Teaching, Learning, and Leading made Remarkable!

Welcome to 4MAT.org, the official central hub for everything 4MAT!

It's All About Learning

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Calling all teachers, learners, instructional designers, speakers, leaders, managers, and even parents!

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Unlock the power and full potential in you, of your group, and organization with 4MAT, a proven framework that leverages the advantage of diversity and whole-brain learning. 4MAT unlocks teaching, learning, designing instruction, speaking, leading, managing, collaborating, planning, and even parenting! 

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How can 4MAT possibly help with ALL of these things?

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At the center is the learning human brain that perceives and processes, non-stop. Once you learn how we learn, you become an explorer equipped with a map to the journey of growth and transformation.

4MAT is a framework for teaching and instructional design, for organizational learning, for management and leadership, for communication and problem-solving.

“Before the 4MAT Redesign, the students did not feel that the course encouraged student participation or discussion but after they felt the exact opposite was true.”
Amy Nowacki
Cleveland Clinic

Who is Dr. Bernice McCarthy?

The 4MAT model was created in 1979 by Dr. Bernice McCarthy, an award winning teacher with 25 years classroom experience. Her goal was to create a simple and effective model for teachers that would help them reach out to more students more often.

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Why 4MAT?

  • 4MAT enables the adaptive possibilities afforded to each learner’s uniqueness by their interactions with the cycle design created and delivered by the teacher/trainer.
  • The 4MAT practice strategies offer learner diversity options, differentiating to bring all learners to mastery and taking place best in a laboratory setting.
  • 4MAT deals with the world of emotion and feeling, which has not been given the merit and understanding it deserves as a negotiator of humanness, and as equal partner in the interplay between feeling and reason. 4MAT requires that recognition and use.
  • The content we teach through 4MAT, is the world of information and knowledge. It requires that the conceptualization of that content relate directly to all learners.

How can we help you?

K12 & Higher Education Solutions

How do I get all my students to pay attention in class?
How can I make my lessons fun and engaging?

How can I bring about real transformation in my students?
How do I design my courses to meet learning standards?
How do I know if I'm a good teacher?
How do can I support my teachers as a leader?

Corporate & Workplace Solutions

How do I help my coworkers think more deeply about their strengths and weaknesses?
How can I build a cohesive team that respects diversity?
How can I design professional development courses that result in measurable results?
How do I structure my presentation to engage everyone? 

How can I learn?

There are two types of programs open to you. 

CAREER PATH

Road to Mastery

A three-step process to becoming a Master 4MAT Trainer. Ease in as a practitioner to apply and internalize the 4MAT principles and methods into your work. Then teach others around you as a 4MAT in-trainer in your scope of expertise!

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Step 1. 4MAT Practitioner

Option A. Guided Track (online)
Journey with Dr. McCarthy or a certified instructor on this guided process towards becoming a certified 4MAT practitioner.
Option B. Self-Study Track (online)
Become a certified 4MAT practitioner, journeying by yourself or with colleagues!
Option C. Live (online)
Schedule your Live Online 4MAT Practitioner Certification workshop with a Dr. Bernice McCarthy or another 4MAT Master Trainer! The training can be customized depending on your industry and needs, and will usually require three or four days to complete.
Option D. In-Person
Let's meet, sit together, and learn, the good ol' fashioned way!
Get in touch with us to find a location and Master trainer near you.

Step 2. 4MAT Trainer

Offered online live or in-person.
Contact us to find a trainer!

Step 3. 4MAT Advanced Trainer

Contact us to inquire about opportunities.
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WORKSHOPS

Maximizing Performance

A variety of workshop offerings with a certified 4MAT train to unlock and maximize the performance of your organization.

Leadership

Training for groups getting ready for leadership positions, all the way to top-level leaders. Use the LTM and LBI assessments to take leadership awareness and effectiveness to the next level.

Teamwork

Diversity at its best! Increase teamwork and performance through awareness of own learning styles and others.

Coaching

Using the 4MAT framework as a blueprint to enhance coaching skills.

Parenting

Understanding ourselves and our children to help your child learn at home and at school.

Beauty

For professionals in the cosmetology industry wanting to learn how to connect instantly with clients and provide the care they need, as well as learning how to learn and deliver new styles and skills.

Presentation Design

How to structure and design your presentations based on the natural learning cycle for lasting impact and memory retention.
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Need a little nudge?

THE EASIEST WAY TO GET STARTED!
YOUR FIRST STEP MADE SIMPLE!

Enroll for $49, get $49!

Enroll in this module for $49, and get an automatic $49 discount for the Practitioner Guided or Practitioner Self-study certification tracks!

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What's included?
  • 4MAT LTM Assessment to discover your learning style ($30 value!)
  • Teaching Around the Cycle - Chapter 1 (ebook)
  • Videos and course work to discover learning styles and their significance in learning.
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"I love this course! I’ve known about 4MAT for a while, but now I feel like I’m finally beginning to understand it on a deeper level. Dr. McCarthy’s lectures are brilliant—her explanations and examples are clear and engaging.
I truly appreciate is the flexibility to learn at my own pace, without feeling rushed. I also look forward to Dr. McCarthy’s feedback. Her thoughtful responses is very motivating and makes the learning experience feel human and connected."
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summer jeongin park
Entrepreneur and Educator
"It was the best online course I have ever had due to the level of interactions I had via activities, feedback and of course a coaching session with Bernice. I really appreciated the last part with session design and getting feedback about it as I worked on it."
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Sara Redlarska
HR Business Partner, Learning & Development Team Leader, Soft Skills Trainer 
Northvolt, Poland

Success Stories

Aveda

Using 4MAT to Create a Point of Difference Through Engaging Education Experiences

Center for Creative Leadership

Using 4MAT to Position "Design as a Strategic Advantage"

Grundfos Pumps

Using 4MAT to Build Sales Competency

Holland America Line

Using 4MAT to Engage a Diverse Audience

Learning Together

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Loved by the community:
"4MAT has given us a simple and effective tool to design our training. The active use of learning styles has made participant participation very strong. Our main target group is classes with mixed cultures and ... 4MAT had been one of the reasons we are able to reach all participants, despite cultural differences."

Patrick van Kappel

Education Consultant
Grundfos
"4MAT gave us a common language and frame for being equally adept at designing both the 'know how' and 'how to' of leadership development. In fact, an epiphany that many of us have had with all of our experience, education and training is that activity doesn't necessarily equal application."

Davida Sharpe

Director of Programs and Services
Global Product Development
The Center for Creative Leadership
"4MAT (is) a consistent framework for curriculum design that engages every learning style - so each learner becomes an active participant and connects with the information in a meaningful way. The result is a dynamic learning environment that allows learners to not just absorb information, but interact with it and apply it immediately, with the ultimate goal of helping them reach their professional and
personal potential."

Shelley Barnes

Executive Director
Aveda Field Education and Program Development
Aveda

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Media

Bite-sized animated videos for micro-learning.

Learning Activities

Special activities designed by Dr. Bernice McCarthy

Learning Community

Meet with Dr. Bernice McCarthy as well as learning peers.

Certification

Get recognized for your learning and growth.
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