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 Coaching^SM 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 Coaching^SM 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 Coaching. 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 Coaching^SM 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 Coaching. 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

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 (2010).

Carol is a national Training Associate for Cognitive Coaching^SM and Adaptive Schools, and also provides pro­fessional development in reading and writing. Carol has trained under Drs. Robert Kegan and Lisa Lahey and is qualified to conduct an Immunity to Change^TM workshop. The Immunity to Change^TM approach is designed to help individuals and organizations make personal and collective changes that are most important to them, yet have proven resistant to careful planning and heartfelt intentions. 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
Wichita, KS 67212
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Telephone: 785–243–0889
E-mail: carolsimoneau@gmail.com

John Clarke

John Clarke is a private consultant and a training associate with the Center for Cognitive Coaching. 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, the United States, and Australia 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 Coaching^SM, 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 Coaching^SM.

Dave has been involved in Cognitive Coaching^SM 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 & 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 Coaching^SM, 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 Coaching^SM 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 Coaching^SM, 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 Coaching 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 Coaching^SM, 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 Coaching^SM in Informal Settings," "Sustaining Learning After the Foundation Seminar," "Cognitive Coaching^SM as Performance-Based Staff Development," "Public Coaching," "A Parent Conference Map," with C. Hayes. Presentations at the Cognitive Coaching^SM 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, Bob Garmston is co-developer of the Cognitive Coaching^SM 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, Bob 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, Bob 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-authored 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-authored with Arthur Costa). Christopher-Gordon Publishers, 1994.
   
• How to Make Presentations That Teach and Transform (co-authored with Bruce Wellman). ASCD, 1992.
   
• "The Psychology of Supervision: From Behaviorism to Constructivism." (co-authored with Laura Lipton). In Handbook of Research on School Supervision, Macmillan Library Reference USA, 1998.

Robert J. Garmston, Ed.D.
1846 Sapphire Way
El Dorado Hills, CA 95762

Telephone: 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 Coaching 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
11910 Brookwood Road
Austin, TX 78750

Telephone: 806–674–1513
E-mail: lucilag@mac.com

Luis Gonzalez

Luis is a Carmelite priest and teaches at the Teresianum in Rome, Italy, 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 Coaching^SM 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 Coaching^SM 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: judigott@cox.net

Abigail Graham

Abigail Graham (B.Sc., Grad. Dip. Ed., Grad. Dip. IT) is an experienced educator with over 25 years experience as a teacher and teacher leader. Her work is currently focussed on leadership coaching of school leaders in collaborative evidence-based team practice, facilitating teacher professional learning and coaching mathematics instruction with students of all ages. She also has extensive experience in school leadership roles and as a classroom teacher of mathematics, science and IT in secondary schools.

In 2007 she was awarded the Lindsay Thompson Fellowship in recognition of "Excellence in Educational Leadership." The Lindsay Thompson Fellowship is the highest award offered each year to an educational leader in the state of Victoria, Australia, to "promote action research and to disseminate exemplary and innovative teaching and learning practice for the benefit of all teachers." This Research Fellowship involved the study and shadowing of leadership teams in high performing schools in the United States, United Kingdom and Japan. The focus was on instructional models, coaching, and collaborative practice to strategically improve school and student performance data.

Abigail has a particular interest in developing cognitively powerful dialogue between leaders, teachers and students that links evidence to action in order to improve student learning outcomes.

Abigail Graham
P.O. Box 155
Neerim South
Victoria, Australia, 3831

Telephone: (+61) 408 542 594
E-mail: gdew5@bigpond.com

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 Coaching. 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

Gavin Grift

Gavin Grift, B.Ed., was a public school educator for 18 years, serving as a teacher, assistant principal, cluster leader and coach. During his tenure with the Department of Education in Victoria, he led the development of an on-line curriculum planning process (Mulberry Hill) that was utilized statewide and the successful implementation of Action Research for Portfolios and Student Led Conferences leading to the publication of Assessing the Whole Child: How to Create Powerful Portfolios and Student Led Conferences, co-authored with Jane Satchwell.

Over the past five years, Gavin has led the Curriculum Planning Hub for the Australian National Schools Network and served as Director for Attitude in Education. He was responsible for writing and facilitating professional learning programs including:

• Teachers as Architects: Let Learning Lead the Way
   
• Connect: Bridging the Gap Between Educators and Youth
   
• Breaking Down the Walls: Curriculum Design for Authentic Learning

Gavin's expertise, passion and experience have culminated in extensive work in the challenge of school improvement. He currently serves as a Training Associate for the Center of Cognitive Coaching (Costa, Garmston) and as a Training Associate for Professional Learning Communities at Work^TM (DuFour, DuFour, Eaker).

As a Training Associate for PLCs^TM Gavin is currently working closely with five schools as they embark on becoming internationally certified Professional Learning Community^TM schools.

Gavin works nationally and internationally. His work outside of Australia has taken him to the United Kingdom, Sweden and the United States of America.

