Motivate children to learn and develop key skills with project-based learning (PBL) and design thinking.
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The Design Champions program is highly recommended by 95% of participating teachers and principals.
You are a preschool or a primary school teacher:
► Constantly striving to make learning inspiring, interesting, motivating and meaningful?
► Nurtiring not only excellent students but children prepared for the challenges of real life?
► Looking for an alternative to outdated learning methods, impractical content and lack of variety?
► Ambitious to teach children to work together in a team, be creative and show their best?
► Willing to invest time and effort to give the best you can for children?
► Striving to be a part of modern education, regardless of which part in the world you come from and which school you teach?
The "Design Champions" program is just for you.
You are a kindergarten, primary or secondary school principal:
► Aiming at motivating teachers and enriching their work with new skills, abilities and qualifications?
► Striving to be among the educational institutions where project-based learning is a key part of the curriculum?
► Looking to upgrade and enrich the standard learning material with exciting projects and activities?
► Ready to work with proven and innovative methods, despite the limitations of your educational system?
► Trying to overcome the lack of interest and curiosity, passivity, reluctance to learn and lack of confidence?
► Aiming at creating an image for your educational institution as innovative and constantly developing?
The "Design Champions" program is just for you.
"Design Champions" has already transformed the Bulgarian educational system. If it works here, it can work anywhere.
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Working with my children in your program for the sixth year is an honour for me. It changed my students - made them confident, ambitious, and creative. Made them a team! I know that they will more easily cope with the challenges that school and life will bring, thanks to your whole team! Respect for your tireless work and amazing ideas!
Dimka Dzhieva, teacher at "St. St. Cyril and Methodius" Secondary School, Velingrad
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You are tireless and create miracles! You are my inspiration and friends not only in my work as a teacher but also as a parent. As I get to know each of your missions, I realize how much time and effort you put into it. I appreciate and respect your invaluable work! I am happy to be able to work with you and your creations! Please, continue to inspire parents, teachers, and students with the same strength and vigor!
Desislava Ilieva, teacher at "Ivancho Mladenov" Primary School, Vratsa
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Those who know me know that the Design Champions program is THE way to do my job well and build the knowledge and skills children should have. I can share a lot about the three years in which we worked together, but I think that every dedicated teacher must find his own motivation to embark on it - and make it happen!
Ilka Toteva, teacher at "Lyuben Karavelov" Elementary School, Ruse
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It's your missions that give real opportunities to our children! Through them, they become knowledgeable and skilled, bold and creative. I assure you that each mission is unique and unforgettable, carrying strong emotions long after its completion. Keep going - your work is invaluable!
Lilia Racheva, OU "Nikola Yonkov Vaptsarov", Kazanlak
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When children look forward to each new day of the mission with interest and excitement, it is clear that you have done your job. Thank you for being able to generate this interest and excitement for five years now!
Yuliya Antonova and Mariyana Gabrovska, teachers at SU "Dimitar Marinov", Lom
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With gratitude to Tsvetelina Kamova and the Red Paper Plane team for the patience and positivity with which they have encouraged us to implement project-based learning in our classrooms for the past 8 years!
Diana Parvanova, director of "Vasil Levski" Elementary School, Razgrad
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of children show an increase in all key skills after the first year of the program - creativity, confidence, initiative, effective communication, problem-solving and teamwork.
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of the teachers in the program share that it has helped them achieve their professional teaching goals, as well as actively involve parents in the learning process.
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of the parents rate their children's interest in the learning process as increased after the start of the program and believe that it has significantly improved their motivation.
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of the principals state that the program has had a positive effect on the image of their educational institution and positions it as innovative, progressive and modern.
This is how the world learns in the 21st century.
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The Design Champions program is highly recommended by 95% of participating teachers and principals.
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"Project-based learning is the way to be adequate to the times in which we live and to meet the needs of modern children."
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"PBL is a method with which we achieve high results not only on tests and assessments but as learned competencies and skills for life."
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"I am convinced that project-based learning is the future!"
The world is changing. It's changing the way we learn and educate. The skills we need to live and work better.
Project-based learning (PBL) is the next big phase in education worldwide. It gives children the opportunity to develop their true potential, imagine the world in a new way and seek their own solutions to make it better. Project-based learning gives teachers a way to focus on the skills and character of each child and the freedom to work on their development.
We are here to give you the education of the future - right now, in 2024.
This is how leading teachers develop children's potential year after year.
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The Design Champions program is highly recommended by 95% of participating teachers and principals.
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"For teachers who are looking for non-traditional and innovative methods of work, the program is very suitable for getting the essence of project-based learning."
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"With Design Champions, I give my students more than just learning materials - I give them something to inspire them, to motivate them, to keep them engaged and interested. Because they're amazing!"
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"You have created a unique program - we are looking forward to each new mission! Keep being creative and innovative!"
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"Why would I recommend "Design Champions"? Because I am extremely satisfied and motivated by the results!"
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"I started Design Champions in the second term of this academic year. It helped me to get to know the students, the parents and above all to get them out of the standard stereotypes of thinking."
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Design Champions adds colour and challenge to the curriculum. With it, I can demonstrate to my students that learning can be interesting, fun and at the same time enriching."
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"With the program, I can really focus on developing 21st-century skills. I strive for my students to acquire key knowledge and skills and discover their real-life application."
