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Advanced Innovation & Design (iAID)

This course provides high-ability students an opportunity to break out of the traditional classroom constructs, allowing them to "show what they know" by working in collaborative teams alongside professional mentors on real-world challenges.  The interdisciplinary, project-based class is one of our district's experiential capstone learning experiences.  The course culminates in a "Pitch Night" where students present their solutions to challenges in front of an audience of parents, mentors and corporate partners.  

Click on the Pitch Night video below from 2017 to get an insider's look at this unique course's culminating celebration:

 

Advanced Innovation and Design (iAID) serves as an entrepreneurial skills accelerator.  This capstone learning experience allows students to apply what they have learned across disciplines to solve real world problems.
This video showcases Pitch Night, a celebration of the work our student teams accomplished to address challenges in the innovation strands of global Business, Tech, Engineering and Healthcare.

Program Eligibility

This program is open to juniors or seniors in good standing who qualify for open campus privileges and who have successfully completed a college-level course (Advanced Placement (AP), Dual enrollment, Youth/Course Options Program, UW-Oshkosh Cooperative Academic Partnership Program (CAPP), Transcripted Credit, Project Lead the Way (PLTW), etc.).

Program Structure

Students engaged in this class spend a portion of time with their teacher learning content and the remainder of their time with their team completing research and portions of their project portfolio.  This level of independence and trust is important to the learning objectives of the course, and will most likely involve time off campus. It may be revoked at any time which may result in a student being withdrawn from the course.

Mandatory Dates

Students and their families: Take Note! There are mandatory meeting/event dates associated with the Advanced Innovation and Design course outside of your normal class time.  This includes evening dates and/or times during the school day which necessitate missing other classes. You will be provided a list of these dates prior to the start of the course so that you can plan accordingly. 

ATTENTION: Professional Mentors

We are in the process of securing team mentors for the 2019-20 school year.  Mentors attend UWM pop-up classes with their team for context on the Lean LaunchPad methodology and guide the students through the design thinking process to apply what they are learning to develop a solution to their challenge.  They can also serve to connect the teams to others in their network with relevant subject matter expertise.

We are also in need of guest presenters (team building, ideation, patents, etc.) and resources that can assist with customer discovery (i.e. on site tours and interviews related to student challenges).

Teams typically benefit the most from those with expertise that supports our primary innovation strands.  For example, Global Business, Social Change, Retail, Engineering, Healthcare, Digital Transformation, Design Thinking, Startups, etc.

If you would like to get involved, please contact Kelli.Kwiatkowski@nbexcellence.org.

 

Here's what students are saying about this iAID course...

"I was able to get hands on experience in a new field with guidance from experts in that field." - Bailey S.

"This class was one of my favorite classes because I could use the content I have learned in the real world more often than my other classes." - Nick B.

"iAID has taught me skills to work in a group that I will use in a future career." - Tate S.

"In iAID this semester, I learned that entrepreneurship is a career path that I enjoy and will strive for as I grow older." - Andrew H.

"Great way to make connections and experience the real world while still in high school." - Radhika D.

"I learned that just having an idea doesn't mean success, it takes planning to make sure your idea will actually work." - Aaron M.

"I thought it helped me open up new doors to my fear of public speaking and advance my creativity a little bit more." - Ashley R.

"iAID provided me with a great opportunity to learn about real world business and experience what it is like to create a startup." - Cooper H.

"Imagine our iAID class starting out was just an ordinary potato, and now by the end of the year it is a twice-baked potato with butter, sour cream and cheese on top." - Spencer P.

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Special thanks to our program partners, the UWM Lubar Center for Entrepreneurship, UWM School of Business, and The Commons for collaborating with us to provide such a unique opportunity for students in the School District of New Berlin.

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iAID in the News

    • Entrepreneurial 'Pitch Night' Features Regional Leaders (June 2018)
    • SDNB Student Offered Internship After iAID Class (Nov. 2017)
    • SDNB Students Show Off Designs With The Perfect Pitch (CBS 58: June 2017)
    • Collaboration Leads to Skills Accelerator (Jan. 2017)
    • Students Prep for Innovation Economy (May 2016)
    • New Courses Prepare Students for Future (Jan. 2016)

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