2009 speakers are being finalised right now!  Topics will include...

Developing 21st Century Learners and Thinkers with Karen Boyes

Habits of Mind Bootcamp (+ Leadership Challenge)

NLK Switch On to Learning with Marion Miller

Developing Resilience in Today's Children and Adolescents with Maggie Dent

Creative Tools for Managing Student Behaviour with David Koutsoukis

Developing 21st Century Learners and Thinkers
Karen Boyes

There are six important considerations for teaching in the 21st century:
1) resist the temptation to ‘tell’
2) stop teaching decontextualised content
3) stop giving students the final product of our thinking
4) make a shift in our thinking to problems first, teaching second
5) progressively withdraw from helping students
6) re-evaluate evaluation
This workshop relates these areas to developing your students as thinkers.

All run from 4pm – 7pm.
Venues to be advised.
$115pp / $105pp for groups of 3 or more

Karen Boyes is described as Australasia's ‘Mrs Education.’ An expert in effective teaching, learning and living, Karen turns research into practical and simple to use techniques that create success. A dynamic presenter, she inspires teachers and students around the world.

“Not only does Karen have up-to-date information, she combines excellent content with excellent presentation skills in a way to relate to any audience.” Jeannette McCallum

Developing Resilience in Today's Children and Adolescents - POSTPONED
Maggie Dent

Children need many essential experiences to build the competencies that will help them manage life - the good, the bad and the ugly. This common sense, practical seminar will reassure those who work with children, of all ages, that what they have always known to be important in the early years of a child's education - are still important!
The 10 building blocks model that Maggie has created will resonate with anyone who works with children, families schools and communities.

Maggie is also passionate about improving the lives of adolescents globally. Her latest research is cutting edge and has profound implications for those who live with or teach adolescents.
Learn about the biological changes that must occur and how these changes challenges the way they learn and manage life. You will hear the significance of the value of "lighthouses" and the unbelievable importance of these in our schools who help young people stay alive and as unscarred as possible as the ride the bumpy ride from child to adulthood.

Maggie Dent is an author, publisher, professional speaker and consultant specialising in building personal and professional resilience. From an extensive background in education, palliative care, suicide prevention, the funeral industry, ABC radio and running her business "Esteem Plus" - a counselling, training and education centre -Maggie has the unique ability of assisting people from all walks of life build their resilience by quietly improving their lives. She focuses on building emotional, social and spiritual competency by giving tools and skills that build resilience in a commonsense and practical way.

"I love your energy and your heart and I often think if only there were a few more Maggie Dents in this world for those having a bit of a hard time. We all need an injection from time to time of your blithe spirit." Bryce Courtenay

These Workshops with run from 4 -7pm
SEMINAR DETAILS
Auckland: Weds 24th June - POSTPONED
Palmerston North: Thurs 25th June - POSTPONED
Wellington: Mon 29th June - POSTPONED
Christchurch: Tues 30th June - POSTPONED

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Creative Tools for Managing Student Behaviour
David Koutsoukis 

How to effectively manage student behaviour & keep yourself sane!
Not only are these ideas relevant to the teachers - they are also strategies, practical ideas and skills that can be taught to students- meeting some of the new curriculum goals; Managing Self, Relating to Others and Participating & Contributing.
Powerful, practical ideas you can use the very next day!

CREATIVE TOOLS FOR Managing Student Behaviour.

You will learn how to:
- Create a positive learning environment
- Prevent poor behaviour
- Develop great teacher-student and student-student relationships
- Set clear guidelines and consequences of behaviour
- Develop effective procedures
- Develop systems and resources to help manage student behaviour
- Keep your emotions under control and your sanity intact
- Review, reflect and plan for improvement

David Koutsoukis is an award winning speaker, author and educator who presents at schools, universities and conferences throughout Australia, New Zealand and the Asia/Pacific where he helps educators build positive and productive classrooms and schools. He is the author and creator of the Values Education Toolkit resources, the Six Kinds of Best and the Best You Can Be Values program.

SEMINAR DETAILS
Auckland: Monday 17th August Waipuna Conf Centre (VENUE CHANGE)
Hamilton: Tuesday 18th August Kingsgate Hotel
Christchurch: Wednesday 19th August Copthorne Durham Street

TIME 4-7pm
INVESTMENT: $115 per person OR $105 per person for groups of 3 or more

Want to find out more about David click here!