Gavin is currently the Director of Professional Learning for Hawker Brownlow Professional Learning Solutions.

Gavin Grift's published works include:

Books

Grift, G., & Satchwell, J. (2007). Assessing the Whole Child: How to Create Powerful Portfolios and Student Led Conferences. Cheltenham, Victoria, Australia: Hawker Brownlow Education.

Multimedia

"Mulberry Hill Cluster Online Curriculum Planner." (2007). Department of Education and Early Childhood Development. Retrieved from http://www.education.vic.gov.au/studentlearning/curriculum/preptoyear10/guidelines/phase2/psg/mulberryhill.htm

"Towards Student Centred Learning Professional Learning Resources" (2007). [Compact Disc]. Strawberry Hills, New South Wales, Australia: Australian National Schools Network.

Professional Articles

Grift, G. (2010). "Professional Learning Communities Where All Students Can Learn." Teacher: The National Education Magazine. Camberwell, Victoria, Australia: Australian Council for Educational Research.

Grift, G. (2009). "Beyond Four Walls: Curriculum Design for Authentic Learning." Teacher: The National Education Magazine. Camberwell, Victoria, Australia: Australian Council for Educational Research.

Grift, G. (2008). "The ANSN Curriculum Planning Hub: An Introduction From Gavin Grift." ANSN Snapshot. Strawberry Hills, New South Wales, Australia: Australian National Schools Network. (Can be downloaded as a PDF file from http://www.nsn.net.au/files/ANSN_Snapshot_2_2008_web.pdf)

Gavin Grift
Hawker Brownlow Education
2/47 Wangara Road
Cheltenham, Victoria, Australia 3192

E-mail: ggrift@hbpls.com.au

Carolee Hayes

Carolee Hayes is Co-Director (with Jane Ellison) of the Center for Cognitive Coaching 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 Coaching^SM, 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 Coaching
Kaleidoscope Associates
225 Featherwalk Court
Highlands Ranch, CO 80126

Telephone: 303–683–1740
E-mail: ccscarolee@aol.com

Carol Hill

Carol Hill became a Cognitive Coaching^SM 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 Coaching^SM since 2001. She has used Cognitive Coaching^SM 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

Natalie Irons

As an educator with over 20 years of experience, Natalie Irons believes in the capacity and development of all individuals. As a Training Associate for The Center for Cognitive Coaching, Natalie trains school teams and mentor teachers working with pre-service students. Her long-term work as a support provider for UCLA Center X involves presenting and facilitating for group development and school-wide literacy. Also, as a Writing Project Fellow with the UCLA Writing Project, Natalie supports K-12 teachers and students with reading and writing strategies. Combining her love of teaching and writing, Natalie and her colleague, Karin Flickstein, published their first of 16 children's stories, Samantha Spider: Using All of Your Senses, based on the Habits of Mind (Costa, Kallick). Additionally, A National Board Certified (NBC) Teacher in Early Adolescence/English-Language Arts, Natalie also supports NBC candidates and schools with National Board processes.

Balancing personal and professional life, Natalie finds time between her husband and three young children to blend her love of reading and writing into her professional work. She also has a passion for dance, particularly ballet. She has learned quilting from her mother, and when she finds a little extra time, she loves creating a quilt for someone special.

Natalie Irons, NBCT
647 Center Street
EL Segundo, CA 90245

Telephone: 310–854–2546
E-mail: natirons@gmail.com

Linda D. Jungwirth, Ed.D.

Dr. Linda Jungwirth, President of Convening Conversations, Inc., is passionately devoted to coaching and building educators' capacities to engage in courageous conversations about student learning, instructional practice, leadership, and collaboration using the lens of Cultural Proficiency to achieve equity, access, and success in rigorous and relevant 21st century learning for all students. Dr. Jungwirth is recognized nationally and internationally for her work in Cultural Proficiency, personal and organizational leadership, professional communities learning, data-driven dialogue, and transforming culture. As a Training Associate for Cognitive Coaching^SM, Linda supports educators in being mediators of thinking as they learn and apply the knowledge and skills of Cognitive Coaching^SM. As a Training Associate for Adaptive Schools, she supports educators in being professional communities, learning as they facilitate and develop collaborative groups and as they grow personally and professionally as skillful group members.

Dr. Jungwirth currently is a practitioner for leading and coaching transformational change through her work with ConnectEd, the California Center for College and Career and through Convening Conversations. Her work includes providing Cognitive Coaching^SM and Adaptive Schools leadership training, and multi­disci­plin­ary/problem-based learning curriculum development for Linked Learning staff and pathways. As the former Coordinator for the Advancement of Small Learning Environments at the San Bernardino County Superintendent of Schools, Dr. Jungwirth led 19 high schools in 11 school districts in systemic high school reform, impacting over 75,000 students. In her work as coordinator for the California Technology Assistance Project, Region 10, Dr. Jungwirth provided leadership and professional development for integrating technology and 21st century skills into standards-based learning for 66 school districts in Southern California.

