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Biographies
 Sharyn
Appolloni, Ed.D.
Sharyn is the Staff Development Specialist for the Washoe County School District in Reno, Nevada,
a district of 100 schools and 4,000 teachers. Sharyn developed and oversees the Induction and
Mentoring Program, including the New Teacher Academy, which serves 400 new teachers each year.
Sharyn also oversees the Inservice Department and the Praxis Academy, both of which provide training
opportunities for K-12 teachers and administrators in the areas of curriculum, management and
instruction.
Sharyn has been involved with Cognitive CoachingSM since 1999 and teaching this course
continues to be the single most satisfying training experience for her because of the depth to
which she and the participants learn and grow, both professionally and personally. In addition
to being a national Training Associate for Cognitive CoachingSM Sharyn has extensive
experience developing and delivering training on such topics as training of trainers, induction
and mentoring, observation and feedback, differentiated instruction, classroom management, and
the implementation of Marzano's research on instructional strategies.
Sharyn served for ten years as an adjunct instructor for pre-service teachers and has presented
to local, state and national professional organizations, including presentations at National
Staff Development Council. Sharyn has 25 years of experience in education, initially as a grade
7-12 teacher and later as a district level administrator and K-12 staff developer. Sharyn earned
a B.A. and an M.A.T., both summa cum laude, from Gonzaga University. She earned a doctorate in
educational leadership from the University of Nevada, Reno, and was named educational leadership
Student of the Year.
Sharyn Appolloni
Washoe County School District
14101 Old Virginia Road
Reno, NV 89521
Telephone: 775–850–8059
Fax: 775–851–5649
E-mail: sappolloni@washoe.k12.nv.us
 Penny
Ballagh
Penny Ballagh is recently retired from the Toronto District School Board where she was a coordinator
of Family Studies and Leadership and Staff Development for over 15 years. She has taught family
studies, English, and cooperative education at the high school level and spent 6 years teaching
in the pre-service department at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at the University
of Toronto (OISE/UT). Her undergraduate degree is in family studies from Ryerson Polytechnical
University and her Master's of Education is in teacher development from OISE/UT. Penny is also
a Tribes trainer and an Appreciative Inquiry facilitator and has worked with schools and districts
in creating a safe, caring learning environment for both staff and students. She is presently
working with a large district that is developing a "coaching culture."
Penny is a private consultant and a training associate with the Center for Cognitive CoachingSM.
She is also the Program Manager for the Entrepreneurial Adventure Program with The Learning Partnership,
a Canadian not-for-profit organization that links education, business and government in support
of learning.
Penny Ballagh
Ballagh Consulting
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
E-mail: pjballagh@gmail.com
Telephone: 416–698–8518
 Linda
Bersinger
Linda Bersinger is an international speaker and certified trainer in Cognitive CoachingSM and
Adaptive Schools. Her background includes over 30 years of experience as a master/mentor teacher,
visiting educator at the University of California, school principal, and Executive Director of
the California School Leadership Academy. Her current focus is on leading and coaching school
leadership teams and school administrators in developing and sustaining professional learning
communities.
Linda Bersinger
LB Associates
110 Egloff Circle
Folsom, California 95630
Telephone: 916-601-5852
E-mail: lrbersinger@mac.com
 Paula
Bradley
Paula Bradley is a private consultant and a Training Associate for the Center for Cognitive CoachingSM.
With twenty-eight years of experience in Colorado's largest school district, Jefferson County
Public Schools, she brings a broad range of skills and perspectives to the work she does with
schools. Through classroom teaching, a principalship, and central administrative roles—including
Director of English Language Arts, staff development, and the Division of Instruction—she
has developed a deep understanding of the challenges educators face and the issues of large system
organizational development.
Paula's current work is focused on the importance of building capacity for leadership at both
the teacher and administrative levels. She works with individual schools, districts, and universities
to develop teachers and administrators with the skills and attitudes to successfully develop
and sustain strong collaborative cultures and to challenge all members of the educational community
to high levels of achievement.
Paula holds a B.S. in elementary education, a Master's in gifted education, and an Administrative
License. She has experience working with teachers and administrators in both elementary and secondary
schools and was a member of the faculty for the Administrative Licensure Program at the University
of Colorado, Denver (2002-2005).
Paula Bradley
2705 Champa Street
Denver, CO 80205
Telephone: 303–294–9087
E-mail: pbradley5@msn.com
 Dick Calkins
Dick Calkins has trained teachers in Cognitive CoachingSM Foundation since 1995 and
has co-developed curriculum and strategies for the individual and organizational infusion of
coaching. Currently an educational consultant, Dick presents programs on mentoring teachers,
evaluation of certified staff, and standards-based education. Dick has 37 years of experience
in secondary education and 17 years in district staff development training such as "Creating
a Climate for Self-Esteem," mentoring, school improvement, and Cognitive CoachingSM.
He has worked for colleges in Illinois as an adjunct professor and for state educational delivery
organizations. Dick is known for his ability to deliver trainings which please the professional's
palate for learning.
Dick Calkins
Summer Address:
1120 - 6 South Lake Shore Drive
Lake Geneva, WI 53147
Winter Address:
1410 Albatross Road
Sanibel, FL 33957
Telephone: 239-395-1751 or 262-248-8951
E-mail: mcalki2@aol.com
 Marcy Calkins
Marcy Calkins has 33 years of experience in the 9-12 classroom and has presented training to
educators beginning in 1985. Marcy's experience with Cognitive CoachingSM includes
presenting Foundation trainings since 1995 and delivering advanced level support in a Chicago
suburban school district. In addition to Cognitive CoachingSM, her experience as
a presenter includes training in cooperative learning, TESA teacher expectations and student
achievement, mentoring, and Education-to-Careers. She works as an adjunct college instructor
and consultant. Marcy uses a creative visual style and enjoys co-presenting with her storytelling
husband, Dick.
Marcy Calkins
Summer Address:
1120 - 6 South Lake Shore Drive
Lake Geneva, WI 53147
Winter Address:
1410 Albatross Road
Sanibel, FL 33957
Telephone: 239-395-1751 or 262-248-8951
E-mail: mcalki2@aol.com
 John
Clarke
John Clarke is a private consultant and a training associate with the Center for Cognitive CoachingSM.
He is presently working with schools and school jurisdictions facilitating programs that promote
the development of enhanced teaching practice, the creation and maintenance of positive and successful
school cultures, and the exploration and establishment of high quality work environments. John
has worked extensively with teachers and administrators in the areas of school, teacher, and
student self-esteem, student "learning esteem," and effective change management. He
has been a trainer, facilitator and presenter for schools, school districts, and educational
and professional organizations across Canada and the United States for twenty years.
John has over 30 years experience as a counselor, teacher and principal at the junior and senior
high school levels. He has a Master's Degree in educational psychology and counseling psychology.
John Clarke
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
 Arthur L.
Costa
Arthur L. Costa is a Professor of Education, Emeritus from California State University, Sacramento,
where he taught graduate courses to teachers and administrators in curriculum, supervision, and
the improvement of instruction.
He edited the book, Developing Minds: A Resource Book for Teaching Thinking; is the author
of The Enabling Behaviors, Teaching for Intelligent Behaviors and Supervision for Intelligent
Teaching; and is co-author of Cognitive Coaching and Techniques for Teaching Thinking.
He has also written numerous other articles and publications on supervision, teaching strategies
and thinking skills.
Dr. Costa has made presentations and conducted workshops for educators throughout the United
States and in Canada, Mexico, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Asia and the South Pacific. He
taught in the Bellflower School District, worked as a curriculum consultant in the Los Angeles
County Superintendent of Schools' Office, and served as Director of Educational Programs for
the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for the Western States, and was Assistant Superintendent
of the Sacramento County Superintendent of Schools office.
