The flexibility of the MARIO Framework makes it an effective program that can be easy to adopt yet challenging to master. We provide robust training and collaboration to inform, empower, and inspire learning support teachers.
These powerful 10-week courses are designed to deepen understanding of the framework and empower learning support teachers to build, pilot, and improve their MARIO classes. We are developing professional networks of forward-thinking learning special educators that support each other inside and outside the classroom. Options are available for receiving Graduate Credits.
February 10 – April 19
This personalized course is recommended before piloting the MARIO Framework and will help participants create a wide range of customized tools and strategies that will assist them in confidently launching or upgrading their personalized learning support class. Participants will gain a greater understanding of the framework, learn how to weave highly effective research-based teaching strategies into their classroom, build individual components of their class that will flexibly fit within a broader structure, and develop thoughtful plans for successful implementation.
Participants will connect with other learning support teachers piloting, or planning to pilot, the MARIO Framework at their schools and engage in valuable weekly discussions. Philip Bowman will be facilitating this course and providing targeted feedback and ongoing support. In addition to weekly learning projects, participants will have personalized learning opportunities every week and build a cumulative learning portfolio.
Understanding and Setting Up the MARIO Framework is the first of two courses that lead to certification as an official MARIO Educator. Additionally, participants can enroll with SUNY Buffalo to earn graduate credits.
Successfully complete MARIO 101 & 102 to show your proficiency with the MARIO Framework and obtain official recognition as a MARIO Educator. Join our first cohort of educators committed to making a difference!
As the MARIO Framework expands, these are the educators everyone will have their eyes on.
After finishing the two introduction courses, successfully complete MARIO 201 & 202 to take your learning support classrooms to the next level and obtain official recognition as a MARIO Expert Educator. Join our first ever cohort of expert educators and help revolutionize learning support programs across the world!
Whether your school is curious about the MARIO Framework, committed to piloting the program now or in the future, looking for a catalyst to take their program to the next level, or simply seeking guidance, Philip Bowman wants to help.
Build an Official MARIO Program
Leverage a unique opportunity to revitalize learning support services and receive recognition as an innovative school by establishing one of the first schoolwide MARIO learning support programs in the world. Philip Bowman will spend two to four days onsite to facilitate training and help create an effective foundation for the MARIO classes. Video-conferencing and enrollment in the MARIO 101 and MARIO 102 online courses are utilized to provide ongoing coaching and support after the visit has ended.
Philip will finish the year with an additional site visit and a comprehensive evaluation that explores progress and plans for the future. If mutually agreed upon targets are met and plans put in place, the school will be recognized as one of the world’s first official MARIO programs.
Onsite Consultation with Ongoing Support
Philip Bowman wants to visit learning support teams and explore their current practices. He can help create an effective foundation for MARIO classes and provide the initial training for its implementation. Alternatively, he can help leverage existing strengths in the current program and assist in building team efficacy. Before leaving any school, Philip will facilitate a session to plan possible pathways forward on both a team and an individual level. Video-conferencing is utilized to provide ongoing coaching and support after the visit has ended. Additionally, reduced fees are available for all of the MARIO framework courses.
Initial Consultation
Change is inherently challenging.
Initial consultations allow for a deeper understanding of organizational and cultural context, as well as providing opportunities for building buy-in from all stakeholders.
Workshops and Keynotes
Philip is an experienced international leader, speaker, and facilitator. His content is important, timely, and a catalyst for change. He is still a teacher in the classroom and wants to replicate his remarkable student outcomes in learning support classes around the world.
1- 2 Day Customizable Workshops
Keynote Speeches
Outside the Box Support
Support comes in all shapes and sizes.
Philip always personalizes his consulting services to meet an organization’s specific needs, but sometimes an opportunity presents itself that is especially unique in nature.