SmartLab

SmartLab A hands-on, career-connected STEM ecosystem that builds real-world skills, confidence, and strong STEM identity to ensure every learner is future ready.

Creative Learning Systems has been an education pioneer since 1987, transforming traditional learning environments into project-based learning experiences. CLS partners with innovative schools to promote engaged, active, social problem-solving.

We’re hiring! SmartLab is looking for a Regional Sales Manager (K-12 EdTech) to join our growing team! https://hubs.la/Q...
08/22/2026

We’re hiring! SmartLab is looking for a Regional Sales Manager (K-12 EdTech) to join our growing team! https://hubs.la/Q04tWLjT0

We’re looking for someone who is passionate about education, relationship-building, and helping schools create meaningful learning experiences for students. If you’re ready to bring your sales experience to a company focused on transforming how students learn, we’d love to hear from you.

Come help us bring hands-on, project-based learning to more students and communities.
Interested, or know someone who would be a great fit?

Apply today: https://hubs.la/Q04tWLjT0

The most powerful learning often happens when things don’t go as planned. For SmartLab Facilitator Kacy Hickam, helping ...
08/22/2026

The most powerful learning often happens when things don’t go as planned. For SmartLab Facilitator Kacy Hickam, helping young learners understand that failure isn’t something to fear is an important part of preparing them for whatever comes next.

In her SmartLab at Ayres Elementary School in Sterling, Colorado, Kacy creates a learning environment where students are encouraged to experiment, collaborate, work through challenges, and try again. It’s a mindset that turns mistakes into opportunities for discovery—and helps students build the confidence and resilience to keep going.

As Kacy shared: “What matters is learning why, working through challenges together, and trying again. My hope is they carry that mindset with them into every classroom, every challenge, and eventually into their future careers and lives.”

That’s the impact of an incredible educator. It goes far beyond what students create today. It’s about helping them develop the curiosity, confidence, problem-solving skills, and resilience they’ll carry into tomorrow.

Thank you, Kacy, for creating a place where students know they can explore boldly, learn from setbacks, and keep trying.

Interested in bringing hands-on, project-based STEM learning to your school? Connect with us today: https://hubs.la/Q04tWKqZ0

Great STEM programs don't thrive because of one-time funding. They thrive because of lasting partnerships. At SmartLab, ...
08/22/2026

Great STEM programs don't thrive because of one-time funding. They thrive because of lasting partnerships. At SmartLab, we believe sustainable STEM education is built when schools, community partners, and educators work toward a shared vision for student success. https://hubs.la/Q04tWJK70

We're incredibly grateful for partners who make that vision possible, including our Strategic Champion Partner, Campos Foundation, led by Marco Campos and Deanna Campos Miller. Their decade-long commitment has helped expand access to career-connected STEM learning across multiple states, impacting more than 32,000 students and creating opportunities that will last for generations.

We're also proud to partner with organizations like The Weld Trust and The Success Foundation, whose investments continue to strengthen communities by empowering students with the skills and confidence to pursue tomorrow's careers.

Curious how the SmartLab partnership model creates lasting impact for schools, communities, and students? Explore our latest blog to see how strategic partnerships build sustainable STEM programs and stronger workforce pipelines.

Read the blog: https://hubs.la/Q04tWJK70

08/21/2026

Every student deserves the opportunity to discover where their talents can take them. The future needs engineers, scientists, and technologists. It also needs storytellers, filmmakers, producers, editors, designers, broadcasters, and creative thinkers who bring new possibilities to life.

At SLAM! Tampa in Tampa, Florida, students are discovering those possibilities through SmartLab Studio, a hands-on, career-connected environment that transforms creative interests into meaningful experiences. Students step into real-world roles, use professional tools, and gain experience in broadcasting, filmmaking, camera operation, editing, and production.

