The Prototyping Canvas is used to organize a prototype and support presenting and testing it with users. It helps teams clearly articulate the concept, how it works, and its key components so it can be shared, discussed, and evaluated with participants.

The Empathy Mapping Canvas is used to document and organize insights from empathy interviews with a specific participant. It helps teams capture what a person says, thinks, does, and feels in order to build a deeper understanding of their experiences, perspectives, and needs.

The Emotions List provides a set of emotion words that participants use to name and describe how they feel during empathy interviews. It supports clearer understanding and documentation of participants’ emotional experiences.

The Supervisor Empathy Interview Guiding Questions document provides prompts to support interviews with supervisors. It is intended as a flexible guide to help interviewers understand supervisors’ perspectives, needs, and challenges, rather than a script to be followed verbatim.

The Working Learner Guiding Questions document provides a set of prompts to support interviews with working learners. It is intended as a flexible guide to help interviewers explore experiences, needs, and challenges, rather than a script to be followed

The Design Sprint Slide Deck is used to guide the team through each phase of your design sprint. It provides visual structure and prompts to support collaboration, decision-making, and progress throughout the sprint.

The Design Sprint Facilitation Guide provides detailed instructions for leading a design sprint. It supports facilitators in planning, guiding activities, and managing discussions throughout the sprint. The facilitator Guide should be used in tandem with the Design Sprint Slide Deck.

The Core Team Member List provides a centralized overview of the key individuals responsible for leadership, decision-making, and execution within the project. It is used to document who is on the core team, along with their roles and contact information, to support clear communication and accountability.

This document is designed to be utilized each year to help working learners and their supervisors: • Establish effective communication • Learn about key work tasks and how they will help working learners develop skills • Define and evaluate performance standards

This document is designed to be utilized each year to help working learners and their supervisors: • Establish effective communication • Learn about key work tasks and how they will help working learners develop skills • Define and evaluate performance standards

This document is designed to be utilized each year to help working learners and their supervisors: • Establish effective communication • Learn about key work tasks and how they will help working learners develop skills • Define and evaluate performance standards

Guide for Helping Working Learners Become Career Ready

Provide Working Learners with Appropriate Tasks

George Mason University has identified four (4) student learning objectives for all studentpositions on campus.

This guide includes various messages that Supervisors can share with their WLs and employees. The messages are brief, with content ranging from new hires, celebrating WL accomplishments, and updates. This guide is a useful resource for Supervisors sending messages to their WLs.