NCAC 2025 Annual Conference

Seeing the Big Picture: Tools for Identifying, Mapping, and Solving Complex Problems

This course brings together the resources and tools introduced during the NCAC 2025 HFLI sessions. Designed for educators, it invites you to deepen your practice through exploration of problem framing, creative mapping, and strategic planning—skills that help bring creativity and design thinking into classrooms and learning communities.

Session Details


Planning the Journey- Mon. 10/20 at 2:45PM in Tapa 1-2

Format

In-person

All three session resources and supplemental tools available in this studio course.

Context Maps for Critical Thinking, Creative Problem Solving
Tues. 10/21, at 1:45PM in Honolulu 1

Identifying the Right Problem
Wed. 10/22, at 10:00 AM in Iolani 3-4 

Location

NCAC 2025 Annual Conference

Honolulu, Hawaii 

Oct 20 – 22, 2025

Instructor

Deborah Parizek
Executive Director
Deborah Parizek drives HFLI’s efforts to provide workshops, programs and site coaching that pair effective education and human-centered design approaches, empowering learners to lead transformational change in, with and for their community. She is known for cultivating the conversations, empathy, and capacity critical to addressing complex challenges. Prior to joining HFLI in 2005, Deborah designed and directed extensive teacher leadership development programs for multiple school systems.