Active in many professional organizations, Dr. Costa has served as president of the California
Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development and as president of the national A.S.C.D.
from 1988 to 1989.
Art Costa
P.O. Box 705
Kalaheo, HI 96741
Telephone: 808-332-9407
E-mail: artcosta@aol.com
 Michele
De Bellis
Michele's professional work for the last seven years has focused on educational reform prioritizing
the understanding of both content and leadership development within all levels of a PK–16
system. At the El Paso Collaborative for Academic Excellence, Michele is the Director of K–12
Math and Science Partnership and previously served as the Director for Leadership Development
and Director for Literacy. During these seven years she provided leadership for school administrators
and over 75 school-based coaches in standards-based teaching and learning. Also, her work as
a past special education teacher and district level administrator adds to her knowledge and understanding
of systems. Central to all of her work is a commitment to building collaborative infrastructures
within systems that support self-directedness within any group. As a trainer and practitioner
of Adaptive Schools and Cognitive CoachingSM, Michele has the skills, knowledge and
understanding to support and assist in developing collaborative schools and systems committed
to excellence for all learners.
Michele De Bellis
601 South Baker Circle
Leander, TX 78641
Telephone (cell): 915–526–5027
Telephone (home/office): 512–778–6277
E-Mail: michele.debellis@gmail.com
Web site: Thinking Resource (new
window)
 David
Derby
Dave has been in education over 35 years and began his teaching career in 1972 serving his first
eleven years as a classroom teacher in grades 4-8. He received his B.A. Degree from the University
of California, Santa Barbara, and holds Master's Degrees in both school administration and human
resources and organization development from the University of San Francisco. From 1984 until
1998, Dave worked in Clovis Unified School District as a teacher, coach, resource teacher, and
principal. From 1998 to 2003, he served as the Executive Director of the California School Leadership
Academy at the San Joaquin Valley Leadership Center of the Madera County Office of Education.
From 2003 to 2006, he continued this work in the region as the Director of Regional Leadership
Services with Madera County. Since 2001 Dave has been an Adjunct Faculty member at Fresno Pacific
University teaching in the Graduate Division of the School of Education in curriculum leadership.
Starting in July 2006, Dave began his own leadership consulting business, The Central Valley
Leadership Alliance, serving teacher-leaders, principals, and district-level administrators with
an emphasis on Cognitive CoachingSM.
Dave has been involved in Cognitive CoachingSM since 2001 and facilitates the Foundation
Seminar for educators on all levels in the Central Valley of California. He is also a facilitator
for Stephen Covey's Seven Habits of Highly Effective People and conducts numerous workshops for
educational leaders, including Finding Results Through Continuous Improvement, School Leadership
Teams at Work, Leading Differentiated Instruction, Understanding Cultural Proficiency, Leading
Curriculum Design, The Leader in Building Collaborative Teams, Understanding the Power of School
Culture, The Leader in Empowering Others, and The Servant Leader in Our Schools Today.
Dave and his wife Beverly have been married for 36 years and have three adult children ages
24, 26, and 28. The Derbys have resided in Fresno since 1984. Both Beverly and Dave have been
employed in education since 1972 and continue to enjoy careers in teaching and leadership training.
Beverly is a mentor and coach in primary education and early childhood education. She has been
a first grade teacher for 31 years and has built her expertise around beginning reading and writing.
She serves as a Master Teacher, BTSA Support Provider, and Mentor in Clovis Unified School District,
training new teachers in the art and skill of teaching.
David M. Derby, Director, Central Valley Leadership Alliance (CVLA) &
Adjunct Faculty, Fresno Pacific University
Fresno, California
Telephone: 559–259–4104
E-mail: dderby@cvlaweb.com
Web site: http://www.cvlaweb.com/
 Michael
Dolcemascolo
Michael Dolcemascolo is the former Assistant Director of Staff Development at the Onondaga-Cortland-Madison
Board of Cooperative Educational Services, providing professional training to the 23 school districts
surrounding the city of Syracuse in central New York. Now an independent consultant, Michael
regularly presents workshops to educators on Cognitive CoachingSM, Adaptive Schools,
learning styles, presentation skills and many other topics to urban, suburban, and rural schools.
Michael delightfully spends much of his energy mentoring coaches who wish to become agency trainers
for their systems and also regularly facilitates groups that are planning, problem-resolving,
and engaging in change.
Michael holds Bachelor of Arts Degrees in philosophy and English from Montclair State University,
an M.A. in cultural symbol systems from Syracuse University's Department of Religion, and a C.A.S.
in educational administration from the State University of New York.
Michael Dolcemascolo
East Lake Coaching and Consulting, Inc.
2360 East Lake Road
Skaneateles, NY 13152
Telephone (home): 315-685-6598
Telephone (cell): 315-436-8790
E-mail: dolce@roadrunner.com
 Jenny Edwards,
Ph.D.
Dr. Jenny Edwards has taught grades K-5 and grade 7. She has also served in Staff Development
in Jefferson County Schools in Denver, Colorado. She is a Training Associate in Cognitive CoachingSM and
has done extensive research in the area. She co-authored and served as Project Director and Principal
Investigator for a $1.01 million grant for implementing Cognitive CoachingSM, Nonverbal
Classroom Management, and monthly dialogue groups from 1994 to 1997 in Jefferson County Schools.
She has conducted trainings in 11 countries in Spanish, French, Italian, and English. She has
most recently presented Adaptive Schools trainings in Mexico and Italy.
Jenny holds a BS and an MS from the University of Tennessee in Elementary Education, as well
as a Ph.D. from Fielding Graduate University in Human and Organizational Systems. She is presently
serving on the faculty at Fielding Graduate University for the doctoral program in Educational
Leadership and Change. She has written Cognitive Coaching: A Synthesis of the Research,
which is available on this Web site. She has also written Inviting
Students to Learn: 100 Tips for Talking with Students, which is being published by the Association
for Supervision and Curriculum Development.
Jenny Edwards, Ph.D.
3774 Mountainside Trail
Evergreen, CO 80439
Telephone: 303-674-0645
E-mail: jedwards@fielding.edu
 Jane
Ellison, Ed.D
Jane Ellison is Co-Director (with Carolee Hayes) of the Center for Cognitive CoachingSM and
Co-Director (with Carolee Hayes) of Kaleidoscope Associates, L.L.C., in Colorado. Kaleidoscope
is a corporation that focuses on building capacity in learning organizations. Kaleidoscope provides
consultation to school districts and other organizations in the areas of change and transition,
Cognitive CoachingSM, quality professional and organizational development, curriculum
development, effective instruction, supervision, facilitation and group development.
From 1992-1998 Jane was the Director of Elementary Education for Douglas County School District
Re. 1, Colorado, the fastest growing county in the nation. In that position, Jane was responsible
for the development of elementary standards and curriculum, the monitoring of instruction and
the supervision of principals. Jane also facilitated 17 elementary principal search committees.
Jane was a principal for 15 years–4 in Douglas County, Colorado and 11 in Tinley Park,
Illinois. Her teaching experience is in the primary grades and at the graduate college level.
She holds a B.A. in Elementary Education and Social Sciences from SMU, a M.Ed. in Elementary
Supervision from the University of North Texas, and an Ed.D. in Administration from VPI&SU,
Blacksburg, Virginia. She is licensed as a teacher and supervisor in Texas and as an administrator
in Colorado and Illinois.
Jane's experiences include teaching graduate classes in South America, attending the Principals'
Institutes at Columbia Teachers College and Harvard University, and chairing the Board of Directors
of the Principals' Center at University of Colorado, Denver. She is also a certified Teacher
and Principal Perceiver Specialist.