You can hear the impact directly from the students. One describes SmartLab Studio as a “stepping stone” toward a career. Another says the experience is preparing them for their future. Others are discovering career paths they may never have considered.

This is what career-connected, project-based learning can look like.
As a K–12 STEM education provider, SmartLab creates pathways for students to discover their strengths. Through hands-on learning, real-world projects, collaboration, problem-solving, and creative expression, students build durable skills and confidence to thrive in an ever-changing world.

STEM Identity isn't limited to students who already love math, science, coding, or engineering. It can grow when a student behind a camera realizes, I'm good at this. When an aspiring editor sees their ideas come to life. When a storyteller discovers technology can amplify their creativity. When students connect what they love today with what they could become tomorrow.

That moment of discovery matters. Every student's interests matter. Every student deserves to see a future where their ideas and talents have value.
Learn more about SmartLab Studio in action:
https://hubs.la/Q04tR1190

Bring that conversation to your school during SmartLab STEM Identity Day on Friday, November 6, 2026. Invite parents, business and community leaders, and professionals across career pathways to share their journeys. Their stories can help students discover new possibilities and see how STEM and durable skills connect to their futures.

Learn more and find resources to bring STEM Identity Day to your school:
https://hubs.la/Q04tQMG70

08/21/2026

STEM skills prepare students to participate in the future. STEM identity gives them the confidence to believe they can help shape it. https://hubs.la/Q04tHDDX0 In a powerful new episode of the Time for Teachership podcast, host Lindsay Lyons sits down with SmartLab CEO Dr. Jennifer Berry to explore how educators can intentionally build STEM identity, student agency, resilience, and future-ready skills through meaningful learning experiences.

Dr. Berry shares SmartLab’s definition of STEM identity as a learner’s belief that they belong, they can master rigorous challenges, and their ideas have an impact. This mindset that extends far beyond STEM and can help prepare students to thrive and lead in an ever-changing world. The conversation explores the power of hands-on, project-based learning, productive struggle, real-world problem solving, and knowing when educators should step back so students can step forward. Dr. Berry also shares why the technology itself isn’t the destination: the real opportunity comes when students connect what they are learning to authentic challenges, future careers, and the world around them.

Listen to Time for Teachership with Lindsay Lyons to explore how we can create learning environments where every student has the opportunity to build confidence, discover their potential, and become future ready. https://hubs.la/Q04tHDDX0

And bring that conversation into your school during SmartLab STEM Identity Day on Friday, November 6, 2026. STEM Identity Day helps students discover that STEM belongs to them through real stories and career journeys from people in their communities. Invite parents, business and community leaders, and other professionals to share how problem-solving, perseverance, creativity, and STEM skills have shaped their paths. These stories can help students see new possibilities and recognize that STEM Identity extends far beyond traditional STEM careers. Help every student believe: I belong. I can take on challenges. My ideas have value.

Learn more and find resources to bring STEM Identity Day to your school: https://hubs.la/Q04tJ0k70

We’re hiring! SmartLab is looking for a Regional Sales Manager (K-12 EdTech) to join our growing team! https://hubs.la/Q...
08/20/2026

We’re hiring! SmartLab is looking for a Regional Sales Manager (K-12 EdTech) to join our growing team! https://hubs.la/Q04tHS_L0

We’re looking for someone who is passionate about education, relationship-building, and helping schools create meaningful learning experiences for students. If you’re ready to bring your sales experience to a company focused on transforming how students learn, we’d love to hear from you.

Come help us bring hands-on, project-based learning to more students and communities.
Interested, or know someone who would be a great fit?

Apply today: https://hubs.la/Q04tHS_L0

08/20/2026

Building STEM Identity starts with helping students believe they belong, they can take on rigorous challenges, and their ideas have value. https://hubs.la/Q04tHHnb0 SmartLab CEO Dr. Jennifer Berry joins host Naomi Meredith on The Elementary STEM Coach Podcast for an inspiring conversation about creating meaningful STEM learning experiences that prepare students for an ever-changing world.

