How we describe our work, impacts how we do our work” is a statement offered by a veteran arts educator during a 2019 global study about the impacts of artistic, cultural, and creative learning. The findings proposed a new vernacular for describing the outcomes of arts education (Poulin 2019a) and the interconnectedness between public policies, educational pedagogies, and organizational practices(Poulin 2019b). It has long been understood that constructivist learning theories are far divorced from students’ conceptions of learning (Cakir 2008) and the expectations of educational systems (Khalaf and Zinn 2018). This presentation will share a new body of work, suggesting the use of “creative capabilities” such as creative thinking, cultural consciousness, connectivity, and citizenship to inform the pedagogical design, organizational practices, and public policies which are aimed at cultivating creativity in youth(Poulin 2023). The speaker will provide educators and school leaders with access to a new framework and tool to engage learners in critical self- reflection (Brookfield 1995) about their creativity – the outcomes of which have shown impacts in expanding an educator’s teaching practice, a school’s learning assessments, and student’s creative outcomes.