4MAT Training Programs
About Learning offers a wide variety of training and support to help educators implement 4MAT in their own organizations. All our training follows the 4MAT Cycle, so it is highly engaging and interactive and consistently achieves unusually high marks among those individuals attending.
Below is a listing of workshops that are most requested by our clients.
4MAT INTRODUCTORY TRAINING
A wonderful way to begin.
These half-day or full-day 4MAT Introductory Sessions are ideal for building support for continued 4MAT implementation and use.
About Learning offers a series of introductory training sessions to introduce your staff to 4MAT. Awareness sessions include the following:
- Understanding the differences in how students learn
- The key tenets of high qua lity instruction
- Creating more dynamic and inclusive classrooms
- The Five Points of Assessment: A view of assessment through the lens of 4MAT
4MAT CORE TRAINING
4MAT Core Training is for teachers or organizations that want to integrate 4MAT into their daily instruction. It includes 3 to 6 Days of training in the 4MAT Model and how to use it to help transform the quality of learning in your organization.
4MAT Training teaches you to:
- Understand and accommodate learning differences
- Use more dynamic and engaging teaching methods to increase student learning
- Design more efficient and effective curriculum
- Conceptualize instruction to increase its relevance for students
Our initial training comprises 3 days, with follow-up coaching and support modules available for more in-depth study.
About Learning has a large network of trainers from across the country who can come to your organization to perform training. You may also choose to complete 4MAT training online by enrolling in our 4MAT Instructional Design course.
4MAT COACHING AND CONTINUATION TRAINING
After initial training, the most essential consideration is how you continue to facilitate and support the implementation of this model. Peer coaching is the most crucial element of 4MAT Implementation and is highly recommended for those organizations who conduct training. Implementation levels increase dramatically with the addition of follow up coaching and support.
Coaches can work with teachers one on one or in small groups, but should do this over an extended period of time.
Teachers truly appreciate this type of follow-up support. After initial training and implementation, follow-up coaching and support should be provided to all teachers working to implement 4MAT in the classroom.
4MAT TRAINER CERTIFICATION
Get Ready to Reach a Whole New Level of 4MAT Training Competence
4MAT Trainer Certification qualifies you to teach one of the most powerful and effective training programs in the world. As a certified 4MAT Trainer, you'll enter a new realm of professional development.
Because you'll command the ability to develop the single most important asset in education today-a steady crop of outstanding teachers.
You'll experience one of the most practical and effective teacher training programs in education. With a proven model for designing more engaging teaching and learning.
With 4MAT Trainer Certification, you'll gain the skills and certification to conduct 4MAT Training within your own organization. And the support network to help your teachers flourish.
4MAT Trainer Certification Qualifies you to:
Conduct Your Own In-House Workshops - A series of turnkey workshops you can conduct internally, on topics from assessment to curriculum design and development to instructional mastery to administrator training.
Build Your In-House Expertise - Coaching and Mentoring Teachers in the use of 4MAT is the single most critical feature of program success. As a Certified 4MAT Trainer, you'll learn to coach and develop your staff to new levels of performance.
Certified Trainers receive a FREE one year subscription to 4MATION Web Software, a powerful tool for creating and sharing high quality 4MAT Wheels along with all of the Presentation Guides and presenter materials needed to implement these programs in your organization.
4MAT CONTENT AREA TRAINING
4MAT Content Area Training is for those organizations looking to implement 4MAT 4 Algebra, 4MAT 4 Biology or 4MAT 4 Geometry in the classroom. This training includes two intensive days of instruction on how to implement these programs, along with hands-on guidance in how to transform the quality of instruction in these specific content areas.
We offer Content Area Training in…
4MAT 4 Algebra: 2-3 days of training on how to implement the 4MAT 4 Algebra in the classroom.
4MAT 4 Biology: 2-3 days of training on how to implement 4MAT 4 Biology.
4MAT 4 Geometry: 2-3 day training sessions to train math teachers how to implement this program in the classroom.
Testimonials From Workshop Attendees
“This workshop was fabulous and highly engaging. The presenter was extremely knowledgeable and this is one of the best presentations I have ever attended!”
“This was a truly excellent workshop. It should be given throughout our entire system.”
This workshop has helped me…
“To create more meaningful lessons.”
“To look at instruction with a much more holistic view.”
“To create lessons plans that will impact all of my students.”
4MAT PRINCIPAL OR LEADERSHIP TRAINING (1-3 DAYS)
This 1-3 day Training series will give administrators an overview on how to cultivate and shape the learning organization by:
- developing the learning potential of all students
- using leadership skills more effectively
- building greater diversity into instruction
- creating more interactive and inclusive learning environments
Day 1: The Power of Connections. This six hour training is for raising understanding of the different ways people learn, how best to teach to these differences, and how traditional schooling sometimes fails to achieve success for all.
Day 2: A Model for Learning and Leading: This workshop explores the relationship between learning style and leadership style. It will help administrators value the diverse ways people learn and better manage this process to achieve maximum success. Participants will examine four very different concepts of excellence in education while examining how their own values overlay the 4MAT leadership model.
Day 3: The Leadership Task: On Day 3, administrators receive an in-depth look at the various tasks of leadership: Mentoring People, Facilitating Interactions, Collecting Data, Creating the Structure, Exerting Positive Influence for Action, Brokering Resources and Challenging the Status Quo.
Please call About Learning toll free at (800) 822-4MAT to explore the different options for implementing these programs in your organization.
