In early May, leaders from Wyoming’s Weston County School District 7 started with a slide titled “Unpacking Creativity” during a presentation to a room full of K-12 teachers, leaders from all levels of the education system, community members, and others. In the half hour or so that followed, educators from the district led an interactive session on Upton High School’s journey to intentionally integrate creativity in learning experiences, using student work samples to glean students’ strengths, as well as needs for further learning to think creatively. Describing their work to incorporate creativity into classrooms as “New Age” vs “Old School,” the school’s team has jumped headlong into the challenging and rewarding work of finding ways to assess creativity and creative thinking.
