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Research on Cognitive CoachingSM
 

Nine Benefits of Implementing
Cognitive CoachingSM *

  1. Cognitive CoachingSM was linked with increased student test scores and other benefits for students.

  2. Teachers grew in teaching efficacy.

  3. Cognitive CoachingSM 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 CoachingSM assisted teachers professionally.

  8. Cognitive CoachingSM benefited teachers personally.

  9. Cognitive CoachingSM benefited people in fields other than teaching.
     

Twelve Recommendations for
Implementing Cognitive CoachingSM

  1. Establish long-term, district-level support to provide training and to support teachers as they implement Cognitive CoachingSM.

  2. Enlist principals' support and modeling of Cognitive CoachingSM.

  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 CoachingSM.

  4. Recognize that all teachers can benefit from being involved in Cognitive CoachingSM.

  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 CoachingSM.

  10. Recognize that teachers tend to use Cognitive CoachingSM 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 CoachingSM interactions.

  12. Distinguish coaching and evaluation.
     

*Excerpted from Cognitive CoachingSM: A Synthesis of the Research, by Jenny Edwards. Copyright © 2005 Center for Cognitive Coaching.
 

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