Thinking Maps - Training the Trainers (Two days)

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Thinking Maps - Training the Trainers (Two days)

What are Thinking Maps?

A set of highly effective visual thinking tools that make learning more accessible
Learners become more motivated
Thinking Maps improve teaching and learning and raise levels of achievement and attainment
They help in the development of independent learners
They are particularly good in developing the quality of a learner's writing
Proven to be effective in teaching learners how to develop and use a range of thinking processes
Thinking Maps are simple to use and appropriate for learners of all ages, abilities and curriculum areas
They are currently in use in many different kinds of learning community - schools, colleges, training agencies, universities - and the business world

Kestrel Education is the only organisation in the UK accredited and permitted to deliver Thinking Maps training.

Schools across the UK are now using the Thinking Maps and have undertaken whole-staff training in order to maximise their impact by embedding the Maps across the curriculum.

The 'gold standard' Thinking Maps training that Kestrel offers is a two day Training the Trainers course to all teachers interested in training their colleagues.

The course will cover the following:

Teach you how to use the Thinking Maps across the school curriculum
Show you how to introduce them to all students
Train you to train your colleagues

This course will be supported by two training manuals: the Thinking Maps Trainers Manual and the Language for Learning teachers' maunal.

Outcomes:
You will be registered as a Thinking Maps trainer
You will know how to use the Thinking Maps across the curriculum
You will be able to train your colleagues in your school or college
You will have developed an action plan to implement the Thinking Maps across your school/college

Course Dates & Venues

Beechwood Conference Centre, Slough - 15th & 16th March 2010 Times: 9am - 4 pm
Exeter University - 13th & 14th July 2010 Times: 9am - 4 pm

Cost - £500 (this includes your own copy of the 'Training the Trainers' manual and Language for Learning teachers' manual).

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