CREATIVE CLASSROOM . TEACHER TRAININGS

Creative Classroom provides personal as well as professional development to help teachers and staff connect with their own creativity and find new joy and effectiveness in their work. Creative Classroom provides practical tools and strategies that foster soft skills as an integral part of learning, enliven learning across subject areas, and develop a vibrant whole school culture.

The training is based on a growing body of evidence that 21st century skills like creativity, self-expression, and social emotional literacy are essential for young people in our rapidly changing world. The same skills also dramatically increase the impact of teachers in the classroom. 

We design trainings to fit the needs of your school, from short introductory sessions to year-long engagements. Teachers can use these tools right away, and they are highly complementary to other interventions that foster a holistic approach to learning.

Flow Athens is a partner organization with Partners for Youth Empowerment, offering Creative Classroom teacher trainings and Creative Facilitation trainings in Greece. 

To find out how to bring Creative Empowerment into your school or classroom, please contact: hello@flowathens.com

You will learn to

• Build safe, creative learning communities in your classrooms
• Engage every student through a wide range of learning styles
• Use arts-based activities to enliven curriculum
• Minimize resistance and disruptive behavior
• Develop a positive culture in the classroom
• Increase trust between administrators, teachers, and students
• Increase student confidence, motivation, and leadership

Topics we cover

• Program design
• Strength-based facilitation
• Personal presentation skills
• Empowering communication
• Feedback skills
• And more!

We work with

• Individual teachers, counselors, and administrators
• The entire staff of a school
• Cohorts of staff from across a district or region

“One of the keys to developing 21st Century skills in students 
is to help teachers develop these skills in themselves” 
Sir Ken Robinson 

Teachers who participate in the Creative Classroom Training report that:

• They use their new skills straight-away, and incorporate Creative Classroom activities with their students
• The activities open ways for students who do not normally participate in class to become more active and show their skills
• The activities help to create stronger teacher-student bonds
• They run “mini” Creative Classroom workshops with their colleagues to share their skills and improve staff dynamics

What participants say about the Creative Classroom Training Series: 

“Innovative for the field of education. Can cover every education level. Can find applications in all teaching topics.” -- Teacher, Greece

“I will transform my lesson for entrepreneurship at school using creative art activities and icebreakers, and working as a team. This is the most revealing workshop I've ever participated in." -- Teacher, Greece 

"I learned how to meaningfully utilize my creativity for the benefit of my students." -- Teacher, Greece

“This is a different way of thinking about education and issues such as classroom management. I love the emphasis on positivity, empowering the students and unlocking creative impulses.” -- Teacher, UK 

"The most important thing I learned is to assume creative risks and to encourage others to do so" -- Teacher, Greece

“A welcome and refreshing change from much of the usual, very dry CPD training. It was a really fun couple of days and I think we felt bonded as a group having learned loads to take back to the classroom. Thank you!" -- Teacher UK 

“I experienced the joy of creativity and I want offer this experience to my students.” -- Teacher, Greece

“The Creative Classroom refreshes ideas about how to approach young people and revives your passion for teaching.” -- Teacher, UK 

"The most important thing I discovered in this training is that when one triggers people's imagination, they are invited to commit to the learning process and to others." -- Teacher, Greece

"My experience was so incredible, I'd like it to be experienced by others. We need more of this work in our education and in other organizational contexts." -- Teacher, Greece 

“This training is ahead of the game. The culture of behavior has changed in our students and so must our approaches.” -- Teacher, UK 

“This was a brilliant, uplifting course which has inspired and rekindled my passion for being creative.” -- Teacher UK 

"The most important thing I realized was to see the learning process as a game: structured but also fun!!!" -- Teacher, Greece

"I would recommend this workshop to friends and colleagues because it offers tools, process, structure and hope" -- Teacher, Greece

“The Creative Classroom refreshes ideas about how to approach young people and revives your passion for teaching.” -- Teacher, UK 

“Thank you for the most interesting and enjoyable seminar I've ever been and for the great tools that you gave us so as to be an Empowered and Inspired Teacher!” -- Teacher Cyprus

Learn more about the teachers’ experience in recent trainings:

–   at the Kindergarten and Primary School Neue Schule Athen (Greece)     

–   at Higgs for refugee school teachers (Greece)     

–   at The Studio, specialising in creative media and digital tech (U.K.)     

–   at the Cyprus Pedagogical Institute (Cyprus)    

–   at the History Museum, University of Athens (Greece)    

–   at Innovathens (Greece)    

–   at the Experimental High-school Ag. Anargiri (Greece)   

About Partners for Youth Empowerment

Around the globe, “Partners for Youth Empowerment” empowers young people by awakening their innate creativity. PYE’s goal is to nurture the crucial life skills and confidence required to meet the challenges of school, work and our shared world. Based on our Creative Empowerment Model, PYE offers proven facilitation training directly to the people who teach, mentor and support youth. The Creative Empowerment Model is practiced by thousands of practitioners on five continents. For more information please visit www.partnersforyouth.org