Application Academies are one-day
trainings designed to extend and apply learning from
the Cognitive Coaching Foundation Seminar®.
Application Academies provide participants with an
opportunity to study and learn to apply Cognitive
CoachingSM in ways that go beyond the
one-on-one coaching between principals and teachers.
Current Application Academy offerings
are listed below. If you are interested in attending
one of these learning opportunities, please contact
the trainer listed for that offering.
If you are interested in offering
any of these Academies in your agency as follow-up
to Foundation Seminars, please contact Carolee
Hayes or Jane Ellison,
Co-Directors for the Center.
- Group Coaching
None scheduled at this time.
Prerequisite: Cognitive Coaching Foundation
Seminar®.
Description: Cognitive CoachingSM was
developed as a means to support individuals. As
knowledge of that process developed, questions
arose about how the same knowledge, skills and
tools might be applied with groups and organizations.
Given the shortage of time in schools, it makes
sense to think about group and organizational applications
of coaching. This academy will consider how group
coaching differs from facilitation and individual
coaching. Core group coaching capabilities will
be described as a framework for thinking about
how small group coaching skills build on individual
coaching skills. Applications and possibilities
for the impact of group coaching will be explored.
Principles and practices for using Cognitive CoachingSM as
a tool for developing collaborative groups will
be presented.
- Cognitive CoachingSM in
the Classroom
None scheduled at this time.
Prerequisite: Cognitive Coaching Foundation
Seminar®.
Description: As Cognitive CoachingSM permeates
the culture of a school and becomes a part of the
way staff interacts with each other that way of
communicating also extends to students, parents
and community members. This academy will focus
on the ways teachers are using Cognitive CoachingSM with
students and in parent-teacher conferences. Perhaps
the most basic unit in any school‚’s communication
with those outside the school is the parent-teacher
conference. Applying Cognitive CoachingSM to
this key form of communication enhances parents’ understanding
of their child‚’s learning, their teacher‚’s interpersonal
communication skills and the school‚’s norms of
thinking and collaboration. Without classroom applications
of Cognitive CoachingSM ideals, the
values and beliefs of Cognitive CoachingSM will
live and die with the adults in the system. Many
teachers use the principles of Cognitive CoachingSM intuitively
or informally with their students. Applying Cognitive
CoachingSM in a deliberate, intentional
way increases the self-directedness of students.
- Cognitive CoachingSM for
School Leaders
None scheduled at this time.
Prerequisite: Cognitive Coaching Foundation
Seminar®.
Description: When Cognitive CoachingSM is
a priority with the principal of a school, he or
she surpasses the concept of the principal as instructional
leader and becomes the organizational developer
of the school. As such, the principal‚’s focus
is on developing: 1) shared norms and values, 2)
knowledge of principals of learning and teaching,
3) collaborative decision-making structures, and
4) processes that provide for ongoing growth, efficiency
and effectiveness. Leaders who use Cognitive CoachingSM increase
the capacity for self-directedness within their
organization. This Academy will explore the ways
in which principals can embed the principles of
thinking and collaboration into the culture of
their building, so that they are expected ways
of interacting with everyone in the school.
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