REFRESH
CREATIVITY & JOY FOR EDUCATORS
Science-informed creativity trainings for education professionals to prevent burnout, build resilience, and fuel inspiration.
THRIVING TEACHERS, THRIVING STUDENTS
Creative thought releases joy chemicals in the brain. To create is simply to bring something new into existence, whether a solution, design, or experience. We help education professionals recognize and activate their creativity in small and big ways, helping them refresh their purpose and improve how their approach affects emotional health.
BRING TO YOUR SCHOOL
A McKinsey study found that intrinsic motivation increased commitment by 32%, satisfaction by 46%, and performance by 16% amongst participants. How could increasing these qualities aid your team?
Equipping Education Professionals for Longevity Via Creativity
How Creativity Unlocked for Education Can Serve Your School
Address career fatigue by helping teachers clarify and reconnect to their "why" with science-informed tools
Provide practical in-class creative solutions for students and workshop new ones for specific contexts
Help teachers recognize and lean into their strengths and get support for areas of growth
Fuel hope and joy in the teaching process through activation of incremental steps within and outside of classroom
Equip educators with a burnout prevention plan rooted in meaningful, joyful expression
Strengthen growth mindsets and that helps professionals stay open to growth aligned with their personal professional goals
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TESTIMONIAL
"To perceive my creativity as a means of connection, and connection as fuel for creativity, made me think differently about the creative work and projects that I do... [It was] incredibly helpful for thinking about the long process or lifestyle of creativity, for enhancing craft... I needed the given challenges to think about developing a creative habit and legacy."
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Choose One of Our Crafted Solutions or Customize Your Own
A sequence of topics and experiences from our library of resources and modules. Spark inspiration and help your team reconnect to their personal career why and your organization's mission via live, online video sessions. The interactive learning experience that blends teaching, discussion, and activation.
Prices start at $799 per month or $1,500 per organization
A DEEPER DIVE TO FUEL A CREATIVE CULTURE
THE ONLINE CREATIVITY WORKSHOP
THE IN-PERSON CREATIVITY WORKSHOP
Identify and address barriers hindering creativity and problem-solving in your organization. Collaborate with our team for a customized series of creativity unlocking exercises, tools, and team-building in a single or multi-day event. Packages include ongoing support and training to continue the journey.
Prices start at $5,000 per organization
GREAT FOR IN-PERSON OR REMOTE TEAMS
A CUSTOMIZED, ONE-OFF SOLUTION
CREATIVITY UNLOCKED SEMINAR
Individual educators can join pre-scheduled, online session or schools or districts can bring to their community. Each 90 minute session focuses on a different aspect of the Creativity Unlocked curriculum applicable for educators and includes access to our app and other tools for ongoing creative practice and growth.
Prices start at $49 per team member
The curriculum draws from findings in neuroscience, behavioral psychology, and other fields of research around connection and creativity.
Creativity Unlocked resources involve a combination of tools, exercises, and experiences helps individuals develop internal and external environments that fuel creativity and spark personal and professional growth.
About the Approach
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ABOUT YOUR FACILITATOR - AMANDA SCADDEN
Amanda Scadden is a lifelong learner and educator with 10 years of experience across K-12 environments. Her passion for thinking outside the box, especially when it comes to life in the classroom, truly began while studying at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and earning a masters degree in Mind, Brain, Education. Since then, she has found a renewed sense of joy pursuing creative solutions to problems in the education space and is currently working as a guide at Acton Academy, a learner-led school model. Some of her favorite creative expressions outside the classroom include early morning coffee while journaling, diving on the sand volleyball court, laughing with friends, and leading a women’s community group.
ABOUT YOUR FACILITATOR - Chris LUMRY
Chris Lumry is a Harvard-trained entrepreneur, consultant, and author of Creativity Unlocked. After experiences in the tech, consulting, and non-profit sectors, he founded OneStepGrowth to help people and teams increase joy and purpose through neuroscience-informed approaches to creativity. Chris has helped lead experimentation projects at large tech companies (Uber) and contributed to a white paper on opportunity youth for the Gates Foundation during his years as a social impact consultant. Formerly a self-described "non-creative," an unexpected personal awakening sparked a new approach to life that unlocked his own creativity and brought fresh purpose and joy to his career. He also leads OneStepHope, a nonprofit that creates hope-filled stories and documentaries to increase hope and action around substance use disorders.
