Educators Innovation Bootcamp

We will be using our Student Startup Bootcamp format to offer a one-day innovation experience for participating school executives, teachers and careers advisers. In future this will be a ticketed elective PD course, however, the MQ Incubator is kindly funding the first bootcamp with spots for up to 24 teachers/careers advisers (including catering). Each school is welcome to nominate up to 2 participants.

Within the Student Startup Bootcamp framework, participants will be divided into teams and ‘choose their own adventure’ spanning 6 different domains of professional practice both in and out of the classroom, each of which can benefit from innovative thinking and their leadership in bringing new ideas to life.

Participating teachers will be invited to stay back until 5pm for an end-of-year social event, and be invited to all our professional community of practice events in 2025.

Bootcamp details:

When: Friday 6 December, 9:00am to 3:00pm
Where: MQ Incubator - 8 Hadenfeld Ave, Macquarie Park NSW 2113
Who for: teachers and careers advisers
How many (per school): 2 sponsored tickets per school, max. 24 participants in total
Catering: provided
Cost: fully-funded by MQ Incubator

Questions? Please reach-out to the Incubator team at incubator@mq.edu.au, or Young Wisdom at shahe@youngwisdom.com.au

Experience and learn how to facilitate innovation bootcamps that have received feedback like this:

“It was unquestionably authentic, real-world learning with value well beyond the classroom. It stretched most of the students well beyond their comfort zone but did so in an environment which encouraged risk-taking and in which the leaders modelled taking the same risks themselves. The end result was a visible transformation in the confidence, performance and polish of the students within a single day. It was masterful.” - John Wright, Deputy Principal, Castle Hill High School

“The Student Startup Bootcamp at Macquarie University Incubator was a fantastic experience, pushing students out of their comfort zones and enhancing their design thinking skills. They collaborated with peers, tackled real-world problems, and developed crucial life skills. This immersive day fostered confidence and entrepreneurial spirit.” - Sally Filtness, D&T Teacher, Barker College

“Our students thoroughly enjoyed the excursion and they learned about a whole realm of entrepreneurship that they were previously unaware of. Our students are creative tinkerers and inventors, but have not thoroughly explored entrepreneurship. It is the perfect integration and supplementation to their education, and fills the gaps that our school has not yet explored.” - Connor Maglis, Science/iSTEM Teacher, Sydney Secondary College (Balmain Campus)

“We can't thank you enough for the brilliant day you gave our students on Friday. The students - as well as the teacher - came back struggling for superlatives to describe it.” - Head Teacher HSIE