We are looking for passionate, innovative K-12 teachers and school leaders who are Google for Education Level 2 Certified and who are driven to solve a challenge in the coming year.

APPLICATION STEPS:

1.	Find a three-day academy in your region that you are able to attend if accepted
2.	Take the advanced course and pass the Google Certified Educator Level 2 exam
3.	Identify a challenge in your classroom or school you’d like to try to solve. Interview a few students or teachers affected by the challenge, and film a 60-second video about that challenge and why you want to solve it. Here are example videos.
4.	Apply before the respective deadline for the academy you hope to attend

You’ll take your initial interviews about the challenge at your school or district and your challenge video and bring it to the Google for Education Certified Innovator Academy. At the Academy, you’ll work with a small team and a coach from the innovator community. Your coach will support you before, during, and after the Academy. You’ll experience hands-on design thinking sprints, work through ideation and brainstorming, prototyping, validating and testing your idea, and eventually launch your solution. You’ll be paired 1:1 with a mentor from the Innovator community and work throughout the year to iterate and get support to make your project come alive!

VIEW INNOVATION PROJECTS IN THE GALLERY

“Coaching is not just about helping others address a challenge. It’s an opportunity for personal growth for both you and your team. As part of the Google Innovator Academy, coaches and their teams work together to find ways to develop solutions to problems that will hopefully change the face of education. And through that journey, find themselves changed as well.”

• Jesse Lubinsky, #NYC08

INNOVATION ACADEMY AGENDA

Day 1: Networking and team bonding

Day 2: Inspirational sparks from Googlers and Innovators and design sprints for ideation and prototyping, advocacy opportunities

Day 3: Inspirational sparks from Googlers and Innovators and design sprints for validation and launching, graduation