Cognitive Coaching

Workshop Overview

This workshop will present the foundations of Cognitive Coaching, an approach to professional relationships which focuses on supporting the thinking of colleagues in the areas of planning, reflecting and problem resolving. The specific skills and strategies included in this workshop lend themselves to developing a school culture of collaboration, reflection and a professional learning community.

Participant Learning Outcomes

As a result of workshop activities, participants will:

- Understand the essence of Cognitive Coaching, how it differs from other support functions such as collaborating, consulting, and evaluation.
- Increase consciousness and craftsmanship in applying interpersonal communication skills to develop trust and rapport.
- Understand the power of a structured professional conversation.
- Learn and practice specific active listening strategies.
- Practice coaching skills in planning.
- Practice coaching skills in reflecting.
- Understand the characteristics of mediative questions.
- Identify five kinds of feedback and understand the impact and purpose.
- Develop coaching skills using a meta-coach.

The workshop is highly interactive and will include:

- Modelling and role play
- Small group activities
- Learning partners
- Readings from text and course guide
- Numerous opportunities to practice skills

Trainer bio

Ochan Kusuma Powell is an international educator and consultant to schools around the world. She presents in the areas of coaching, special education, inclusion and collaboration. She is a founding member of the Design Team for the Next Frontier Inclusion, a not-for-profit organisation that supports international schools in becoming increasingly inclusive at a systems level.

Ochan taught for 25 years in international schools, in both regular and special education. She has taught across all levels of school and is co-author of several books: on personalising instruction, developing inclusive schools, organisational intelligence, emotional intelligence and teacher self-supervision. She can be reached through Education Across Frontiers: powell@eduxfrontiers.org

Workshop Overview

Part 2 of the Cognitive Coaching course includes Days 5-8 of the Cognitive Coaching Foundation Course. In order to register for Part 2, participants must have completed part 1. Part 2 will provide participants with a deeper understanding of how to support the thinking of others. Time for review, integration and practice is provided so that participants develop confidence and understanding of how and when they can apply their skills. This course will also support participants in developing the skills of facilitation.

Participant Learning Outcomes

As a result of workshop activities, participants will:

- Understand the processes and structures underlying 'reflection into planning' and Problem-Resolving and apply them in coaching conversations.
- Understand the influence of cognitive style, filters of perception and belief systems that influence their own and the coachee's thinking.
- Develop skills to invite cognitive shift in the coachee.
- Become sensitive to the coachee's States of Mind.
- Craft mediative questions to access and elevant different States of Mind.
- Become increasingly aware of and sensitive to the nonverbal communication of others.
- Develop skills in supporting coachees in recognising 3rd party problems and reframing them in the 1st party.
- Become metacognitive about their own learning.

The workshop is highly interactive and will include:

- Review and integration
- Small group / whole class activities
- A variety of learning strategies and protocols that are easily transferable to classroom settings
- Readings from the CC Learning Guide, 12th Edition
- Ample opportunities for practice 

Trainer bio

Ochan Kusuma Powell is an international educator and consultant to schools around the world. She presents in the areas of coaching, special education, inclusion and collaboration. She is a founding member of the Design Team for the Next Frontier Inclusion, a not-for-profit organisation that supports international schools in becoming increasingly inclusive at a systems level.

Ochan taught for 25 years in international schools, in both regular and special education. She has taught across all levels of school and is co-author of several books: on personalising instruction, developing inclusive schools, organisational intelligence, emotional intelligence and teacher self-supervision. She can be reached through Education Across Frontiers: powell@eduxfrontiers.org

Workshop Overview

The Advanced Cognitive Coaching course focuses on the refinement and extension of core coaching capabilities and skills. Participants develop an understanding that personal coaching mastery is a journey rather than a destination; and that all individuals can continue to learn and grow as coaches. 

The Advanced CC course is taught in two parts: Days 1 - 3 (Part 1); and Days 4 - 6 (Part 2)

The completion of Cognitive Coaching Part 1 and Part 2 is a prerequisite for attending the Advanced Cognitive Coaching training.

Participant Learning Outcomes

Participants will develop:

- A deeper understanding of the mission of Cognitive Coaching and of how to support self-directedness in others
- Greater craftsmanship in coaching:
                 - The Reflecting & Planning Conversation Maps
                 - The Problem-Resolving Map
                               - Authenticity with the Pace
                               - Mastery of the Lead
                               - Mastery of the Outcome Structure with third party problems
                 - The Calibrating Conversation Map

- Increased skill with the States of Mind:
                - Paraphrasing and questioning
                - Support Functions

- Increased capacity for coaching below the surface
                - paraphrasing for deep structure

- Understand how the neurosciences inform coaching

- Efficacy with all the maps and tools of Cognitive Coaching

Trainer bio

Ochan Kusuma Powell is an international educator and consultant to schools around the world. She presents in the areas of coaching, special education, inclusion and collaboration. She is a founding member of the Design Team for the Next Frontier Inclusion, a not-for-profit organisation that supports international schools in becoming increasingly inclusive at a systems level.

Ochan taught for 25 years in international schools, in both regular and special education. She has taught across all levels of school and is co-author of several books: on personalising instruction, developing inclusive schools, organisational intelligence, emotional intelligence and teacher self-supervision. She can be reached through Education Across Frontiers: powell@eduxfrontiers.org