Jan 16, 2019 | All School, MV Mag Issue 4, MVIFI
Language Defines Culture As a leader of leaders I have had the opportunity to help organizations think about their branding, identity, and ethos to determine and design their visual strategy as it relates to their mission and purpose in the world. I am...
Jan 16, 2019 | Design Thinking, MV Mag Issue 4, MVIFI, PBL/IBL
Alyssa Gallagher is an experienced public school educator, school & district administrator, facilitator and educational consultant. She recently authored, “Design Thinking for School Leaders: Five Mindsets that Ignite Positive Change in Schools” published May 2018...
Jan 16, 2019 | Design Thinking, Idiploma, MV Mag Issue 4, MVIFI
The Mount Vernon Institute for Innovation (MVIFI), the R&D lab and transformation studio at Mount Vernon Presbyterian School in Atlanta, Georgia, is transforming schools and education as a whole, through people-centered design principles. By accelerating...
May 28, 2018 | All School, MV Mag Issue 2, MVIFI
Shaped by Us. Now. Just as we have begun to outgrow our spaces, in some ways we have outgrown our programs. At the very least, we have heard loud and clear from the students we serve that they want to make: prototypes that are more than popsicle sticks, show-stopping...