Application Process

Minimum Requirements for Admission:

  • Must be age 4 by August 1st of the year enrolling 
  • If younger than 7, must attend with an older sibling

Students who thrive at Innovation:

  • Value community with students of various ages
  • Desire to lean-in, grow and communicate
  • Have an age appropriate amount of self-drive
  • Are curious about the world and love to learn
  • Value kindness and respect others as do their parents

Step 1 Learn the Innovation Way:

Required Reading for the family Community Guidelines, FAQ's and Handbook.

Step 2 Tell us about your family:

Fill out an Interest form so we can learn a bit about you and your child(ren).

Step 3 Take a Peek Inside Innovation

Schedule and complete a tour in Cedar Park.

Step 4 Join us for a trial

At the end of your tour we will discuss if joining now is an option or joining a waitlist is necessary.  If joining is an option, a trial period of a month will be discussed and details shared at the tour and via email.

Important Information:

We are not currently staffed or equipped to provide special services for students with special needs (cognitive or physical disabilities, emotional issues, or behavior issues). Exceptions may be made if a parent or a certified Registered Behavior Technician (RBT) is willing to accompany the child during each weekly class. If you need a reference for a certified RBT, we are happy to connect you with our in-house therapist group, Tree of Life ABA. 

Checking for Open Space in Class and Waitlists:

The quality of education at our classes is very important, for this we keep the student to teacher ratio low. Unfortunately this doesn’t allow for many students, so make sure to register as soon as possible once you receive the links, class registration changes quickly.

If the program appears full:

When enrollment is full, we will send you a waitlist form, please fill in your information if you would like to be added. Participants on the waitlist will be contacted in the order they are received if a spot opens up.

- There is no cost to register for our waitlist

- Spaces may become available last minute. Participation is not guaranteed for those who are on the waitlist.

- If you would like to be removed from our waitlist, please contact us.

- Participants will be contacted via the primary email address provided.

- Up until the program begins, participants will have 24 hours to accept an open space before we email the next person on the waitlist. After the program start date, an open space will be offered to the first person to respond.

Payment and Refund Policies:

Innovation Learning Lab welcomes students who are motivated to learn and participate in outdoor education activities. All learners must be able to speak and understand English, be healthy, and socially responsible. We will deny admission to anyone we believe to be unable to meet the safety demands of our classes. We will also remove any student who exhibits behavior that is unsafe or disrupts from the educational mission of our class. If a student is expelled, there will be no refund.

Deposit Policy:

We know education can be expensive, so breaking up a big payment into smaller ones is always an option. You may choose to pay your tuition in monthly installments to be completed prior to the end of the year, with your registration or supply fee being required at the time of enrollment. This deposit is non-refundable in order to reserve your space in the program. 

Our cancellation policies are based on our investment into class planning, staff training, as well as food, equipment and materials purchased before your class. We cannot recover our expenses if you cancel. Short-notice cancellations also prevent others from attending.

Cancellation Policies:
If you cancel, withdraw, or drop from the program for ANY reason:

Within 48 hours of registration, you will be given a full refund.

Anytime after 48 hours of registration AND during your child's first week of the program you will receive a refund minus the non-refundable deposit or supply fee.

During or anytime after your child's second week of the program, no refunds will be given. If you are paying on a payment plan you will still be responsible for paying the remainder of your scheduled payments, or you may opt to pay a one-time withdrawal fee equal to 75% of your remaining tuition.  To cancel an existing registration, please email our admin at admin@innovationlearninglab.com

Although we rarely need to do so, we do reserve the right to cancel a class or change a class duration, tuition and/or location. Innovation is not responsible for costs associated in these cases.

We are unable to offer refunds if any duration of our program is canceled due to inclement weather or other circumstances that are out of our control.

There are no makeup days for missed or canceled classes.

Required Forms:

A Participant Agreement, Release, and Assumption of Risk form, Medical Release form, Student Enrollment Packet, and a signed Handbook must be completed as part of our registration process. We require that you sign and return these forms no later than one week before the first day of class. Because of the ever-changing nature of medical and other requested information, we require that this form be updated for each year that your child participates. Thank you for your understanding.

Grants and Swaps

We are committed to accessibility.  Innovation offers grants for new families who need tuition support. On the application, you may also share any skills you'd like to offer in a future swap; however, swaps are only considered after we’ve had at least six months to get to know your family. Our goal is to keep Innovation accessible while strengthening our community through trust and mutual support.