Step 5
Design Experience 5: Preparing for Implementation

Pre-work

Preparing for Design Experience 5

Experience

Design Experience 5

Post-work

Finishing Your Bold School Concept and Preparing to Present

Finishing Your Bold School Concept and Preparing to Present

Overview

As a result of Design Experience 5, you are well prepared to present your Bold School Concept and bring it to life through storytelling, key artifacts, and community voice. This presentation serves as both a culminating moment and a gateway to receive formal feedback from peers, community members, and/or external reviewers, and to gauge readiness for implementation in the next phase.

Whether shared with a local audience or an external panel, the presentation should highlight the most important design decisions, illustrate the student experience, and demonstrate how community insights have shaped the model throughout the journey. Though the Bold School Concept will continue to evolve, this presentation is a pivotal checkpoint—an opportunity to share progress, build excitement, and clarify the path forward.

Outputs

A polished Bold School Concept presentation that:

  • Brings the bold school vision to life
  • Weaves together finalized artifacts:
    • Model-at-a-Glance
    • Day in the Life
    • 4-Year Trajectory
    • Learning Experience
  • Demonstrates how community input shaped the concept
  • Communicates alignment to XQ Design Principles and Learner Outcomes
  • Reflects readiness to move into implementation

Goal
Prepare and deliver a presentation that communicates a clear, compelling, and community-informed Bold School Concept and demonstrates readiness for implementation.

Owner(s)
School design team

Contributor(s)
Students, families, community partners, district leaders, facilitation partners

Resources

Design Journey Notebook
A team workspace with a Bold School Concept Presentation page to plan out your presentation and make sure essential elements are considered.

Putting It Into Practice

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Develop a presentation that does the following:

  • Brings your bold vision to life
    • Craft a narrative that highlights the purpose behind your design.
    • Clearly state what makes your Bold School Concept unique, and why it matters now, drawing on your Case for Change.
  • Highlights key artifacts
    • Include core design elements: Model-at-a-Glance, Day in the Life, 4-Year Trajectory, and your Learning Experience.
    • Organize your presentation so these artifacts work together to tell one coherent story.
  • Illustrates the student experience
    • Show what learning will look and feel like for students across a day, a year, and their full high school journey.
    • Use visuals, scenarios, or direct student input to make this real and tangible.
  • Shows integration of community voice
    • Explicitly name how students, families, staff, and community members informed and shaped the design.
    • Consider using quotes, photos, or key findings to lift up that engagement.
  • Conveys alignment to XQ Design Principles and Learner Outcomes
    • Draw clear connections between your design decisions and the XQ Design Principles.
    • Show how your student experience builds toward the XQ Learner Outcomes, using the alignment artifacts as evidence.
  • Demonstrates readiness for implementation
    • Share how research and feedback gathered along the way have helped you refine and strengthen your model.
    • Signal that your team is prepared to move forward, naming what comes next and what support may still be needed.
  • Tailors communication to audience
    • Depending on your context, this presentation might have different purposes and meet different needs. Whether it’s a local showcase or an external panel, consider your audience and what they care about most, while ensuring that your message and structure remain strong and clear.
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Shared Milestone: Presenting Your Bold School Concept
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