A Professional Learning Day

Wednesday 16th September

Cognitive Coaching(SM) for Educational Leaders.

Cognitive Coaching(SM) was developed as a means to support teachers with their teaching. It is based upon the premise that teaching is a professional act and Coaches within schools support teachers to become more resourceful in their teaching. Many schools have employed coaches to work with their community and some education systems are employing coaches to support teachers to improve teaching and learning across their contexts.

The Australian National Schools Network would like to invite all interested teachers (P-12) to attend our 2 day workshop titled Communicate, Collaborate and Create which allows participants to actively investigate and explore the potential of on-line tools and their capacity to radically change education in the future.

In Victoria, towards the end of July, ANSN and the Center for Cognitive Coaching℠. will be presenting "Learning to Coach, Coaching to Learn – A series of Professional Learning Days". Each of the days in the series has been designed either to introduce or extend participants’ knowledge on the principles of Cognitive Coaching℠, which was developed in the US by Art Costa and Robert Garmston.

We would like to invite you to participate in the Australian National Schools Network 2008, 2 day Setting The Stage Workshop opportunity at

Alexander Park Tennis Club
Clyde Road, Menora, Perth, WA 6050
Ph: 08-9370-4252 Fax: 08-9370-4259
on Wednesday 11 June and Thursday 12 June.

This learning opportunity focuses on teacher practice through the lens of learning design and is specific to teacher pedagogy.

Do you share the following goals?

• investigate IWB technology as a tool for improving student learning outcomes through classroom structures.
• improve your technological knowledge and support in using IWB’s
• set up an online space where resources can be stored and shared
• increase your network of colleagues who can provide IWB support

The ANSN invites Teachers to an Interactive Whiteboard Hub, where we will explore these goals in 6 evening workshops (two per Term). This Hub will cater for users of all IWB boards and software.

The Big Picture Co (Aus) and School of Education Murdoch University together with the Australian National Schools Network invite educators to enrol in a 5-day course on personalising learning.

Big Picture Education Relevance, Rigour and Relationships in a Personalised Curriculum.

January 21st to 25th 2008

Rockingham Campus
Murdoch University
Led by Viv White renowned educator and Director of the Big Picture Co Australia and Professor Barry Down, City of Rockingham Chair in Education Murdoch University.

Successful schools work continually to develop a culture of student, teacher and leadership learning success. Cognitive Coaching is integral to this.

Participation in this intensive workshop will equip you and/or members of your team with 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 to achieve learning success.

Art Costa has pioneered this work and one of his trainers will conduct the course. Click here for more information on the trainer, Sue Presler, and the Center for Cognitive Coaching.

As a result of the training, participants will: