4.0 Training is :

  1. An opportunity for leaders to discover their greatest impact.
  2. Focused on solving tough problems.
  3. More about a mindset than practical skills.
  4. Learning from other industries.
  5. Experiential.

We support people who will change the future of education through:

Essentials - a short course in 4.0's approach to problem-finding

This four-day intensive gives you a chance to refine three discrete skills: empathy, unbundling and prototyping. Here's what alums think about it.

The Lab Fellowship - an extended course in problem-solving

In this extended program, select Essentials alums study innovation in other industries and ways they might apply to the most pressing pain points in schooling. Full and part-time versions of the program include site visits to a wide variety of schools and innovative organizations in other fields, classroom study, and prototype testing in the Lab.

Some graduates of the Lab Fellowship will enter partner programs like Launchpad Ignition, an affiliate of Tech Stars. Others will build a team to launch a new school or transform an existing one. 4.0 is prepared to make a range of investments into these ventures.

Effective leaders for existing organizations

We don't plan to do all of this work on our own. 4.0 alumni will lead innovation within existing organizations being built by 4.0's partners across the region.

 

4.0 Leaders:

  • are able to be coached—by 4.0. They are humble and confident; operate with a growth-versus-fixed mindset; constantly learn from their peers; and seek failure and hard feedback to get better.
  • are defined by a problem-solving orientation. They seek to make schools better rather than implement an existing model; see schools as a sum of effective and ineffective parts; take time to be thoughtful, and look for—rather than avoid—significant challenges.
  • have a strong potential for leading and inspiring adults. We can see ourselves working for this person.
  • possess a deep personal alignment to 4.0’s values. Their vision for academic excellence is through college, and we want them to hurry and launch their organization so our children can benefit.
  • are, at their core, curiosity- versus role-oriented. They describe success as transforming outcomes for students rather than playing a particular role in—or seeking a particular path to—that outcome.