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Future Learning Opportunities
The Center for Cognitive CoachingSM strives
to provide ongoing learning opportunities which build
capacity within systems to sustain the work of Cognitive
CoachingSM using minimal external resources.
The following learning opportunities are offered
as a means for continued internal capacity building.
The Cognitive Coaching Seminar® Foundation
is 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 1-4 consecutively in a Summer Institute
- Days 5 and 6 and Days 7 and 8 consecutively
the following year
Other configurations are possible.
The Training Associate will tailor scheduling to
the needs of the agency. Cost of materials per participant
is approximately $40 and includes a handbook and
hardback book, Cognitive Coaching: A Foundation
for Renaissance Schools. To view upcoming training
dates, click the button below to visit the Foundation
Seminar Training Dates page.
Application Academies are one-day
trainings designed to extend and apply learning from
the Cognitive Coaching Foundation Seminar®.
Application Academies provide participants with an
opportunity to study and learn to apply Cognitive
CoachingSM in ways that go beyond the
one-on-one coaching between principals and teachers.
Current Application Academy offerings
are listed below. If you are interested in attending
one of these learning opportunities, please contact
the trainer listed for that offering.
If you are interested in offering
any of these Academies in your agency as follow-up
to Foundation Seminars, please contact Carolee
Hayes or Jane Ellison,
Co-Directors for the Center.
- Group Coaching
None scheduled at this time.
Prerequisite: Cognitive Coaching Foundation
Seminar®.
Description: Cognitive CoachingSM was
developed as a means to support individuals. As
knowledge of that process developed, questions
arose about how the same knowledge, skills and
tools might be applied with groups and organizations.
Given the shortage of time in schools, it makes
sense to think about group and organizational applications
of coaching. This academy will consider how group
coaching differs from facilitation and individual
coaching. Core group coaching capabilities will
be described as a framework for thinking about
how small group coaching skills build on individual
coaching skills. Applications and possibilities
for the impact of group coaching will be explored.
Principles and practices for using Cognitive CoachingSM as
a tool for developing collaborative groups will
be presented.
- Cognitive CoachingSM in
the Classroom
None scheduled at this time.
Prerequisite: Cognitive Coaching Foundation
Seminar®.
Description: As Cognitive CoachingSM permeates
the culture of a school and becomes a part of the
way staff interacts with each other that way of
communicating also extends to students, parents
and community members. This academy will focus
on the ways teachers are using Cognitive CoachingSM with
students and in parent-teacher conferences. Perhaps
the most basic unit in any school‚’s communication
with those outside the school is the parent-teacher
conference. Applying Cognitive CoachingSM to
this key form of communication enhances parents’ understanding
of their child‚’s learning, their teacher‚’s interpersonal
communication skills and the school‚’s norms of
thinking and collaboration. Without classroom applications
of Cognitive CoachingSM ideals, the
values and beliefs of Cognitive CoachingSM will
live and die with the adults in the system. Many
teachers use the principles of Cognitive CoachingSM intuitively
or informally with their students. Applying Cognitive
CoachingSM in a deliberate, intentional
way increases the self-directedness of students.
- Cognitive CoachingSM for
School Leaders
None scheduled at this time.
Prerequisite: Cognitive Coaching Foundation
Seminar®.
Description: When Cognitive CoachingSM is
a priority with the principal of a school, he or
she surpasses the concept of the principal as instructional
leader and becomes the organizational developer
of the school. As such, the principal‚’s focus
is on developing: 1) shared norms and values, 2)
knowledge of principals of learning and teaching,
3) collaborative decision-making structures, and
4) processes that provide for ongoing growth, efficiency
and effectiveness. Leaders who use Cognitive CoachingSM increase
the capacity for self-directedness within their
organization. This Academy will explore the ways
in which principals can embed the principles of
thinking and collaboration into the culture of
their building, so that they are expected ways
of interacting with everyone in the school.
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Proficiency modules are one-day trainings
designed to deepen knowledge and skill acquired in
Part 1 of the Cognitive Coaching Foundation Seminar®.
Modules can be implemented individually or in a 2-,
3-, 4- or 5-day sequence. Modules provide an opportunity
for participants to customize training to meet their
unique needs. The following are the types of Proficiency
Module training currently available:
- Promoting Self-Directedness—deepens
participants understanding of the concept of holonomy
and its inherent tensions. States of mind are revisited
for richer use in coaching individuals and groups.
- Using Data to Mediate Thinking—designed
to support principals and coaches wishing to develop
a culture where data is a source of continual renewal
and improvement. Participants will have the opportunity
to review and consider the processes of the Cognitive
CoachingSM Planning and Reflecting Map
in relation to using data to mediate thinking.
