2012 Symposium Synopsis

The 18th annual Cognitive Coaching^SM Leadership Network Symposium was held in Denver, Colorado, January 25–27, 2012. The theme was "Who Do We Think We Are: CSI—A Community Sustaining Identity through Thought and Inquiry." The opening night banquet included some team building activities and a great group rendition of "Stand by Me," lead by John Clark. Linda Lambert, the preconference speaker, conducted a day-long session entitled "Self-perception and Leadership: Who Can Lead?" She discussed the old and new assumptions about leadership, emphasizing, "everyone has the right, responsibility, and capability to lead." In talking about "emergence," Lambert suggested that our task is to provide the relationships, structures and learning that will support complex systems in achieving their goals. She offered a Leadership Capacity Matrix with four archetypes based on high and low levels of participation in leadership and high and low depth of leadership skills.

Thursday began with a welcome and announcement of the merger of the Center for Cognitive Coaching and the Center for Adaptive Schools. Participants were invited to make suggestions for naming the new organization. Jane Ellison and Michael Dolcemascolo will be the Executive Directors, Carolee Hayes will be Director of Business, and Carolyn McKanders will be Director of Organizational Culture. With assistance from Skype, Art Costa joined Bob Garmston in presenting "Five Helping Relationships and Connections with States of Mind." The five are facilitating, presenting, coaching, consulting, and networking. Each uses the tools of mediating, monitoring, managing and teaching.

After Thursday's lunch, Linda Lambert took the stage again with a presentation entitled "Coaching for Leadership Capacity." We considered how coaching might look in a school with low participation and high skill in leadership. The day ended with a presentation by Jane Ellison and Carolee Hayes on Reuven Feuerstein's book Beyond Smarter: Mediated Learning and the Brain's Capacity for Change. They assisted the group in considering why a model of coaching that emphasizes thinking will best serve our schools as they move into the future.

Trainers for Adaptive Schools had a short lunch meeting on Wednesday and the Habits of Mind trainers joined one another for breakfast on Friday. Friday morning included small group workshops and book studies conducted by participants. Titles and presenters of workshops were:

"Crosswalking Cognitive Coaching^SM, Adaptive Schools, and Habits of Mind" by Michele De Bellis, Michael Dolcemascolo, and Carolyn McKanders

"Coaching for Culturally Proficient Leadership Practices" by Delores Lindsey

"Maintaining Our Focus on Self-Directedness: Using the Calibrating Conversation in the World of High-Stakes Teacher Evaluation" by Lynn Sawyer

"Immunity to Change: Why People Fail in Spite of Their Best Efforts" by Jane Ellison and Carol Simoneau

"Appreciative Coaching: A Positive Approach to Change" by Jim Roussin

Book studies were:

The Progress Principle by Teresa Amabile and Steven Kramer, facilitated by Loretta Norgon

How to Teach Now by Bill and Ochan Powell, facilitated by Luci Garza

Presence by Peter Senge et al, facilitated by Ann Pearce

Inevitable: Mass Customized Learning by Charles Schwan and Beatrice McGarvey, facilitated by Toni Prickett

The Symposium closed with a presentation by Bob Garmston on his latest book, I Don't Do that Anymore: A Memoir of Awakening and Resilience. The audience showed their appreciation with a standing ovation. Bob shared this poem he wrote as part of his presentation:

Autobiography

what is life
but energy seeking expression
a yearning for fulfillment in its DNA
persistent enough to treat obstructions
as challenges

in rich or poor soil
under cloudy skies or stormy
its desires will not be denied

as long
as it survives its perilous path
as long as false starts
are perceive and corrected
as long as it senses its own being
as long as encounters
make it smarter
it will prevail

this is no fairy tale
no story of Herculean proportion
it is what
is natural

A special thanks to this year's Symposium committee: John Clarke, Delores Lindsey, Loretta Norgon, Peggy Olcott, Ann Pearce, Sue Presler, Toni Prickett, and Lynn Sawyer.

