{"id":2158,"date":"2015-03-05T14:59:18","date_gmt":"2015-03-05T14:59:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.thinkingschoolsethiopia.com\/?p=2158"},"modified":"2015-03-10T19:47:43","modified_gmt":"2015-03-10T19:47:43","slug":"aaeb-model-school-trainings-continuemeri-primary-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.thinkingschoolsethiopia.com\/?p=2158","title":{"rendered":"Addis Ababa Education Bureau<br> Model Whole School Trainings<br>Meri Primary School"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Meri Primary School, an Addis Ababa Education Bureau model Thinking School is currently receiving a two day whole school training (5 &amp; 6 March 2015 \u2022 26-06-2007 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ethiopiancalendar.net\">Ethiopian calendar<\/a>) on\u00a0Growing Thinking Schools From the Inside Out. The\u00a0<strong><em>Growing Thinking Schools From the Inside Out<\/em><\/strong> is a\u00a0<strong><em>Transformational Professional Development<\/em><\/strong> for schools thinking models, processes, skills, strategies and tools for transforming the whole school environment. The whole school training is part of the Thinking Schools Ethiopia professional development process<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>AAEB experts receive two day Growing Thinking Schools From the Inside Out training<\/li>\n<li>School leadership teams of 8 school leaders and teachers from each model school receive two day\u00a0Growing Thinking Schools From the Inside Out training<\/li>\n<li>Whole school receives\u00a0two day\u00a0Growing Thinking Schools From the Inside Out training<\/li>\n<li>Regular site visits to each of the model schools including on-site professional development and demonstration lessons with students<\/li>\n<li>Ongoing use of video for reflective teaching practices<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Meri Primary school is a governmental school found in Addis Ababa, the capital city of Ethiopia. They are part of the ten model thinking schools in the AAEB school district. The AAEB includes over 300 schools with the majority having over 1000 students with an average class size of approximately 50 students. Thinking Schools Ethiopia is part of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eminence-se.org\">Eminence Social Entrepreneurs<\/a> in Ethiopia and globally part of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thinkingschoolsinternational.com\">Thinking Schools International<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"flagallery amron_skin\" id=\"FlaGallery_sc1_5\" ><script type=\"application\/json\" class=\"FlaGallery_sc1_5\">{\"settings\":{\"collectionThumbColumns\":\"3\",\"collectionThumbRecomendedWidth\":\"260\",\"collectionPreloaderColor\":\"#333333\",\"linkTargetWindow\":\"_blank\",\"thumbSpacing\":\"10\",\"tagsFilter\":\"1\",\"tagCloudSort\":\"1\",\"tagCloudAll\":\"All\",\"tagCloudAllTagPresented\":\"1\",\"tagCloudStartIndex\":\"0\",\"tagCloudTextColor\":\"#000000\",\"tagCloudBgColor\":\"#eeeeee\",\"collectionThumbHoverColor\":\"rgba(0, 0, 0, .7)\",\"collectionThumbContentBGColor\":\"rgba(245,245,245,1)\",\"collectionThumbTitleShow\":\"1\",\"collectionThumbTitleColor\":\"rgba(0,0,0,1)\",\"collectionThumbFontSize\":\"18\",\"collectionThumbDescriptionShow\":\"1\",\"collectionThumbDescriptionColor\":\"rgba(0,0,0,1)\",\"collectionThumbDescriptionFontSize\":\"15\",\"collectionReadMoreButtonLabel\":\"Read More\",\"collectionReadMoreButtonLabelColor\":\"rgba(255, 255, 255, 1)\",\"collectionReadMoreButtonBGColor\":\"rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)\",\"collectionReadMoreButtonLabelColorHover\":\"rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)\",\"collectionReadMoreButtonBGColorHover\":\"rgba(235,235,235,1)\",\"modaBgColor\":\"rgba(0,0,0,0.9)\",\"modalInfoBoxBgColor\":\"rgba(255,255,255,1)\",\"modalInfoBoxTitleTextColor\":\"rgba(0,0,0,1)\",\"modalInfoBoxTextColor\":\"rgba(70,70,70,1)\",\"infoBarExifEnable\":\"1\",\"infoBarCountersEnable\":\"1\",\"infoBarDateInfoEnable\":\"1\",\"lightBoxEnable\":\"1\",\"copyR_Protection\":\"1\",\"copyR_Alert\":\"Hello, this photo is mine!\",\"sliderScrollNavi\":\"0\",\"sliderNextPrevAnimation\":\"animation\",\"sliderPreloaderColor\":\"#ffffff\",\"sliderBgColor\":\"rgba(0,0,0,0.8)\",\"sliderHeaderFooterBgColor\":\"#000000\",\"sliderNavigationColor\":\"rgba(0,0,0,1)\",\"sliderNavigationIconColor\":\"rgba(255,255,255,1)\",\"sliderNavigationColorOver\":\"rgba(255,255,255,1)\",\"sliderNavigationIconColorOver\":\"rgba(0,0,0,1)\",\"sliderItemTitleEnable\":\"1\",\"sliderItemTitleFontSize\":\"24\",\"sliderItemTitleTextColor\":\"#ffffff\",\"sliderThumbBarEnable\":\"1\",\"sliderThumbBarHoverColor\":\"#ffffff\",\"sliderThumbSubMenuBackgroundColor\":\"rgba(0,0,0,1)\",\"sliderThumbSubMenuBackgroundColorOver\":\"rgba(255,255,255,1)\",\"sliderThumbSubMenuIconColor\":\"rgba(255,255,255,1)\",\"sliderThumbSubMenuIconHoverColor\":\"rgba(0,0,0,1)\",\"sliderPlayButton\":\"1\",\"slideshowDelay\":\"8\",\"slideshowProgressBarColor\":\"rgba(255,255,255,1)\",\"slideshowProgressBarBGColor\":\"rgba(255,255,255,0.6)\",\"sliderInfoEnable\":\"1\",\"sliderZoomButton\":\"1\",\"sliderItemDownload\":\"1\",\"sliderSocialShareEnabled\":\"1\",\"sliderLikesEnabled\":\"1\",\"sliderFullScreen\":\"1\",\"customCSS\":\"\",\"key\":\"\",\"name\":\"\",\"galleryID\":\"sc1_5\",\"post_url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.thinkingschoolsethiopia.com?