A revolutionary teaching tool for more effective teaching!
Mindful Teaching™ is a new, innovative professional development program for teachers. The goal of this program is to provide teachers with resources to become more effective teachers. The initial Development Briefs are numbered like college courses, they include:
Brief 101 Preparing To Teach
This brief introduces tasks performed by the teacher before the lecture or teaching begins. Important concepts introduced in this brief include:
- Clarifying Your Beliefs
- Organizing the Physical Space
- Allocating Time for Learning
- Prioritizing Content
- Inviting the Learner
Brief 201 Focusing on Learning Readiness
This brief identifies the strategies used before the lecture to get the learner ready to learn. This is about the readiness phase of learning. The big idea here is that new learning is best introduced through a context that is personal (or at least familiar) or through an actual experience.
- Activating Learner Interest
- Connecting to Prior Knowledge
- Communicating Expectations
- Framing the Content
Brief 301 Engaging Learner Thinking
The focus is on ideas and strategies teachers can use to help each other design and lead thought-provoking, interactive content lectures to engage the learner. The big idea here is that in learning environments where formal knowledge is systematically defined, clarified, organized, challenged, affirmed and consolidated, learner understanding is enhanced.
- Exchanging Ideas
- Probing with Questions
- Affirming Understanding
Brief 401 Supporting Learner Performance
This brief centers on ideas and strategies that teachers can use to help each other incorporate thoughtful practice (application) and informative feedback (assessment) into their classroom routines. The big idea here is that all new learning requires the opportunity to practice and test new ideas.
- Learning High-Involvement Guided Practice Lessons
- Integrating Testing and Performance Assessment into Guided Practice Lessons
- Making Feedback, Self-Testing and Reflection Integral Parts of Guided Practice Lessons
Brief 501 Promoting Learner Responsibility
This brief centers on the ideas and strategies that teachers can use to help build a learning community to deepen relevance and meaning. The big idea here is that all new learning, if it is to be used, requires integration.
- Guaranteeing Equity (Opportunity to Learn)
- Fostering Resiliency
- Celebrating Success Together
A must have for any cosmetology, esthetics or nail educator. Pivot Point’s Mindful Teaching is an innovative professional program created to help you become a more effective teacher. It contains a series of professional development briefs, DVD’s, worksheets and seminars designed to help your teaching come alive.
