tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-273958692024-02-21T04:12:29.046-05:00Nitsche NotesLinda Nitschehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07846357740996655667noreply@blogger.comBlogger83125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27395869.post-77790376188125400692013-08-21T17:53:00.000-04:002013-08-21T17:53:38.786-04:00Imagine the Possibilities<div data-configid="8875417/4544156" style="width: 525px; height: 1050px;" class="issuuembed"></div><script type="text/javascript" src="//e.issuu.com/embed.js" async="true"></script>Linda Nitschehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07846357740996655667noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27395869.post-1118931060873276232013-08-20T15:59:00.000-04:002013-08-20T16:48:33.977-04:00I Totally Missed It! <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 18pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Undergirded by three </span><a href="http://plpwiki.com/Wayfinding" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Pathmarkers</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, Trust Building, Questioning, and Facilitating Design Thinking, </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Appreciative Inquiry</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> empowers individuals to be the difference that makes the difference. </span></div>
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<i><span style="background-color: white; color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Imagine</b></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></i><span style="background-color: white; color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">what we could accomplish. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><i>Imagine</i></b></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> how teaching and learning would be different. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: 24px; line-height: 1.6363636363636365;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">What took me so long? </span></span><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">What teacher doesn’t want the passion they brought to teaching realized as a difference in the lives of children? Unfortunately, the system, bureaucracy, and culture of education also live within a climate of politics, testing, supervision, and mandates. Together they have wrought a world that is not especially conducive to building up and supporting those who need it the most. It impacts the teachers, who work tirelessly, to make a difference helping students as learners but find themselves, instead, caught in a spiraling world of frustration and self-doubt, leading to believing that someone just needs to tell them what to do. It impacts parents, who want everything that is good and engaging for their children worry that their children’s school experience is not what it could be. And, it impacts students, the bedrock of education’s existence, who know, intuitively (just ask them), what would be a better way to learn, yet no one asks, or if they do, they choose not to listen.</span></div>
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<i><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">"School culture may be understood as a historically transmitted cognitive framework of shared but taken-for-granted assumptions, values, norms and actions – stable, long-term beliefs and practices about what organization members think is important. School culture defines a school’s persona. These assumptions, unwritten rules, and unspoken beliefs, shape how its members think and do their jobs.” (pg. 4) Kaplan and Owings state that </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #656464; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“school cultures develop in their unique ways because they once solved problems and continue to serve a useful purpose.” (pg. 7) In addition, the authors say: “Because society, people, objectives, and resources change over time…once useful solutions may no longer function in the organization’s best interests.” </span></i></blockquote>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">For me, my AhHA! moment was when I recognized that the </span><a href="http://plpwiki.com/Wayfinding" style="line-height: 2; text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Pathmarkers</span></a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> in </span><a href="http://shop.plpnetwork.com/connected-coaching/" style="line-height: 2; text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Connected Coaching</span></a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> were the ingredients that could help to change the culture of a school one person at a time. </span></span><br />
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You've seen the commercials, the ads in the newspaper, the stores stocked full with pencils, markers, notebooks. Yup, it’s that time again!<br />
If you are in the United States, you are getting ready to (or have already) headed <b><span style="color: red;">BACK TO SCHOOL!</span> </b>You have rested, relaxed and rekindled the passion you have for teaching and the reason you choose to be a teacher, to make a difference in students’ lives. You are imagining the possibilities for this year, having reflected, reconsidered, reworked and re-imagined how this year will be different and even better than last year. <br />
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><b>FAST FORWARD...</b></span>to the opening in-service days when you reconnect with your colleagues, sharing your energy and hopes for the new school year. Then, the district initiatives for the year are introduced along with the district scores from the latest round of state testing. Common Core State Standards, a new writing program, changes to the math program to align with Common Core, a new professional employee evaluation system along with school level plans to address deficiencies related to not meeting Annual Yearly Progress. Your heart sinks, your energy deflates, your positive outlook turns, your belief in your ability to make the difference in your students’ lives waivers. <br />
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OK, Let’s <span style="color: blue;"><b>REWIND</b></span> to those moments and feelings just before the district initiatives were announced. What would school look and sound like if it instead nurtured your passions, supported your belief in yourself, facilitated your efforts in trying new ideas and becoming the best teacher or administrator possible?<br />
How would you want a coach to approach you if you were going to commit to really putting yourself out there, being transparent, trying all kinds of ideas, taking risks, to follow learning where it took you? <br />
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<span style="color: orange;"><b>WHAT IT’S NOT</b></span><br />
Let’s take a few stabs at what it is not.<br />
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<li>It’s not with a stance of judgement.</li>
<li>It’s not by offering advice that was not requested.</li>