Among Jane's presentations and publications are:
Ellison, J, & Hayes, C. (2003) Cognitive Coaching: Weaving Threads of Learning and Change
into the Culture of an Organization. Norwood, Mass.: Christopher-Gordon.
Ellison, J. & Hayes, C. (2006) Effective School Leadership: Developing Principals Through
Cognitive Coaching. Norwood, Mass.: Christopher-Gordon.
"Big Enough?" with C. Hayes (1999, Winter). Journal of Staff Development, 20
(1), 38-43.
"A Systems Approach to Standards-based Education," with P. Grippe, E. Asp, C. Hayes.
Presentation at the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development Annual Conference,
March 1998.
"Using Cognitive CoachingSM in Informal Settings," "Sustaining Learning
After the Foundation Seminar," "Cognitive CoachingSM as Performance-Based
Staff Development," "Public Coaching," "A Parent Conference Map," with
C. Hayes. Presentations at the Cognitive CoachingSM National Leadership Network Symposia,
1996-1998.
"Developing a Group's Capacity for Dialogue" with R. Garmston and C. Hayes. Presentation
at the National Staff Development Council Annual Conference, November, 1997.
"Performance Based Staff Development: Two Models," with C. Hayes, C. Humbard, L. Durham.
Presentation at the National Staff Development Council Annual Conference, November 1997.
"Public Coaching," with Carolee Hayes. Presentation at the National Staff Development
Council Annual Conference, November 1995.
Jane Ellison
514 South Grant Street
Denver, CO 80209
Telephone (303) 400-8326
Fax (303) 400-8327
E-mail: ccsjane@gmail.com
 Robert J.
Garmston
Robert J. Garmston conducts presentations and workshops for educators, managers, and professionals
throughout the United States, and in Canada, Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East. Professor
Emeritus of Educational Administration at California State University, he is an educational consultant
specializing in leadership, learning, and personal and organizational development. Formerly a
classroom teacher, principal, director of instruction, and superintendent, Dr. Garmston is co-developer
of the Cognitive CoachingSM model and co-founder of the Institute for Intelligent
Behavior with Dr. Arthur Costa. He is developer of the Adaptive School model with Bruce Wellman.
He lives near Sacramento, California with his wife Sue and close to his five adult children,
and four grandchildren, who are, of course, cute and bright.
Active in many professional organizations, Dr. Garmston served as president of the California
Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development from 1989-1991 and as a member of the
Executive Council for the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development at the international
level from 1991-1994. He is the recipient of numerous awards including the 1996 Learned Article
of the Year by National Education Press Association and the 1999 Book of the Year by National
Staff Development Council (NSDC). He has been recognized by NSDC for his contribution to staff
development, and with his wife Sue, was co-recipient of The Helen Heffernan Memorial Award for
distinguished service to California education. He currently is a reviewer for the International
Journal of Leadership in Education.
In addition to working with educational groups, Dr. Garmston has consulted such diverse groups
as the Arabian American Oil Company, American Society for Training and Development, California
Probation Officers, National Association for Court Administration, League of Women Voters, National
Legislative Services and Security Association, Municipal Utilities Districts, United States Air
Force, and World Health Organization.
Selected Publications:
The Adaptive School: A Sourcebook for Developing Collaborative Groups (co-author with
Bruce Wellman). Christopher-Gordon Publishers, 1999.
The Presenter's Fieldbook: A Practical Guide. Christopher-Gordon Publishers, 1997.
Cognitive Coaching: A Foundation For Renaissance Schools (co-author with Arthur Costa).
Christopher-Gordon Publishers, 1994.
How to Make Presentations That Teach and Transform (co-author with Bruce Wellman). ASCD,
1992.
"The Psychology of Supervision: From Behaviorism to Constructivism." (co-author with
Laura Lipton). In Handbook of Research on School Supervision, Macmillan Library Reference
USA, 1998.
Robert J. Garmston, Ed.D.
337 Guadalupe Drive
El Dorado Hills, CA 95762-3560
Phone: (916) 933-2727
Fax: (916)933-2756
E-mail: FABob@aol.com
 Lucila A. Garza
Lucila A.
Garza has been an educator for 37 years. She is a certified teacher in Texas in elementary education
with a Master's Degree in gifted education. Her teaching experience ranges from kindergarten
to eighth grade. She is certified in the areas of special education, regular education, and gifted
education and has worked in the specialized field of alternative education. She was involved
in creating a school within a school at the middle school level for over-aged, at-risk youths
where she worked as lead teacher for the three teachers involved in the program. She was the
English/Language Arts teacher for this special population. This spectrum of experience has given
her first hand knowledge of children and the relationships that must be built in order to motivate
them to learn and be successful.
Founder of her own company, Mentoring Innovations, LLC, she is currently a training associate
for the Center for Cognitive CoachingSM and a state trainer for the Texas Beginning
Educator Support System (TxBESS), an initiative of the State Board for Educator Certification
and the Texas Workforce Commission. Luci trains mentors who offer support to their districts
in an effort to retain and recruit beginning teachers. She consults with districts to formalize
mentoring or induction programs. Additionally, she trains Habits of Mind and Adaptive Schools.
Lucila A. Garza
3409 Esperanza Crossing
Suite 7210
Austin, TX 78758
Telephone: 512-627-7859
E-mail: lucilag@mac.com
Luis Gonzalez
Luis is a Carmelite Priest and teaches at the Teresianum in Rome, which is the Carmelite University.
He also presents seminars in Mexico and in various other countries around the world when he
isn't teaching in Rome He is originally from Guadalajara, Mexico. He has written 62 books on
various topics designed to help people become all they can become and live the Christian life.
Recently he wrote a book on how to use Cognitive CoachingSM in a process called
spiritual accompaniment.
Luis Gonzalez
E-mail: luisjocd@hotmail.com
Judi Gottschalk
Judi Gottschalk retired in 2007 as principal of an urban elementary school in Phoenix, Arizona.
With 30 years of experience in Arizona public education, she has taught K-8 in regular education
and special education. In addition to classroom teaching experience, Judi has served as an
Instructional Specialist in the area of curriculum and instruction, assistant principal and
Director of Educational Programs, overseeing curriculum, federal projects and mentoring programs.
Judi has been associated with Cognitive CoachingSM since 1991 and has been training
administrators, teacher leaders, and mentors in school districts throughout the state of Arizona.
She earned her undergraduate degree in Education/Social Sciences at San Diego State University
and an MA in Educational Leadership at Northern Arizona University.
Judi Gottschalk
5941 North Echo Canyon Lane
Phoenix, AZ 85018
Telephone: 602–861–1426
E-mail: jgottschalk@msd38.org
 Sharon Graves
Sharon Graves has more than 25 years in the field of education at the elementary, secondary and
post-secondary levels as a teacher, program director and staff developer. As founder of Premiere
Development Group, an educational consulting firm, her mission is to "extend knowledge,
enhance skills and embrace learning as a life-long endeavor."
Specializing in leadership, teacher growth and instructional improvement, Sharon presents, consults,
trains and facilitates teachers and administrators nationally. She has done extensive work in
the areas of entry-year/mentoring; brain-based learning; differentiation; teaming; teacher leadership;
life balance and professional development portfolios.
Currently, she is a training associate for the Center for Cognitive CoachingSM. Sharon
also works as an associate with Dr. Rachel Billmeyer offering training in the development of
strategic readers and reading assessment. In addition to consulting, she also works part-time
as an educational gifted consultant for the Muskingum Valley Educational Service Center and enjoys
her new role as grandmother to little Daniel.
