Creativity & Innovation

Student Facilitator Development Series (SFDS)

The Student Facilitator Development Series (SFDS) program builds upon the Creative Courage Cohort and is designed to help students learn and practice skills over time. Through regularly scheduled activities, in which students use assessment, application, iteration, and reflection, they deepen their understanding of the creative process and creative problem solving, strengthen critical thinking, and develop career readiness. Program participants can apply for paid student employment to facilitate creativity exercises on campus. They can also apply for other positions in C&I, including for example: advertising and public relations specialist, office manager, and social media content generator. C&I staff provide one-on-one mentoring to SFDS participants for the duration of the program. 

Becoming a Student Facilitator

It starts with attending a Student Facilitator training. The training is split into two sessions and students need to attend both sessions to complete their training. New trainings will be offered in Block 3 and Block 7 each year. The next one will take place on the first and second Fridays of Block 3: Oct. 24 and 31, 2025, from 2:00 - 4:00 pm. 

Prerequisite: Completion of a Creative Courage Cohort.

Learning to Facilitate

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Following the initial Student Facilitator training, interested students can apply for paid student employment in C&I and lead creativity drop-ins in cSpace. They can also choose to continue meeting to learn, practice, and critically analyze the delivery of specific and more advanced creativity exercises. Each block, a new exercise will be introduced. Students will provide peer feedback utilizing a facilitator’s strategy rubric. They may participate in as many of these blockly trainings as they want and are able and then, they can facilitate as many exercises as they have learned. Initially, their facilitation will be observed by a member of the C&I team. C&I staff and the students will determine together the point at which the students are ready to deliver an exercise without being observed. 

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