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Cognitive Coaching Foundation Seminar^®

Description

The Cognitive Coaching Foundation Seminar^® is an eight-day training sequence:

• Days 1-4 include the Planning Conversation Map and the Reflecting Conversation Map as well as the tools of Cognitive Coaching^SM.
• Days 5-8 provide for skill refinement and understanding of the Problem-Resolving Map.
• Note: Participants who attend all 8 days will receive a Cognitive Coaching^SM certificate and the full benefit of this program.

Cognitive Coaching^SM is a research-based model that provides a collection of strategies and tools that

• enhances teacher effectiveness
• cultivates good questioning skills
• improves communication
• enables informed decision-making

Intended audience

eMINTS PD4ETS program participants and graduates, administrators, instructional coaches and teachers.

Locations and dates

Topics

The Mission of Cognitive Coaching is to develop cognitive capacities for self-directedness independently and in a community. Cognitive Coaching supports informed teacher decision-making through strategies that not only enhance teachers' intellectual capacities, but increase their capacity to modify themselves.

In the eight-day Foundation training, participants learn how to

• build trust through rapport
• use the 3 mediative conversation maps for planning, reflecting and problem resolving
• facilitate self-directed learning through reflective questioning
• develop teachers' autonomy and sense of community
• develop higher levels of efficacy, consciousness, craftsmanship, flexibility and interdependence
• distinguish four support function: coaching, consulting, collaborating and evaluating
• practice coaching interactions to differentiate for individual needs
• apply coaching skills which enhance the intellectual processes of instruction

Cognitive Coaching training focuses on the maps and tools needed to mediate another's thinking. Each coach uses the maps and tools in slightly different ways, but always focuses on mediating thinking toward self-directed learning.

Trainers

• Carol Brooks Simoneau, Training Associate for the Center for Cognitive Coaching^SM
• Carmen Marty, eMINTS Instructional Specialist
• Brooke Higgins, eMINTS Instructional Specialist

Costs

• $350/person for each four-day session
• $700/person for all eight days
• PD4ETS participants and graduates receive $50 discount for each four-day session

Registration fee includes training, materials (a handbook, conversation memory maps, and hardback book, Cognitive Coaching: A Foundation for Renaissance Schools), lunch and snacks.

Payment information

Note: University policies require the following payment procedures:

• Payment must be received within ten working days of the submission date of your registration form or the registration will be cancelled.
• Registrants will receive e-mail confirmation after payment is received.
• Types of payment accepted: Purchase order or credit card (Visa and Master Card only).
• Contact the eMINTS office if alternative payment form is needed.

Credit card payments

1. Complete the online registration form.
2. Contact the eMINTS office with your credit card information within ten working days:
   fax (573) 884-7614
   phone (573) 884-7202
   (Note: Do NOT submit credit card information via an insecure e-mail message.)

Purchase order (P.O.) payments

1. Complete the online registration form, making sure to include the Purchase Order number in its designated field.
2. Payable to eMINTS National Center.
3. Fax your Purchase Order to the eMINTS office at (573) 884-7614 within ten working days.
   OR
   Mail to
   eMINTS Cognitive Coaching Registration
   325 Clark Hall
   Columbia, MO 65211
   (Note: payment must be received within ten working days)

Cancellation and refund information

• Participants who cancel before online registration closes will be eligible for a full refund.
• No refunds will be issued for cancellations received after the announced closing date for online registration.

Registration

Registration closes two weeks before session OR when each session is filled.

• Registration is limited to a specific number of seats available at each site.
• Online registration only will be accepted for these sessions.
• Registration is on a first-come, first-served basis. Register early to secure your preferred date and location.
• Please note any special accommodation requests (diet, mobility, accessibility, etc.) on the registration form.
• Registration closes two weeks before each session begins OR when the capacity for the location is filled.

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For more information, contact eMINTS National Center office at emints-info@emints.org or (573) 884-7202.

Reviewed November 2, 2009.