Sharon S. Graves
8130 Ridge Road
Zanesville, OH 43701
Telephone: 740-454-3237
E-mail: sgraves4@columbus.rr.com
 Carolee
Hayes, M.A.
Carolee Hayes is Co-Director (with Jane Ellison) of the Center for Cognitive CoachingSM and
Co-Director (with Jane Ellison) of Kaleidoscope Associates, L.L.C., in Colorado. Kaleidoscope
is a corporation that focuses on building capacity in learning organizations. Kaleidoscope provides
consultation to school districts and other organizations in the areas of change and transition,
Cognitive CoachingSM, quality professional and organizational development, curriculum
development, effective instruction, supervision, facilitation and group development.
From 1989-1998 Carolee was the Director of Professional Development for Douglas County School
District Re.1, Colorado. She developed and directed the nationally recognized Building Resource
Teacher program which places a staff developer in every school to support building level staff
development, new teacher induction, implementation of innovation in curriculum, and instruction
and assessment work. Ongoing staff and organization development to provide for quality implementation
of standards-based education in Douglas County, the fastest growing county in the nation, was
a priority for Carolee.
Prior to working for Douglas County, Carolee was a staff developer and middle school teacher
in Jefferson County, Colorado. She holds a B.A. in Family Studies from Colorado Women's College
and an M.A. in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of Denver. She is licensed as a
secondary teacher and administrator by the State of Colorado.
Carolee's publications include:
Ellison, J, & Hayes, C. (2003) Cognitive Coaching: Weaving Threads of Learning and Change
into the Culture of an Organization. Norwood, Mass.: Christopher-Gordon.
Ellison, J. & Hayes, C. (2006) Effective School Leadership: Developing Principals Through
Cognitive Coaching. Norwood, Mass.: Christopher-Gordon.
Hayes, C. (1995, Spring). "Public Coaching As a Tool for Organization Development." Journal
of Staff Development, 16(2), 44-47.
Hayes, C. (1994, November). "Promoting Professional Dialogue Through Cognitive Coaching." The
Developer, National Staff Development Council, p. 3.
Among Carolee's presentations are:
"A Systems Approach to Standards-based Education," with P. Grippe, E. Asp, J. Ellison.
Presentation at the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development Annual Conference,
March 1998.
"Using Cognitive Coaching in Informal Settings," "Sustaining Learning After the
Foundation Seminar," "Cognitive Coaching as Performance-based Staff Development," "Public
Coaching," "A Parent Conference Map," with J. Ellison. Presentations at the Cognitive
Coaching National Leadership Network Symposia, 1996-1998.
"Developing a Group's Capacity for Dialogue," with R. Garmston and J. Ellison. Presentation
at the National Staff Development Council Annual Conference, November, 1997.
"Performance Based Staff Development: Two Models," with J. Ellison, C. Humbard, L.
Durham. Presentation at the National Staff Development Council Annual Conference, November, 1997.
"Public Coaching," with J. Ellison. Presentation at the National Staff Development
Council Annual Conference, November, 1995.
Carolee Hayes, Co-Director
Center for Cognitive CoachingSM
Kaleidoscope Associates
225 Featherwalk Court
Highlands Ranch, CO 80126
Telephone: 303–683–1740
Fax: 303–683–1810
E-mail: ccscarolee@aol.com
 Carol
Hill
Carol became a Cognitive CoachingSM trainer as a direct result of her experience as
a Teacher in Residence for the Center for Educator Recruitment Retention and Advancement—South
Carolina (CERRA–SC). Carol is a National Board certified teacher. She has taught high school
English for fourteen years, and was a Teacher in Residence for three. She is currently the Ninth
Grade Academy Coordinator at South Florence High School.
Carol Hill has a Master's Degree in professional communication from Clemson University. Carol
has been involved with Cognitive CoachingSM since 2001. She has used Cognitive CoachingSM maps
and strategies in a variety of contexts in her work with students, teachers, parents, principals,
district office staff, National Board candidates, and South Carolina State Department of Education's
Office of Assessment committees. She has conducted trainings for heterogeneous groups of teachers,
principals, superintendents, district staff, state department personnel, curriculum specialists,
and professors of higher education.
Carol Hill, NBCT
South Florence High School
2025 Andrew Court
Florence, SC 29505
Business Telephone: 843–664–8190
Home Telephone: 843–665–8059
E-mail: cchill@fsd1.org
Marlene C. Honermann
Marlene C. Honermann is a prominent educator with more than 40 years of experience in education.
She presently works as an educational consultant.
Marlene has worked with students and teachers in grades K-12, focusing on the teaching and learning
of thinking skills. She has taught students in both rural and urban school districts where she
has served as a teacher, staff development coordinator and presenter, gifted education resource
teacher, and Title I coordinator.
Honermann is a trainer of Habits of Mind and has worked as a consultant to staffs in implementing
Habits of Mind in classrooms. Knowing the impact of teaching thinking skills on students' learning
pushed her to develop her knowledge of Cognitive Coaching and her pursuit to become a trainer.
For the last ten years, she has worked with teachers as their coach as well as a trainer. She
has experience working with all types of learners, including parents, administrators, teachers,
educational assistants and students. She has traveled to Russia and Siberia, where she worked
with teachers and students in developing a thinking skills curriculum.
Honermann is the recipient of the U.S. West 1990 Outstanding Teacher of Minnesota Award and
the Award of Excellence from the Minneapolis Public School District, and was named an Outstanding
Woman of America. Her goal is to "make connections happen" among all people for better
understanding of themselves and each other.
Marlene C. Honermann
3676 Lakeview Place
Minnetonka, MN 55305
Telephone: 952-935-5089
Fax: 952-988-9072
E-mail: Mhonermann@aol.com
Kathryn Kee
Kathryn (Harwell) Kee served for eight years as the Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum and
Instruction in the Grapevine-Colleyville ISD and twelve years as Director of Staff Development
in Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD before retiring in May of 2002, with 32 years in education.
Kathy is recognized for her energetic, effective, and innovative approaches to teaching and
leading which have brought her many leadership honors as both a teacher and administrator.
The greatest honors include serving as the first President and Executive Director of the Texas
Staff Development Council, the organization that selected her as 1993 Outstanding Staff Developer
in Texas; and serving as national chairperson for the National Staff Development Council Conference
held in Dallas in December of 1993 and serving as Board Member and President of the National
Staff Development Council from 1994-1999.
In her "retirement" Kathy is a founding member of Coaching for Results, an organization
committed to coaching school leaders to achieving the highest levels of leadership results in
teaching and learning. In addition, she is a Leadership Coach to Middle School Principals in
Houston and Dallas for the Galef Institute, a Comprehensive School Reform model which integrates
best practice and the arts while teaching standards through big ideas and guiding questions.
Adding to the exhilaration of retirement, she has returned to Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD to
develop electronic learning staff development sessions that will provide anytime, anywhere learning
for teachers. To round out her "retirement," she trains nationally in Carolyn Downey's "Walk
Through for Reflective Practice," and Bob Garmston's Cognitive Coaching, and Adaptive Schools.
Every single day provides efficacy and joy for our work!
Her philosophy is based on her commitment to dignify and empower people by teaching the skills
of self-evaluation and reflection and a steadfast belief that quality focused staff development
is the secret ingredient for every success in education.
Kathryn Kee
64 Hidden Valley Airpark
Shady Shores, TX 76208
Telephone (work): 972-948-0450
Telephone (home): 940-321-8789
E-mail: ronkatkee@centurytel.net or Kathy@coachingschoolresults.com
Barbara Lawson
Barbara Lawson is the Instructional Specialist for the Washington Education Association. She
has been an educator for 31 years. Her teaching experience includes teaching in a rural K-8
school, a suburban junior high school and urban high school as well as at the university level.
