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Discover How to Spark Creativity in Your Classroom! 
Inspiring Curiosity, Collaboration, and Success for Diverse Learners   
   

Free/Virtual Workshop
January 30, 2026/9:00-10:00 AM (MST)

Join the National Inventors Hall of Fame® for an engaging one hour webinar exploring why creativity and problem solving are essential to student development. Discover how these skills can be nurtured daily across all subject areas. Participants will gain practical tools to spark curiosity, encourage collaboration and inspire innovative thinking in the classroom.
  🔗 Learn more about the National Inventors Hall of Fame®:
https://www.invent.org

Workshop Objectives
Understand the pedagogy of Invention Education. Learn about an “I Can Invent Mindset” and how you can foster these characteristics for students. Discover free resources to begin using Invention Education in your classroom to empower students to work independently or in groups to identify problems meaningful to them; sketch and prototype inventions.

Who Should Attend
K–8 educators and administrators who are looking for creative, practical ways to meet the unique demands of multi-grade classrooms and support diverse learner needs. Ideal for teachers, instructional coaches, specialists, and school leaders seeking strategies to spark curiosity, strengthen collaboration, and build problem-solving skills across content areas.  

Workshop Format
  • Date: January 30, 2026
  • Time: 9:00–10:00 AM (MST)
  • Delivery: Virtual
  • Length: 1 hour
  • Recording: Available after the workshop
  • OPI Renewal Units: ✔ Participants may earn 1 OPI Renewal Unit
  • Workshop Materials (if applicable): Shared with registrants after the session

Organization/Facilitator Info:  The National Inventors Hall of Fame® is a nonprofit organization that inspires emerging creators and entrepreneurs through our STEM education programs and honors the history of innovation through our museum and Hall of Fame inductees. We produce STEM curricula for pre-K through 8th grade students that are inspired, informed and shaped by our inductee role models. Educators use our programs during both in-school and out-of-school time. Workshop moderator, Christine Jayo, is the Director of Customized Programs at the National Inventors Hall of Fame. During her 20-plus years with NIHF, Christine has led teacher professional development across the country in every size and type of school and district. She works with schools and districts to customize solutions to meet students and teachers where they are.

For more information, please contact:
📧 [email protected]

Register: 
https://forms.gle/jH2FPga8J2Fp5SJJ6​

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