Our Team Manager Trainings will be offered in several ways:
Our Team Manager Trainings will be offered in several ways:
INSTANT CHALLENGE
Contact your Challenge Masters:
Becoming a DI Team Manager can be one of the most rewarding experiences you will have as an adult volunteer. You get to witness the growth of your team and the amazing solutions they develop, firsthand. Along the way, you learn how to build teams, teach creative problem solving, and form lasting relationships with your team members and other adult volunteers.
“Unlike any other organization I’ve come across, I see that DI teaches extremely valuable real-world skills that will give my kids, and the kids on my team, a major head-start in life. They don’t get these valuable skills in school and very few other organizations are as effective at teaching and encouraging them. More than ever, the engine of our economy is ‘American Ingenuity’ and I want my kids to enter the working world with strong skills in this area. Being part of DI is very satisfying – and worth my time. I’ve developed a much deeper and meaningful relationship with my kids (and other DI team members) through DI. DI has prompted some great ‘kitchen table’ discussions with my kids on very practical real-world issues. It’s also allowed me to play a major increased role in their lives and in their development that I know they value.”-Scott Dalgleish
By now, your team has most likely read through all of the exciting Challenges of the 2019-20 season. If you’ve chosen your Challenge, you may have even started working on its solution already! Each year, our Challenge Writers work hard to make sure they develop fun and engaging academic Challenges for all of our participants. Knowing which Challenge your team is participating in this season helps us identify the most popular Challenges, as well as better gauge the number of teams that are competing worldwide.
We need you to take a few minutes to enter your team’s information – including your Team Name, Team Challenge, and Challenge Level – in our Resource Area.
If this is your first time accessing the Resource Area, this portal will allow you to download documents, such as practice Instant Challenges, as well as ask Team Clarifications. So please go ahead and dig around while you’re in there!
HOW TO ENTER YOUR TEAM’S INFORMATION:
Important: Because our scoring program is tied to the information you provide, please make sure everything is accurate!
In order to provide the highest level of after school activities for our participants, Destination Imagination requires Team Managers to have a background check. Destination Imagination will be administering background checks through the Destination Imagination store.
Check out Destination Imagination’s Youth Protection Policy here.
Options for purchasing and completing Background Checks
The deadline to ask for Team Clarifications is January 31, 2025, at 11:59 pm Pacific Time.
To ask for a team clarification click here: Team Clarification
Hi, my name is Riley Morgenthaler, DI Alumna and creator of this website.
After watching my sisters do DI for seven long years, I was overjoyed when, in the sixth grade, it was finally my turn to join a team. Head buzzing with all of the ideas I had been formulating since I was three years old, I eagerly threw off my cheerleader sash to join the ranks of the competitors. I was sure that all of my best laid plans and dreams would pan out perfectly as I embarked on my long-awaited DI journey. Luckily for me, they didn’t, and DI became the biggest learning experience of my life as I navigated teamwork, self-doubt, disappointment and success.
Throughout my six years as a DI team member I became well acquainted with the ups-and-downs of the Creative Process, and I am happy to be able to share my knowledge and experience of the various stages with other DI kids. Each part of the process might not be fun, but it is the struggle that makes the success worthwhile.
Team Manager Guide: Here is a wonderful guide to help a first year Team Manager. It was written in 2015 by a Team Manager who has managed DI teams for each of his three children. This is his perspective.
Appendices To New Team Manager Guide
Advice from a Team Manager to New Team Managers.
Experiences as a DI Team Manager and how they are real-world, adult experiences.
Experiences As A DI Team Manager
The top 10 Team Manager duties from an experienced Team Manager.
If you are an experienced Team Manager, please consider acting as a mentor for a new Team Manager. DI can be an overwhelming program to jump right into. As a new Team Manager, having a person to talk with, run ideas past, etc. is so helpful. By providing this small service, you will truly be able to make a big difference for another Destination Imagination team.
If you are interested in becoming a mentor, contact Tina Morgenthaler.
Things New Team Managers need the most help with:
Depending on your availability, resources, and Mentee’s requests, these are some potential ideas of ways you can help these new teams be successful.
Colorado YouTube Channel: YouTube Colorado
Watch Colorado team solution videos and Colorado training webinars.
DIHQ YouTube Channel: DI Nationals YouTube
Watch teams’ final solutions, hear what DI Alum and Sponsors have to say, and watch last year’s Global Finals ceremonies.
2 Minute Team Videos YouTube Channel: 2 Minute Team Videos
Lots of videos by kids for kids about the Destination Imagination process.
DIHQ Resources page: Resources
Here you’ll find Instant Challenges, team building activities, as well as exploring and understanding properties of materials.
Destination Imagination Colorado FAQ page: Frequently Asked Questions
You’ll find additional answers to questions such as How To Form A Team and What’s The Time Commitment here.