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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
 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
 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 or michele.debellis@hotmail.com
 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 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.
Jenny Edwards has been involved in doing research
on Cognitive CoachingSM since 1991. She
co-authored and directed a $1.02 million grant from
the U.S. Department of Education to use Cognitive
CoachingSM, Nonverbal Classroom Management
and monthly Dialogue Groups to assist teachers in
implementing Standards-Based Education. The Pleasant
View Project details the results of that project.
She has trained educators in Cognitive CoachingSM in
Mexico and the Philippines, as well as in the U.S.
Jenny Edwards
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@aol.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 lives in Austin, Texas, with her husband
of 38 years, Richard. They have four children and
6 grandchildren.
Lucila A. Garza
11910 Brookwood Road
Austin, TX 78750
Telephone (home): 512-258-2757
Telephone (cell/business): 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
8770 Forrest Drive
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
 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 Cogntive 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
 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 a consultant for, and founder of,
Region Insights. She facilitates professional development
in the areas of coaching, trust, thinking skills,
and building leadership capacity among teachers.
In her work as a national training associate for
the Center for Cognitive CoachingSM, she
has had the privilege of working with students, teachers,
coaches, administrators, district office personnel,
and state departments of education.
Toni's educational background includes teaching
at both the middle school and high school levels
and working in professional development. Toni holds
both a Bachelor's Degree and a Master's Degree in
mathematics education.
Toni Prickett
Region Insights
P.O. Box 225
Geneseo, KS 67444
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
207 King Street, #512
San Francisco, CA 94107
Telephone: 916–337–4579
E-mail: suzanneriley@comcast.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 Director of Professional Development
(a part of the Human Resources Division) for the
Washoe County School District in Reno, Nevada, a
district of 83 K-12 schools and 3,700 teachers. Lynn
oversees professional development for certified,
classified, and administrative staff during the induction,
growth, and mastery phases of development. As part
of her responsibilities in the Human Resources Division,
she guided a Teacher Evaluation Task Force in developing
a new system for teacher evaluation based on Enhancing
Professional Practice: A Framework for Teaching,
(Danielson, 1996, ASCD). Focused on fostering teacher
self-reflection and self-directed growth, the system
was field-tested for two years, and implemented district-wide
in Fall 2000. It is supported with staff development
for teachers and administrators in pedagogical best
practices, Cognitive CoachingSM for mentor
teachers and administrators, and content foundational
to the student academic standards.
Lynn's experience includes ten years as a teacher
in an alternative high school, where her emphasis
was on higher order thinking skills based on the
work of Art Costa (Habits of Mind). She spent nine
years as a professional development trainer of teachers,
and four years as a curriculum coordinator for curriculum
revisions and text adoptions in core content areas.
She is a Cognitive CoachingSM Training
Associate, a member of the ASCD Faculty (Association
for Supervision and Curriculum Development) in the
areas of Teacher Performance/ Evaluation, Habits
of Mind, and Building Consensus and Collaboration
in Educational Settings. She has also done extensive
training in cooperative learning and best instructional
strategies. An interesting strand has been conducting
long-range goal-setting and consensus workshops for
School Boards in Nevada and California.
Lynn is also the Director of the Northwest Regional
Professional Development Program, established by
the Nevada State Legislature to provide intensive
professional development for teachers and administrators
in three counties in implementing the Nevada Student
Academic Standards.
Lynn Sawyer
Washoe County School District
Reno, Nevada
E-mail: LSawyer50@aol.com
 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 Simoneau 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 a national Training Associate for Cognitive CoachingSM and also provides professional development in reading, writing, curriculum design, and assessment. 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 Simoneau
P.O. Box 468
Concordia, KS 66901
Telephone: 785–243–0889
E-mail: carolsimoneau@nckcn.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
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