As a staff development director, she developed a mentoring and coaching program for both beginning
and experienced teachers, as well as demonstration sites for instruction and assessment practices
for a standards-driven system. As Director of Program Development for the Office of Superintendent
of Public Instruction, she guided policy and created programs to support teachers in education
reform for Washington State. She believes in creating practical applications of theory and
research for improved relationships and learning.
Since Barbara has been in more than 6000 classrooms and schools, she has extensive experience
coaching individuals, administrators and teams. In addition to peer assistance and facilitation,
she has conducted workshops for para-educators, teachers and administrators in a variety of areas
including leadership, decision-making, curriculum, instruction, assessment, classroom management,
and partnership conferencing.
Barbara is currently working on developing a state-wide system of "sustainability" for
education reform as well as co-authoring a book on the Science of Educational Dynamics.
Barbara has worked with Bob Garmston and Art Costa since 1985, both practicing and offering
training in Cognitive CoachingSM.
Barbara Lawson
1036 Paiute Trail
Fox Island, WA 98333
Home Telephone: 253–549–0790
Cell Phone: 253–720–6396
Email: blawson77@comcast.net
 Delores
B. Lindsey, Ph.D.
Delores Lindsey believes that the culture of an organization, or team, is best reflected by the
communication skills, language and stories used within the organization. She captures many of
these stories in her writing and speaking. As former Director of the California School Leadership
Academy at the Orange County Department of Education, Delores leads and coaches organizations
using motivational and inspirational communication skills, "strategic visioning" techniques,
team development strategies, and leadership standards for excellence. Drawing from her Southern
heritage, Delores shares her personal stories as a student, classroom teacher, middle school
principal, and professional developer. Audiences, workshop participants, and graduate students
appreciate her refreshing look at life within an organization as reflected in the stories and
language of its members.
An Assistant Professor at California State, San Marcos, Delores is a Cognitive CoachingSM Training
Associate and an Adaptive Schools consultant. She is co-author of Culturally Proficient Instruction:
A Guide for People Who Teach, 2002, (2nd ed., at press) and Culturally Proficient Coaching,
due fall 2006 from Corwin Press.
Delores B. Lindsey, Ph.D.
2215 View Crest Glen
Escondido, CA 92026
Telephone: 760-798-4526
E-mail: dblindsey@aol.com
 Chrysann
McBride
Chrysann McBride has recently been able to devote her work in education to full-time consulting
after thirty-two years in public education. She is a training associate for the Center for Cognitive
CoachingSM qualified to do training in Cognitive CoachingSM and Adaptive
Schools. She is also working on special instructional improvement projects and staff development
work locally and nationally.
Previous to her transition to consulting work, Chrysann was the Executive Director for the Department
for Learning and Educational Achievement at Jefferson County Public Schools, Colorado's largest
school district. Her work with this school district involved oversight and development of PreK-12
curriculum, assessments, and staff development. Chrysann worked with teachers and principals
in their professional development. She also developed a comprehensive instructional coaching
program for teacher development and school improvement for the 150 schools in the district. Chrysann
has over six years' experience leading and working with instructional coaches. Her experiences
with developing programs and working with very large systems to bring about instructional change
have been challenging and rewarding.
Chrysann's experiences as a teacher, teacher leader, and staff developer span twenty years.
She was also an elementary principal, opening a new school and working six years as a central
administrator in instruction in the superintendent's cabinet. Her educational background includes
an undergraduate degree in elementary education with endorsements in early childhood education
from Indiana State University and a Master of Arts Degree in elementary education from the University
of Evansville. She earned her administrative license at the University of Denver.
Chrysann McBride
2239 South Flower Way
Lakewood, CO 80227
Telephone: 303–989–8958
E-mail: chrysann@comcast.net
 MaryLou
McGirr
MaryLou McGirr is an Education Specialist with Technology & Innovation in Education (TIE),
Rapid City, South Dakota. TIE is an organization committed to being a source of professional
development. Its mission is to assist and empower educational communities and organizations to
respond productively and responsibly in a networked global society.
As an Education Specialist, MaryLou works collaboratively with the South Dakota Department of
Education, NSU E-learning Center, National Math and Science Institute, and U.S. Department of
Education. In addition to serving as a Training Associate, her responsibilities include consulting,
facilitating, coordinating, strategic planning, evaluating, group development, and organizational
development. MaryLou's current focus is on developing and implementing Cognitive CoachingSM sustainability
practices within communities of learners.
MaryLou holds an M.S.Ed. in School Counseling and certifications in Gifted and Computer Education.
As an educator for 23 years, MaryLou taught both elementary and high school students, developing
and implementing computer and gifted education curricula. MaryLou also implemented the Advanced
Placement Program and served as the coordinator for 15 years. Her experience also includes independent
consulting and teaching undergraduate education courses at Huron University.
MaryLou has presented both statewide and nationally. She has extensive experience developing
content and delivering training in many areas including: professional learning communities, on-line
Advanced Placement, needs of high-level learners, and both teacher and principal leadership.
MaryLou's presentation style incorporates personal involvement, humor, and a high level of energy
focusing on relationships.
MaryLou McGirr, M.S.Ed.
Education Specialist
Technology & Innovation in Education (TIE)
1925 Plaza Boulevard
Rapid City, SD
Telephone: 605–391–2824, 605–347–5270
E-mail: mmcgirr@tie.net
Web site: Technology & Innovation
in Education: Education Consultants (new window)
 Doreen
Miori-Merola
Doreen Miori-Merola, an English teacher for 33 years, has taught everything from academic intervention
to advanced placement. She has a B.S. from SUNY Oswego in English/secondary education, did graduate
work in diagnostic and prescriptive reading at Oswego, and received an M.S. in English education
advanced study from Syracuse University. She is currently the Advanced Placement Teacher, Yearbook
Advisor and the ELA Content Specialist for the Solvay Union Free School District, in charge of
curriculum, assessment, data analysis, professional development, and AIS for grades 4 through
12. Doreen is a national Training Associate for Cognitive CoachingSM and also provides
professional development in curriculum writing and unit design. Doreen has also been trained
in Adaptive Schools, Habits of Mind and the NCATE and SACI accreditation processes. Doreen holds
memberships in ASCD, NCTE, NYSSDC and other professional organizations.
Home Address:
Doreen Miori-Merola
160 Orchard Road
Solvay, New York 13209
Home Telephone: 315–468–4280
Cell Phone: 315–559–4280
Email: dmerola@solvay.cnyric.org or dmerola@hotmail.org
 Loretta
Norgon
Loretta Norgon is a private consultant specializing in coaching, training of coaches, and training
of classroom observers.
Recently retired with 34 years of service to the Brainerd Public Schools in Minnesota, she served
as coordinator of the Brainerd Teacher Support System (BTSS), a three-year comprehensive induction
program for new teachers. From the program's inception in 1996, she was responsible for development,
delivery, funding, evaluation, and ongoing revision of five program components, as well as training
and support for new teachers and mentors. Under her leadership, BTSS received state and national
recognition as an exemplary mentorship/induction program and model.
Loretta also served as coordinator of the district's music department, providing training and
leadership to district and state music educators for development of curriculum, assessment, reporting,
and instructional strategies. She is the author of 11 publications, and co-author of three, in
music education. Professional recognition has included Minnesota Music Educator of the Year,
St. Olaf College Distinguished Alumna, Ashland Oil Teacher Achievement Award, Brainerd Teacher
of the Year, Minnesota Teacher of Excellence, and Minnesota Honor Roll Teacher.
