Cognitive Coaching Seminars®
The mission of Cognitive CoachingSM is to produce self-directed persons with the cognitive capacity for excellence both independently and as members of a community. Research indicates that teaching is a complex intellectual activity and that teachers who think at higher levels produce students who are higher achieving, more cooperative, and better problem solvers. It is the invisible skills of teaching, the thinking processes that underlie instructional decisions, which produce superior instruction. Cognitive CoachingSM is a research-based model that capitalizes upon and enhances teachers' cognitive processes.
In the eight-day Seminars, participants learn how to:
- build trust by developing physical and verbal rapport.
- develop an identity as a mediator of people's thinking.
- utilize three mediative maps for planning, reflecting and problem resolving.
- facilitate self-directed learning through reflective questioning.
- develop teachers' autonomy and sense of community.
- develop higher levels of efficacy, consciousness, craftsmanship, flexibility and interdependence.
- distinguish four support functions: coaching, evaluating, consulting, collaborating.
- practice coaching interactions to differentiate for individual needs.
- utilize the coaching toolkit of pause, paraphrase, and pose a question.
- apply coaching skills that enhance the intellectual processes of instruction.
- distinguish between the five categories of feedback.
Configurations for the Cognitive Coaching Seminars®
Cognitive Coaching Seminars® are an eight-day training generally conducted over an 18–24 month period of time. It can be delivered in flexible formats depending on the needs of the agency. Agendas for Days 1–4 include the Planning Conversation Map and the Reflecting Conversation Map as well as the tools of Cognitive CoachingSM. Days 5–8 provide for skill refinement and understanding of the Problem-Resolving Map. Some configurations for scheduling suggested by the Center and our Training Associates include:
Configuration 1:
- Days 1 and 2 consecutively, Days 3 and 4 consecutively spaced over one school year
- Days 5 and 6 consecutively, Days 7 and 8 consecutively spaced over a second school year
Configuration 2:
- Days 1 and 2 consecutively, Days 3 and 4 consecutively spaced over one school year
- Day 5
- Days 6–8 consecutively spaced over a second school year
Configuration 3:
- Days 1–3 (sometimes offered as a summer institute)
- Days 4 and 5
- Days 6–8
Other configurations are possible. The Training Associate will tailor scheduling to the needs of the agency. Training materials are available at a trainer's discounted rate. Please contact Lisa Joseph at ccclj@aol.com. To view upcoming training dates, click the "Seminar Offerings" button above.
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