Coaching has grown rapidly in Australia (particularly Victoria and Tasmania). Training has just been completed in the Northern Territory and will be in Adelaide also in August. The Brisbane training scheduled to begin in May 2010 has now been delayed, as feedback from schools within Education Queensland suggests that schools would like to commit to the 8 day training but due to a number of other systematic priorities at the same time are having difficulties in releasing key staff members.  The Brisbane cognitiv coaching will now be split over 2 school years, with the first 4 days of training being held 25th -28th of October and the remaining 4 days will be held in term 1 of 2011.

The training is for eight days and is a hands on, reflective process where participants construct meaning of a cognitive coach within a school context. Participants practice and internalise effective strategies which provide educators with skills and dispositions to build high levels of communication for supporting colleagues in leadership teams, coaching partnerships, mentoring relationships or teaching related issues. In fact the power of the training is how applicable the knowledge and skills are to any context an educator may be working in, including both personal and educational context. The work was pioneered by Bob Garmston and Art Costa and can be further viewed on the following site www.cognitivecoaching.com .

Cognitive CoachingSM training focuses on the maps and tools needed to mediate another’s thinking.The metaphor of maps and tools is used to indicate the dynamic, individualised way in which coaching takes place. 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 mediating thinking.

Cognitive CoachingSM training focuses on the maps and tools needed to mediate another’s thinking.The metaphor of maps

Cognitive CoachingSM training focuses on the maps and tools needed to mediate another’s thinking.The metaphor of maps

Cognitive CoachingSM training focuses on the maps and tools needed to mediate another’s thinking.The metaphor of maps a

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.

Successful schools work continually to develop a culture of student, teacher and leadership learning success. Cognitive Coaching(sm) 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.

For anybody interested in registering their interest for Advanced Training (only available to those who have successfully completed the initial 8 days of Foundation training) please fill in your detai

Participants of the recent Learning to Coach, Coaching to Learn workshops series were introduced to the skills and knowledge from the Cognitive Coaching program.

Learn Coaching Skills to Support Teaching and Learning in Your School!

Australian National Schools Network and The Center for Cognitive Coaching present:

Schools conversing together: Action Learning through Coaching.

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.