Alliance for Decision Education launches Decision Education Incubator (US)

Benefits

• Each team accepted into the Decision Education Incubator receives:
  • $5,000 to support teachers’ professional learning time.
  • Professional learning opportunities geared toward your goals.
  • Individualized coaching, partnership, and support from the Alliance.
  • Collaboration with other schools and districts in the Incubator Network.
  • Potential media coverage, including features on schools, staff, and students.
  • An opportunity to empower students with decision-making skills and the agency to apply them.

Why Get Involved?

• You can make Decision Education real in your school, district, or state by participating in the Incubator. Through the Decision Education Incubator, you will:
  • Define and Bring Your Ideas to Life:
    • Outline how decision-making skills fit into your graduate profile or curriculum.
  • Research Agenda:
    • Develop a Roadmap
    • Work alongside education leaders and experts to create an actionable plan.
  • Research Community:
    • Integrate Decision Education
    • Equip your students with critical skills.
  • Research Community:
    • Be Part of a Transformative Movement
    • The Decision Education Incubator is not just about adding another item to the curriculum—it’s about equipping students to navigate complex challenges, think critically, and lead with agency.

Program Specifications

• Designate a team of 3-8 people to lead the work. This can include teachers, leaders, and other school or district staff.
• Engage in live, virtual professional learning and coaching sessions with the Alliance.
• Work as a team to design, draft, and share an instructional model that teaches Decision Education skills and concepts.
• Pilot the instructional model with at least one grade level of students.
• Collect relevant student and teacher data and artifacts to document learning, implementation strategies, and the student experience to share with the Alliance and, eventually, other schools.

Eligibility Criteria

• You represent a US-based public or charter school, district, or state.
• You seek new solutions for teaching decision-making skills and concepts to K-12 students.
• You have a team of 3-8 staff who are invested in the work of designing and implementing a new instructional model. Staff can include teachers, leaders, and other school or district staff.
• You will pilot your new instructional model with students in the 2025-2026 school year.
• You are excited to work together to amplify the Decision Education movement.

For more information, visit Alliance for Decision Education.