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Habits of Mind Bootcamp (+ Leadership Challenge)
Karen Boyes / Graham Watts / Georgette Jenson / Trudy Francis + others

This is NOT a 4-day seminar where you simply sit and listen to presenters.
The Habits of Mind Boot Camp is a true hands-on experience of teaching in action.
Over four action-packed days you will:

    * Acquire the tools every teacher must have
    * Learn the processes to create, plan and teach powerful lessons
    * Be mentored by an incredible group of successful teachers and presenters
    * Be involved in the actual transformation of schools with the Habits Of Mind Challenge 2008
    * Witness the effect of the Habits of Mind in real-life situations
    * Learn how to build your teaching capacity and students abilities
    * Benefit from the opportunity to make important decisions about your teaching, away from your day-to-day classroom
    * Have more FUN than is allowed!
    * Plus… you will learn more than you thought possible

The Thinking Toolbox

When you arrive at the Boot Camp, you will receive a comprehensive manual containing working templates (in both hard copy and digital format) that can be modified and used at the Habits Of Mind Boot Camp and in every lesson you teach afterwards.

These essential templates will ensure you cover all aspects, and anticipate the opportunities and pitfalls in such areas as:

    * Discovering and exploring the Habits of Mind
    * Engaging and activating the Habits of Mind
    * Planning for deep understanding
    * Evaluation and reporting
    * Implementing the Habits of Mind
    * Exploring meanings
    * Expanding capacities
    * Increasing alertness
    * Extending values
    * Building commitments
    * Internalisation
    * Habituation

In addition, you will have access to an invaluable resource base to accelerate your learning curve in the areas of:

    * Thinking Maps
    * Planning and teaching for deep understanding
    * Metacognition
    * Listening
    * Assessments
    * Rubrics
    * Matrices
    * Leadership

And heaps more!

Over the four days you will enhance your understanding of:
    * the Habits Of Mind
    * the leadership in your school
    * your communication abilities
    * your personal effectiveness

This combination of personal and professional development will happen in team exercises throughout the event, with partners and independently.

THE HOM CHALLENGE 2009 IS AT THE CORE OF THE BOOTCAMP SCHEDULE

You will work over the four days on developing your understanding of the Habits Of Mind and leadership in your school, in your communication, and in yourself.
This personal & professional development will happen in team exercises throughout the event, or with a partner, and independently.

THE BOOTCAMP TEAM
The format of the Habits Of Mind Bootcamp will enable you to gain the most from Karen's Habits of Mind knowledge. Each member of the mentor panel is a leader in their area of expertise. Each will offer you invaluable mentoring to increase your success within the classroom.

The Habits Of Mind Bootcamp is facilitated by an expert team lead by Karen Boyes.
Karen Boyes is a highly skilled, enthusiastic and dynamic presenter with over 18 years experience in the education profession. The leading authority on effective learning and teaching in New Zealand, she is CEO of Spectrum Education and their head facilitator, working with teachers, parents, students and corporate clients; and
Georgette Jenson brings her wealth of knowledge and wisdom from her classroom in Gisborne. Having personally trained with some of the best thinkers in the world - Rita and Kenneth Dunn, David Hyerle and Art Costa - she puts her expertise of learning styles, Thinking Maps and Habits of Mind into practice in her own classroom.
Trudy Francis is the co-director of C21 Learning, and ex senior management from College Street Normal School in Palmerston North. She is passionate about assisting teachers to improve the quality of their classroom instruction.
Adrian Rennie is a Deputy Principal with incredible passion and practical ideas to implement and reinforce both the Habits of Mind and resilience. He will share his success stories, resources and assessment tools.
Barry Musson is in the ‘twilight' of his career but has been re-energised in the last 5 years since becoming involved with Habits of Mind and Thinking Maps. His knowledge, passion and enthusiasm is now being shared with schools wanting to incorporate the Thinking and Behaving benefits these 2 powerful tools have to offer.
Matt Allen is the assistant Rector at Lindisfarne College. He is a passionate, innovative classroom teacher who continually strives for greater levels of student achievement through a range of creative teaching techniques. Matt has created many classroom strategies in association with fellow teaching colleague Barry Musson.
Graham Watts is currently studying for a PhD in gifted education and thinking skills in London, after being the Director of Advanced Learning at a Year 1-13 school in NZ. _His role involved leading the Thinking Skills program, working closely with all Year-level teachers, helping them infuse the Habits into their classroom, curriculum planning and assessment.

NZ PROGRAM SCHEDULE
MON 20th April 9pm - 5pm
TUES 21st April 9am - 9pm
WEDS 22nd April 9am - 7pm
THURS 23rd April 9am - 1pm

SYDNEY PROGRAM SCHEDULE
TUES 11th August 9pm - 5pm
WEDS 12th August 9am - 9pm
THURS 13th August 9am - 7pm
FRI 14th August 9am - 1pm

Venues to be advised

Investment: $895pp / $795pp for groups of 3 or more
(Investment includes morning tea, lunch, afternoon tea each day)
Numbers are strictly limited!
(Participants wishing to develop their leadership skills further will be specifically mentored by skilled professionals during the four-day event).