Course Objectives

• Analyze your teaching practice for evidence of intentional creativity and create a plan or vision statement to foster a creative classroom climate.
• Evaluate how the creativity road map provides a framework for creativity to take place in the classroom.
• Distinguish Torrance’s four creative thinking skills and the purposes of each.
• Analyze a lesson to determine the best uses of each of the four creative thinking skills and create a plan for their systematic uses in the classroom.
• Understand how creativity can help students meet rigorous standards meaningfully.
• Design standards-based lessons that target specific creativity skills.
• Understand the role and importance of imagination in the learning process.
• Create a lesson plan or revise an existing lesson to inspire creative thinking and imagination.
• Understand similarities and differences between the innovative process and the creative problem-solving process.
• Apply the innovative process to an existing lesson.
• Apply the creative problem-solving process to an existing lesson.
• Analyze the value of feedback on creativity tasks and assignments.
• Plan lessons to include appropriate use of different types of creativity assessment tools.

Syllabus

(ASCD PD Online course, 2016) Self-paced asynchronous online course. Upon completion, learners will be awarded an ASCD Certificate worth up to 20 Clock Hours.