Catch Them Thinking: Help Your Students
Become Quality Thinkers Using the Six Thinking Hats®
 

This hands-on application based workshop will train your team of teachers, administrators and staff how to:

• • Use the Six Thinking Hats® tool in meetings to solve school and district challenges.
• • Incorporate thinking skills development and application into all curriculum subjects.
• • Support the development of quality thinkers at your school.
• • Expand problem solving and decision making skills.
• • Promote collaboration and good communication skills among students.
• • Nurture the imagination of students by supporting the refinement of their creative thinking skills—what other ways could we do this or solve this?
• • Strengthen teaching skills by learning to ask questions that cause students to think more deeply about what they are learning and researching.

Day 1 is focused on learning the tool. Day 2 is focused on ways to apply the tool to your curriculum. Teachers should come prepared to work on a classroom/subject project. Superintendents, Administrators and Staff should come prepared to work on a job related or district project.

Audience: Teachers, Superintendents, Administrators, Staff

Duration: 1 or 2 day workshop

Group Size: 12-40

Support Materials Provided: Six Thinking Hats® School Materials

Location: On-site at your school or school district

Suggested Events: Kick off to a thinking skills curriculum, professional development, teacher training

Testimonials from principals and teachers
 

"Our work with de Bono's SIX HATS® has been a great base for improving our work with higher level thinking. I often hear references to those darn "White Hat questions", so deadly in large numbers. The awareness created from the SIX HATS® has been valuable.”
—Suzanne Herr, Principal, Solanco School District, PA

“Applying the SIX HATS® is a natural for the classroom. Franny presents the information in a clear, usable, and valuable fashion. Move over Bloom - a great new way of teaching thinking!”

—Susan Holzer

“I am using the SIX HATS® daily. I refer to them to get the children thinking in a certain direction. What I like about this program is that it gives the students a direction to think towards by the questions on the hats. In the primary grades especially, the students need to develop specific thinking areas. I did an activity where they had to pick a wish and then use white and black hat thinking about the wish. They did a great job. This is the first program I have used that starts students in the direction of thinking critically. They loved the activities especially the green hat. I'm happy with where I'm going especially as I use this with PSSA (state assessment) preparation.”
—Debbie Miller, Wilkes Barre School District

"We love the hats. Tara and I introduced our students to them right away on Friday. Our Academic/Honors students were skeptical. My Applied Communications class LOVED them. Since then, with a little encouragement, we have had nothing but success with the hats. Tara’s Journalism class is attacking the school magazine all with hats. My Applied class designed and implemented a new independent novel unit utilizing the hats. My Honors Speech and Debate class has implemented a new peer comment format that revolves around yellow, black, and green hat ideas. My Honors III class is exploring The Red Badge of Courage with the hats. The red hat is especially helpful because they are putting themselves in a few of the characters’ shoes. They also linked the current Jessica Lynch debate (hero or not) to the novel with the hats.”

”I’ll admit, although your talk was informative and fun, I had doubts about getting the students to use it. After one day, my Applied students were correcting each other during a green hat session with, 'We’re wearing our green hats now. Save the black hat comments for later.' Amazingly no one was offended and the class continued working. I just wanted you to know how excited we are to share in this great method and how much we appreciate your instruction in it.” —Renee Sorensen, Teacher at Tunkhannock High School

“After attending the workshop, I was excited about going back to my classroom and trying out the Six Thinking Hats with my ESL students. I found it easy to simplify and adapt to their proficiency levels and they responded with enthusiasm to the visual and tactile presentation of the hats. They were motivated to answer questions and were able to demonstrate increased comprehension of the story. Even my most reluctant student was more responsive to questions. Though many of us are already doing some of the things Franny spoke about in the workshop, The Six Thinking Hats® provides a way for us to create a more muiltisensory learning environment, giving our students a greater chance for success. I found the SIX HATS workshop to be dynamic and inspiring. The Six Thinking Hats® concept is a valuable teaching tool that can be adapted to many areas of learning.”
—Karen Lau, ESL Teacher, Luzerne Intermediate Unit

“I have learned so much about using the SIX HATS® in my classroom. I have already started using it in my class and it has been very successful.”

 —Dana Dubyak

“SIX HATS® has provided me with a whole new channel of thinking - pulling my mind into new directions.”
 —Carrie Mathias

“I attended this workshop with little knowledge of thinking skills and how to develop this concept in the classroom. This seminar introduced skills, developed those skills, and gave me new ideas to work "thinking" into my classroom, and daily life. Franny was a refreshing change of pace to other presenters. She was lively, creative, willing to share ideas and activities, and over FUN! Great workshop; wonderful presenter.”