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Career Education for the Middle Years Conversations That Matter Uncovering Assumptions about Bullying Addressing Equity Issues in Classrooms Planning for Effective Instruction Coming Together: Building the Learning Community through Staff Development
Developed by Arthur L. Costa and Robert J. Garmston Initial Training Saskatoon Cognitive CoachingSM is a coaching model that capitalizes upon and enhances cognitive processes. Art Costa and Bob Garmston, the founders of Cognitive CoachingSM, define it as a set of strategies, a way of thinking and a way of working that invites self and others to shape and reshape their thinking and problem solving capacities. Cognitive CoachingSM is based on the following four major assumptions:
A coach is actually a mediator, one who supports a colleague and their thinking to help them become more aware of what is going on inside his head. It is not enough for a person to behave in a certain way--what’s important is the thinking that goes on behind the behavior. A large part of the role of a coach is based on trust and rapport with the person being coached. At the heart of Cognitive CoachingSM is the concept that each of us has resources that enable us to grow and change from within. Costa and Garmston call these resources "States of Mind." The role of the coach is to illuminate the States of Mind, allowing the person to use their inner resources more effectively. There are five States of Mind: consciousness, efficacy, flexibility, craftsmanship and interdependence. When a person functions at high levels in all of these States of Mind, they are competent and confident as an individual within an organization, and at the same time are critical to the effective functioning of the organization. In Cognitive CoachingSM, the person being coached, not the coach, evaluates what is good or poor, appropriate or inappropriate, effective or ineffective about his/her work. This is a powerful approach to enhancing performance and building learning organizations. It is not conventional evaluation or performance appraisal. Overview of Cognitive CoachingSM Training The three maps of Cognitive CoachingSM are: planning, reflecting and problem solving. Each map has identified elements, which are learned in the training. The main tools of Cognitive CoachingSM are: rapport, mediative questioning, response behaviors, pacing and leading. The training focuses on learning these tools and using them with the maps. A major focus of the training is building trust and rapport. Specifically, a person will do the following in Cognitive CoachingSM training:
The training process used for Cognitive Coaching, as provided by SPDU, entails 7 days of training.
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For further information, contact SPDU or call 373-1660/1-800-667-7762. Foundation Seminar Cognitive Coaching training focuses on developing knowledge and skills in order to support another’s thinking. A coach is equipped with maps and tools which s/he uses to assist the person being coached in “navigating” the territory of his/her thinking. Each coach uses the maps and tools in slightly different ways, but always focuses on supporting thinking. The three maps of Cognitive Coaching are planning, reflecting and problem solving. Each map has identified elements, which are learned in the training. The main tools of Cognitive Coaching are: rapport, mediative questioning, response behaviours, pacing and leading. The training focuses on learning these tools and using them with the maps. A major focus of the training is building trust and rapport. Registration Information
For further information, contact SPDU or call 373-1660/1-800-667-7762.
Refining, Deepening & Extending Skills This two-day workshop is designed to support individuals and groups who have completed the Cognitive Coaching Foundation Seminar. It is intended to provide support recalling, understanding and internalizing the maps and tools of Cognitive Coaching. As a result of engaging in shared inquiry through this workshop, participants will have:
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Future workshop dates on this topic to be announced. For further information, contact SPDU or call 1-800-667-7762 or 373-1660 in Saskatoon. Introductory Preparation to the World of Work Middle Years Career Education Teachers shouldn’t miss this two-day workshop based on a resource developed by SPDU for the Ministry of Advanced Education, Employment and Labour. The resource reflects the competencies outlined in the Blueprint for Life/Work Designs document, and is divided into the areas of Personal Management, Learning and Work Exploration, and Life/Work Building. Each topic contains a variety of lessons for grade 6-7 students, and grade 8-9 students and are applicable to a variety of contexts. Created in collaboration with teachers from the Constable Robin Cameron Education Complex. Registration Information:
Future workshop dates on this topic to be announced. For further information, contact SPDU or call 1-800-667-7762 or 373-1660 in Saskatoon. Supporting Positive Classroom and School Cultures March 29-30, 2010 This interactive workshop, hosted by SPDU, will look at ways to create and maintain a positive culture in individual classrooms and throughout a school. In the workshop, participants will:
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Registration For further information, contact SPDU or call 1-800-667-7762 or 373-1660 in Saskatoon. Conversations That Matter Purposes
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Future workshop dates on this topic to be announced. For further information, contact SPDU or call 1-800-667-7762 or 373-1660 in Saskatoon.
Join us for two days of fun, interactive training. Each participant will receive their Insights Personal Profile enabling them to understand their own personality better, to identify the needs of others and to adapt to meet the other's interpersonal communication needs. The Insights program is now being used throughout the revised Saskatchewan School-Based Administrators’ Professional Development Program. Future workshop dates on this topic to be announced. For further information, contact SPDU or call 1-800-667-7762 or 373-1660 in Saskatoon. Bullying is a societal issue and not only a school issue. As teachers and those involved with the daily lives of students, we have a window of opportunity in which to teach skills and behaviours that if carried into the community, can have a huge impact on societal issues such as workplace bullying and domestic violence. This interactive workshop, hosted by SPDU, will examine bullying as a societal issue. In the workshop participants will:
Day one will focus on personal and societal beliefs around bullying, and on the meaning that we are making of these beliefs. Day two will examine how we can transfer new understandings about bullying into practice through prevention and intervention. Workshop Cost $183.75 (includes GST) Future workshop dates on this topic to be announced. For further information, contact SPDU or call 1-800-667-7762 or 373-1660 in Saskatoon. Addressing Equity Issues in Classrooms For further information, contact SPDU or call 1-800-667-7762 or 373-1660 in Saskatoon. Planning for Effective Instruction For further information, contact SPDU or call 1-800-667-7762 or 373-1660 in Saskatoon. Coming Together: Building the Learning Community through Staff Development For further information, contact SPDU or call 1-800-667-7762 or 373-1660 in Saskatoon.
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