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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