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F2158\",\"module_url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.thinkingschoolsethiopia.com\\\/wp-content\\\/plugins\\\/flagallery-skins\\\/amron\\\/\"}, \"data\":[{\"gallery\":{\"gid\":\"5\",\"name\":\"meri-primary-school-aaeb\",\"path\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.thinkingschoolsethiopia.com\\\/wp-content\\\/flagallery\\\/meri-primary-school-aaeb\",\"title\":\"Meri Primary School AAEB\",\"galdesc\":\"\"},\"data\":[]}]}<\/script><\/div><noscript id=\"noscript_FlaGallery_sc1_5\"><\/noscript>\n<p>The Thinking Schools approach is a whole school transformational design that requires minimal materials for implementation and use. What is needed are school leaders, teachers, students and parents immersed in understanding the methods of Thinking Schools Ethiopia pathways for thinking. Thinking Schools Ethiopia focuses on key methods and pathways that aim at the professional development of teachers to improve the quality of their pedagogy and decision-making. This mindset and practice successfully brings a student centered quality thinking education with the whole school environment through the use of:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Thinking Maps<\/strong><br \/>\nuse of visual tools to organize ones thinking (students, teachers, leaders) with visual tools that are a visual verbal collaborative process of seeing each other\u2019s thinking<\/li>\n<li><strong>Reflective Questioning<\/strong><br \/>\nhigh quality questioning, listening and discussion skills<\/li>\n<li><strong>Collaborative Learning<\/strong><br \/>\ncollaborative learning for students; collegial coaching for teachers; community building for the whole school<\/li>\n<li><strong>Dispositions <\/strong><br \/>\na mind that is reflective about internal dispositions and actions, while remaining open to other ways in which people are thinking and acting<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Thinking Schools Ethiopia is a whole school systems approach based on building capacity inside out with the aim of developing a foundation that is reflective, sustainable, collaborative and replicable. TSE is part of a greater global collaboration that supports multi-directional development. Multi-directional development is a belief system and model where all participants recognize their own capacity for aiding the others globally: ideas and innovation originate within and across ALL places globally. The Thinking Schools Ethiopia training uses research based thinking methods that are lifelong skills for use with problem solving in school, life and work.<\/p>\n<iframe width='425' height='344' src='\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bncO4GfwvHk?autoplay=0&loop=0&rel=0' frameborder='0' allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p><em>Video is in Amharic with English subtitles. If you don&#8217;t see the subtitles click on the cc icon to activate the subtitles.<\/em><br \/>\nAto Dilamo Ottore, Head of Addis Ababa Education Bureau, giving a short speech about the importance of the Thinking Schools Ethiopia program that is being implemented in Ethiopia by Eminence Social Entrepreneurs. His speech was given before the 10 school leadership teams (8 principal and teacher leaders from each school) at the Thinking Schools Ethiopia training in June 2014.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meri Primary School, an Addis Ababa Education Bureau model Thinking School is currently receiving a two day whole school training (5 &amp; 6 March 2015 \u2022 26-06-2007 Ethiopian calendar) on\u00a0Growing Thinking Schools From the Inside Out. The\u00a0Growing Thinking Schools From the Inside Out is a\u00a0Transformational Professional Development for schools thinking models, processes, skills, strategies and&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.thinkingschoolsethiopia.com\/?p=2158\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Addis Ababa Education Bureau<br \/> Model Whole School Trainings<br \/>Meri Primary School<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2158","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","gallery-content-unit","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7oKjh-yO","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1206,"url":"https:\/\/blog.thinkingschoolsethiopia.com\/?p=1206","url_meta":{"origin":2158,"position":0},"title":"Growing Thinking Schools Training Addis Ababa Education Bureau Experts TeamAddis Ababa Ethiopia \u2022 27-31 August 2012","author":"admin","date":"September 16, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"The Addis Ababa Education Bureau (300+ government schools in Addis) Expert Team recently completed five days of training facilitated by\u00a0Robert Price (Thinking Schools International Global Trainer) and\u00a0Atsede Tsehayou (Thinking Schools Ethiopia Coordinator). 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