Professional Development
Bring Creative Thinking to Life in Your Classroom or School!
Are you ready to cultivate creative thinking in your school? At Creativity and Education, we’re here to help you break through limits and extend your potential as an educator or administrator.
We offer engaging, customized professional development workshops, training, and online courses designed to fit your needs—whether you’re looking for fresh ideas to spark creativity in your classroom or strategies to foster a culture of innovation across your school.
Tailored Experiences:
All workshops can be customized to fit your goals and schedule—choose from 60-minute, 90-minute, half-day, or full-day sessions.
Flexible Formats
Available in virtual or in-person
settings to meet your team
where they are.
Personalized Support
One-on-one coaching is also available
to help you dig deeper and achieve lasting results.
Ready to Get Started?
Explore our professional development series below, or contact us directly to speak with one of our experts.
Together, we’ll craft a plan that works best for you and your team!
Series Overview:
Teaching creativity doesn’t have to be a big lift—it can be seamlessly woven into what you’re already doing! This series of interactive sessions will help you bring creativity into your classroom with practical, engaging strategies that fit right into your existing curriculum.
You will walk away with fresh ideas and inspiration to spark curiosity, encourage bold thinking, and make learning more exciting for your students—all without adding extra work to your busy schedule.
Adapted from the books Weaving Creativity into Every Strand of Your Curriculum and 20 Lessons to Weave Creativity i
Session 1: Laying the Foundation – The Core Skills of Creativity
Skills You’ll Explore:
- Keep Open
- Stay Curious
- Look at It Another Way
- Take Risks and Embrace Challenges
- Highlight the Essence
Why Attend:
Start your creative journey by building the foundational skills that fuel creativity. Learn how to help students stay curious, embrace challenges, and focus on the essence of what matters—all skills they can use across any subject.
What You’ll Do:
- Curiosity challenges: Fun activities to spark curiosity in your classroom.
- Risk-taking practice: Try simple strategies to encourage bold ideas and experimentation.
Session 2: Think Big – The Essential Four of Divergent Thinking
Skills You’ll Explore:
- Fluency
- Flexibility
- Originality
- Elaboration
Why Attend:
Help your students think in new and exciting ways by mastering the four pillars of divergent thinking. You’ll learn how to guide them in generating lots of ideas, approaching problems from multiple perspectives, and adding depth to their creative work.
What You’ll Do:
- Rapid ideation: Hands-on fluency exercises to get the ideas flowing.
- Creative remix: Work on adapting a lesson to include divergent thinking skills.
Session 3: Ignite the Fun – Boosting Engagement Through Creativity
Skills You’ll Explore:
- Playfulness and Humor
- Make It Swing, Make It Ring (body movement and voice)
- Enjoy and Use Fantasy
- Visualize It Richly and Colorfully
Why Attend:
Learn how to energize your classroom with playfulness, movement, and imagination! This session focuses on strategies that make learning more dynamic, engaging, and fun—all while enhancing creativity.
What You’ll Do:
- Humor and play: Explore how humor and lightheartedness can inspire creative thinking.
- Visualization practice: Use storytelling and imagery to make lessons come alive.
Session 4: Navigating Emotions – Building Creative Resilience
Skills You’ll Explore:
- Be Aware of Emotions
- Embrace Ambiguity
- Practice Mindfulness
Why Attend:
Emotional intelligence is a powerful driver of creativity. In this session, you’ll discover how to help students navigate their emotions, embrace uncertainty, and develop mindfulness skills that fuel innovative thinking and problem-solving.
What You’ll Do:
- Emotional insight: Activities to recognize and channel emotions in creative ways.
- Ambiguity adventures: Strategies for helping students thrive in uncertain situations.
Session 5: Ready for the Future – Skills for Tomorrow’s Creators
Skills You’ll Explore:
- Breakthrough (Extend the Boundaries)
- Put Ideas Into Context
- Get Glimpses of the Future
Why Attend:
Prepare your students for the challenges of tomorrow by teaching them how to push boundaries, connect ideas to the real world, and imagine the possibilities of the future. This session is all about cultivating skills for lifelong innovation.
What You’ll Do:
- Future visioning: Hands-on activities to explore what’s next.
- Boundary-breaking brainstorm: Practical tools for thinking beyond limitations.
Why You’ll Love This Series:
- Interactive and Engaging: Each session includes hands-on activities and real-world examples.
- Practical Strategies: Leave with tools you can use right away in your classroom.
Ready to weave creativity into your curriculum?
Join us for this energizing series and discover how to make creativity an integral part of your teaching!
Series Overview:
Teaching creativity doesn’t have to mean overhauling your syllabus or adding extra hours to your schedule. It can be seamlessly infused into your teaching practices, enhancing student engagement and preparing them for the challenges of the future.
This series of interactive sessions, designed for higher education faculty, offers practical, research-backed strategies to integrate creative thinking into your curriculum. You’ll walk away with fresh ideas and inspiration to encourage curiosity, bold thinking, and meaningful learning in your classroom.
Adapted from the books Infusing Creativity Into the College Classroom.
Session 1: Building the Foundations – Core Skills for Creativity
Skills You’ll Explore:
- Keep Open
- Stay Curious
- Look at It Another Way
- Take Risks and Embrace Challenges
- Highlight the Essence
Why Attend:
Lay the groundwork for creativity by developing key foundational skills. Help your students stay curious, tackle challenges confidently, and focus on identifying the essence of complex topics—essential skills for academic and professional success.
Session 2: Think Big – The Four Pillars of Divergent Thinking
Skills You’ll Explore:
- Fluency
- Flexibility
- Originality
- Elaboration
Why Attend:
Help students develop the creative thinking skills they’ll need to innovate and adapt. This session focuses on guiding students to generate diverse ideas, think from multiple perspectives, and add depth to their creative work.
