Ilya Pratt

Ilya Pratt likes to figure out how things work. Her lifelong interests range from building and racing bicycles to industrial arts and woodworking. She is the Director of Design+Make+Engage at Park Day School, an independent school in Oakland, California, and a Maker Leader for Project Zero's Agency by Design research project, the Harvard Graduate School of Education.  She helps students and teachers explore the thinking dispositions of makers and designers in the context of k-12 education. Ilya has worked with children and educators for three decades, in school and non-school settings, from the Boston Children’s Museum to a sabbatical at Ullens School in Nepal. The primary lens she brings to her educational practice is that of a learning resource specialist, supporting students and helping teachers explore and understand the complexities of how children learn.