CIE Instructor Training - Level II Certification (9/29/22 - 9/30/22)

Prerequisites: Level One Certified Instructor Training

Course Description

Participate in hands-on experiences designed to improve chess skills including tactics and strategy. Gain additional experience in designing chess-related lessons and after-school chess programming. Learn about activities which will increase student participation and maintain student interest. Learn what is required to sustain a classroom chess program over time within a school or school system. Successful completion of the course along with a passing grade on the final online test grants the participant certification from Chess in Schools as a Level Two CIE Instructor.

Recommended for educators who want to…

• Improve their chess skills to teach students with greater confidence.
• Learn from other teachers the successes and challenges of using chess as an educational tool.
• Assist other educators in building a CIE program.

Learning Outcomes

Through interactive lecture, group discussion, and hands-on activities, participants will:

• Build on basic chess knowledge.
• Create chess-related activities for differentiated skill levels.
• Learn and create examples of additional connections between chess and curriculum standards for lesson planning.
• Learn additional activities for after-school chess club programming.
• Learn additional strategies for program culminating activities.
• Discover ways to improve communication with stakeholders.
• Learn the risks to success that school chess programs face and how to mitigate them.