The Pima County School Superintendents’ Office is offering Cognitive Coaching℠ Foundations Seminar in collaboration with the AZK12 Center. This seminar is designed for principals, assistant principals, instructional coaches, teacher leaders and others who strive to support and guide a higher level of practice with their colleagues. In this seminar, participants learn ways to expand and refine knowledge and skills to promote more effective teaching and learning. The focus is on strategies that enhance teachers’ intellectual growth and strengthen instructional decision-making. During the workshop the maps and tools of Cognitive Coaching℠ are demonstrated and practiced. Specifically, participants learn to: establish rapport, create trust, and conduct planning, reflecting, and problem-resolving conversations. These maps and tools develop teacher self-efficacy and cognitive autonomy, while also developing a sense of community and professional culture within a school.
Facilitator: Mary Bouley is an experienced educator and consultant with expertise in coaching, mentoring, project management, and professional development. She is a Cognitive CoachingSM Training Associate and specializes in one-on-one coaching as well as group facilitation. Through AZK12, Mary has been providing Cognitive CoachingSM Foundation training for the past 8 years.
Training each day (8:30-4:00) will cover the following topics:
- August 28, 2025: Trust and Rapport and Four Support Functions
- August 29, 2025: Planning Conversation Map, Cognitive Coaching℠ Capabilities, Response Behaviors and the Planning Conversation
- October 2, 2025 Review & Integration, Meditational Questions and the Reflecting Conversation
- October 3, 2025: Five Categories of Feedback, Navigating Support Functions, The Role of Data in Mediating Thinking and Reflecting Conversations with a Meta Coach
- December 15, 2026: Review and Reflection, Filters of Perception: Representational Systems, Cognitive Style, Educational Belief Systems
- December 16, 2026: Cognitive Shift and The Problem-Resolving Conversation
- January 29, 2026: The Pace, Going for the Goal, Listening for States of Mind
- January 30, 2026: States of Mind, The Lead, Pacing and Leading
Tucson Values Teachers is providing limited scholarships for educators to attend PD opportunities, if you are interested, click here for more information
- For questions regarding this resource, please contact Pima County School Superintendent's Office (PCSSO).
- Contact Name: Marianne Landrith
- Phone No: 520-724-8451
- Email Address: marianne.landrith@pima.gov