The Office of Innovation and Collaboration connects the College of Education with school districts to address emerging challenges in education. Through faculty expertise, evidence-based research, and innovative approaches to educator development, the office brings professionals together to address pressing issues and create pathways for positive change.
The College of Education has a national reputation of strength in partnerships. Building on 25 years of partnering with local districts in a professional development school model, the Office of Innovation and Colaboration oversees a new and unique parthership with the Shawnee Mission School District in order to maximize opportunities for shared investigation and explore innovative instructional approaches for pre-service and in-service educators.
Innovation is our first name. A new state-of-the art learning space, AREA 22 is the first facility of its kind on campus and includes technology that allows for interdisciplinary collaboration, entrepeneurship, and an agility to engage the connected world in which we teach. Add the college's growing expertise in technology, flexbook and app development, and you can see how we are throughtfully and relentlessly improving the landscape of educator development.