1. Destination Imagination as part of a Well-Rounded Education
The Role of
Destination Imagination
as part of a
Well-Rounded Education

2. Every Student Succeeds Act
Destination Imagination (DI) can be part of a school district’s efforts to provide a “well-rounded” education.

3. Destination Imagination Educational Experiences
Combine STEM subjects with the arts
Allow students to learn skills that are necessary for future success
Collaboration
Critical thinking
Creativity
Communication
Project management
Engage the interests of a variety of students through diverse academic Challenges

4. Destination Imagination Educational Experiences
Tournament
Classroom
Camps

5. Destination Imagination Educational Experiences
Tournaments
Classroom
(2017/2018 school year)
Camps
(Spring/Summer 2018)
Offered as an out-of-school activity
Team Managers can be parents, teachers, community members
Long term and Instant Challenges
Begins in September and tournaments are held February through May
Training offered for Team Managers
Culminates with local tournaments. Top teams from around the world invited to attend Global Finals
Offered as part of school curriculum
Teachers guide the student teams
Specifically designed Challenges
Includes content guides and additional activities
Professional development available for teachers
Culminates with an activity in the classroom or school
Offered by out-of-school organizations
One day, two day, and week long offerings
Mini-Challenges
Professional development and training available for camp staff
Culminates with an activity within the camp day

6. Destination Imagination Tournament Experience

7. DI is Project-Based Learning
Learner focused and directed
Meaningful challenges
Real-world content
Deep inquiry
Student ownership
Reflection

8. DI Approach to Learning
No interference –
WE can make this happen.
Clarifying Questions –
We ask important, critical questions for clarity.
Resource awareness –
We recognize the value of everything in our solution.
Rapid Ideation and Implementation –
We process and produce quickly and recognize that success can come from failure.
Authentic Self-Expression –
Our solution expresses who we are.

9. DI Challenges
SCIENTIFIC – Students research scientific concepts, principles, and topics; use their research to build their solution; and combine their knowledge with the thrill and creativity of theatre arts.
TECHNICAL – Teams complete tasks based on engineering, computer science, strategic planning and other related skills. Teams create a story about their solution and present it in theatrical form.
ENGINEERING DESIGN – Students design, build, and test load-bearing structures made of specific materials. Each year the structure requirements change and may involve manipulating objects in the structure, testing the structure’s ability to handle compression, or building out of unusual materials.
FINE ARTS – Students research stage craft, theatre technology, literature, acting and script writing to flex their artistic muscles as they solve this Challenge.

10. DI Challenges
SERVICE LEARNING – Students engage in public service and address real life issues affecting their community. They create a stage show demonstrating the community issue they worked to solve.
IMPROVISATION – This Challenge is all about spontaneity and storytelling. Teams research topics prior to their presentation, receive improv items on the spot, collaborate and use their creativity to produce spontaneous skits.
EARLY LEARNING/RISING STARS – Children in preschool through 2nd grade work together on performances that have a STEM element, characters, props and scripts.
INSTANT CHALLENGE – All teams engage in Instant Challenges that require quick, creative and critical thinking.

11. Proven Results Destination Imagination students were found to be:
More engaged and imaginative when completing given tasks
More creative than non-DI participants
More self-confident and tenacious
Able to elaborate on and generate more ideas than non-DI participants
Great collaborators—86% of DI students agree that their teamwork skills improved within 1-2 years of participation
More inquisitive—92% of DI students agree that solutions to problems are often improved by considering a variety of perspectives
Results of a study by Dr. Mark A. Runco, Professor of Educational Psychology for the Torrance Creativity Center at the University of Georgia and Board Member for the Center for Childhood Creativity,

12. ESSA Title I - Accountability
Goal: Ensure equitable access for all students to a well-rounded, challenging curriculum
Title I funding can be used to:
Provide school-wide programs in Arts and STEM to improve opportunities for students, when 40% or more students are defined as low-income
Provide targeted support for lower income/at risk students within a school, when a school has less than 40% of students defined as low-income
Programs can be offered during school, extended school days and in after-school programs
Title I funded programs must be based on a school or district student needs assessment and use evidence-based interventions

13. ESSA Title IV – Well-Rounded Education
Goal: Provide all students with a well-rounded education and improve school conditions for learning
Title IV funding can be used for:
Programs and activities that use music and the arts as tools to support the promotion of student engagement, problem solving, and conflict resolution
Supporting the participation of low-income students in nonprofit competitions related to STEM subjects

14. Title IV (continued) Title IV funding can be used for:
Hands-on learning and exposure to STEM subjects that support the use of field-based or service learning
Integrating other academic subjects, including the arts, into STEM programs
Programs and activities that promote volunteerism and community involvement
Programs and activities that support educational programs that integrate multiple disciplines such as programs that combine arts and mathematics
Promoting involvement of parents in the activity or program

15. Destination Imagination Experiences as part of a Well-Rounded Education
Implement a school-wide Destination Imagination Challenge Experience in extended school day or afterschool programs with teachers as Team Managers
Use Destination Imagination as part of the curriculum for a particular class, home room or other project hour
Support the DI Educational Experience with parents as volunteer Team Managers

16. DI is the best thing you will ever do for a child’s education.‘‘
DI is the best thing you will ever do for a child’s education.
Melissa Dick 
Parent and Team Manager  ’’

17. The future is already here; It is just not very evenly distributed.
- William Gibson ‘‘ ’’
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