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The Center for Creative Learning's two 2009 Summer Professional Development Institutes will focus on The Levels of Service Approach to Talent Development and on Creative Problem Solving (CPS).

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Talent Development: The Levels of Service Approach
July 8-10, 2009

This program will provide an in-depth presentation of the Levels of Service (LoS) approach to talent development. You will learn the implications of contemporary views of talent for programming, the four Levels of Service (and representative activities for each level), and a systematic six-stage planning model for designing programming at the school or district levels.

This institute will be valuable for teams from schools or school districts who are designing new programming for talent development or who are revising or redesigning existing programs. The program will guide you in planning and implementing a constructive, inclusive, and contemporary approach for blending talent development with your total school program.

The Institute is open to individual participants. However, we strongly recommend that you enroll a team of 3-5 people from your organization (e.g., a talent development planning team or task force, or a program management team). A team, including participants with both administrative and instructional responsibilities, often provides a broad base for powerful, effective implementation and follow-up when you return home

The 2009 Talent Developmentn Institute will begin at 9:00 AM. on Wednesday, July 8, and close at Noon on Friday, July 10.

Creative Problem Solving (CPS) in Education
July 13-15, 2009

Recently published reports, such as those of the National Center on Education and the Economy’s New Commission on the Skills or the American Workforce, highlight the vital role of creativity, innovation, problem solving, and teamwork in educating today’s students for the challenges of success in the world workplace of the future.

As highlighted in the NCEE Commissioned Paper, "Sources of Innovation and Creativity: A Summary of Research" (read or download the report at: www.skillscommission.org), our Creative Problem Solving framework — CPS Version 6.1™ — provides a powerful, practical set of tools and resources to help individuals and teams learn and apply creative and critical thinking, solve problems, manage change, and build effective teams.

The CPS framework builds on more than five decades of research, development, and practical applications. CPS has been applied successfully in businesses, schools, churches, and other organizations worldwide. Educators can apply CPS Version 6.1™ in many important ways. For example, you cam use CPS to:

• Guide planning for student success and positive gains in achievement.
• Support leadership and teamwork in projects (for both adults and students).
• Enhance curriculum development and empower individuals and teams to deal with real-life problems and challenges.
• Expand and enhance life skills and career planning and counseling activities—provide students the essential tools they will need for success in the workplace of tomorrow.
• Provide powerful thinking and problem-solving tools that link creative and critical thinking with academic content standards.
• Support and empower school advisory teams, site-based management, and school improvement or strategic planning efforts.
• Guide teams or groups in planning new programs or revising existing programs in any area.

This Institute will provide you with training and hands-on practice on Understanding the Challenge, Generating Ideas, Preparing for Action, and Planning Your Approach — with a variety of specific tools for generating options, focusing your thinking, and planning for successful implementation of new ideas.

You will also receive follow-up coaching and support for CPS implementation (two phone or email consultations with an Institute staff member for each participant). You will return home with a wide variety of skills and tools that you can use on your own, when you are working with students of all ages in a classroom or training setting, or when you are working with other adults to solve problems, plan new projects or programs, or manage change.

You will receive an extensive set of supporting materials and handouts, books, and CD-based reproducible resources, to enable you to incorporate CPS in any educational setting. You will also receive an assessment of your personal problem solving style preferences.

Individual participants are welcome, but we also encourage teams to attend from the same school or school district. Team participation helps to build a foundation for follow-up implementation.

The 2009 CPS in Education Institute will begin at 9:00 AM. on Monday, July 13, and close at Noon on Wednesday, July 15.

Consulting Services ...

Our staff members are available to provide a variety of consulting services to assist you in planning, implementing, or evaluating programming for productive thinking, creative learning and Creative Problem Solving, learning styles, or talent development in your organization. We will confer with you, create a complete proposal for services to meet your unique needs, and work closely with you to carry out our collaborative plan. We can provide: Keynote presentations and brief presentations at regional, state or province, national, or international conferences; Workshops or In-Service Presentations for a full day; "Consultants in residence," who work with your organization at your site for an intensive period from one week through year-long involvement; In-depth working sessions for your group in Sarasota, or at your site; Program audits and reviews; Program evaluations; Support and facilitation for long-range or strategic planning; Problem-solving or idea development sessions to help work on your group's opportunities and challenges; Development or modification of program guidelines, curriculum, or assessment plans linked to thinking skills, learning styles, and/or talent development. For additional information about any of these services, you can download a free Information Packet (in PDF format, using Adobe's Acrobat Reader). Free PDFs

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Center for Creative Learning, Inc.
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Sarasota, Florida, USA 34235
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