A New Way to Drive Real Change.
Join school leaders in testing a platform designed to support every student.
We’re looking for educational leaders to test a digital platform: The Design Thinking Playbook for Educational Leaders (DTP), that supports you in identifying and addressing challenges in your school or district.
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Deadline: November 7th 2025
🧠 What If You Had a Step-by-Step Way to Tackle Challenges—Rooted in a structured, problem-solving framework/process?
Fair access to resources and support for every student is one of the most complex and urgent issues in education today. But many school leaders are asked to solve it without tools, time, or real support. We built a platform that helps.
In support of the National Policy Board for Educational Administration (NPBEA) PSEL-3 standard, we’ve created a guided, digital workbook that walks you through a proven process to:
Define challenges you see in your school or district
Uncover the root causes through community engagement
Co-create ideas that respond to what students, families, and staff actually need
Test and reflect on solutions
Build your team’s capacity to do it again
Now, we need you.
Help us shape this powerful problem-solving tool.
💡What you’re signing up for
We’re testing a new leadership platform that helps school and district leaders solve the hard stuff — the persistent challenges that impact students and staff.
We’re looking for education leaders to test the tool over 2–3 months (Fall-Winter 2025-26). Your feedback will shape its final form.
✨Why you should join
We know your time is valuable. Here’s how this opportunity supports you while you help shape the future of school leadership:
✅ Early Access to a New Tool
Be among the first to use a platform designed by and for principals, assistant principals, and district leaders.
📜 Recognition + $$$ School Stipend
Be the first 30 to sign up and receive a certificate of participation from NPBEA and $375. The next 10 will receive $250. Anyone who participates will get recognition for their support and input.🧠 Apply a Proven Framework to Real Challenges
Use the tool to reflect on and take action around a real challenge in your school or district.📥 A Space to Track Your Work
Store your reflections, insights, and data in one place—easy to revisit and reference in future meetings.🔁 Real Influence, Real Impact
Your feedback will directly shape what stays, what goes, and what gets improved in the platform. You'll get updates along the way so you can see the impact you're making.💸 Special Launch Pricing
Testers will receive a reduced rate when the platform becomes publicly available🤝 A Community of Forward-Thinking Leaders
Join a nationwide cohort of school leaders who care about doing what’s best for their students—and share ideas, insights, and support along the way.
⏰ What’s the time commitment?
The experience spans 2–4 months, from November to February.
You’ll move through five interactive phases: Define → Empathize → Redefine → Ideate & Prototype → Test.
You’ll document your thoughts and feedback through a Google doc with preplanned questions.
You’ll join a 2 scheduled group calls to walkthrough the early stage process and reconnect after the break.
You’ll engage in supportive and constructive conversations via Discord, a community building, communications platform.
Estimated time commitment: 2-4 hours a month.
🙋♀️ Who can sign up?
Principals, Assistant Principals, Superintendents, Lead teachers
District equity leaders, instructional coaches, school leadership team members
Anyone committed to meeting every student where they are and building the learning environments that go with that
FAQs
What will I actually be doing?
You’ll go through 5 phases in the digital platform. At prescheduled intervals, you’ll join a short group call with other testers to share your experience, and hear from others.
Do I need to talk to students during the winter break?
No. You can reflect using existing data, staff input, or plan for engagement when school resumes.
Can I keep using the platform after testing?
Yes! You’ll get early access and a discounted rate when it launches.
Will you change the tool based on my feedback?
Absolutely. You’ll get updates showing how your input shaped the tool.
