Research on Cognitive Coaching^SM

Eight Benefits of Implementing
Cognitive Coaching^{SM 1}

1. Cognitive Coaching^SM was linked with increased student test scores and other benefits for students.
   
   
2. Teachers grew in teaching efficacy.
   
   
3. Cognitive Coaching^SM impacted teacher thinking, causing teachers to be more reflective and to think in more complex ways.
   
   
4. Teachers were more satisfied with their positions and with their choice of teaching as a profession.
   
   
5. School cultures became more professional.
   
   
6. Teachers collaborated more.
   
   
7. Cognitive Coaching^SM assisted teachers professionally.
   
   
8. Cognitive Coaching^SM benefitted teachers personally.
   
   

Twelve Recommendations for
Implementing Cognitive Coaching^SM

1. Establish long-term, district-level support to provide training and to support teachers as they implement Cognitive Coaching^SM.
   
   
2. Enlist principals' support and modeling of Cognitive Cognitive Coaching^SM.
   
   
3. Be aware of implementation concerns and use tools like the Concerns-Based Adoption Model (CBAM) Stages of Concern and Levels of Use when implementing Cognitive Coaching^SM.
   
   
4. Recognize that all teachers can benefit from being involved in Cognitive Coaching^SM.
   
   
5. Create norms of collaboration.
   
   
6. Invite voluntary participation.
   
   
7. Establish a trusting environment.
   
   
8. Involve teachers right away in implementing coaching skills.
   
   
9. Structure time for Cognitive Coaching^SM.
   
   
10. Recognize that teachers tend to use Cognitive Coaching^SM skills on an informal basis more frequently than they use the formal Planning Conversation, Observation, and Reflecting Conversation.
    
    
11. Allow for a variety of Cognitive Coaching^SM interactions.
    
    
12. Distinguish coaching and evaluation.