Session 3: Boost Engagement – Infusing Energy Into Learning
Skills You’ll Explore:
- Playfulness and Humor
- Make It Swing, Make It Ring (body movement and voice)
- Enjoy and Use Fantasy
- Visualize It Richly and Colorfully
Why Attend:
Infuse energy into your classroom with creative strategies that engage students’ minds and imaginations. Playfulness, storytelling, and visualization aren’t just for younger learners—they’re proven ways to deepen engagement in higher education, too.
Session 4: Navigating Emotions – Cultivating Creative Resilience
Skills You’ll Explore:
- Be Aware of Emotions
- Embrace Ambiguity
- Practice Mindfulness
Why Attend:
Explore how emotional intelligence and mindfulness enhance creativity in the higher education context. Learn how to guide students in navigating complex emotions, embracing uncertainty, and staying present in the moment—all critical for innovation and problem-solving.
Session 5: Future-Ready Creativity – Skills for Tomorrow’s Innovators
Skills You’ll Explore:
- Breakthrough (Extend the Boundaries)
- Put Ideas Into Context
- Get Glimpses of the Future
Why Attend:
Prepare your students for what’s next by equipping them with the skills to extend boundaries, connect ideas to real-world contexts, and anticipate future trends. This session will help you foster innovative, forward-thinking mindsets in your students.
Why You’ll Love This Series:
- Interactive and Engaging: Sessions include hands-on activities tailored to the higher education environment.
- Practical Strategies: Leave with actionable tools you can integrate into your teaching right away.
Ready to infuse creativity into your curriculum?
Join us for this series and discover how to make creativity a vital part of your higher education teaching practices!
Overview:
Ignite your teaching spark and transform your school into a hub of creative thinking and exploration with our Five-Point Star Model. This engaging professional development series will guide your school team through five actionable steps to seamlessly integrate creativity into your teaching practice—without overwhelming your schedule.
Over five interactive sessions, you’ll explore practical strategies, collaborate with peers, and leave inspired to make creativity a cornerstone of your classroom.
Session 1: Illuminate Creativity – Understanding What It Really Means
Key Takeaway: Define creativity and debunk common myths.
Discover how creativity extends beyond the arts to problem-solving, idea generation, and innovative thinking. Reflect on your personal experiences of creativity and learn why it’s essential for students navigating a fast-changing world.
Session 2: Find Your Creative Spark – Recognizing Your Own Creativity
Key Takeaway: Uncover your unique creative strengths to inspire confidence in your teaching.
You’ll explore your personal creative journey and learn how to model creativity for your students. When you see yourself as a creative individual, you empower your students to do the same.
Session 3: Build the Stage – Supporting a Creative Environment
Key Takeaway: Create the conditions for creativity to thrive in your classroom.
Learn practical tips to design a physical and emotional space that inspires exploration, collaboration, and risk-taking.
Session 4: Infuse Creativity – Bringing it Into Your Lessons
Key Takeaway: Simple strategies to make creativity a natural part of your everyday teaching.
Learn how to weave creative thinking into existing lessons, leverage open-ended questions, and encourage divergent thinking—all without adding extra work to your plate.
Session 5: Empower Lifelong Innovators – Teaching Creativity as Its Own Skill
Key Takeaway: Equip students with creative problem-solving tools they can use for life.
Explore approaches to teaching creativity explicitly, from structured problem-solving methods to innovative programs and challenges.
Series Overview:
Empower your students to tackle challenges with confidence, creativity, and a clear plan. This engaging, hands-on series will guide you through the essential steps of Creative Problem Solving (CPS)—a proven process that makes solving problems a skill anyone can learn and use.
This series will help you bring creative problem-solving to life in your classroom. You’ll learn practical tools and techniques to clarify problems, generate ideas, develop solutions, and see them through to success—all while keeping it fun and easy to implement.
Session 1: What is Creative Problem Solving?
Why Attend:
Kick things off by diving into the basics of Creative Problem Solving. Learn what it is, why it works, and how it can transform the way your students approach challenges. You’ll leave with a clear understanding of the process and how to make it accessible and engaging for your learners.
Session 2: Clarifying Problems – Tools and Techniques
Why Attend:
The first step in solving any problem is understanding it. This session focuses on techniques to help students dig deep, ask the right questions, and get to the heart of the issue.
Session 3: Ideation – Generating Bold Ideas
Why Attend:
Discover how to inspire students to think big and generate ideas without fear of judgment. This session is packed with simple, energizing tools and techniques to spark creativity and get ideas flowing.
Session 4: Development – Turning Ideas Into Solutions
Why Attend:
Once you’ve got great ideas, the next step is shaping them into actionable solutions. This session will show you how to guide students through evaluating, refining, and building on their ideas to create thoughtful, workable plans.
Session 5: Implementation – Bringing Solutions to Life
Why Attend:
The final step is turning plans into action. This session focuses on how to help students create actionable steps, overcome obstacles, and celebrate success as they bring their solutions to life.
Why You’ll Love This Series:
- Hands-On and Practical: Learn by doing with simple tools and activities you can use immediately.
- Flexible and Adaptable: CPS works for any subject, grade level, or challenge.
- Fun and Inspiring: Leave with new energy, confidence, and ideas to share with your students.
Join Us and Teach the Skills That Matter Most
Creative Problem Solving (CPS) isn’t just a process—it’s a mindset. It helps students think in new ways, collaborate effectively, and approach challenges with creativity and resilience.
Let’s teach the next generation how to solve the problems that matter.