Also a former instructor for Southwest Minnesota State University, Loretta has presented hundreds
of workshops, clinics, and training series for local, state, and national audiences on topics
including Cognitive CoachingSM, new teacher retention, mentorship, induction, professional
development planning, portfolio development, authentic assessment, standards-based learning,
Teacher Expectations Student Achievement (TESA), Para E-Link, para-mentoring, Pathwise Observation
System, and Framework for PC: software for classroom observation.
Loretta Norgon, Cognitive CoachingSM Training Associate
11472 Forestview Drive
Baxter, MN 56425
Telephone: 218–829–2991
Cell Phone: 218–839–4019
Fax: 218–825–0934
E-mail: norgon@charter.net
Mary Oberg
Mary Oberg is a career educator with 36 years of experience as a classroom teacher, resource
teacher, administrator, and coordinator of programs for students at all grade levels. For the
past 21 years, she has served as a consultant in the areas of diversity, organizational development,
leadership, staff development design, curriculum design, instructional strategies and assessment
in the Minneapolis Public Schools. Mary is currently the Staff Development Coordinator for
the West Metro Education Program (WMEP), a consortium of Minneapolis Public Schools and nine
suburban school districts dedicated to leadership and implementation of a voluntary desegregation
program. In this capacity, Mary models Cognitive CoachingSM with teachers, administrators
and staff to implement a more inclusive multi-cultural curriculum to meet the needs of a changing
and increasingly diverse student population. The diversity of learning styles and the impact
of poverty are concepts integrated into all of Mary's workshops and presentations.
Mary's expertise derives from a wide range of educational projects and programs that have been
under her direction: Whole Brain Learning Project, Curriculum Standards implementation, Instructional
Design Systems, Gifted/Talented Programmatic Design, Thinking and Reasoning Skills, and research
on the Impact of Standards on Diverse Urban Populations.
Mary teaches graduate courses in curriculum design, effective teaching techniques, implications
of culture and style on teaching and learning, Cognitive CoachingSM, Habits of Mind,
and the Chadwick Consensus model. She is co-author of the book, Creating Culturally Responsive
Classrooms.
Mary Oberg
1001 West 105th Street
Minneapolis, MN 55431-3103
Telephone: 952-888-7801
Fax: 952-888-7801
E-mail: mlobrg@aol.com
 Peggy Olcott
Peggy Olcott is an independent consultant with over 20 years experience in education ranging
from elementary and middle school teaching to district level coordination of curriculum and
instructional programs. For the past eleven years, Peggy provided leadership for professional
development initiatives at both the district and state levels including organizing and supervising
the new staff support programs in several districts. Currently, Peggy is a national training
associate for Cognitive CoachingSM and also presents workshops and seminars in the
areas of mentoring, curriculum articulation, thinking skills, and reading and writing strategies.
Peggy holds a B.A. from the University of California, Santa Barbara and an M.Ed. from City University
in curriculum and instruction. She also has completed an administrative licensure program at
Portland State University.
Peggy Olcott
6209 Pacific Ave., Unit 304
Playa del Rey, CA 90293
Telephone: 310-745-4707
Cell Phone: 206-335-0362
E-mail: polcott@hotmail.com
 Denise
Overall
Denise is an educational consultant and associate trainer in Cognitive CoachingSM.
She retired from the Toronto District School Board after 33 years in education. She was Coordinator
of Thinking Skills and Values Education for the former Scarborough (Ontario, Canada) Board of
Education and a Staff Development Coordinator for both Scarborough and the amalgamated Toronto
Boards.
As an agency trainer in Cognitive CoachingSM for the Toronto Board, she provided
training for superintendents, school administrators, literacy and numeracy coaches, secondary
student success consultants, Reading Recovery teacher leaders, curriculum coordinators and instructional
leaders, business managers, teachers and support staff.
Denise has master's degrees in English and adult education, and qualifications in school librarianship,
reading, and special education. She has taught for both York University and The Ontario Institute
for Studies in Education at the University of Toronto.
Since retiring, Denise has consulted for a number of school boards in the Province of Ontario,
the Ontario Ministry of Education, and the Sector Councils in Ottawa. Her present area of interest
is supporting the establishment of a culture of coaching within a large school district, including
the development of on-line resources and facilitating the integration of coaching into literacy-based
school networks.
Denise Overall
33 Long Island Crescent
Toronto, Ontario M1C 5E5
Canada
Telephone: 416–284–4049
E-mail: denise.overall@rogers.com
 Diane
Phillips
"To dance with a system is to
listen to its beat and then move towards new moves, new rhythms and new patterns."
For Diane Phillips, this is the learning that is called Cognitive CoachingSM. Diane,
Assistant Superintendent of a school division in Winnipeg, Manitoba, and her partners, Marilyn
Onisko, Middle Years Consultant, and Cognitive Coaching Training Associate, John Dyer, from Calgary,
Alberta, issued invitations to divisional and provincial partners to join in the dance and listen
to the tune of a different drummer. Subsequently over the years, in a division of 500+ employees,
over two thirds of the teaching staff and all of the administrative staff were trained in the
Foundation level of Cognitive CoachingSM and many enjoyed the Advanced Training. Diane,
Marilyn and John saw increased efficacy throughout the division and the province as people began
to take some new steps in an ever-changing culture.
With this CC rhythm as her guide, Diane choreographed her work at the provincial, national and
international level as she presented numerous workshops on topics such as: The Adaptive School,
Differentiating Instruction, Learning Styles, Multiple Intelligences, Leadership for Literacy,
Literacy in the High School, Dimensions of Learning, Authentic Assessment, School Climate, School
Planning, and, of course, Cognitive CoachingSM.
One could say that she never really worked "from 9-5," but instead carries the tools,
maps and strategies of coaching into "who she is still becoming." Honouring teacher
and administrator reflection and collaboration, the dance continues in a swirl of colour and
the joy of constant learning.
Diane Phillips, Education Consultant
Box 335
Arnes, Manitoba R0C 0C0
Canada
Telephone: 204-642-4186
Email: diphill66@mts.net
 Ochan
Kusuma-Powell
Ochan Kusuma-Powell has been involved with Cognitive CoachingSM since the early 1990s.
She received her Ed.D. from Columbia University and has developed and implemented inclusive special
education programs in the United States, Indonesia, and Tanzania. Ochan has taught in both regular
and special education programs and most recently taught at the International School of Kuala
Lumpur in Malaysia. Ochan is the author of Language and Learning Problems (1992) and a
co-author of Count Me In! Developing Inclusive International Schools (2000). She is a
trainer for the International Teacher Training Center and has presented numerous workshops, institutes
and seminars for international school audiences on differentiation, various aspects of special
education, learning styles, ESL and learning disabilities. Ochan also serves as adjunct faculty
for the State University of New York at Buffalo.
At the present time, Ochan is Co-Director, together with her husband William Powell, of Education
Across Frontiers, an organization dedicated to the professional development of international
school teachers and administrators. Ochan and Bill are presently working on a book entitled Making
the Difference: Differentiated Instruction in International Schools, which will be published
in mid-2007.
Ochan and Bill share their time between Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and the French Pyrenees.
Ochan Kusuma-Powell
Education Across Frontiers Sdn. Bhd.
A2-1 Desa U-Thant
14 Jalan Taman U-Thant
55000 Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
Office Telephone: 603–2161–5626
Cell Phone: 6019–2323–604
Email: Okpowell@eduxfrontiers.org
 William
Powell
William Powell has been involved with Cognitive CoachingSM since the early 1990s,
when he invited Bob Garmston and Art Costa to conduct the Cognitive CoachingSM Foundation
Seminar at the International School of Tanganyika in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Bill served as
CEO of the International School of Tanganyika from 1991 to 1998. Most recently, he introduced
Cognitive CoachingSM into the International School of Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia, where
he served as Headmaster from 2000–2006.
