Dr. Kaleb Rashad
A creative director (of doing badass work) at the Gary & Jerri-Ann Jacobs @hightechhigh | Equity + Personalization + Authentic Work + Collaborative Design | Curious about Creativity, Innovation, and #HumanCenteredDesign & #Equity |
Spreading Grace, Hope & Optimism with @HTHGSE + @LeadershipandDesign + @WildfireEdu | Kaleb holds a BA in Human Development, two Master’s Degrees in Education and Leadership, and a Doctorate in Educational Leadership, focusing on Relational Trust.
"Creativity is as important as literacy and should be treated with the same status."
-Ken Robinson
-Ken Robinson
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The Discipline of Experience, Experimentation, and Inspiration
Leonardo Da Vinci had almost no formal schooling, but his ability to make connections, across disciplines--arts & sciences, humanities & technology--was his key to innovation, imagination and genius. What you might not know is that Leonardo had a bit of chip on his shoulder. He held a general lack of reverence for authority, challenged the dogma of the "academics" of his time, and valued experience and experimentation over theory. Intense curiosity, legendary documentation, and rapid experimentation informed his empirical approach. Leonardo referred to himself as a disscepolo della sperientia, a disciple of experience. I'm curious about how we might become more disciplined about experience, experimentation and inspiration. We are in need of an educational Renaissance in today's schools and I wonder about how we might reimagine the experience of our students. What if school was organized around the interests & natural curiosities of our students and teachers? What if the learning experience required you to observe the world, document the findings, and create/deliver something that's meets an authentic need? I wonder how we might design learning that helps ALL students use their gifts and talents to make a valuable contribution to the world. What if we all insisted on students leaving our schools more curious, more imaginative and more creatively confident? I'm the Director (of doing badass work) at the Gary & Jerri-Ann Jacobs High Tech High, San Diego. We're a place for doers, dreamers and disruptors and we believe ALL people want to do meaningful work. I hold a BA in Human Development, two Master's Degrees in Education and Leadership, and a Doctorate in Educational Leadership, with an emphasis in Relational Trust. I live with my wife, two boys (Tommy & Noah), two cats, and little Shih-Tzu named Ozzie. Research My dissertation research focused how Relational Trust is created among teachers and principals. My belief in human-centered design is deeply rooted in the research findings. StrengthsFinder 2.0
16Personalities: ENFP-A "The Campaigner" |
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Recent Facilitations, Engagements & Contributions
- #DesignCamp Co-Creator (with the AWESOME Dr. Chagala!!), San Diego, CA 2016-2018: DesignCamp2018
- Mastery Transcript Consortium (MTC), Advisory Council, 2018
- VA ASCD Keynote Speaker: Love + Disruption, Williamsburg, VA 2017
- ShiftEDU Keynote and Facilitator: Love + Disruption II and School ReTool Hack-a-Thon, Miami, FL 2017
- Edleader21 Co-Facilitator: The Power of Human-Centered Design, with Eric Chagala, Atlanta, GA 2017
- School Retool Co-Presenter, Hactivation Nation: Hacking Toward Equity, with Susie Wise + Marthaa Torres, Stanford d. School, CA 2017
- School Retool Coach, Hactivation Nation: Student Exhibition of Learning, Stanford d.School, CA 2017
- Leadership + Design Facilitator, 4D Studio: Design. Disrupt. Dare. Dream. Richmond, VA 2017
- NAACP Legal Defense Fund Panelist, Deeper Learning Convening, Washington, DC, 2017
- Leadership + Design Member, Board of Directors, 2017
- #DesignCampBC Kickoff Co-Presenter, Vancouver, BC, Winter 2017 with Eric Chagala
- NSF Advisory Board for Classrooms as Enterprises: Improving STEM Education Through Authentic Entrepreneurship Experiences, 2017-present
- School Retool: San Diego Coach & Instigator, Winter 2017
- Innovation of Diffusion Cluster Grantee Meet Up (Hewlett + IDEO + Stanford d.School), 2016 to Present
- SXSWedu 2017 Presenter, Austin, TX: "Design + Leadership" with Ela Ben Ur and Eric Chagala
- MVIFI: A Night of Inquiry, Impact and Innovation Speaker, Atlanta, GA: "Love + Disruption"
- Real World Scholars Advisory Board, 2016-present
- The Buck Institute for Education (BIE): High Quality PBL Steering Committee, Present
- Deeper Learning Leadership Forum (Hewlett Foundation & National Equity Project), 2015-2017
- NeverSummer's edOS: A New Operating System for Education, Denver, CO: "Bringing PBL to School/Integrating Design Thinking" June 2016
- SxSwEdu 2016, Austin, TX: "Creating a Culture of Innovation"
- FutureNOW Conference, San Diego, CA: “PBL 102: Teaching Innovation via PBL" 2016
- DesignForward San Diego Presenter: "Scaling Design Thinking in Schools" 2016
- High Tech High Graduate School of Education Instructor
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What up!! Kaleb is the director of the Gary & Jerri-Ann Jacobs @hightechhigh | As a school community, we exist to be EXCELLENT to each other & do BADASS work. | Kaleb’s belief in human-centered design is rooted in his dissertation research on relational trust. | Kaleb believes in spreading grace, hope and optimism with the Deeper Learning Leadership Forum, Real World Scholars, the Buck Institute for Education, Leadership + Design, School Retool and the High Tech High Graduate School of Education | He lives with his wife, two boys, two cats and little Shih-Tzu named Ozzie in San Diego. Kaleb holds a BA in Human Development, two Master’s Degrees in Education and Leadership, and a Doctorate in Educational Leadership. |
How might we move learning from COMPLIANCE to INNOVATION, toward #deeperlearning?
Dig Deeper...
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Orbiting the Giant Hairball
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The Book of Learning and Forgetting
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