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| 40th Annual CRLA Conference - Portland,
Oregon - Oct. 31-Nov. 3, 2007
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Presentation
Title:
COACHING SKILLS AND THE HABITS OF MIND: Motivation for Every Student
Presentation
Description:
Since all of learning is based on emotion, the skill of coaching
allows the teacher, tutor, advisor, or counselor to artfully ask
the questions which can lead students to their own best answers.
In this highly interactive pre-conference institute, Carol Carter
will link coaching skills to Art Costa's Habits of Mind.
Each attendee will explore not only the basics of coaching, but
also how to apply coaching to get students to manage themselves
more effectively by taking responsibility for their choices and
developing the requisite discipline to be successful in college,
career and life. We will explore
all aspects of coaching and dig deeply into inquiry and powerful questions. This can be used one on one as well as with a group of students or professionals.
In addition to helping you with whatever role you play with students, this session promises to be one of the most meaningful and fulfilling sessions for your own personal development as well.
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Institute/Session
Summary:
Coaching skills have been popular in corporate America for the last twenty years. Recently, this powerful tool has made its way into the educational arena. Schools like Broward Community College, Tomkins Cortland Community College (TC3), and the University of Arizona, to name just a few, have incorporated coaching into their professional development training for advisers, tutors and faculty.
Increasingly, educators are discussing the crucial link between emotions and learning. In her article, Exploring a New Pedagogy: Teaching for Intellectual & Emotional Learning, Dr. Christy Folsom writes, “Neuroscience is catching up to what educators have intuitively known about thinking and emotional connections,” (Issues in Teacher Education, Fall 2005).
Dr. Folsom’s contemporary, A.R. Damasio, agrees. As author of The Feeling of What Happens: Body & Emotion in the Making of Consciousness, he writes, “Emotion is integral to the process of reasoning and decision-making.”
Dr. Art Costa's "Habits of Mind" supports this link between emotions and learning by establishing basic habits that lead to college and career success. The 16 Habits of Mind identified by Costa and Kallick include:
- Persisting
- Thinking and communicating with clarity and precision
- Managing impulsivity
- Gathering data through all senses
- Listening with understanding and empathy
- Creating, imagining, innovating
- Thinking flexibly
- Responding with wonderment and awe
- Thinking about thinking (metacognition)
- Taking responsible risks
- Striving for accuracy
- Finding humor
- Questioning and posing problems
- Thinking interdependently
- Applying past knowledge to new situations
- Remaining open to continuous learning
http://www.habits-of-mind.net/
The objectives of this institute are to help student-oriented professionals:
- Establish rapport as a prelude to giving effective student feedback
- Acquire the art of asking powerful questions to tap and activiate student motivation
- Use learning styles and habits of mind to improve teaching abilities
- Coach students to solve their own problems A Powerpoint presentation and handouts will be provided.
A Powerpoint presentation and handouts will be provided.
Presenter1
Name: Carol Carter
Presenter1 Institution: LifeBound, LLC
Presenter1 Bio: Carol Carter is an international college and career success author and speaker. As the founder and president of LifeBound, an international coaching and resource company, Carol provides training and certification to become a LifeBound coach, as well professional development for faculty at the college and high school level on more than 100 campuses.
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