Bill has an undergraduate degree in English Literature and a Master's Degree in Education and
School Administration. Bill is a trainer for the Principals' Training Center and is a frequent
workshop presenter at international teacher conferences. He is a co-author, together with his
wife Ochan Kusuma-Powell, of Count Me In! Developing Inclusive International Schools and
co-author of School Board Governance Training: A Sourcebook of Case Studies. He has also
contributed a chapter on the application of Cognitive CoachingSM in teacher recruitment
to Cognitive Coaching: Weaving Threads of Learning and Change into the Culture of an Organization,
edited by Jane Ellison and Carolee Hayes.
At the present time, Bill is Co-Director, together with his wife Ochan, of Education Across
Frontiers, an organization dedicated to the professional development of international school
teachers and administrators. Bill and Ochan are presently working on a book entitled Making
the Difference: Differentiated Instruction in International Schools, which will be published
in mid-2007.
Bill and Ochan share their time between their home in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and a tumbled
down farmhouse in the French Pyrenees where Bill and a handful of sheep attempt—unsuccessfully—to
keep the European brambles at bay.
William Powell
Education Across Frontiers Sdn. Bhd.
A2-1 Desa U-Thant
14 Jalan Taman U-Thant
55000 Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
Office Telephone: 603–2161–5626
Cell Phone: 6012–315–3961
Email: Bpowell@eduxfrontiers.org
 Sue
Presler
Sue is a teacher with 29 years of experience and has taught at every level, elementary through
high school. She is still frequently seen talking to kids at school and about school. Sue continues
to be in classrooms teaching, co-teaching, and planning with teachers who have attended her workshops.
Sue has been involved in providing professional development for administrators and teachers
for the past 20 years. First as the Director of Professional Development for Loess Hills Area
Education Agency #13 in Council Bluffs, Iowa, and later as an independent consultant. She developed
a New Teacher Induction program for AEA #13 and ran a Principal's Academy there as well.
Sue has presented nationally and internationally for the Association for Supervision and Curriculum
Development, the National Staff Development Council, The American Association of Educational
Service Agencies, and the International Thinking Conference in Melbourne, Australia. She has
developed presentation expertise across a diverse range of areas including Cognitive CoachingSM,
Adaptive Schools, Habits of Mind, Presentation Skills, Teaching Reading in the Content Areas,
and the application of Charlotte Danielson's Framework for Teaching.
Sue began her independent consulting in 2001 working with school districts across the United
States, Australia, and Southeast Asia. She is a training associate for:
Rachel and Associates (new
window)
Center for Cognitive Coaching
Center for Adaptive Schools (new
window)
Habits of Mind (new window)
The Danielson Group (new window)
Sue Presler
2641 N. 113th Street
Omaha, NE 68164
Telephone (home): 402-493-0225
Telephone (work): 712-366-0503
E-mail: spresler@aea13.k12.ia.us
 Toni
Prickett
Toni Prickett is the owner and founder of Region Insights, an educational entity whose primary
focus is helping educators build internal capacity. She facilitates individuals and groups who
desire a deeper understanding of constructivist learning, group development, group facilitation,
and coaching. As a National Training Associate for the Center for Cognitive CoachingSM and
the Center for Adaptive Schools, she has the privilege of helping state departments of education,
superintendents, principals, staff developers, and teachers enhance their own capacity to be
self-reflective and self-governing. In addition to educators, she enjoys opportunities to facilitate
the planning and decision-making processes of businesses and civic organizations. Toni is also
certified as an Immunities to Change trainer based on Robert Kegan's constructive-developmental
work. She has had the privilege of presenting at both state and national conferences and presents
for the international schools.
Toni has both an undergraduate and graduate degree in mathematics and has teaching experience
at the elementary, middle and high school levels. She cites her students, both past and present,
as her greatest teacher.
Toni Prickett
Region Insights
2801 Riverbirch Road
Hutchinson, KS 67502
Telephone: 620–899–0658
E-mail: tonip@regioninsights.com
 Suzanne
Riley
Suzanne Riley is an educational consultant specializing in leadership and collaborative group
development. Suzanne's expertise includes training development, refinement, delivery and evaluation
processes. She provides facilitating, presenting, consulting and coaching skill development seminars
for teachers and administrators across the United States. Formerly a classroom teacher, program
director and staff developer, Suzanne is currently an associate working with Robert J. Garmston,
Ph.D., co-developer of the Cognitive Coaching model and the Adaptive School model. In addition
to her ongoing work with Dr. Garmston, Suzanne has presented at a variety of conferences and
educational symposiums, notably the Center for Teaching and Learning, New Teacher Symposium -
New Teacher Center, University of California, Santa Cruz, Association of California School Administrators,
California Department of Education: School's In Symposium, the Professional Development Conference
for Mentors and Teacher Leaders and the National Staff Development Council Annual Conference.
Suzanne Riley
318 Spear Street, #3E
San Francisco, CA 94105
Telephone: 916–337–4579
E-mail: suzzzanneriley@att.net
 Jim
Roussin
Jim Roussin is a strategic change consultant and a national trainer for the Center for Cognitive
CoachingSM. He is also an associate of Human Systems Dynamics, an institute that is
using complexity theory to impact organizational development work. Jim has consulted for a variety
of organizations across the U.S., such as the Executive Board for the National Education Association
(NEA) in Washington, D.C., and Educational Testing Service (ETS) in New Jersey to develop a coaching
model for Charlotte Danielson's Framework for Teaching. He has conducted numerous trainings in
his career for audiences from business to education. In February of 2006, Jim traveled to India
with Berkana Learning Exchange to explore new forms of leadership that are emerging in global
communities. He was recently elected by educators across the nation to serve as a member of the
Board of Trustees for the National Staff Development Council.
Jim Roussin is also the founder and Executive Director of Generative Human Systems. This non-profit
organization is a learning practice that is exploring the life maps that unfold our full human
potential.
Jim Roussin
1260 119th LN NW
Coon Rapids, MN 55448
 Linda
Salzman
Linda Salzman has over 30 years experience as an educator and trainer working with local and
state education agencies, non–profits, and corporations in Maryland, North Carolina, and now
in Florida. She has developed and implemented a multitude of health education curricula and trainings
for audiences from pre-school to adult. Linda has been involved in wellness education since 1975
and in the field of substance abuse prevention and early intervention since 1980. Over the course
of her career, she has created, implemented, and administered a number of prevention programs
for middle and high school youth and their parents and caregivers. Health education is her profession,
her avocation, and her passion—a perfect connection to her work in Cognitive CoachingSM as
a training associate and trainer for the School District of Palm Beach County.
Linda Salzman, Specialist
Prevention Center in the Department of Safe Schools
School District of Palm Beach County
West Palm Beach, FL 33406
Telephone: 561–494–1544
Fax: 561–494–1556
E-mail: salzman@palmbeach.k12.fl.us
 Lynn
Sawyer
Lynn Sawyer is an international educational consultant, presenting workshops and seminars on
Cognitive CoachingSM, Learning-Focused Supervision, Facilitating Collaborative Groups,
Mentoring Matters, Presentation Skills, Data-Driven Dialogue, Habits of Mind, and Coaching the
Framework for Teaching.
