Design & Innovation Pathway Level 1 (2024)

Design & Innovation Pathway Level 1

Type

Training

Level

Foundational

Format

Hybrid

Duration

15 hours

Description

LEARNING OBJECTIVES After completing this training, participants will be prepared to: -Build knowledge and develop a sense of appreciation for the design process and creative practice -Connect design, innovation and creativity to Mind, Brain, and Education Science (MBE) in everyday practice by testing aspects of the process within your departments and offices -Acquire knowledge necessary to build and support a culture of creativity and innovation within offices and departments by offering intentional pauses necessary to think creatively and offer design thinking protocols REQUIREMENTS: Participants in this training fulfilled the following expectations and requirements: -Attend an introductory, three-session Design Thinking, Innovation professional development workshop that helps define users' needs in order to identify the most game-changing part of a problem, and analyze your capacity for developing innovative thinking. Staff and faculty work on common problems from diverse areas of St. Andrew’s as they experience and learn about design thinking protocols. -Create a Folio goal around your engagement with Design Thinking, Innovation and Creativity. -Join the D!Lab website and participate in discussions on ideas expressed in the monthly blog. -Read one of the following books that provide a basis for understanding Design Thinking and Innovation and create a product, circumstance, or artifact that you can practically use within your office, program or department to facilitate the design thinking process.

Skills

Design Thinking

Human-Centered Design

Prototyping

Empathic Design

The CTTL is the leading pre-collegiate, school-based research center in the United States that designs and delivers professional learning programming centered in Mind, Brain, and Education (MBE) science to partner schools around the world.