
Rob Brookhart
Sue found this great clip, just shows how complicated communication can be sometimes.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7dC2Tng0 yg

Sonya Mackenzie
I have finally been able to influence through the NT teaching schools project. This is a project developed between the university and Eduaction Department in the NT. The project is designed around the training of pre-service teachers. CC has been identified as the coaching methodology of choice for Professional Learnin...g Leaders and Mentor teacher in schools who work with the pre-service teachers while on prac. As such CC Foundation training is now coming to Darwin in 2010. I am also working on getting it identified by executive to be integral to probation and performance management.Read More

Michael Dolcemascolo You are all cordially invited to join the conversation at the new Center for Adaptive Schools Facebook page. Along with Habits of Mind, Adaptive Schools is a beloved sibling of Cognitive Coaching. As the delightful Mae West once said, "Too much of a good thing is absolutely wonderful!"

Ajith Kumar Chelote I am a soft skills trainer.I deal adult and adolasese. Have you got any councelling courses with you? Do yyou issue any certification?Are the certificates vallied?In what way i can get associated with you?

Center for Cognitive Coaching Start thinking about Denver in January for the combined Center for Cogntive Coaching and Center for Adaptive Schools Symposium! Visit the CCC website to find out more and to sign up soon! We hope to see you all there.
Source: www.cognitivecoaching.com
We would like to extend an invitation to all colleagues who have completed the Cognitive Coaching Foundation Seminar® to come together to network with colleagues from around the world. Training ...

Scott Wright
As Doreen and I welcome a new group to the work this proverb reached out to us all ...
A proverb is the horse that can carry one swiftly to the discovery of ideas.

Center for Cognitive Coaching Here are some photos from the first every Adaptive Schools/Cognitive Coaching Trainers Forum in Denver, Colorado. We thank Carolee, Jane, Michael, and Carolyn for their craftmanship, flexibility, and consciousness, most of all.

Suzanne Kreutzer I have just finished the foundation coaching today with Janelle and Gavin in Bendigo, Victoria. WOW! I have so many thoughts of how I might now use this new knowledge I have and how I might begin to convince some of the other staff members at school of the benefits of Cognitive Coaching. It was certainly a thought provoking PD........ Where to start.....

Center for Cognitive Coaching A very interesting video summary of the research on mirror neurons and empathy.
Source: www.pbs.org
Listen to an audio interview with neuroscientist Daniel Glaser, read about his recent work on the brain's so-called mirror neuron system, learn why it may be vital for us humans, and more.

Carolee What connections might you be making between mediating for self-directedness and President Obama's speech to our students?

MaryLou McGirr Thanks for sharing this work. I appreciate more information research connected to the 5 categories of feedback. I am anxious to actually study it.

Center for Cognitive Coaching
Jay, the original article at http://nymag.com/news/features/27840/ suggests connections to 5 categories of feedback. "...a growing body of research—and a new study from the trenches of the New York public-school system—strongly suggests...[that] giving kids the label of 'smart' does not prevent them from underperforming. It might actually be causing it."
What connections can we make to adults?
Source: nymag.com
The inverse power of praise.

Jay Roth
As I was leaving work today, I turned on the radio and NPR's All Things Considered... the first 3 mins of this report (audio mp3 download available) reminds me of Carol Dweck's Mindset research & supporting Carol Sandford's research that we share in FS:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story .php?storyId=112292248

Sue
Check out the TED video of Daniel Pink - he shares some interesting things on "Self-Directedness" which also refers to as "Autonomy"
http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_pink_on_mot ivation.html



















