Grounding activities


Grounding activities are warming up your participants and assuming they are ready to learn, come with a positive mindset and want to grow. I prefer this term to “ice-breaker” that assumes people need to break this ice, that the atmosphere is ice cold and perhaps the minds are close and rigid… Here are some very … Continue reading Grounding activities

Strategies for helping teachers to engage learners and increase learning retention


For me, the most effective way to support educators to engage learners and increase learning retention is Cognitive Coaching. The mission of Cognitive Coaching is to produce self-directed persons. With the skills of coaching patterns, building rapport, listening and inquiring to explore or specify thinking, we are able to clarify thoughts and go deeper into … Continue reading Strategies for helping teachers to engage learners and increase learning retention

Why are PLCs so important?


I have always been engaged in PLCs throughout my career as I am absolutely convinced that collaboration is an essential factor for moving from good to great. Because the nature of PLCs can be so diverse, its impact on student learning takes many forms. Co-building capacity amongst faculty, implementing new instructional strategies and reflecting on … Continue reading Why are PLCs so important?

Data Wise Online Course


I am getting started with an online course: Introduction to Data Wise – a collaborative process to improve learning teaching. As I got started, the Most Important Point that was highlighted was that educators and administrators using the Data Wise approach in schools keep conversations strictly around learning evidence I will share some of my notes … Continue reading Data Wise Online Course

Exploring cognitive coaching through ‘How wolves changed rivers’


You might have seen this video about ‘how wolves changed rivers’ after the reintroduction of a few wolfes in the Yellowstone National Park. This video is an outstanding resource to look at organizational change and empowerement. I have crafted some ways to explore it through the lens of Cognitive CoachingSM. (Find out miore about Cognitive CoachingSM … Continue reading Exploring cognitive coaching through ‘How wolves changed rivers’

Cognitive Coaching: Developing Self-Directed Learners and Leaders by Costa and Garmston ~ Book Study


I decided to co-lead (with my colleague Arif Shaikh) a book study via Twitter (slow chat) on the book: Cognitive Coaching Developing Self-Directed Learners and Leaders by Costa and Garmston. This will happen between March and June 2017. If you would like to join us, please sign up using this GoogleForm and check the details about the Study in this googledoc where I … Continue reading Cognitive Coaching: Developing Self-Directed Learners and Leaders by Costa and Garmston ~ Book Study