Finally, high quality and unique program that delivers a shared understanding of what excellent teaching and learning practice looks like and provides a framework for teaching in the 21st century.
With a whole new approach to professional development, “Design Thinking- the Future of Education” brings your school the most innovative thinking.
“Design Thinking- the Future of Education” harness the power of Design Thinking to transform school’s culture and learning environment. It brings Design Thinking - powerful, innovative thinking and techniques from successful companies such as Tesla, Airbnb, Netflix, and M3, to your school.
This program enables your teachers to become the best educators they can be, to achieve the best possible teaching and learning environment at your school.
As a leader, you want to drive positive changes within your community. You probably want:
- Stronger relationships
- Increased engagement
- Learning to be at the highest level possible
- To inspire others to expand their capacity and be their best
You want to be the most supportive and encouraging principal possible. So you can improve the quality of teaching and learning and drive improvements in your students' achievements.
To drive the change you want to see at your school, you need to provide your teachers with an innovative and transformational program.
To provide them with a unique, differentiated, deep and meaningful Professional development program that transforms their thinking and way of teaching and provides them with an easy-to-implement framework that drives academic excellence.
“Design Thinking- the Future of Education” harness the power of Design Thinking to transform school’s culture and learning environment.
It transforms teachers way of thinking and impacts everything they do – from how they teach math and literature to how they handle behaviour issues.
“Design Thinking- the Future of Education” expands and enhances teachers’ capabilities by helping them use Design Thinking to deliver existing content in a way that improves students’ academic performances. It offers strategies for improving teaching and learning and turning the school into an innovative learning environment.
Educators that learn and practice Design Thinking make a lasting impact on students' life skills by teaching them this process.
Design Thinking students develop collaborative problem-solving skills, creative and critical thinking, empathy, social skills, teamwork skills, and a growth mindset. Furthermore, Design Thinking challenges students to find solutions to complex problems and supports students' academic performances.
“Design Thinking- the Future of Education” program includes –
1. A 5 week on demand Design Thinking online course for your teachers.
Your teachers participate in a five-week online course based on their schedule.
It includes individual learning tasks, that your teachers can do anytime, anywhere and an hourly weekly session as a group.
During this course, teachers are learning and experiencing Design Thinking by working on their own project. They also get to try different elements of Design Thinking with their students to galvanise their new learnings.
Why does our online course designed in this manner?
To provide your teachers with:
- A flexible and easy way to learn
- A way of learning that aligns with your teachers hectic, busy days at school
- The most effective way to learn
- Hands-on learning experience
Even if you think your teachers don't have the time for professional development, "Design Thinking- the Future of Education" is explicitly designed for busy teachers.
This professional development doesn't interrupt your school’s day to day activities and doesn’t require further cost for replacement teachers.
It gives your busy teachers the flexibility they need to experience a stress-free and enjoyable professional development.
2. A comprehensive eBook to teach students Design Thinking as part of an inquiry unit. This guide includes all lesson plans and a slide-pack to facilitate each session.
Teachers receive everything they need to facilitate this learning. They don’t need to spend any time on lesson planning as everything is ready for them.
Why does our program include all this material?
We know teachers are busy. Therefore, we want to make adopting this new teaching method as easy as possible. Everything is ready for them. All they need to do is plug and play.
Furthermore, “Design Thinking- the Future of Education” is a practical professional development. It supports teachers when they need it the most, when they use their new skills and way of teaching for the first time in their classroom.
This program supports your teachers with everything they need to implement Design Thinking in their classroom.
3. A comprehensive template to plan future projects and learning using Design Thinking tools, mindset, and methodology.
This comprehensive guide makes planning projects much easier and quicker. It guides teachers on what they need to think about when they plan a project to ensure they don’t miss any aspect of a successful project.
It gives them the framework to create deep, rich, authentic, meaningful projects that will empower your students, increase engagement, provide them with a voice and agency and develop their 21st-century skills.
Why does our program include such a comprehensive guide?
To allow your teachers to:
- Reduce the hours they spend on lesson planning
- Have guidance on what they need to think about and consider when they plan projects
- Create deep, meaningful, authentic, rich projects
- Successfully adopt Design Thinking
Research supports the need to adopt Design Thinking as the new way of teaching and learning.
One of them is North Carolina State University research exploring whether Design Thinking should be used as the new twenty-first-century education paradigm at primary schools.
The research concludes that exposure to Design Thinking education from a primary school level lays a solid foundation that would benefit all children, leading to greater engagement at school and contributing to their future success in their professional lives.
Design Thinking students develop:
- collaborative problem-solving skills
- creative and critical thinking
- empathy
- social skills
- teamwork skills
- a growth mindset.
Furthermore, Design Thinking challenges students to find solutions to complex problems and supports students' academic performances.
This innovative program benefits your students as well as your teachers.
“Design Thinking- the Future of Education” expands and enhances teachers’ capabilities by helping them use Design Thinking to deliver existing content in a way that improves students’ academic performances. It offers strategies for improving teaching and learning and turning the school into an innovative learning environment.
Educators that learn and practice Design Thinking make a lasting impact on students' life skills by teaching them this process.
Once your teachers have completed this unique professional development, everything they do at your school will change for the better. They will provide meaningful, deep, authentic learning experiences for your students. Your students will be more engaged and enjoy learning.
You will finally get the learning environment you desire to have at your school. You will become the principal you aspire to be.
You will:
- Increase engagement at your school
- Inspire your teachers to expand their capacity and be the best they can
- Create for your students an enjoyable and challenging learning environment
- Provide your students with the learning environment they need to succeed today and in the future
You will create tomorrow’s innovators, changemakers and leaders, at your school.
You will provide the best possible teaching and learning culture that will enhance students’ achievements, develop their skills and increase their confidence.
Want to learn more on how you can bring your school to the forefront of education?