Cognitive Coaching Seminar
Improving Classroom Instruction
How does Cognitive Coaching℠ professional development increase student achievement?
- 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
Trainer - Jane Ellison, Training Associate
Jane Ellison has been an integral part of the Cognitive Coaching℠ community since 1989. Entrusted with the leadership and perpetuation of the work by Art Costa and Bob Garmston, she has served as the Executive Co-Director of Thinking Collaborative with Michael Dolcemascolo and the Co-Director of the Center for Cognitive Coaching℠ with Carolee Hayes.
Jane was the Director of Elementary Education for Douglas County School District Re.1 from 1988-1998. She was a principal for 15 years — 4 in Douglas County, Colorado and 11 in Tinley Park, Illinois. Her teaching experience is in the primary grades and the graduate college level.
She holds a B.A. in Elementary Education and Social Sciences from SMU, an M.Ed. in Elementary Supervision from the University of North Texas, and an Ed.D. in Administration from VPI&SU , Blacksburg, Virginia. ”
Location and First Day Starting...
Days 1 and 2
Erwin L. Davis Education CenterRoom ABCD
Days 3 and 4
Weekdays Conference Center
Genesee Career Institute
Rooms 123
Wednesday, Aug 12, 2015, 08:00 AM
Genesee Intermediate School District, 2413 West Maple Avenue, Flint, MI
Registration Link
Email: rsovis@geneseeisd.org
Website: geneseeisd.org
Location: 2413 W Maple Ave 48507
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