The mission of Cognitive Coaching® is to produce self-directed persons with the cognitive capacity for excellence both independently and as members of a community. Research indicates that teaching is a complex intellectual activity and that teachers who think at higher levels produce students who are higher achieving, more cooperative, and better problem solvers. It is the invisible skills of teaching, the thinking processes that underlie instructional decisions, which produce superior instruction. Cognitive Coaching® is a research-based model that capitalizes upon and enhances teachers’ cognitive processes.
Participants will learn two coaching protocols: the planning conversation and the reflecting conversation. These conversations work well within the PLC structure, among team members, and one-on-one.This addresses Colorado Teacher Quality Standards 5A, 5B.
Adams State University credit is available at an additional cost. Sign up for that at the first class.