The Aurora Institute believes that when you don’t know the solution to a challenge, you go through a process of trying things out to learn so that you discover a way forward. This is the spirit of research and development (R&D) and is a core component of innovation journeys. In this session, they will share immediately implementable R&D methods and practices successfully being used in schools across the country, while ensuring you leave with an R&D plan for a challenge or idea you bring to the session!

Learning Outcomes:

1. Learn immediately implementable R&D methods and practices successfully being used in schools across the country.
2. Share successes and lessons learned with others attending the session to build a network that could support continued growth afterward.
3. Bring a current challenge they are experiencing in their context and leave with an R&D plan to help guide their actions forward.