Sessions+Calendar+2011-2012



toc Co gnitive Coaching **Sessions Calendar** (all sessions will be in LIB 4026, the Center for Teaching and Learning from 2-4 PM)

1. On "List of Participants" page, add your __email address__ and __phone__ number so colleages can easily contact you. To do that, Click your name. Click "edit", [see tab on upper right] add your __information__ then click "Save" [upper right]. While there... 2. Post your schedule for the semester __on your page__ (I just copied my schedule from UMS, pasted it in, then just deleted irrelevant information like __student__ roster links. 3. Complete [|teaching style inventory]; **write about a 200 word response** (Complete 1, 2, 3 by October 7) 4. Select from your questions, 3-5 of //your most burning questions// to cue your  colleagues into what most interests you and post those question __on your page__ 5. Review colleague's pages: their response to teaching style inventory, and their schedules looking for compatibility in both; read your colleage's questions 6. Create (in your own head--don't post this!) a ranked __list__ of three possible colleagues you'd be intersted in pairing with. Since we'll be pairing up next session, you need to have some ideas of those with whom you feel like you can __work__. Please don't do this back channel before we get together. 7. Read whatever interests you on Resources page. || New stuff These document a real planning conversation I did with Prof. Mandeville. Parts 1 and 2 document the session itself; part 3 dcouments reflection on the coaching process. Using the Planning Conversation Map, look for where each of the topics is treated (I don't necessarily announce the move to each so you'll have to make your inference on action.) [|Planning conversation in action (Part 1)] [|Planning conversation in action (Part 2)] [|Reflecting on coaching process (Part 3)] The videos play __best__ in RealPlayer; [|click here to get free download] 1. Find a partner and complete this activity: 2. Schedule coaching cycles with colleague and __complete__ them. || || Reporting on and querying your coaching experiences Collecting useable, appropriate data Meta-model practice; "Rapporting" Plans for interim and __Spring__ This is preliminary thinking at this point; we need to have some ideas percolating to make the most of the Spring sessions and our session with Bob Garmston, in particular. If you have opportunity to do coaching over the January session, that would be a great opportunity to maintain skills. || Transferring coaching to the classroom context Action Research Characterized Original Burning Questions for CC FLC Prior to our next meeting: Take a look at some examples of action research in the online book (on our resources page), Costello, P. J. M. (2003). //[|Action Research]//, pp. 47-52. ||
 * = Date ||= Time ||= Location || Agenda ||
 * = === September 30, 2011 === ||= 2-4 PM ||= Lib 4026 (CTL || * Introductions/Agenda
 * Design of FLC and Resources
 * Roles in FLC
 * The nature of cognitive coaching
 * First coaching activity: You coach Mark
 * Considering our questions....
 * [|Considering our styles....]
 * Tasks for next meeting:**
 * to the findings. Post your response to the inventory __on your page__**
 * = ===October 21, 2011=== ||= 2-4 PM ||= Lib 4026 (CTL) || **Session 2 Goals**
 * To find a __compatible__ partner**
 * To recall the five states of mind that mark “holonomy”**
 * To classify the states of mind indicated by colleague’s language use**
 * To review planning and reflecting conversation maps**
 * Agenda**
 * Findings from Teaching Style Inventory
 * Considering your questions
 * Find your partner
 * Nuggets discovered in your reading
 * Targeting 5 States of Mind (Holonomy)
 * 2 Conversation Maps
 * Planning conversation**
 * Reflecting conversation**
 * Two (2) Tasks for next session:**
 * = === November 18, 2011 === ||= 2-4 PM ||= Lib 4026 (CTL) || **Session 3 Goals**
 * To recall coaching tasks prompted by the planning and reflecting conversation maps**
 * To elaborate the maps based on your experiences coaching**
 * To __describe__ significant events in your coaching experiences**
 * To use the meta-model for facilitating precision (craft) in a colleague's thinking**
 * Meta-model: a guide for listening and intervention
 * Discussion of coaching data collection successes, problems, questions
 * To develop a repertoire of data collection tools**
 * = ===December 9, 2011=== ||= 2-4 PM ||= Lib 4026 (CTL) || **Session 4 Goals:**
 * To identify specific effects of cognitive coaching in the**
 * //role of coach/client//**
 * To extend the catalogue of data collection ideas**
 * To connect meta-model (verbal) and rapport building (nonverbal) with colleague/client**
 * Agenda**
 * Read about action research (see Resources page/Action Research)
 * Review your questions (especially the 3 most significant questions you identified) to see which are most relevant and amenable to an action research project.
 * = === February 17, 2012 === ||= 2-4 PM ||= Lib 4026 (CTL) || **Session 5 Goals:**
 * To identify indicators of unclear or unsystematic thinking in student talk using the meta-model**
 * To construct questions that facilitate holonomy in students**
 * To characterize "action research"**
 * To review your initial "burning questions" about cognitive coaching**
 * To select questions that may be answerable through action research**
 * = === March 9, 2012 ===

||= 3-5 PM ||= Lib 4026 (CTL) || **Session 6 Goals:** Dr. Robert Garmston will facilitate Pre-session reading on critical thinking and connected learning || Discussion of project designs (helping each other settle methodological or interpretation questions) and progress to date. Review methodology via videos Synthesize ideas by coaching colleagues on draft proposal: || Presentations ||
 * To analyze the process of critical thinking**
 * To articulate research questions about cognitive coaching**
 * To explain action research within your teaching context**
 * To develop an action research methodology**
 * = === April 13, 2012 === ||= 2-4 PM ||= Lib 4026 (CTL) || **Session 7 Goals:**
 * To report progress on research**
 * To assist colleagues in solving research problems**
 * = ===May 11, 2011=== ||= 2-4 PM ||= Lib 4026 (CTL) || **Session 8 Goals:**
 * To present research project findings**
 * To discuss potential areas of future research**