor in education. We design for team-based learning, not isolated individual efforts.

5. Equity Through Empowerment

Every school—regardless of budget or zip code—deserves the tools to build instructional capacity from within. We're committed to making Lead Spark Team accessible and scalable.

The Educator Who Saw What Was Missing:

Olivia Odileke is a former K–12 math teacher, instructional coach, and regional trainer with over 14 years of experience transforming how educators teach, lead, and grow.

She has delivered professional development for leading edtech companies including HMH, Nearpod, BetterLesson, and Stride (K12), training thousands of teachers across multiple states in curriculum design, technology integration, and instructional best practices.

During her tenure at Stride, Olivia:

• Coordinated year-long professional development needs analyses for schools across her region
• Led multi-state training initiatives on data-driven instruction and intervention strategies
• Coached teachers on implementing research-backed instructional practices
• Developed school improvement plans with leadership teams

Before joining Stride, Olivia spent 7 years as a classroom teacher and science coach, where she:

• Secured over $30,000 in educational grants to fund innovative classroom projects
• Served as Science Point of Contact, facilitating labs and PD workshops for grades 3–6
• Appointed to her school's Leadership Team to revise the School Improvement Plan
• Initiated biweekly teacher support meetings for integrating tech tools in the curriculum

Throughout her career, Olivia noticed a troubling pattern: Professional development rarely built lasting capacity. Teachers would attend workshops, take notes, and return to their classrooms—only to face the same challenges without ongoing support.

That's when she began experimenting with team-based learning walks and micro-inquiry cycles—approaches that shifted the focus from individual evaluation to collective problem-solving.

Her research and in-depth interviews with school leaders and teachers led to the creation of The Question Driven Principal framework, which emphasizes:

• Administrator-led instructional improvement
• Curiosity-driven inquiry
• Teacher team activation
• Collaborative action research

Today, as Chief Curiosity Officer at Kampus Insights, Olivia leads:

• Product vision and pedagogy
• Content design and instructional frameworks
• Partnerships with schools and educational organizations
• Research alignment and equity-focused outcomes

She is also the creator of Fearless Educator Radio , the Spark Curiosity AI Coach, and the Spark Curiosity EDU Conference—all designed to help educators lead with curiosity, collaboration, and joy.

Education:

• M.Ed., Instructional Technology — Florida Atlantic University
• M.A., Urban and Regional Planning — Florida Atlantic University
• B.S., Industrial Engineering — University of Central Florida

Leadership Roles:

• Graduate Council Chair of Student Government (FAU)
• Black History Month Chair for Black Student Union (FAU)
• National Society of Black Engineers President (UCF)

Why Olivia Built This:

"I spent years delivering professional development that looked good on paper but didn't create lasting change. Teachers would leave my workshops inspired—but without the structure, time, or team support to actually implement what they learned. I realized we needed to stop renting expertise and start building capacity. Lead Spark Team is my answer to that problem. It gives school leaders the tools to activate their teachers as problem-solvers—not wait for consultants to save the day."

The Technologist Who Makes Complexity Simple:

Yann Davidson Yossah is an AI/ML Senior Data Analyst previously at Apple, where he specializes in artificial intelligence, large language models (LLMs), data visualization, and localization for global AI systems.

At Apple, Yann:

• Leads data analysis for AI/ML products
• Develops insights to improve AI performance and user experience
• Works with cross-functional teams on product strategy
• Trains and troubleshoots AI systems for multi-language support

Before joining Apple, Yann worked as an AI/ML QA Engineer and contributed to Google's Knowledge Graph as a vendor engineer, where he:

• Trained Google's search AI on natural language processing (NLP) for French-language regions (France, Canada, Belgium, Switzerland)
• Applied computational linguistics to improve speech recognition and synthesis for Google Assistant
• Developed tools for content annotation and schema detection
• Conducted root cause analysis on data annotation issues

Yann is also a Mandela Washington Fellow—a prestigious fellowship awarded by the U.S. Department of State to emerging African leaders who demonstrate exceptional achievement in innovation, community building, and positive social change. Since 2014, fewer than 7,200 leaders from Sub-Saharan Africa have been selected for this honor.

As a Mandela Washington Fellow, Yann:

• Participated in intensive leadership training at a top U.S. university
• Engaged with American and African leaders on innovation and social impact
• Built a global network of changemakers reimagining Africa's future

Entrepreneurial & Nonprofit Leadership:

Yann is the founder of Africa Coding Club, a nonprofit organization providing free coding and robotics classes to African youth across four countries. The organization addresses the lack of technological education in Africa and empowers young people to meet the digital challenge.

He also co-founded Next Best Player, a sports social network connecting amateur athletes, players, and e-sports competitors worldwide to showcase their skills and advance their careers.

Previously, Yann founded Ikhanda Digital, a 360° digital agency; Togo Education, which created the first private education database in Togo and pioneered digital exam result platforms; and Muzik 228, a music promotion structure and label supporting Togolese artists.

Education:

• Machine Learning Certification — Stanford University
• Entrepreneurship Certificate — University of Texas McCombs School of Business
• Bachelor's, Business/Corporate Communications — ESBIA Business School
• Bachelor's, Communication and Media Studies — ISMAD
• Computer Programming Certificate — JTDEV (PHP/MySQL, HTML, CSS, Python, JavaScript)

Why Yann Built This:

"I've spent my career training AI systems and building platforms that simplify complex processes. When Olivia shared her vision for Lead Spark Team, I immediately saw how AI could remove the barriers that keep schools from using action research. We could generate research-backed action plans in minutes. We could make facilitation guides automatically. We could give principals the tools to activate teacher teams without needing a PhD in educational research. Technology should empower people—not replace them. That's what we're building here."

At Kampus Insights, Yann leads:

• Platform architecture and engineering roadmap
• AI/ML integration (research recommendation engine, content generation)
• Data analytics dashboards
• Security, scalability, and infrastructure
• Pilot program technical implementation

• Pilot schools ready to activate teacher teams (March 2026)
• Partners who share our vision for teacher-led problem-solving
• Advisors and collaborators who want to shape the future of professional learning

If you believe teachers are the solution—not the problem—we'd love to connect.

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