Great learning environments need great facilitators.
Student-centered PBL + STEM learning thrives when teachers skillfully connect pedagogy, curriculum, and environment. SmartLab certification builds this capacity, preparing facilitators to lead career-connected projects, cultivate student ownership, and foster collaboration and resilience.
Certified SmartLab Facilitators gain the confidence, leadership skills, and ongoing support to adapt learning with intention—creating lasting impact for their students and their school communities.
Key Takeaways for Facilitators:
Cultivate student voice, choice, and ownership in the learning process
Educator in training using circuitry tools during PD
Teacher-facilitator working alongside students on a STEM project
Facilitators gain confidence, classroom readiness, and a support system
Certified SmartLab facilitators consistently report increased engagement, stronger student ownership, and the ability to guide projects with real-world relevance. With access to SmartLab LearningHub and the facilitator community, they stay supported long after initial training.
Structured support from onboarding through implementation
Certification begins with independent prework and continues with five weeks of live cohort training. Each week blends virtual sessions, self-paced learning, and optional office hours. Facilitators engage with the Spark curriculum, equipment, and pedagogy, preparing to implement with confidence.
From philosophy to practice: How SmartLab designs effective PD
SmartLab professional learning is built around five interconnected principles that ensure facilitators are prepared for real classrooms. Each principle reinforces the others—resulting in PD that’s active, collaborative, and directly aligned with how students will experience learning.
Active
Hands-on experiences mirror classroom tools and challenges. Includes role play, simulations, and SmartLab tech practice.
Collaborative
Cohort-based structure encourages peer feedback, shared strategies, and asynchronous community learning.
Ongoing
Training spans weeks—not days—offering time to reflect, apply, and revisit real classroom situations.
Authentic
Every phase includes modeling of instructional strategies using SmartLab curriculum and real teaching tasks.
Evidence-Driven
Facilitators use self-reflection tools, formative assessments, and group discussions to track growth and adapt practice.
Every school’s needs are unique, and we’re here to help you find the best solution. Whether you’re just starting to explore or ready to build, our team is here to answer questions and guide your next steps.
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Districts across the country use SmartLab to strengthen engagement, improve performance, and empower students. Explore how different communities are making it work.
“In our school, some students need help learning to resolve conflict. In a SmartLab HQ, students learn to be problem-solvers while boosting their communication skills—this helps them learn how to resolve conflicts. Here, they’re engaged and on-task. They’re thinking, learning, and solving problems.”
Alice Hill
Alice Hill, Aldine ISD Magnet School, Houston, TX
“We are able to work with our students to get them career and college ready, and we do that K-12. SmartLabs help by getting students’ hands on projects and activities, getting them working with partners in the classroom, and getting them building something they would’ve never have imagined they could build…it’s actually shown our community what our students are capable of.”
Dr. Deirdre Pilch
Superintendent, Greeley-Evans School District 6 | Public | Greeley, CO
“Education isn’t about just filling your head with facts. It’s about taking knowledge and doing something novel with it. So once the students have that experience [in the SmartLab], they start to see that what they’re learning about is bigger than just a fact or concept. Learning is no longer a job; it becomes this adventure.”
Brian Ewert
Superintendent, Littleton Public Schools | Littleton, CO
“Our students have made amazing progress in their problem-solving skills, have learned how to set effective personal goals, and are constantly testing the bounds of what is possible by collaborating on exciting ideas.”
Abigail Welch
SmartLab Facilitator, Lincoln Christian School | Private | Tulsa, OK
Ready to transform learning in your school?
Together, we’ll bring the SmartLab ecosystem to your school. Students will engage deeply in STEM, take on real-world challenges, and build the skills for lifelong learning, leadership, and career readiness.
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