As co-author of Corwin's best seller, Culturally Proficient Learning Communities: Confronting Inequities Through Collaborative Curiosity, Dr. Jungwirth supports organizations in realizing systemic school reform, addressing equity and social justice issues. Awards include: Educator of the Year for Region 10 by the California League of High Schools (CLHS) for her support of high school reform and transformation of large schools into small learning communities, and the Association of California School Administrators (ACSA) Wilson A. Grace Award for her ideals of tolerance, compassion, and professional leadership, and as a leader who motivates and inspires personal and professional growth in others.

Dr. Jungwirth serves as adjunct professor in Pepperdine University's Educational Leadership, Administration and Policy Doctoral Program, and as a mentor and leadership coach to administrators within various school systems. Her work includes guiding educational leaders in participatory action research, while applying the principles of Cognitive Coaching^SM, Cultural Proficiency, and Adaptive Schools. She inspires educators to be culturally proficient Level 5 leaders and innovators in educational reform.

Linda D. Jungwirth, Ed.D., President, Convening Conversations, Inc., and
    Linked Learning Coach, ConnectEd: The California Center for College and Career
1330 Candela Street
Redlands, CA 92373

Telephone: 909–335–1688
E-mail: ljungwirth@ConveningConversations.com
Web site: http://ConveningConversations.com (new window)

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 6,000 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 Coaching^SM.

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 B. Lindsey, Associate Professor at California State University, San Marcos, has served as a middle grades and high school teacher, assistant principal, principal, and county office of education administrator. She is a Training Associate for Cognitive Coaching^SM and Adaptive Schools. Her primary focus is developing culturally proficient leadership practices. She is co-author of Culturally Proficient Instruction: A Guide for People Who Teach (2nd ed., 2005), Culturally Proficient Coaching: Supporting Educators to Create Equitable Schools (2007), and Culturally Proficient Learning Communities: Confronting Inequities Through Collaborative Inquiry (2009). Using the lens of cultural proficiency, Dr. Lindsey helps educational leaders examine their policies and practices, as well as individual beliefs and values about cross-cultural communication. Her message to her audiences is focused on socially just educational practices, culturally proficient leadership practices, and diversity as an asset to be nurtured. Dr. Lindsey facilitates educators to develop their own inquiry and action research. Her favorite reflective question is: Are we who we say we are?

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 Coaching qualified to do training in Cognitive Coaching^SM 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 Coaching^SM 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 57702

Telephone: 605–391–2824, 605–347–5270
E-mail: mmcgirr@tie.net
Web site: Technology & Innovation in Education: Education Consultants (new window)

Carolyn McKanders

Carolyn's background includes 28 years of experience in Detroit Public Schools as a teacher, counselor and staff development specialist. Presently, she presents seminars internationally on developing Adaptive Schools, enhancing presentation effectiveness, facilitation skills, and Cognitive Coaching^SM. She also provides Polarity Management^® training, which supports organizations in identifying and managing competing tensions inherent in social systems. As an educational consultant, Carolyn specializes in individual, group and organization development. Her passion is promoting quality human relationships through communication, collaboration and leadership skills development.

Carolyn has extensive experience in group facilitation. She has successfully helped groups to clarify vision and work collaboratively to achieve professional community and desired results. In addition to her work in educational settings, she is a family and women's counselor. From her counseling experience she brings to her work a deep belief in the unlimited capacity and resilience of the human spirit.

Carolyn holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in child development and education from Michigan State University, a Master of Arts Degree in counseling and education from the University of Michigan, and a Master of Social Work Degree in family and children services from Eastern Michigan University.

Carolyn McKanders, Consultant
2372 Bering Drive
Houston, TX 77057

Telephone: 313–378–5078
E-mail: carolyn.mckanders@gmail.com

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 Coaching^SM 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 Coaching^SM, 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 Coaching^SM 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 Coaching^SM 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 Coaching^SM, 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 Coaching^SM 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 Coaching^SM. 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 Coaching^SM 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

Ochan Kusuma-Powell

Ochan Kusuma-Powell has been involved with Cognitive Coaching^SM 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: powell@eduxfrontiers.org

William Powell

William Powell has been involved with Cognitive Coaching^SM since the early 1990s, when he invited Bob Garmston and Art Costa to conduct the Cognitive Coaching^SM 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 Coaching^SM 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 Coaching^SM 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 Kusuma-Powell, 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 Coaching^SM, 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 (cell/business): 402–880–7762
E-mail: spresler@tconl.com

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 Coaching 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^SM 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 Coaching. 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

Telephone: 763–439–0835
E-mail: jim.roussin@gmail.com

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 Coaching^SM 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 Coaching^SM, 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 Coaching, 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: 843–953–5982
Email: SchwalbeK@cofc.edu

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 Coaching^SM 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 Coaching^SM, 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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