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Systems Thinking in Schools

A Waters Foundation Program

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Our vision is to deliver academic and lifetime benefits to students through the effective application of systems thinking  concepts, habits, and tools in classroom instruction and school improvement

                          www.watersfoundation.org

 What is Systems Thinking?

“Systems thinking is a vantage point from which you see a whole, a web of relationships, rather than focusing only on the detail of any particular piece. Events are seen in the larger context of a pattern that is unfolding over time.”

                      isee Systems
 

 For Educational Leaders:

School Improvement:

Using a systems thinking approach to school improvement provides school and district leadership with a process and specific strategies that result in continual improvement resulting in increased student achievement.
For Teachers

Instructional Application:

Using systems thinking habits, concepts and tools in classroom instruction is a vehicle for achieving content standards and skill objectives, as well as providing opportunities for students to practice higher level thinking skills.

For information about Systems Thinking learning opportunities:

Learning Collaborative-Level II
            October 7, 2009, 04:30 PM - 06:30 PM Register online
            November 18, 2009, 04:30 PM - 06:30 PM Register online

Systems Thinking in Schools-Level I
             June 1-4, 2010 8:30 AM-4:00 PM
             June 8-11, 2010 8:30 AM-4:00 PM

Systems Thinking in Schools-Level II
             June 15-16, 2010, 8:30 AM-4:00 PM

Introduction to Computer Modeling/Simulation
             June 17-18, 2010, 8:30 AM - 4:00 PM

For more information about the above workshops, read our flyer

 Contact us at 520-745-4588 or
             Tracy Benson tbenson@pimaregionalsupport.orgor
             Anne LaVigne  alavigne@pimaregionalsupport.org
             Sheri Marlin, smarlin@pimaregionalsupport.org