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.



 
Cognitive Coaching Foundation Seminar®—various locations & dates
Application Academies
      Group Coaching
      Cognitive CoachingSM in the Classroom
      Cognitive CoachingSM for School Leaders
Proficiency Modules
      Promoting Self-Directedness
      Using Data to Mediate Thinking
      Coaching with Filters of Perception
      Reflecting and Planning Maps
      Coaching Tools
      The Problem-Resolving Map
Advanced Seminar—various locations & dates
Leadership Network Symposium—Denver—January 24–28, 2011
Trainers' Forum —Denver—September 29–October 1, 2010
Distance Cogntive CoachingSM
 



 

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.

 



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' under- standing 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
     

 



 
We would like to extend an invitation to all colleagues who have completed the Cognitive Coaching Foundation Seminar® to come together to network with colleagues from around the world. Training will include small and large group sessions designed to develop coaching skill and fluency, increase effectiveness of coaching applications and presentations, and broaden our collective knowledge base.

You'll be able to network with leaders in Cognitive CoachingSM and learn about the latest thinking in Cognitive CoachingSM. Anyone having completed the Cognitive Coaching Foundation Seminar® may attend, but registration is limited to the first 80 registrants, so register soon.

Symposium
Location:

Denver Marriott South at Park Meadows (new window)
10345 Park Meadows Drive
Littleton, Colorado 80124

Symposium room rate: $139.00 per night for a single or double room.

Schedule:
Trainers' Meetings
(for CC trainers only)

Monday, January 24
8:30 AM–4:30 PM

Tuesday, January 25
8:30 AM–4:00 PM

 
 
 
Cognitive CoachingSM Training Associates' Meeting

Cognitive CoachingSM Agency Trainers' Meeting
(Optional for Training Associates)

Pre-Conference

Wednesday, January 26
8:30 AM–4:00 PM

 

Robert Kegan, Ph. D. will pre­sent: "Personal Learning for Professional Development: Understanding and Over­coming the 'Immunity to Change'"

Pre-Conference flyer

Dr. Kegan's bio
 

Symposium

Wednesday, January 26
5:00 PM

Thursday & Friday,
January 27 & 28


 

Opening reception and dinner for Symposium

Symposium sessions until
2:30 PM, Friday


Fees:
Pre-Conference alone: $200.00

Symposium alone: $400.00

Pre-Conference and Symposium: $550.00 (a $50.00 discount when registering for both)
 
Registration:
 
On-line registration form and further accommodation information to follow. Please check back later.
 
 
 

Denver, CO—September 29–October 1, 2010


Combined Adaptive Schools,
Cognitive CoachingSM, & Habits of Mind
Trainers' Forum

Featuring Co-Trainers Michelle De Bellis (HOM),
Michael Dolcemascolo (AS), Jane Ellison (CC),
Carolee Hayes (CC), & Carolyn McKanders (AS)


 

What is the Cognitive CoachingSM Trainers' Forum?  For those familiar with the Trainers' Forums in past years, this year's Forum has a new design that will include Cognitive CoachingSM, Adaptive Schools, and Habits of Mind trainers. The Forum will last 3 days, with 2 days focusing on presentation skills and a third day when registrants can attend a workshop of their choice in training design for Adaptive Schools, Cognitive CoachingSM, or Habits of Mind. Registration is for all three days.

The Trainers' Forum is an opportunity to develop a rich understanding of the training design for Cogntive CoachingSM, Adaptive Schools, and Habits of Mind. This training is required to become a Cognitive CoachingSM or Adaptive Schools Training Associate (national and international consultant) and highly recommended for those wishing to become an Agency Trainer (district or other agency-based trainer).

Participants will be given individual reading assignments to complete prior to attending the training and will engage in a highly interactive seminar for the three days of the Forum.

Forum Dates:

September 29:
8:30 AM—Combined sessions on presentation skills

5:00 PM—Reception
 
September 30:
8:30 AM—Combined sessions on presentation skills
 
October 1:
8:30 AM—Training design for Cognitive CoachingSM, Adaptive Schools, or Habits of Mind

Registration Fee:  $800.00

Who Should Participate?  Training associates, agency trainers, and anyone aspiring to become an Adaptive Schools, Cognitive CoachingSM or Habits of Mind trainer. A prerequisite for the Forum is that attendees must have completed the first level training for Adaptive Schools, Cognitive CoachingSM, or Habits of Mind.

Location:




 

Denver Marriott South at Park Meadows (new window)
10345 Park Meadows Drive
Littleton, Colorado 80124

Map:   
   

Registration:
 
 

Click one of the buttons below to register on-line:
 
 

   
 
 
 

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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