NEWS: Study Skills Practitioner Course impresses teachers at Halesowen College

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 Recently, Positively MAD was invited to deliver its popular 6S Study Skills Practitioner Course to teachers at Halesowen College.

The 6S Study Skills System is a learning to learn process which helps students prepare more holistically for exam success using the concepts of reflective practice and regular review.

The Practitioner Course empowers teachers to understand the system and experience its many effective learning tools so that they are able to teach it to students and peers.

Ten teachers from Halesowen College attended the training delivered by the creator of the 6S Study Skills System, Alan David Pritchard. They were shown the effectiveness of ten learning tools and then had the opportunity to try the tools for themselves, brainstorming and planning applications for the learning methods.

After the course, the teachers were asked to rank the day out of 5 stars – and, by all accounts, it seemed to be a huge success. Here is what the teachers wrote:

4 Stars:

• “I really enjoyed the course and learnt lots of new strategies to support my students.”
• “A very well presented session with some interesting ideas. I shall try out some of the ideas with my students.

5 Stars

• “It did exactly what I wanted – thank you! An excellent toolkit – got loads of ideas + very entertaining.”
• “Extremely enjoyable, interactive, practical + useful, feel I’ve learnt something, want to use in lessons straight away, accessible to all, valuable and WILL effect results, differentiated to suit individual learners. Thank you. Not your normal CPD – the day went quickly.”
• “Today’s session was thoroughly engaging and relevant. The aim of the session was clear and specifically directed towards the empowerment of learners. Enthusiastic and pleasant. Excellent resources, and again, very engaging.”
• “5 stars – plus a hug.  The constant ‘putting the learning’ into practice. Loved the humour – will instil jokes into my lessons – especially in the more theoretical session. Wow – would have done so much more if I had these tools to remember – so I believe in them …my students will too. Clear exposition. Thank you.
• “I really enjoyed this course. It has given me loads of practical tips that will be used in my classroom. I am already a teacher that enjoys planning lessons and this will give more tools to use. Thank you.”
• “An excellent day, with lots of practical ideas that I can implement into my own teaching. Delivered in a fun and engaging way.”

The teachers were also provided with a comprehensive set of resources, from DVDs to CDs, Presenter Handbooks to Information Manuals – including a full student PowerPoint Presentation.

If you would like teachers to be empowered with inspirational learning to learn techniques so that they are better able to support the students who are preparing for exams, then why not visit the 6S information page by clicking here. You can download facts sheets and find enquiry forms here.