Cognitive Coaching®
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, the thinking processes that underlie instructional decisions, which produce superior instruction. Cognitive Coaching® is a research-based model that capitalizes upon and enhances teachers’ cognitive processes.
In the eight-day Seminars, participants learn how to:
* Develop trust and rapport
* Develop an identity as a mediator of thinking
* Utilize conversation structures for planning, reflecting and problem resolving
* Develop teachers’ autonomy and sense of community
* Develop higher levels of efficacy, consciousness, craftsmanship, flexibility and interdependence
* Apply four support functions: coaching, evaluating, consulting, collaborating
* Utilize the coaching tools of pausing, paraphrasing, and posing questions
* Distinguish among the five forms of feedback
* Use data to mediate thinking
Cognitive Coaching® | SPRING 2026-2027 COHORT
The Principal Partnership Project (P3) Team is excited to announce that full scholarships will be available for the Spring 2026–2027 Cognitive Coaching® cohort!
Cognitive Coaching® is a transformative, eight-day professional learning experience designed to strengthen the leadership capacity of school leaders through reflective practice, meaningful conversations, and intentional growth.
Scholarship recipients will be selected through a competitive application process.
Scholarship Commitment: Selected recipients must commit to attending all eight days of training and provide signed approval from their superintendent.
Stay tuned! Additional information, application details, and training dates will be shared in upcoming P3 newsletters.
