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for Leading Professional Learning Communities
8-day seminar with Jim Roussin: June-Dec. 2012
June 21-22, July 30-31, September 17,
October 15, November 12, December 10
8:15 -8:30 a.m., networking and coffee
8:30 - 4:00 p.m. seminar, with break for lunch
Held at the:
TIES
Education Center
1667 Snelling Ave. N.
St. Paul, MN 55108
Earn 56 CEUs! Participants will earn 56 CEUs and be certified in the foundation
training for Cognitive Coaching.
“Just
as all teachers are expected to facilitate the learning of ALL learners,
regardless of their abilities, principals must be able to facilitate the
professional development of ALL teachers regardless of their expertise. This
coaching has given me tools to help me facilitate that development, even with
challenging staff…I love the way the material was presented. Jim walked the
walk. Often people who present espouse techniques they don't use. Jim struck a
nice balance of presenting new information, practicing the application,
addressing different learning styles within the participants, and remediating
when participants were unclear on a concept.” Renee
Jensen, principal, Capitol Hill Magnet, St. Paul
Why cognitive coaching for prinicpals? "Probably nothing within a school has more impact on
children, in terms of skills development, self-confidence, or classroom
behavior, than the personal and professional growth of teachers." When the adults in the school,
"individually and collectively examine, question, reflect on their ideals,
and develop new practices that lead towards those ideals, the school and its
inhabitants are alive. When (the adults in the school) stop growing, so do
their students." -- Roland Barth
While school reform efforts come and
go, few ignite lasting impact that fundamentally alter the nature of the
learning experience, both for adults and students in our systems. Across the U.S., district personnel are
recognizing that leadership coaching
may lead to more successful school reform efforts.
The challenge however is that many educational
professionals are finding themselves in important leadership roles with little
or no professional learning opportunities to support their success, especially
in using coaching skills to mediate others in self directed learning.
An essential feature of Cognitive
Coachingsm is that it uses the relationships between principals,
teachers and staff to create the conversations that lead to behavioral,
pedagogical, and  | | Jim Roussin, far right, leads an exercise in awareness. |
content knowledge change. The Principals’ Cognitive Coaching for Leading
Professional Learning Communities seminar will
provide the foundation upon which solid and effective leadership coaching skills can be built.
What will you gain from your time in the seminar? Using the work of Art Costa, Robert
Garmston, Carl Glickman, Tony Wagner, and Robert Kegan -- participants will
learn powerful maps and tools that will enable them to mediate five powerful
resource states for building capacity in individuals and organizations. This
learning experience is highly interactive, with modeling and guided practice
opportunities offered throughout. Enhance your leadership skills with: - Practical understanding of how to support teacher development to better engage students in learning.
- Deep awareness of four key support functions: Coaching, Collaborating, Consulting, and Evaluating.
- Expanded personal repertoire for powerful communication and congruent interactions between values, beliefs, and behaviors.
- Understanding of school improvement efforts that promote continued growth, learning, and changeability.
- Enhanced leadership coaching skills to lead reform efforts and/or change initiatives in your school or district.
The Mission of Cognitive Coaching℠ is to develop capacities for self-directedness independently and in
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, and the thinking processes that underlie
instructional
decisions, which produce superior instruction.
Kudos for Jim Roussin:
“Jim is a master
at facilitating professional learning. He weaves relevant experience,
theory, research, and technology together to create a dynamic and engaged
learning experience! Participants leave with new ideas, skills, and
strategies for implementing and sustaining change efforts.”
Janet
Pladson, Director of Teaching & Learning, Eden Prairie
“Cognitive
coaching is an excellent process that takes on many faces dependent on the
desired outcomes. It has forced me to take the time to reflect and seek the
messages behind the messages.”
Jon Stern,
principal, Wabasha-Kellogg Elementary
“Jim's knowledge of educational research and best practices, accompanied by his facilitation talent, has allowed us to establish exciting new strategic directions for improving the learning of every student in our district.”
Kevin Borg, Superintendent, Westonka
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Principal_Cognitive_Coaching_2012_Registration.pdf
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| | All participants will receive the Cognitive Coaching Foundation Seminar Learning Guide (by
Arthur Costa and Robert Garmston).
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| Register today! | This seminar series will be limited to the first 50 participants, so
register early! Registration fee = $850 per person for the 8-day seminar. Lunch is not included; a list of local restaurants will be provided. Register online: click here. To download, and fax or mail a registration form, scroll down.
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| Learn now, pay later? | Due to your district's budget cycle, would it work better to pay after July 1, 2012? Just let the MESPA office know. You can register now and we'll plan to receive your payment in July.
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| Concerned about missing a day? | If you'd like to register, but think you may have a conflict during one day of this 8-day seminar, contact presenter Jim Roussin 763-439-0835; jim.roussin@gmail.com) and he will work out a plan with you. If you need to miss more than one day, you may still take part in the seminar, but will not receive Cognitive Coaching Foundation® certification.
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| Cognitive Coaching Facilitator | Jim
Roussin is a strategic change consultant
and a national trainer for the Center for Cognitive
Coaching SM. He is also an
associate of Human Systems Dynamics, an institute that is
using complexity theory to impact
organizational development work. Jim has consulted for a variety
of organizations across the U.S., such as
the Executive Board for the National Education Association
(NEA) in Washington, D.C., and Educational
Testing Service (ETS) in New Jersey to develop a coaching
model for Charlotte Danielson's Framework
for Teaching. He has conducted numerous trainings in
his career for audiences from business to
education. In February of 2006, Jim traveled to India
with Berkana Learning Exchange to explore
new forms of leadership that are emerging in global
communities. He was recently elected by
educators across the nation to serve as a member of the
Board of Trustees for the National Staff
Development Council.
Jim has spent 26 years in public education, eight of them as the Executive
Director of Teaching, Learning and School Improvement in Big Lake
Schools. In addition, he has worked as a language arts teacher, gifted coordinator, ESL coordinator, curriculum director, adjunct professor, and educational consultant.
Jim also is the founder and
Executive Director of Generative Human Systems. This non-profit
organization is a learning practice that is
exploring the life maps that unfold our full human
potential.
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| Questions? |
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| Available at reduced price! | During the seminar, participants may purchase a copy
of Guiding Professional Learning
Communities: Inspiration, Challenge, Surprise, and Meaning (by Shirley M. Hord, James L.
Roussin, and William A. Sommers; with foreword by Roland S. Barth).
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