Following a nationwide application process, 15 finalists were selected to pitch for the ASU GSV 2020 Innovative Educator Award. Come hear directly from the educators who are implementing innovation right now in schools and districts across the country! ------

10:00 - 10:07

Community-Driven Redesign for Lasting School Transformation in DC Public Schools Paige Hoffman and William Haith, DC Public Schools

Grounded in the belief that a bold design responsive to an engaged community is the only path for lasting change, we formed student, teacher, and community task forces to give ongoing input and feedback as we prepare for implementation of redesigned school models. We’re codifying our Community-Driven Redesign process to create a new playbook for school transformation. ------

10:08 - 10:15

Cultivating Future Ready Administrators: Innovation, Sustainability, and Equity

Zachery Desjarlais, Vancouver Public Schools

While implementing Vancouver Public Schools weLearn 1:1 initiative over the last six years, we have delivered thousands of hours of professional development to our classroom teachers. We realized there was a need to support and challenge our instructional leaders in the same ways we were supporting and challenging their staff. With this insight, we created a Future Ready Administrator (FRA) cohort. ------

10:16 - 10:23

Equity & Excellence Take Flight: The Power of Public-Private Partnerships at Raisbeck Aviation High School

Therese Tipton and Susan Enfield, Highline Public Schools

Located within Highline Public Schools and inspired by the vast number of aviation and aerospace companies in the region, Raisbeck Aviation High School is an innovative, regional magnet conceived, and supported by, robust partnerships between the district and local industry leaders. Housed at the Museum of Flight, RAHS is consistently ranked as one of the top schools in Washington state. ------

10:24 - 10:31

Design Thinking with Educators and Students to Build Essential Skills and Solve Real Problems

Cory Henwood and Jeanette Stubbs, Iron County School District

Our design thinking process focuses on these "Iron Essential 8 Skills" which are transferable, empowering social-emotional skills that allow students to find their learning both meaningful and memorable. Students are motivated to use this process to solve real-world problems for an authentic audience. Educators also use design thinking to come together and tackle the toughest issues of educational transformation. ------

10:32 - 10:39

How to Build Urban Prosperity

Mark Martin, Build Up

White flight and urban blight have left inner-city communities dilapidated; jobs gone, schools struggling, homes and businesses boarded and abandoned. Build UP reverses this crisis by empowering and equipping young people to deliver the necessary change to revitalize their home communities while also gaining ownership of a house and rental property. Youth earn a quality, career-focused education along with industry-demanded skills and credentials while restoring leadership, ownership, and stability to their neighborhoods.