The module will support both individual and group
coaching using data.
- Coaching with Filters of Perception—reviews
the learning about Filters of Perception from the
Foundation Seminar. In addition other filters are
introduced. Participants will consider how filters
of perception relate to cognitive shift.
- Reflecting and Planning Maps—explores
each region of the planning and reflecting maps
and provides participants with the opportunity
to deepen their understanding of the relationship
between the two maps.
- Coaching Tools—explores each region
of the planning and reflecting maps and provides
participants with the opportunity to deepen their
understanding of the relationship between the two
maps.
- The Problem-Resolving Map—provides
deep review of the Problem-Resolving Map. Participants
will practice using the tool of pacing using a
rubric. The Lead and the strategies for inviting
cognitive shift will be revisited.
An outline of training topics covered in the Proficiency
Modules can be see in this PDF document (requires
Adobe Acrobat Reader): Proficiency
Modules Outline.
Advanced
Seminars provide refinement and depth of learning
for those desiring to achieve expert proficiency
in Cognitive CoachingSM and are highly
supportive of those who wish to begin the pathway
to becoming an in-district trainer. By participating
in this training, learners will:
- refine and extend core coaching capabilities
and skills
- develop skills with advanced forms of paraphrasing,
probing for specificity, and inquiring to mediate
the thinking of others
- expand the possibilities of and applications
for our identities as mediators
- frame personal coaching mastery as a journey,
not a destination
Registration Fees: The registration fee for
all Advanced Seminar offerings listed below is $1,200.00
for individual registrants, or $1,100.00 per registrant
for those who will be attending as a team of three
or more people. The registration fee covers the cost
of the seminar and workbooks and refreshments provided
during the seminar.
 The Advanced Seminar in Lake Tahoe will be
held at the North Tahoe Conference Center in Kings
Beach, California, July 14–18, 2008, and the trainers will
be Jane Ellison and Linda
Bersinger. For more
information, please click the "Lake Tahoe" button
below.
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Review of the 2008 Symposium
The 14th Annual Cognitive CoachingSM Leadership
Network Symposium was held in Denver, Colorado from
January 23-26, 2008, with over 100 people participating.
This year's theme was Leading and Sustaining Mindful
Cultures. One participant wrote:
What a fabulous time I had at the symposium
and now I have, once again, arrived home energized
and empowered by the events of the past week. I must
say it is the one time a year that I am surrounded
by a room full of like minds with the passion and
understanding of the CC process and the desire to
be self-directed and life-long learners. It is like
no other community of people that I have ever been
associated with and I am blessed to have the opportunity
to "be," and stay connected with such like
minds. Seeing old faces, meeting new faces, and making
connections are just added bonuses to the week.
What I need now is about 2-3 months to just stay
home and read books I purchased, and will purchase,
as a result of the Symposium—however others
will not see it my way—so I must be patient
and it will all get done in time.
This year's Symposium featured a
preconference, Coaching for Improved Performance
through Trust, Strength-Based Inquiry, and Compassionate
Communication with Megan Tschannen-Moran, author
of Trust Matters. Megan deepened our understanding
of the five facets of trust she has identified from
her own research and the literature on trust: benevolence,
honesty, and competence, openness, and reliability.
She pointed out that the first two are the most critical
and the others serve as indicators that benevolence
and honesty are present. As Cognitive Coaches, we
were reminded how critical those trust factors are
in creating the conditions to invite teachers to
do what is required to improve schools. Tschannen-Moran
said that trust has many benefits including infusing
positive energy, creating more adaptive and agile
organizations, and assisting in utilizing resources
to the greatest advantage.
Wednesday night's opening banquet
was an opportunity for participants to renew old
friendships and make new acquaintances. We were all
inspired to think about the power of States of Mind
after viewing the video, Gifts from the Fire.
Thursday morning began by introducing the newest
Training Associates, Linda Salzman, John Clarke,
and Dave Derby.  Art Costa and Bob Garmston, the co-developers
of Cognitive CoachingSM, presented "Enriching
Rituals," a seminar that engaged us in thinking
about how one prepares as a coach. All of us became
aware of being more intentional and conscious in
our work. [Art and Bob's presentation handout in
Word format (new window): "Enriching
Rituals."]
In the afternoon, Jane Ellison and Carolee Hayes,
presented, "What's Your Mindset?" They
shared the work of researcher Carol Dueck regarding
the effects of a fixed mindset versus a growth mindset.
The group considered the implications of the two
mindsets for student learning and for coaching.
