The mission of Cognitive Coaching(SM) is to produce self-directed persons with the cognitive capacity for excellence both independently and as members of a community. Research indicates that teaching is a complex intellectual activity and that teachers who think at higher levels produce students who are higher achieving, more cooperative, and better problem solvers. It is the invisible skills of teaching, the thinking processes that underlie instructional decisions, which produce superior instruction. Cognitive Coaching(SM) is a research-based model that capitalizes upon and enhances teachers’ cognitive processes.
Outcomes:
- 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
Who Should Attend: All educators are welcome to attend. Those in supervisor or coaching roles will find the content immediately applicable.
Satisfactory completion requirements:
- Attendance is based on your signature in and out of the session. Failure to provide a signature in and out will result in no credit.
- Participants are expected to attend the entire session to earn credit.
- Participants are expected to attend all sessions in their entirety (Days 1-4) to earn full credit.
- This course is eligible for 6 hours of Administrators Academy Credit
- Participants must complete an electronic course evaluation within two weeks of the session date to be sent a certificate.
- Please Note: Participants are asked to bring their Learning Guide (received on Day 1) to each subsequent training session.
- Accommodations, questions and complaints can be directed to: professionallearning@truenorth804.org
Cost Information: Participation fees are waived for TrueNorth employees, TrueNorth member district employees, and parents of students in our TrueNorth member districts. For individual participants who do not meet the above criteria, this course participation fee is $1,000.00 ($250 per day). Participation or material fees will be billed directly to the school district that employs the participant after the session is complete or the first session in a series is complete. Individuals are asked to not bring payment to the session.
Cancellation and Refund Information: There is no cancellation fee, though we ask for advance notice to open the spot for another person. TrueNorth reserves the right to cancel any session due to low enrollment. TrueNorth does not charge prior to the start of the offered session. If an individual attends the first day of a learning series but is unable to attend the remaining sessions, the school district that employs the participant is able to designate an alternate person. It is up to the individual no longer attending the program to give their replacement the information learned in the first session.
About the Presenters: Lindsay Kiraly, Director of Professional Learning and Coaching at TrueNorth, Agency Trainer for Cognitive Coaching and Adaptive Schools
Financial Disclosure: Lindsay Kiraly is an employee of TrueNorth Educational Cooperative 804 and receives a salary.
Non-Financial Disclosure: Lindsay Kiraly has no relevant non-financial relationships.
Dr. Jill Bose-Deakins, District Coach at TrueNorth, Agency Trainer for Cognitive Coaching
Financial Disclosure: Dr. Jill Bose-Deakins is an employee of TrueNorth Educational Cooperative 804 and receives a salary.
Non-Financial Disclosure: Dr. Jill Bose-Deakins has no relevant non-financial relationships.
Jennifer Knudson, District Coach at TrueNorth, Agency Trainer for Cognitive Coaching
Financial Disclosure: Jennifer Knudson is an employee of TrueNorth Educational Cooperative 804 and receives a salary.
Non-Financial Disclosure: Jennifer Knudson has no relevant non-financial relationships.
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*Member Districts include:
Northbrook 27, Northbrook 28, Sunset Ridge 29, Glenview/Northbrook 30, West Northfield 31, Glenview 34, Glencoe 35, Winnetka 36, Kenilworth 38, Lake Bluff 65, Lake Forest 67, Bannockburn 106, Deerfield 109, North Shore 112, Township HS 113, Lake Forest 115, New Trier 203, Glenbrook 225.
Have a question? Check out the Professional Learning FAQs or contact professionallearning@truenorth804.org.