Please join us January 16–17, 2013, for the next Symposium to be sponsored by the newly combined Centers for Cognitive Coaching^SM and Adaptive Schools.


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The opening night banquet included some team building activities and a great group rendition of "Stand by Me," lead by John Clark. Linda Lambert, the preconference speaker, conducted a day-long session entitled "Self-perception and Leadership: Who Can Lead?" She discussed the old and new assumptions about leadership, emphasizing, "everyone has the right, responsibility, and capability to lead." In talking about "emergence," Lambert suggested that our task is to provide the relationships, structures and learning that will support complex systems in achieving their goals. She offered a Leadership Capacity Matrix with four archetypes based on high and low levels of participation in leadership and high and low depth of leadership skills. Thursday began with a welcome and announcement of the merger of the Center for Cognitive Coaching and the Center for Adaptive Schools. Participants were invited to make suggestions for naming the new organization. Jane Ellison and Michael Dolcemascolo will be the Executive Directors, Carolee Hayes will be Director of Business, and Carolyn McKanders will be Director of Organizational Culture. With assistance from Skype, Art Costa joined Bob Garmston in presenting "Five Helping Relationships and Connections with States of Mind." The five are facilitating, presenting, coaching, consulting, and networking. Each uses the tools of mediating, monitoring, managing and teaching. After Thursday's lunch, Linda Lambert took the stage again with a presentation entitled "Coaching for Leadership Capacity." We considered how coaching might look in a school with low participation and high skill in leadership. The day ended with a presentation by Jane Ellison and Carolee Hayes on Reuven Feuerstein's book Beyond Smarter: Mediated Learning and the Brain's Capacity for Change. They assisted the group in considering why a model of coaching that emphasizes thinking will best serve our schools as they move into the future. Trainers for Adaptive Schools had a short lunch meeting on Wednesday and the Habits of Mind trainers joined one another for breakfast on Friday. Friday morning included small group workshops and book studies conducted by participants. Titles and presenters of workshops were: "Crosswalking Cognitive Coaching^SM, Adaptive Schools, and Habits of Mind" by Michele De Bellis, Michael Dolcemascolo, and Carolyn McKanders "Coaching for Culturally Proficient Leadership Practices" by Delores Lindsey "Maintaining Our Focus on Self-Directedness: Using the Calibrating Conversation in the World of High-Stakes Teacher Evaluation" by Lynn Sawyer "Immunity to Change: Why People Fail in Spite of Their Best Efforts" by Jane Ellison and Carol Simoneau "Appreciative Coaching: A Positive Approach to Change" by Jim Roussin Book studies were: The Progress Principle by Teresa Amabile and Steven Kramer, facilitated by Loretta Norgon How to Teach Now by Bill and Ochan Powell, facilitated by Luci Garza Presence by Peter Senge et al, facilitated by Ann Pearce Inevitable: Mass Customized Learning by Charles Schwan and Beatrice McGarvey, facilitated by Toni Prickett The Symposium closed with a presentation by Bob Garmston on his latest book, I Don't Do that Anymore: A Memoir of Awakening and Resilience. The audience showed their appreciation with a standing ovation. Bob shared this poem he wrote as part of his presentation: Autobiography what is life but energy seeking expression a yearning for fulfillment in its DNA persistent enough to treat obstructions as challenges in rich or poor soil under cloudy skies or stormy its desires will not be denied as long as it survives its perilous path as long as false starts are perceive and corrected as long as it senses its own being as long as encounters make it smarter it will prevail this is no fairy tale no story of Herculean proportion it is what is natural A special thanks to this year's Symposium committee: John Clarke, Delores Lindsey, Loretta Norgon, Peggy Olcott, Ann Pearce, Sue Presler, Toni Prickett, and Lynn Sawyer. Please join us January 16–17, 2013, for the next Symposium to be sponsored by the newly combined Centers for Cognitive Coaching^SM and Adaptive Schools.
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