- Educators seeking a framework to teach and assess problem solving
- FPS coaches looking to refresh their skills
- Senior students accompanying a full fee paying teacher
This Professional Development training will teach you how to improve your students' analytical, creative, and critical thinking skills, using the six-step FPS process to address real-world problems.
The presenter will use the first 2022 topic, 'Water Supply,' to introduce the creative problem solving model, providing the attendee with a head start to Future Problem Solving 2022 participation.
When:
Friday, November 5th 2021
8:30am - 1:00pm
Where:
The Southport School
2 Winchester St
Southport QLD 4215
General Capabilities: Critical and Creative Thinking, Personal and Social Capability, Ethical Understanding, Intercultural Understanding, Literacy, Numeracy
$375 (Inc GST) per participant.
As FPS feels it is beneficial to implement FPS in partnership with another colleague at your school, we offer a 50% discount to the second person registered from your school. This discount will be applied at the checkout. Senior students may attend (with a full fee paying teacher) at a fee of $110 per student.
Nicky Desoe – Nicky has been a part of Future Problem Solving Australia for more than 20 years as a coach, coaching mentor, evaluator, and trainer. She has coached and mentored multiple FPS teams to both National and International Finals.
With over 30 years of teaching in the classroom, including establishing and teaching gifted programs, Nicky has been instrumental in producing and introducing the Primary Programs learning option, an innovative classroom program unique to FPS Australia.
Nicky writes coaching materials, training webinars, and future scenes and is the Deputy National Director of Future Problem Solving Program Australia and a member of the FPSPI International Topics Committee.
Terms and Conditions of Workshop
Pandemic restrictions may force us to change the date and or location of the workshop at short notice. Should you not be able to attend the workshop on the revised date, FPS will provide a full refund.
You can transfer the registration to a different person at any time before the date of the workshop.
Cancellations can be made at least five working days before the workshop, minus a registration service charge of $20.00 (GST-inclusive).
Within five days of the workshop, cancellation of registration is subject to the full workshop fee. Please remember that you are still responsible for paying the full workshop fee if you do not cancel or attend.
As a not-for-profit organisation, all revenue from our Professional Development courses is reinvested into providing teachers with the resources to become exceptional Future Problem Solving Coaches.
* For full paying participants, this workshop includes a complimentary registration for a single team/individual in any one of the five FPS Program Options. Secondary (half price) participants from the same school are excluded from this offer.
The workshop will be postponed till 2022 should minimum attendance numbers not be reached.
Future Problem Solving Australia acknowledges the traditional owners of this land. We recognise their continuing connection to land, waters and community. We pay our respects to Elders past and present.