In her many years an educator, Lynn Sawyer has been an alternative high school
teacher, curriculum specialist, and professional developer. As the Director of Professional Development
for the Washoe County School District (90 K-12 schools, 4000+ teachers), Reno, Nevada, and administrator
of a regional professional development agency, she trained a staff of professional development
providers and conducted workshops and seminars. She led a district wide implementation of a teacher
evaluation system based on Enhancing Professional Practice: A Framework for Teaching,
(Danielson, ASCD, 1996), which includes a coaching model to support teacher self-directedness.
She is a Training Associate for the Center for Cognitive CoachingSM, MiraVia, ASCD
Faculty, Center for Adaptive Schools, and the recently established Danielson Group.
Lynn's publications include: "Revamping a Teacher Evaluation System," Educational
Leadership, February 2001, and "Integrating Cognitive Coaching with a Framework for
Teaching," a chapter in Cognitive Coaching: Weaving Threads of Learning and Change
into the Culture of an Organization, (Ellison & Hayes, Christopher-Gordon, 2003).
Lynn Sawyer
Sawyer Educational Consulting
3094 Ten Mile Drive
Sparks, Nevada 89436
E-mail: lsawyer50@aol.com
Telephone: 775–843–5345
 Kathy B. Schwalbe
Kathy Schwalbe is an educational consultant specializing in new teacher development, teacher
leadership and virtual learning communities. Kathy’s expertise includes training development,
refinement, delivery and evaluation processes. She provides facilitating, presenting, consulting
and coaching skill development seminars for teachers and administrators across the United States.
Formerly a classroom teacher, program director and founding chair of the Board Certification
Network of South Carolina Educators, Kathy is currently an independent consultant for various
education associations and school districts.
Kathy served as a leader in the creation of the incentives program for National Board Certification
candidates and the current Induction and Mentoring Guidelines endorsed by the State of South
Carolina. In addition to her ongoing work as an Associate Trainer and NBCT Faculty member, Kathy
has presented at a variety of conferences and educational symposiums, notably the Center for
Educator Recruitment, Retention and Advancement's Teacher Leaders Workshops, the New Teacher
Center Symposium, and the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards.
Kathy B. Schwalbe
106 Bridlewood Place
Goose Creek, South Carolina 29445
Telephone: 843–573–7794
843–670–9412
Email: kschwalbe@comcast.net
 Carol
Brooks Simoneau
Carol Brooks Simoneau, Ed.D., graduated from the University of Nebraska with a Bachelor of Arts
Degree in elementary education. She earned a Master of Science Degree with a reading specialist
endorsement and an educational administration and leadership endorsement from Kansas State University.
Carol earned a doctorate in educational administration and leadership from Kansas State University.
Carol has worked as a teacher and reading specialist with students of all ages. As a reading
specialist, she modeled instructional strategies in the classroom and worked with students in
intervention programs designed to prevent reading failure. She has also chaired or served as
a member on improvement visitation teams designed to develop school community and facilitate
achievement. Carol has received the Kansas State Department of Education Distinguished Educator
Award. She has also served on the Board of Directors for the Kansas Staff Development Council.
Carol is the author of A Facilitator's Guide to On-line Professional Development: Establishing
Communities of Learning and Cultures of Thinking (Brooks Simoneau, C., & Bailey, G.),
currently in publication.
Carol is a national Training Associate for Cognitive CoachingSM, Adaptive Schools,
and also provides professional development in reading and writing. In addition, Carol is a trainer
for brain research expert Dr. Pat Wolfe. This training focuses on new developments in brain research
and its application to the classroom.
Carol Brooks Simoneau
P.O. Box 468
Concordia, KS 66901
Telephone: 785–243–0889
E-mail: carolsimoneau@gmail.com
 William
A. Sommers, Ph.D.
William A. Sommers, Ph.D. is currently a Program Manager for Southwest Educational Development
Laboratory (SEDL) in Austin, Texas. During the 2004-05 school year, he was the Principal of Chaska
High School in Chaska, Minnesota.
Bill is a Senior Fellow for the Urban Leadership Academy at the University of Minnesota, and
he is on the Board of Trustees and President-elect for the National Staff Development Council.
Bill is the former Executive Director for Secondary Curriculum and Professional Learning for
Minneapolis Public Schools and is also an Adjunct Professor of Educational Leadership at Hamline
University in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Since 1990, Bill has been an associate trainer for the Center for Cognitive CoachingSM,
based in Denver, Colorado. Bill has co-authored five books: Living on a Tightrope: A Survival
Handbook for Principals, Becoming a Successful Principal: How to Ride the Wave of Change
Without Drowning, Reflective Practice to Improve Schools, A Trainer's Companion,
and Energizing Staff Development Using Video Clips. In addition to writing many articles
on coaching, assessment, and reflective thinking, he also does training in poverty, leadership,
organizational development, conflict management, brain research, and classroom management.
Bill has worked in K-12 education from 1970 to the present as a teacher and principal in urban,
suburban, and rural schools. He also has served as an adjunct faculty member at the University
of St. Thomas, St. Mary's University, the Union Institute, and Capella University.
Office:
Bill Sommers
SEDL
211 East 7th. Street
Austin, TX 78701
Telephone: 800–476–6861, ext. 247
E-mail: wsommers@sedl.org
Home:
Bill Sommers
7205 Seneca Falls Loop
Austin, TX 78739
Telephone: 512–291–7061
E-mail: wsommers@austin.rr.com
 Sharon
Storrier
Sharon Storrier is the former Director of School Quality Services at OCM BOCES, a regional unit
providing staff development to the city of Syracuse, New York, and the twenty-three surrounding
school districts. Prior to this, Sharon was a building and district level administrator. She
has a B.A. from Fredonia State and M.S. and C.A.S. degrees from the State University of New York.
Her teaching experience includes working with elementary, middle, and high school students as
well as adults.
Sharon is a national training associate for Cognitive CoachingSM and Adaptive Schools.
She has worked extensively with administrators, teachers, colleges, and community groups to increase
student achievement. She presents a myriad of workshops, including Cognitive CoachingSM,
Adaptive Schools, Collaborative Analysis of Student Work, Teachers Addressing the Language of
Literacy with Kids (TALK), presentation skills, and facilitation skills. Sharon regularly works
with administrators and instructional coaches, facilitates leadership retreats and problem-solving
sessions, and provides professional development for school districts and building faculty. She
has a zest for learning and sharing her experiences with others.
Sharon Storrier
4969 Cornish Heights Pkwy.
Syracuse, NY 13215
Telephone (home): 315–433–2662
Telephone (cell): 315–708–4600
E-mail: sstorrier@twcny.rr.com
Michele Tissiere
Michele Tissiere is an educational consultant, long-term administrator and teacher with extensive
experience in the creation of processes for effective change, helping to shape faculty, peer
and classroom cultures. Currently she is working in Denver, Colorado, with elementary, middle
and secondary schools and districts, urban and suburban, on leadership, curriculum, assessment
and instruction, personalization of classroom and school-wide practices, and effective professional
learning models for staff. She is also supporting districts, principals and leadership teams
in urban, suburban and rural secondary schools on the development of advisory programs in: Colorado;
San Diego, California; Missoula, Missouri; and Austin, Texas.
As an administrator of 14 years, she has experience in leadership, strategic planning, conflict
management, climate survey design, adult development, professional learning models, teaming models
for collegial inquiry and reflective practices, effective school-based initiatives, thinking
strategies for learning, curriculum design, and constructive disciplinary practices and policies.
As a long-term teacher, she taught English, history and humanities, and consulted in diverse
school environments spanning urban, suburban, public and private. From these experiences she
developed an array of skills to facilitate academic success for all students, especially overachieving,
reluctant, resistant and failing students.
Michele Tissiere
Denver, Colorado
Telephone (cell): 303–564–3296
E-Mail: mtissiere@gmail.com
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