Together, they explore how hands-on, project-based learning can spark curiosity, strengthen student confidence, and help learners build the durable skills they’ll carry far beyond the classroom. From connecting STEM across the curriculum and introducing students to future career pathways to embracing productive struggle and preparing learners for an AI-powered world, the conversation highlights why STEM education is about so much more than science, technology, engineering, and math.

Dr. Berry also shares how SmartLab approaches STEM as an interconnected learning ecosystem—bringing together the environment, curriculum, hands-on tools and technology, educator development, and ongoing partnership to create experiences designed to help students discover what they’re capable of.

Listen to The Elementary STEM Coach Podcast to explore how educators can create more engaging, equitable, career-connected STEM learning experiences that empower every student to see a place for themselves in the future. https://hubs.la/Q04tHHnb0

And bring that conversation into your school during SmartLab STEM Identity Day on Friday, November 6, 2026. STEM Identity Day helps students discover that STEM belongs to them through real stories and career journeys from people in their communities. Invite parents, business and community leaders, and other professionals to share how problem-solving, perseverance, creativity, and STEM skills have shaped their paths. These stories can help students see new possibilities and recognize that STEM Identity extends far beyond traditional STEM careers. Help every student believe: I belong. I can take on challenges. My ideas have value.

Learn more and find resources to bring STEM Identity Day to your school: https://hubs.la/Q04tHG_V0

SmartLab is Great Place To Work Certified for 2026! Certifications are measured in data points. This certification was b...
08/20/2026

SmartLab is Great Place To Work Certified for 2026! Certifications are measured in data points. This certification was built by the employees of SmartLab. Every member of our team, from those just getting started to those who have been here for years, answered honestly when asked what it feels like to work here. What they said reflects what we see every day: a group of exceptionally smart people who genuinely care about each other and about the students and schools they wake up to serve.

We are proud of this recognition. We are proud of who we are.

Read more: https://hubs.la/Q04tH5f00

We’re proud to share that SmartLab has contracted with the Johns Hopkins University School of Education Center for Resea...
08/19/2026

We’re proud to share that SmartLab has contracted with the Johns Hopkins University School of Education Center for Research and Reform in Education (CRRE) to evaluate the impact of our Explorer and Pathfinder programs on student outcomes across Texas, Illinois, and California. https://hubs.la/Q04ty0bS0

This multi-district research initiative will examine changes in students’ science and mathematics performance measured through independent measures of learning. The study will also include educator and administrator interviews, along with student focus groups, to gather deeper insight into perceived impacts on learning, equity and access, and opportunities for program improvement.

At SmartLab, we’re committed to more than building STEM skills—we’re helping students develop mindsets that prepare them to shape the future.

Read the blog: https://hubs.la/Q04ty0bS0

08/19/2026

Preparing students for a future shaped by STEM and AI means developing more than technical skills. https://hubs.la/Q04tyJ390 SmartLab CEO Dr. Jennifer Berry joined host Ned Hayes on the DARE Podcast for a conversation about how K-12 STEM education can help students build confidence, critical thinking, collaboration, and a strong STEM identity.

Dr. Berry shares how hands-on, project-based learning gives students opportunities to connect technology to real-world problems, why human skills matter even more in the age of AI, and how meaningful STEM experiences can help students see themselves as capable problem solvers in any career.

The conversation explores:
🔹 Building STEM identity and belonging in K-12 students
🔹 Hands-on, project-based STEM learning
🔹 Preparing students for AI and the future of work
🔹 Developing critical thinking, collaboration, and problem-solving skills
🔹 Connecting STEM education to real-world challenges and careers

Listen to the full conversation on DARE and explore a vision for STEM education where students aren't simply learning how to use technology—they're learning how to think, create, collaborate, and use it with purpose.

Listen Now: https://hubs.la/Q04tyJ390

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