Fun Day/ Team Manager Training

Join us at 10:00 on November 13, 2010 in Flatwoods, WV at Braxton County High School for a WV Destination ImagiNation Team Manager Training and Fun Day! New team managers will be introduced to the DI program while experienced team managers will have an opportunity to hone skills. For the participants, the day will be filled with fun skill building workshops!

Team Manager Training and Fun Days

West Virginia Destination ImagiNation

TEAM MANAGER TRAINING AND FUN DAYS

Fairmont, Institute, or Charles Town - 9:00 am – 3:00 pm - Sign-in: 8:45-9:00 am

Team Manager Training and Fun Days in three West Virginia locations:

January 9, 2010, Fairmont REGISTRATION DEADLINE: Wednes. Jan. 6

Postponed to Feb 13 due to snow

Eastdale Elementary School, Fairmont – for Northern & Central teams

January 16, 2010, Charleston area REGISTRATION DEADLINE: Wednes. 13

WV State Community and Technical College, Institute – Southern & Central teams

January 30, 2010, Charles Town REGISTRATION DEADLINE: Wednes., Jan. 27

Location to be determined – for Eastern Panhandle teams

The WV affiliate of Destination ImagiNation® (DI) will present three creative problem solving Team Manager Training and Fun Days. These workshop days, 9 am to 3 pm, will be Saturday, January 9, 2010, in Fairmont; January 16 in the Charleston area, and January 30 in Charles Town. Each session is for parents, teachers, and children, preregistered in advance, to learn more about team creative problem solving and DI.

The presenters are members of the WV DI Affiliate Board. Annie Williams and CJ Rice, DI alumni and students at WVU, will lead the Fun Day kids’ hands-on sessions in thinking and performing creatively. Team members and potential team members will get to know each other and learn to "think outside the box." They will create and build with simple objects and short creative skits, develop performance skills, and practice team building activities.

Dr. Anne Fishkin and Becky Williams will lead the Team Manager training session for parents, teachers, or others interested in guiding a team of children. The adults will learn about team building and communication skills, ways to encourage and teach creativity and creative problem solving skills, how to organize a team and how to develop a DI membership. They will see videos of kids solving and presenting previous years’ DI challenges, and have an introduction to this year’s challenges. They will learn tips about enabling team members to work together to solve their central challenge, side trips, and instant challenges.

A short Introduction to DI session will begin the workshop day from 9:00 to 10:30. Interested parents are welcome to attend the first hour and a half of the session. Prospective Team Managers should plan to stay for the full day’s program to develop their team leadership skills and receive credit for the full TM training.

A fee of $5 for each adult and child will be charged to cover costs of refreshments and pizza for lunch for anyone who stays for the entire 9 to 3 Team Manager and Fun Day,

Registration deadline: Wednesday before the session you will attend!! So we can prepare for you, please register the number of adults and ages of children attending. Please give the number for the short Introduction to DI session, and also give the number of those staying for the full day of TM and Fun Day activities.

To register, and for further information and directions:

Contact Dr. Anne Fishkin, Affiliate Training Director, anne_fishkin@hotmail.com

For Charles Town information and directions,

Contact Erik Perkins, WVDI Board member, ehp42@yahoo.com