Cognitive Coaching Foundations Seminar - Days 3-4

Mentors and Coaches that have completed the formal 4-day Foundational Institute for Coaches (FIC) training are eligible to participate in Cognitive Coaching training.

WHEN:

• Days 1-2 - June 17 & 18
• Days 3-4 - July 16 & 17
• Days 5-6 - July 30 & 31
• Days 7-8 - September 17 & 18

Cognitive Coaching gets to the core of what actually impacts teacher learning and growth: teacher cognition. Rather than attempting to “fix” isolated behaviors, this approach enhances the cognitive processes that produce these behaviors. Coaches support and enhance long-term sustainable growth for teachers and success for their students. At the heart of this training is the concept that we all have resources that enable us to grow and change from within. Cognitive Coaching is a powerful approach to enhancing performance of all school staff members.

YOU’LL LEARN HOW TO:

• develop trust and rapport
• develop an identity as a mediator of thinking
• utilize conversation structures for planning, reflecting and problem resolving
• develop teachers’ autonomy and sense of community
• develop higher levels of efficacy, consciousness, craftsmanship, flexibility and interdependence
• apply four support functions: coaching, evaluating, consulting, collaborating
• utilize the coaching tools of pausing, paraphrasing, and posing questions
• distinguish among the five forms of feedback
• use data to mediate thinking