The COVID-19 pandemic has changed in a matter of weeks how and what we should teach and learn. As schools resume, it is high time for school leaders to contemplate how the experiences in the last few months would impact on the curriculum, the pedagogy, the teaching and learning materials, the mind sets and skill sets of educators, the school administration, environment and above all the culture.

Design thinking is a creative and human-centred approach to problem solving, addressing the needs of different stakeholders, the adoption of technology and the operational and economic considerations in the process.

Acquiring a design thinking mind set and the skills has become more urgent and important than ever in helping school leaders to address the challenges in a volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous environment – for themselves and for their students. 

Participants of the Design Thinking Certificate Programme for School Leaders will:

1.        Develop empathy for student experience

2.        Meet and network with other school leaders

3.        Apply a human cantered design thinking lens to effect cultural change toward:

• Deeper learning experiences for students
• Development of a school culture conducive to the teaching and learning of 21st century skills
• Leading to meet the technical and adaptive challenges in today's learning environment

4.        Leave with an action plan to try over the next 3 months

5.        Demonstrate understanding of their own growth in applying design thinking in their schools