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We develop life skills to support the Eastside College Preparatory School mission and create a ripple effect among students to change their own lives, the lives of their families, and the life of their community.
"I learned that design thinking and resilience are like best friends. When you are in the process of design thinking you will have set back and in order to be successful while practicing design thinking you will need to have resilience in order to bounce back from that set back and get right back on track. Lastly, one other thing I learned was that creativity is necessary to be successful. With creativity we can find new ways that we had not thought about."
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Faces of Change course is for credit and is based on design thinking (develop idea) and behavioral science (design self). Students start with self-awareness of their values and develop personal purpose and resilience plan. Next they work in teams to solve local community problems that have personal meaning. They conduct empathy interviews of their customers, develop an innovative solution and create a presentation to communicate its value.
Purpose & Resilience workshop is based on behavioral science applied with creativity using design thinking approach. Students develop personal purpose, resilience and action plans.
Face of Change course for Sophomores at Eastside College Preparatory School, East Palo Alto. 8 weeks, 24 sessions for credit during the school curriculum
Purpose & Resilience workshop for the Eastside Residential Staff leadership team
Purpose & Resilience workshop for the Eastside School Alumni attending College
Based on self-assessment by students before and after 8 weeks of Faces of Change class
Student reviews:
"During the past 8 weeks I have definitely learned a lot about myself and about others. I really enjoyed being part of this class for various reasons one of them being that it really helped me take time from my day to reflect and create something I never imagined myself capable of creating."
"Mantras are a great way to remind you to stay positive in the middle of hard times. Something as simple as art can send a message and be used for good."
"I learned today how to find solutions for different problems and they could just be ideas and don't have to be correct."
"I enjoyed this class. It exposed me to something different, I know right now I don't value it a lot, but as I go on in life, I will for sure look back to these 8 weeks of class and definitely have learned something. So I just wanted to show appreciation, thank you!"
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