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Instead, imagine the coach or colleague who approaches you with essential dispositions that encourage and empower you to develop your learning and growth. How would you want them to approach you and interact with you? What would be those essential dispositions? What are examples of the essential dispositions in action? What dispositions could you foster to develop the culture and atmosphere that will nurture your beginning of the school year hope and optimism throughout the school year?<br />
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<b><span style="color: red;">ESSENTIAL DISPOSITIONS: WHAT ARE THEY?</span></b><br />
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<b><i><span style="color: blue;">TRUSTING and TRUSTWORTHY</span></i></b><br />
This is the ability to create a safe, supportive environment that produces ongoing mutual respect and trust. Strong, respectful and supportive relationships are at the heart of coaching and learning. <br />
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Trust opens our work and dreams to each other and makes possible<br />
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Taking time and employing a range of strategies to develop trust is a critical first step in coaching and an essential disposition for meaningful engagement. But, what do TRUSTING and TRUSTWORTHY look and sound like? Getting to know each other, sharing interests, family stories, photos, social media ID’s such as Twitter or Facebook help to build an atmosphere ripe for learning and commitment to the group and group norms. Maintaining the initial trust that is built is supported through collectively developed norms. Having integrity, being there for each other, listening to each other, being truthful and open, and keeping promises are all hallmarks of trusting relationships. <br />
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<b><i><span style="color: blue;">ACTIVE and MINDFUL LISTENER</span></i></b><br />
This disposition is evident in the ability to focus completely on what another is communicating to understand their intent in the context of their values and goals, and to support self-expression non-judgmentally. How often have you begun to share a story or concern with another and they respond with “A similar thing happened to me...” and then share their own story? Active and mindful listeners focus all of their attention on the one speaking, listening for words, tone of voice, and feelings to hear what is actually being said. They demonstrate respect for and interest and belief in an individual’s strengths, goals, style, and learning. The locus of control is shifted to the speaker because the active and mindful listener recognizes the importance of “self-discovery.” In addition, the active and mindful listener demonstrates appreciation for the other’s perspective, even when it is different from his/her own. Through the use of paraphrasing, clarifying, and asking questions, the active and mindful listener, encourages, explores, and accepts without judgment the expression of feelings, perceptions, concerns, beliefs, and suggestions of the one speaking. <br />
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<b><i><span style="color: blue;">OPEN TO POSSIBILITIES AND WELCOMING THE UNEXPECTED</span></i></b><br />
You were all set, had thought through your new approaches to the school year and then the district threw you a curve ball. How do you respond? Are you open to possibilities and welcoming the unexpected? This disposition is evidenced by the ability to shift perspectives and approaches as needed in the moment. It is about a willingness to leave your comfort zone and experiment with new strategies. It is about being a learner, a passionate learner who believes that with trying, collaborating, and experimenting anything is possible. By embracing the unexpected, considering broader perspectives and seeing different, interrelated factors, you will find new possibilities for action. It will require perseverance as you explore ideas and concepts, rethink, revise, and continually re-pack and unpack, resisting the urge to finish prematurely. <br />
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<b><i><span style="color: blue;">SELF-AWARENESS, SELF-REFLECTION, AND SELF-DIRECTED ACTION</span></i></b><br />
Accepting the role of being trustworthy, an active and mindful listener, and open to possibilities is a tall order! The fourth disposition is the ability to integrate and accurately self-evaluate multiple sources of information, and to make interpretations to guide future efforts. As you develop, try, practice and deepen the newly adopted learning and practices the ability to be self-aware and self-reflect on self-directed actions is needed. As you consider your newly adopted actions, think, “What have I learned? What have I accomplished?” A learning stance, reflects from a positive perspective. Energized by our own thinking and accomplishments, expansive thinking is engaged, generating new possibilities, new ways of thinking, new connections, new goals and actions. <br />
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<b><span style="color: #990000;">THE CHALLENGE</span></b><br />
As much as the fourth disposition is about self, self-awareness, self-reflection, and self-directed action, it it buoyed by the belief in collective intelligence, that none of us is as good as all of us. It is through collegiality that the efforts and contributions of everyone leads to learning and growth for all. The answer is “in the room,” but it will take trust to emerge from the collective good, active and mindful listening to recognize when you hear it, openness to possibilities to activate it, and self-awareness, self-reflection, and self-directed action to refine and make it a reality. <br />
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How will you approach this new school year? How will you continue to kindle your passion and spirit for teaching, learning, and growth? Where are you on the “I think I can” journey of learning. What step will you take today? What will you reach for? <br />
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<br />Linda Nitschehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07846357740996655667noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27395869.post-60061309687939034192013-08-03T22:55:00.000-04:002013-08-03T22:55:10.200-04:00Design ThinkingWe are almost ready to head into the final phases of learning how to be a <a href="http://plpnetwork.com/2012/12/11/connected-coaching-ecourse/" target="_blank">Connected Coach</a>. The last phases move into crafting the "what do you wonder about?" and with refinements to the question, moving into action research. <a href="https://www.thinglink.com/user/162531384513003521" target="_blank">Tom Barrett,</a> created the image below using <a href="https://www.thinglink.com/scene/420074530040446978" target="_blank">ThingLink</a>. <br />