Throughout Thursday, Friday, and
Saturday, a featured speaker was Jim Roussin, one
of the Center's Training Associates. The title of
Jim's presentation was "Mindful Coaching: Exploring
New Paradigms for Self-Directed Learning." The
four modules are represented below through compelling
quotes Jim shared with us. [Jim's slides in PDF format
(new windows): (1) Module
1, (2) Modules
2 & 3, (3) Module
4.]
Module 1—Weaving Positive Patterns of Potentiality—The
Warps and Wefts of the Coach's Loom
"The work of human works...[is] to establish, in and by means of each one
of us, an absolutely original center in which the universe reflects itself in
a unique and inimitable way."—Pierre Teilhard De Chardin
Module 2—Inviting the Powerful Observer—Coaching
the Invisible
"The range of what we think and do is limited by what we fail to notice.
And because we fail to notice that we fail to notice, there is little we can
do to change until we notice how failing to notice shapes our thoughts and deeds."—R.
D. Laing
Module 3—Mapping 4 Perceptual Positions
for Meaning & Action—The Learners Walk
"Would you tell me, please, which
way I ought to go from here?"
"That depends a good deal on where you want to get to," said the Cat.
"I don't much care where—" said Alice.
"Then it doesn't matter which way you go," said the Cat.
"—so long as I get somewhere," Alice added as an explanation.
"Oh, you're sure to do that," said the Cat, "if you only walk
long enough."
—Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland
Module 4—Symbolic Modeling and Clean Language—The
Metaphors of Change
"In oneself lies the whole world, and if you know how to look and learn,
then the door is there and the key is in your hand. Nobody on earth can give
you either that key or the door to open, except yourself."—J. Krishnamurti
Jim's very stimulating presentation stimulated us
all to higher levels of thinking about our consciousness
and craftsmanship. View Jim's slide show review
of the Symposium by clicking the play button (pop-up window): 
In addition to several great workshops presented
by participants on a variety of topics, there were
four dialogue groups that exchanged thinking about
three topics generated by the 100+ participants:
- What might be some ways that we can energize
systems to embrace CC and intelligent thought so
that we can prepare our students for the unknown
future?
- In order to get to the deep structures, how do
you balance the duality of being present in the
moment and listening while simultaneously analyzing
and making decisions?
- In supporting systems, how might we think differently
in providing access to CC training to more diverse
populations, i.e., parent, students, administrators,
etc.?
- How might we infuse CC dynamics into data-driven
PLC's without everyone being formally trained?
Three book studies invited participants to share
their thoughts and reactions to some recent books
related to the work of Cognitive Coaches:
- Leadership on the Line by Heifetz and
Linsky
- Thinking-Based Learning: Activating Students'
Potential by Swartz, Costa, Beyer, Reagan, & Kallick
- Mindfulness by Daniel Siegel
It was a stimulating week for all. We look forward
to seeing you next year in Denver for the next Symposium,
already being planned. Here is the schedule:
Monday, January 19, 2009
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Thursday–Friday, January
22–23, 2009
Training Associates meeting
Meeting for Training Associates, Agency Trainers,
and trainers who have begun co-training
Preconference and Conference opening banquet
Conference ends at 2:30 PM.
 What
is the Trainers' Forum? An opportunity
to develop rich understanding of the Cognitive
Coaching Foundation Seminar® training
design. This training is required to become
a training associate and highly recommended
for those wishing to become an agency trainer.
Participants will be given some individual
reading and assignments to complete prior
to attending the training and will engage
in a highly interactive seminar for the two
and a half days of the Forum.
Who should participate? Any
training associate, agency trainer, or anyone
aspiring to become a Cognitive CoachingSM trainer.
Where & When?
Future venue and dates to be announced.
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What is Distance Cognitive CoachingSM?
Distance Cognitive CoachingSM provides
for personalized Cognitive CoachingSM over
the telephone. Your coach will assess your needs,
set goals with you, and set up a plan for your support.
Many CEOs and other leaders have used this type
of coaching to enhance their performance. It can
be short- or long-term, depending on your needs.
The goal is to support your growth and success in
whatever areas you choose.
How do I access this service?
 Review
the list of Distance Cognitive Coaches by clicking
on the button to the right and then clicking on the
names of coaches you might want to contact. Clicking
on a name in this list gives you access to information
about that person. You can then contact one of these
coaches by e-mail or phone to set up your initial
conversation.
How much will it cost?
Your initial conversation is free. Each conversation
after that is $100. Your coach will invoice you directly.
What if I have other questions?
Contact Carolee Hayes, Co-Director of the Center
for Cognitive CoachingSM at ccscarolee@aol.com.
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