Day 4 of Cognitive Coaching

Today we were supposed to present about our Program at the Principal's Meeting but we were scheduled for a Cognitive Coaching Training so out fearless leader "BD" went in our place.  We are positive that he did a great job!

Our team had another great day learning together.  We learned about the 5 different types of Feedback:  Judgmental, Personal Observations, Inferences, Data, and Mediative Questions.  Of which the last two, Data and Mediative Questions are the most important when in "Coaching Default."  We learned how to present data to coachees to maximize self-directed learning and practiced the process.  In addition, we learned about meta-coaching which is the coaching of coaches to help coaches bump up their coaching.

We can't wait to practice everything we learned today!!!

Life Long Learners!

Kahikukala in effect!  We spent our day today learning from the marvelous Sue Presler who is our Cognitive Coach trainer.  Today we learned about coaching in Reflective Conversations to help our mentees think deeper through questions that help them analyze and reflect on activities.  We enjoyed practicing coaching with our peers and can't wait to try the new strategies on our mentees and to share them with our school level Mentors.  Day four of our training is tomorrow.  

Cognitive Coaching

We decided as a staff to attend Cognitive Coaching training together and just finished the first two days of an eight-day training.  Aside from giving us more time to bond and get to know one another, the experience is helping our team build common language and experiences that will help us build the Central District Mentoring Program.  Our amazing trainer, Sue Presel, is pushing us to learn and grow as Mentors/Coaches and also providing us with great modeling for our own sessions of training Mentors/Coaches.  Another fabulous perk has been networking with other mentors and coaches, some of which are from our own complex!!!!

  

The last two days have really stretched my learning by making me think, re-think, reflect, and make connections with past experiences.  It has also helped me clarify my beliefs about learning--which has been very refreshing and invigorating--even LIBERATING!  I am thoroughly looking forward to our next two training days with Sue and am eagerly anticipating "practicing" honing skills such as:  rapport, paraphrasing, and planning conferences over the next month.

If you'd like more information about Cognitive Coaching please visit this website:

http://www.cognitivecoaching.com/