Codesign Collective

A Community of Innovative Educators Transforming K12 Education

Benefits

 

Professional Learning

Members meet once every quarter, virtually, to be in community and learn research best practices, problem solve, and apply learnings in their own context.

Edtech Access

Through research participation, members access promising new and developing edtech.

Research Stipends

Members of the collective will be the first notified about all research opportunities. Studies typically pay $50 per hour.

Codesign Certification

Members receive a Codesign Certification and digital badge after a one-year commitment and meeting participation requirements.

 

What is the Codesign Collective?

The Codesign Collective is a cohort of innovation-oriented educators who are committed to advancing the role of evidence-based edtech in K12 education. This community lends their experience and expertise to research edtech tools, share innovative practices, and learn how to apply codesign methods in their own classrooms and beyond to transform K12 education by increasing equity and improving student outcomes.

 
 

Ways for you to engage

  • Complete a partner survey

  • Participate in a research study

  • Attend all three learning seminars

  • Contribute to the Leanlab blog

  • Participate in a codesign session with a partner

  • Be featured in a video or social media post

 

Kirsten Brown Persley
Crossroads Academy

“Partnering with the Leanlab allows for students and teachers to have agency and a voice in designing solutions that impact them the most.”

Evan Linville
Gordon Parks Elementary

“The collaboration with the platform developer, and the ongoing support and investment that the team at Leanlab has provided to make the process as meaningful to our community as possible. It has been a catalyst for growth in many ways at our school.”

Brandon Burns
Clinton County R-3 Schools

“There's a lot of learning that happens in the process of piloting new ideas, and being a part of that process is both exciting and enlightening.”

 

More questions?

Still have a few questions about the Codesign Collective? Drop us a line and we’ll get back to you ASAP!

 
 

Codesign resources

 

General FAQs

  • The Codesign Collective is a yearly, cohort-based model that kicks off at the beginning of each school year. During this time members should fulfill the following requirements to earn the Codesign Badge.

    Active engagement in three (3) codesign research projects, including any combination of the following:

    1. Participate in a research study

    2. Complete a partner survey

    3. Contribute to the Leanlab blog

    4. Participate in codesign session with company partner

  • The Codesign Collective is focused on creating community among individual educators and many of the research projects that members would participate in would be smaller in scale—think joining a focus group to give your initial thoughts on a new lesson planning platform.

    The AGILE Network is focused on entire school systems or learning communities and researching edtech tools at scale. This could include implementing and researching a social-emotional learning tool across different grade levels and schools within a district over the course of an academic year.

  • No, since all of the Codesign Collective member are dispersed across the country, all engagements will happen virtually.

  • Yes! However, members of the Codesign Collective are the first to find out about paid research opportunities.

  • Membership is open to classroom teachers, paraprofessionals, teaching assistants, instructional coaches, and school administrators. Basically, if you work at a school or other type of learning community, we’d love to see you in the Codesign Collective!

  • When a relevant research opportunity becomes available, Leanlab will reach out to you directly to see if you are able to participate. If so, participants receive stipends that range from $50-500 depending on the scope of the research study and the number of hours involved.

  • Time required is highly dependent on the type of research and the study design. Some studies may only require 90 minutes of your time to participate in a focus group, while other studies may require one hour of work per week for a full semester.