{"id":3319,"date":"2015-12-01T01:56:33","date_gmt":"2015-12-01T01:56:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.thinkingschoolsethiopia.com\/?p=3319"},"modified":"2015-12-01T17:58:05","modified_gmt":"2015-12-01T17:58:05","slug":"tesfa-birihan-secondary-schoolwhole-staff-professional-developmentaddis-ababa-government-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.thinkingschoolsethiopia.com\/?p=3319","title":{"rendered":"Tesfa Birihan Secondary School<br>Whole Staff Professional Development<br>Addis Ababa Government School"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.thinkingschoolsethiopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/12308881_968501049890665_1772976399_n.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3325\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blog.thinkingschoolsethiopia.com\/?attachment_id=3325\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.thinkingschoolsethiopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/12308881_968501049890665_1772976399_n.jpg?fit=960%2C720&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"960,720\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"12308881_968501049890665_1772976399_n\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.thinkingschoolsethiopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/12308881_968501049890665_1772976399_n.jpg?fit=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.thinkingschoolsethiopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/12308881_968501049890665_1772976399_n.jpg?fit=750%2C563&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-3325\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.thinkingschoolsethiopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/12308881_968501049890665_1772976399_n.jpg?resize=300%2C225\" alt=\"12308881_968501049890665_1772976399_n\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.thinkingschoolsethiopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/12308881_968501049890665_1772976399_n.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.thinkingschoolsethiopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/12308881_968501049890665_1772976399_n.jpg?w=960&amp;ssl=1 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>The training descriptive that follows is part of the Thinking Schools Ethiopia Addis Ababa government schools project that includes 6 city model laboratory schools and 6 rural model laboratory schools near Addis Ababa.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>by Atsede Tsehayou and Dagim Melese<\/em><br \/>\n<em>co-country lead facilitators<\/em><br \/>\nThe training with\u00a0Tesfa Birihan Secondary School on the 27 November 2015, was\u00a0a one day training on Thinking Maps . It involved 115 participants constituting the whole staff of the school.\u00a0\u00a0The participants included teachers, teacher professional development experts, deputy directors, and the support staff \u00a0including accounts, store keepers, cashiers, people of the pedagogical centre. The goal of the training was to introduce whole staff with Thinking Maps and initiate whole school use with implementation of the maps in the classrooms for students and with the staff for leadership.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.thinkingschoolsethiopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/12305573_969500083124095_1251699250_n.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3322\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blog.thinkingschoolsethiopia.com\/?attachment_id=3322\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.thinkingschoolsethiopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/12305573_969500083124095_1251699250_n.jpg?fit=960%2C720&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"960,720\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"12305573_969500083124095_1251699250_n\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.thinkingschoolsethiopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/12305573_969500083124095_1251699250_n.jpg?fit=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.thinkingschoolsethiopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/12305573_969500083124095_1251699250_n.jpg?fit=750%2C563&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-3322\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.thinkingschoolsethiopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/12305573_969500083124095_1251699250_n.jpg?resize=300%2C225\" alt=\"12305573_969500083124095_1251699250_n\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.thinkingschoolsethiopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/12305573_969500083124095_1251699250_n.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.thinkingschoolsethiopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/12305573_969500083124095_1251699250_n.jpg?w=960&amp;ssl=1 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>The training began with community building exercises (e.g. commonalities) which was followed by work on personal frames of references (which was modeled by Atsede Tsehayou, the country co-lead facilitator).\u00a0\u00a0Atsede\u00a0collaborated with participants in the training including the\u00a0vibrant educator\u00a0Marta.\u00a0They modeled <em>Think &#8211; Pair &#8211; Share:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>first Teacher with Student,<\/li>\n<li>then Student with\u00a0Student,<\/li>\n<li>then the whole group in pairs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Participants were then asked to read and reflect on page 25 of the Growing Thinking School guide (a page on Comparison between Thinking and Traditional Students), and asked to share observations on the validity of the comparison given their experiences.\u00a0This was later followed by a brief introduction\u00a0of the Thinking <a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.thinkingschoolsethiopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/12283006_968497566557680_1349611696_n.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3326\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blog.thinkingschoolsethiopia.com\/?attachment_id=3326\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.thinkingschoolsethiopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/12283006_968497566557680_1349611696_n.jpg?fit=960%2C720&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"960,720\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"12283006_968497566557680_1349611696_n\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.thinkingschoolsethiopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/12283006_968497566557680_1349611696_n.jpg?fit=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.thinkingschoolsethiopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/12283006_968497566557680_1349611696_n.jpg?fit=750%2C563&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-3326\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.thinkingschoolsethiopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/12283006_968497566557680_1349611696_n.jpg?resize=300%2C225\" alt=\"12283006_968497566557680_1349611696_n\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.thinkingschoolsethiopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/12283006_968497566557680_1349611696_n.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.thinkingschoolsethiopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/12283006_968497566557680_1349611696_n.jpg?w=960&amp;ssl=1 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>School Model and communication on\u00a0the emphasis of the days training: \u00a0Thinking Maps .<\/p>\n<p>Thinking Maps were introduced with their hand symbols. We modeled the use of one of the Thinking Maps. Subsequently participants were first asked to use general topics to be explored by all 8 maps and next organised into departments and worked on subject relevant topics .<\/p>\n<p>Observations during the training include:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Vibrant school leader &#8211; Ato Yohannes Asefa sees the value of the work and is excited\u00a0to regularly collaborate with Thinking Schools Ethiopia.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.thinkingschoolsethiopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/12319604_968516576555779_1109016025_n.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3324\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blog.thinkingschoolsethiopia.com\/?attachment_id=3324\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.thinkingschoolsethiopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/12319604_968516576555779_1109016025_n.jpg?fit=960%2C720&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"960,720\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"12319604_968516576555779_1109016025_n\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.thinkingschoolsethiopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/12319604_968516576555779_1109016025_n.jpg?fit=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.thinkingschoolsethiopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/12319604_968516576555779_1109016025_n.jpg?fit=750%2C563&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-3324\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.thinkingschoolsethiopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/12319604_968516576555779_1109016025_n.jpg?resize=300%2C225\" alt=\"12319604_968516576555779_1109016025_n\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.thinkingschoolsethiopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/12319604_968516576555779_1109016025_n.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.thinkingschoolsethiopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/12319604_968516576555779_1109016025_n.jpg?w=960&amp;ssl=1 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Teachers shared that one day is not enough.\u00a0They said they need to master the use of the maps if they are to\u00a0transfer the maps to their students.\u00a0So more training in the maps for\u00a0mastery was requested.<\/li>\n<li>The sub-city supervisor was accidentally there at the school where witnessed and was appreciative to see the teacher attending training on Thinking Maps\u00a0as\u00a0shared\u00a0by the school leader\u00a0Yohannes.<\/li>\n<li>The educators were serious and purposeful. They were seriously engaged and really trying to exercise using\u00a0Thinking Maps.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The training descriptive that follows is part of the Thinking Schools Ethiopia Addis Ababa government schools project that includes 6 city model laboratory schools and 6 rural model laboratory schools near Addis Ababa. by Atsede Tsehayou and Dagim Melese co-country lead facilitators The training with\u00a0Tesfa Birihan Secondary School on the 27 November 2015, was\u00a0a one&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.thinkingschoolsethiopia.com\/?p=3319\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Tesfa Birihan Secondary School<br \/>Whole Staff Professional Development<br \/>Addis Ababa Government 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-3319","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-Rx","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1206,"url":"https:\/\/blog.thinkingschoolsethiopia.com\/?p=1206","url_meta":{"origin":3319,"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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