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"The program is ideal for developing professional skills of young teachers and enriching those with more experience."
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"With Design Champions, I make school a desirable place to be!"
600+
teachers from 3 to 30 years of experience
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schools, kindergartens and educational institutions
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cities, towns and villages all over Bulgaria
12,000+
children who have participated in the program
"Design Champions" is a multi-year project-based learning (PBL) program for preschools and primary schools. It enables you to:
🌍 Access exciting and motivating projects with real-life topics and challenges, through which students can, in a safe environment, develop key competencies in fun and engaging ways. Each of our projects, called "missions", meets the gold standard for high-quality PBL, which guarantees excellent results.
🔑 Develop key skills and attitudes for the 21st century in a holistic way - creativity, problem-solving, empathy, communication and presentation, teamwork, initiative, curiosity, confidence, adaptability and leadership.
👍 Structure your time outside of classes with our specially created content, presentations, group activities, individual activities and materials for children, teachers and parents. The program is also a great way to enrich your STEM centre activities.
✅ Use something that's actually ready-to-use without additional time and effort on your part. All materials are available entirely online through Google Classroom. To carry out the missions, you need a computer with internet access, multimedia, a colour printer and standard office supplies.
🏫 Apply it in a wide range of diverse educational institutions - in large cities and small villages, in innovative and struggling schools, in state institutions and Montessori educational institutions, in classes with mixed ethnic groups or with children with special educational needs.
With us, children learn skills that are poorly represented in the compulsory educational curriculum.
"The children work together in a team, are well-organized and can manage their time."
"They gain more and more confidence and are not afraid of their mistakes."
"They keep expanding their worldview, becoming more observant and curious about the world around them."
"They are no longer afraid to try new things out, accept and overcome all kinds of challenges."
"They improve their speaking skills and present more and more boldly."
"They become more tolerant of each other and work together no matter who the other kids are on the team."
"They reflect on what they did well and what they can improve in their work as a team."
"They constantly demonstrate their imagination and creativity."
"They dare to be different!"
Mission - an innovative format for truly immersive learning.
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The Design Champions program is highly recommended by 95% of participating teachers and principals.
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"The students look forward to each new mission. And as one child said, 'I can't wait to learn new things!'
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"I'm using the program for the first time. It helps me a lot to develop my students' cognitive ability and curiosity. Their anticipation for each new mission is always inspiring."
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"When we don't aim for all children to come up with the exact same drawing or model, their imagination runs wild and springboards their capabilities to new heights."
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"Missions are the most effective and interesting way to gain knowledge. Children learn to work in a team. They understand that success depends on their joint efforts."
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"My students are now in 3rd grade. We talk a lot about the different professions and what they will do in the future. I try to motivate them to look ahead and work hard to achieve their dreams."
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"The students are moving forward in every possible way, they are engaged, motivated and looking forward to the missions!"
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"I want a lot more time for such activities with my students. They excite me as a teaching professional and motivate me to continue improving my work."
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"Children's extreme interest and desire to create is what each mission answers to. It enables them to find much deeper meaning in the process of learning."
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"I love seeing the sparks in children's eyes! Once you ignite this precious light, nothing can stop them!"
Mission - a full-fledged, ready-to-implement educational project.
Each mission lasts for 5 consecutive days of 90 minutes per day and contains 10+ hours of materials, activities and resources.
32 unique missions - each with a different challenge and theme.
From architects and car designers to veterinarians and pastry chefs, with each mission students are immersed in the challenge of a fascinating profession or human activity. In the course of the mission, they discover and understand the topic in its various aspects, choose interesting directions, come up with diverse ideas, create their own team solutions and present them.
A program without an analogue in education - for 10 years now.
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The Design Champions program is highly recommended by 95% of participating teachers and principals.
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"For students like ours, it is extremely important to offer something new and interesting to constantly arouse their interest. We believe that as teachers and their mentors, we will succeed in creating individuals who are responsible for their own future!"
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"I work entirely with children of Roma ethnic origin. It is very difficult for me, but I will not give up trying to show them that knowing and having abilities is better than not knowing and not being able to fulfill your potential."
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"I take part in the program to meet the expectations of my students that school should be interesting and the confidence of their parents that they have made the right choice for a school and a teacher."
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"With this program and the missions in it, I am breaking the traditional teaching model. I can honestly say that I have enriched not only the competencies of the children but also my own."
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"Design Champions" is a great addition to our school program and allows us to move to an even higher level of professionalism in our work."
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"We're showing kids that the world is a great place to live in!"
What makes "Design Champions" unique and different?
Made in Bulgaria for the whole world.
Design Champions began in 2015 in Sofia and was created by Tsvetelina Kamova and Georgi Kamov. For 9 years now, the program has been constantly adapted, changed and improved based on feedback from leading teachers and principals who implement it across the country.
Built with design thinking from the ground up.
Design thinking is the world's leading innovation method. It is used daily by corporate giants, startups, NGOs and government institutions. With design thinking, students learn and use methods, tools and techniques identical to those applied today in the real world outside the classroom.
Meets the Gold Standard for Project-Based Learning.
The missions in Design Champions fully meet the Gold Standard for high-quality project-based learning adopted by over 3,200 schools worldwide. It outlines the essential elements of a meaningful and successful project from the perspective of students and their experiences during the project - intellectual challenge, authenticity, public product, co-creation, design thinking and reflection.
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