Cognitive Coaching: Developing Self-Directed Leaders and Learners

by Arthur L. Costa, Robert J. Garmston Co-developer of Cognitive Coaching and Adaptive Schools; emeritus professor, California Sta, Jane Ellison executive co-director, Thinking Collaborative (With), Carolee Hayes (With)

Overview

In this greatly expanded and extensively updated edition of a widely popular resource you see how teachers' individual and collective capacities for continuing self-improvement are strengthened over time through Cognitive Coaching. You gain essential skills, protocols, guidance, research and resources to use when implementing Cognitive Coaching principles and values in your own school setting.

Working toward the goals of making school better places where more students succeed and satisfaction in learning and teaching prevail, Costa and Garmston let you know about their own learning, and how new research and practice can support individuals and schools in reaching higher, more satisfying, and more holistic performance. Organized into four sections, the book clearly and effectively presents these concepts: the meanings of cognitive coaching; the basics of teaching excellence; strategies and tactics for engaging in coaching; and how to integrate Cognitive Coaching throughout the system.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781442223660
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	08/01/2015
Series:	Christopher-Gordon New Editions Series
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	320
File size:	5 MB

About the Author

Art Costa is a Professor of Education, Emeritus, from California State University, Sacramento, where he taught graduate courses to teachers and administrators in curriculum, supervision, and the improvement of instruction. He is the author of The Enabling Behaviors, Teaching for Intelligent Behaviors and Supervision for Intelligent Teaching; and is co-author of Cognitive Coaching and Techniques for Teaching Thinking. He has written numerous other articles and publications on supervision, teaching strategies and thinking skills. Dr. Costa has made presentations and conducted workshops for educators throughout the United States and in Canada, Mexico, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Asia and the South Pacific. He taught in the Bellflower School District, worked as a curriculum consultant in the Los Angeles County Superintendent of Schools Office, and was Assistant Superintendent of the Sacramento County Superintendent of Schools office. Active in many professional organizations, Dr. Costa has served as president of the California Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development and as president of the national A.S.C.D. from 1988 to 1989. Art can be reached by e-mail at [e-mail].

Robert J. Garmston, EdD, presents to educators and managers throughout the United States as well as in Canada, Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, the Middle East and South America. Emeritus Professor of Educational Administration at California State University, Sacramento, Bob has previously been a classroom teacher, principal, director of instruction and acting superintendent. Co-Developer of Cognitive Coaching with Dr. Arthur Costa and co-founder of the Center for Adaptive Schools with Bruce Wellman, www.thinkingcollaborative.com, his work has been translated into Arabic, Hebrew, Italian and Spanish. He is director of Facilitation Associates, a consulting firm specializing in leadership, learning, personal and organizational development. Bob lives near Sacramento, California with his wife Sue and close to his five adult children, and grandchildren, who are, of course, cute and bright.
Carolee is the Director of Business Operations for Thinking Collaborative, the home of the Adaptive Schools Seminars, the Cognitive Coaching Seminars®, and Kaleidoscope Associates. She is the former Co-Director of the Center for Cognitive Coaching. She provides international training in: Cognitive Coaching (SM), Adaptive Schools, presentation skills, building collaborative school cultures, organization development, transitions and change, and effective instruction. She is a co-author of Cognitive Coaching: Weaving the Threads of Learning and Change into the Culture of an Organization and Effective School Leadership: Developing Principals through Cognitive Coaching. She has been a presenter at many national conferences and is an author of a variety of educational journal articles. Carolee was the Director of Professional Development for Douglas County School District Re.1, in Colorado, from 1989 to 1998. She developed and directed the nationally recognized Building Resource Teacher program which places a staff developer in every school to support building level staff development, new teacher induction, implementation of innovation in curriculum, and instruction and assessment. It was one of the first building-based instructional coaching programs in the U.S. Prior to working for Douglas County, Carolee was a staff developer and middle school and high school teacher in Jefferson County, Colorado. She holds a B.A. in family studies from Colorado Women’s College and an M.A. in curriculum and instruction from the University of Denver. She is licensed as a secondary teacher and administrator by the State of Colorado. Carolee has been married for many years to her husband John. They live in Denver and are the parents of a son and daughter and the grandparents of two boys and a girl.

Table of Contents

Foreword Preface Acknowledgements Cognitive Coaching Resources PART I: EXPLORING THE MEANINGS OF COGNITIVE COACHING Chapter 1: Discovering the Meanings of Cognitive Coaching Chapter 2: Identity Chapter 3: The Mediator’s Skills Chapter 4: Mediating for Self-Directed Learning Chapter 5: Repertoire of Support Functions PART II: SOURCES OF EXCELLENCE Chapter 6: Developing and Maintaining Trust Chapter 7: States of Mind Chapter 8: Teacher Cognition Chapter 9: Inquiring into the Knowledge Base of Teaching PART III: ENGAGING IN COACHING Chapter 10: Human Diversity In Meaning-Making Chapter 11: The Maps of the Planning and Reflecting Conversations Chapter 12: Resolving Problems: The Third Coaching Map Chapter 13: Calibrating Conversations PART IV: THE IMPACT OF COGNITIVE COACHING Chapter 14: Cognitive Coaching: A Synthesis of the Research by Jenny Edwards Chapter 15: How Leaders Support Learning in the Agile Organization APPENDICES APPENDIX A: Suggestions for Teachers Own Standards APPENDIX B: Inner Coaching APPENDIX C: Mediative Questioning APPENDIX D: Calibrating Conversation Script APPENDIX E: Sources of Standards of teacher & leader performance APPENDIX F: Other Resources About Self-Directedness APPEDIX G: List Of Videos, Topics And Length of Time In Minutes. About the Authors Glossary of Terms References Index

Editorial Reviews

They’ve done it again! Art Costa and Bob Garmston have provided an update on their seminal work in cognitive coaching, updating it in response to the culture of professional accountability and rigorous student learning standards. I appreciate particularly their application of coaching techniques to “calibrating conversations,” to help teachers internalize standards of practice, incorporating teachers’ own self-assessment into reflective conversations. This enables teachers themselves to drive the aspiration towards higher levels of teaching practice. The third edition, like its predecessors, is a major contribution to the field.

Charlotte Danielson

Bob and Art are national treasures for public education and their latest work will not disappoint. If improving the performance of individuals and school systems is your goal, then the protocols and resources in this book are essential for working with adult learners. A foundational resource for working with teachers, principals, and school district-level leaders must be the 3rd edition of Cognitive Coaching: Developing Self-Directed Leaders and Learners by Costa and Garmston!

Gary Whiteley

Just when I thought I knew something about coaching, I read this book and my knowledge and my work was enlightened! Art and Bob are masterful coaches and, in this book they offer great clarity about the why, what, and how of coaching practices. The book combines the practical with the theoretical in an easy to read manner. I look forward to facilitating a book study on this one. It should foster new meanings for leaders in our schools.

Bena Kallick