Stanford d.school + d.tech High
Bringing design thinking
to high schools
ROLE
Designer In Residence
SCOPE
Learning Design
TIMEFRAME
2016-2017
CHALLENGE
Beyond common core
Funded by a grant from Chan Zuckerberg Initiative to accelerate Design Tech High's (d.tech) implementation of new learning models, I was brought in as a Designer in Residence for 8 months to collaborate with the Stanford d.school to (1) improve d.tech's design programming for students; and (2) create various resources to help staff adopt design thinking as a change management process.
IMPACT
From teachers to
learning experience designers
2,000+
Educators reached worldwide
44
Pages of design methods for teachers
12+
Administrators and teachers trained
3
Six-week design sprints facilitated
DESIGN SPRINTS
Embracing experimentation
TOOLKIT DESIGN
Personalizing learning
RUBRIC DESIGN
Who says creativity
can't be measured?
PLAYBOOK
Instilling creative confidence in teachers
Credits
Ken Montgomery - d.tech Executive Director, Co-Founder
Nicole Cerra - d.tech Director of Learning, Co-Founder
Melissa Mizel - d.tech School Director
Susie Wise - Stanford d.school Director
David Clifford - Stanford d.school K12 Lab Fellow
Ariel Raz - Stanford d.school K12 Learning Experience Designer
UP NEXT
MissionU
Preparing the underserved
for the future of work
LEARNING DESIGN | FACILITATION | PROGRAM MGMT
As the Emotional Intelligence Program Manager (Employee #5), I was tasked with creating a year’s worth of curriculum and collateral for a new hybrid online/in-person college for underserved adults. I developed two classes: Success by Design (self-awareness), and Interpersonal Lab (interpersonal dynamics). Students left rave reviews such as "this class alone was worth moving across the country for."
