Creative Thinking Strategies

Every Classroom a Thinking Classroom
Meeting the Needs of Students in a Multi-Ability Classroom
Creative Problem Solving for the Classroom
Six Thinking Hats®
Lateral Thinking™
Multi-year Training Opportunities

Every Classroom a Thinking Classroom
    This practical "hands-on" session provides the tools for teachers to build creative thinkers within every content area and at every grade level. Learn about using "10 Minute" Bulletin Boards for building thinking. Learn how to build vocabulary using creative thinking.  
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Meeting the Needs of Students in a Multi-Ability Classroom
    This practical "hands-on" session illustrates how teachers can use creative thinking strategies to improve comprehension, individualize the learning, and equip students of all levels to become independent thinkers.
    A "must" workshop for schools focusing on No Child Left Behind!!!
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Creative Problem Solving for the Classroom
    During this practical "hands-on" session, you will learn how to use the individual steps of the Creative Problem Solving (CPS) as tools for building content comprehension as well as ways to use the total process for solving classroom and individual problems. Learn about school-wide programs that promote CPS. Learn how to use CPS for adding depth and complexity to the curriculum for gifted students.
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Six Thinking Hats®
    Six Thinking Hats is a world-renowned course developed by Dr. Edward de Bono that will eliminate unproductive meetings and help individuals organize and maximize their thinking, making problem solving and decision making easier, faster and more effective. Six Thinking Hats teaches you to separate emotion from facts, the positive from the negative, and critical thinking from creative thinking.
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Lateral Thinking™
    Dr. Edward de Bono's Lateral Thinking gives the tools you need to find solutions to stubborn problems and roadblocks you encounter. These tools provide a solution for those who are searching for a disciplined approach to creative thinking, innovation, idea generation, and concept development.
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Multi-Year Training Opportunities

This is an opportunity for your school or district to integrate the strategies of creative thinking into every content area at every level. The training will take place over a 3-5 year period.

Training will involve
• an introductory session for all teachers,
• intensive training for the school-based trainers
  • (an option is also available for all teacher training sessions to be conducted by Texas A&M University personnel with follow-up session by school-based trainers)
• training materials for teachers
  • (in a 3 ring binder making it easy to add to the materials throughout each year)
• classroom support materials for teachers
• training session for administrators
•  training session for parents.
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