Stanford d.school + d.tech High

Bringing design thinking
to high schools

ROLE

Designer in Residence

SCOPE

Visual Design, Branding, Design Sprints

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

B2C, Visual Design, Service Design

MissionU - 
Preparing underserved adults for the future of work 

Role: Service Design Program Manager
Time: 2017 - 2018

As the Service Design 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."

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