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Cedar Rapids: Engaging Students and Teachers in Design
When Cedar Rapids Community School District (CRCSD) began a design process to improve teaching and learning, they started with a set of leaders from their Teaching and Learning team; all were strongly committed to the district’s vision for equity –...
Monterey Peninsula: Co-Designing Change with Teachers and Students
Monterey Peninsula Unified School District (MPUSD) began a design process to improve teaching and learning with a team consisting of the superintendent and a diverse group of cabinet members, all strongly committed to the district’s goal to “listen...
equityXdesign Spectrum of Design Power Dynamics
The equityXdesign Collaborative has defined a spectrum of design power dynamics to help people starting on a design process to determine how they can best make their process inclusive and equitable. The spectrum shows three different approaches to...
Activity: Build a Diverse Design Team
When planning for change, teams make sure that they have a diverse, inclusive group of stakeholders involved in the design process.
Design Team Noticing Activity for Identity Reflection
A template for reflecting on your design team’s values, identities, feelings, and biases, as part of Activity: Identity Reflection Through Noticing. The activity is a digital adaptation of work by Stanford d.school.
Activity: Build a Shared Commitment to Change
When designing change, teams should start with a clear definition of and commitment to why change is necessary.
Empathy Interview Question Template
When designing change in a district, it is essential that leaders hear directly from students, families, teachers, and classified staff (i.e., those most impacted by teaching and learning). This guide includes a starting set of questions you can ask...
Stanford d.School Empathy Interview Guide
When designing change in a district, it is essential that leaders hear directly from students, families, teachers, and classified staff (i.e., those most impacted by teaching and learning). This guide from the Stanford d.school provides in-depth...
Cedar Rapids: Centering Student and Teacher Voice Through Empathy Interviews
Cedar Rapids Community School District (CRCSD) knew the data: there were stark academic outcome gaps across demographic groups in the district. To explore the root causes of these gaps, CRCSD conducted interviews with affected students and teachers,...
Mastery Charter Schools: Empathy Interviews on Blended Learning and Culturally-Responsive Teaching
Mastery Charter Schools’ redesign sought to integrate blended learning and culturally-responsive teaching. Translating that model into specifics would require input from a variety of stakeholders: students, teachers, and families. The design team...
Activity: Conduct Empathy Interviews with Stakeholders
When designing change, teams ensure that stakeholders – students, families, teachers, and classified staff – are the primary sources of input for what change is necessary and what change might look like through direct interviewing.