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What parallels, if any, do you see to Connected Coaching and other work you do with educators and students?Linda Nitschehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07846357740996655667noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27395869.post-14449536203109350722013-08-02T16:34:00.000-04:002013-08-02T16:34:05.934-04:00<script src="http://widgets.paper.li/javascripts/sr.embeddable.js" type="text/javascript"></script><br />
<script>Paperli.PaperFrame.Show({id: 'd0692530-82ec-012f-25ad-12313d16b843', width: 390, height: 480, background: '#ECECEC', borderColor: '#DDDDDD'})</script>Linda Nitschehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07846357740996655667noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27395869.post-64060205285835821742013-08-02T11:49:00.000-04:002013-08-04T14:22:09.657-04:00Coaching: Ten Essential Ideas<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.15; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Coaching is a challenging job. Change is often not welcome. Being told what to do often results in compliance, not growth and learning. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.15; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">My recent work and learning as part of </span><a href="http://shop.plpnetwork.com/connected-coaching/" style="line-height: 1.15; text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">PLP’s Connected Coaching course </span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.15; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">has been different. It has showcased an alternative view of coaching, </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; line-height: 1.15; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Appreciative Inquiry</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.15; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. One where the individual and their growth is honored. In addition, it has taken that alternative view and added the dimension of coaching online, not face to face. During the past several weeks, ten essential ideas, so far, have emerged for me that </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.15; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">ARE the difference that </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.15; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">MAKES THE DIFFERENCE</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.15; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.15; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Let’s take a look at them. </span><br />
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></b></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #a64d79; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">ESSENTIAL IDEA #`1:</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #0b5394; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">RELATIONSHIPS and TRUST BUILDING</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #a64d79; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Seek opportunities to show you care. The smallest gestures often </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #a64d79; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> make the biggest difference.” </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-327e836b-3cc9-8581-d35a-4500a0c6b5cd" style="color: #a64d79;"></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 252pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="color: #a64d79;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">― </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">John Wooden</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></b></div><h4><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipBdQIm-Zebfx58sGfjaJM2GugHNqelLr3phTQP-M_0zeRyqicFC4TODEsf_kwkz3YwY6rzfArExLVRxsZpjDBqw7_wBW7LiJ3BKj9KRNXKw4qB6m4WBRzBQ-zw6FcF8CGFnaWGw/s1600/Trust.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="179" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipBdQIm-Zebfx58sGfjaJM2GugHNqelLr3phTQP-M_0zeRyqicFC4TODEsf_kwkz3YwY6rzfArExLVRxsZpjDBqw7_wBW7LiJ3BKj9KRNXKw4qB6m4WBRzBQ-zw6FcF8CGFnaWGw/s320/Trust.jpg" width="320" /></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">What does it encompass when you trust someone? What do you expect? Building trust is an essential first step in any coaching endeavor. Building, growing and nurturing trust and relationships is at the foundation of all coaching. How does that happen online? Through many avenues - through checking in with the coachee first, to ascertain where </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small; font-weight: normal; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">their thinking and feelings are that day; </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small; font-weight: normal; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">through sharing about yourself, your</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-weight: normal; white-space: pre-wrap;">interests, your job, your aspirations; through storytelling and images, that say more than words alone; and by having your ideas and thoughts accepted non-judgmentally. Jumping in too quickly into the focus of a session, can derail trust and the willingness of a coachee to ‘lean into’ the coaching relationship. While an essential first step, nurturing trust and relationships is an ongoing part of coaching and vitally interwoven with the other essential ideas. </span></span></span></h4><div><h4><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">http://flic.kr/p/8eG5yB</span></span></h4></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></b></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #a64d79; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">ESSENTIAL IDEA # 2: </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #0b5394; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">STORYTELLING</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #a64d79; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-327e836b-3f80-dba9-6d79-b6c4038857c0" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #a64d79;"><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span></b></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #a64d79; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Stories serve as windows into the architecture of {our} psyches and</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #a64d79; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">the longing of {our} souls as well as the platform from which to </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #a64d79; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">build and express new ways of being in the world.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #a64d79; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>- David Drake</span><br />
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</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWFdXlMxekY54ZZ-gAKVKGIgNa6mZX0kU95haoF_gZckEhaC4uT3EdziZ0LVETYNYtYlgk0fm_10GWrcx8P7dwAsV4RmEt4rvazUGWvfjxl4EUygGRh1cArf6zAfy6laPiO0LbsQ/s1600/Campfire.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="205" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWFdXlMxekY54ZZ-gAKVKGIgNa6mZX0kU95haoF_gZckEhaC4uT3EdziZ0LVETYNYtYlgk0fm_10GWrcx8P7dwAsV4RmEt4rvazUGWvfjxl4EUygGRh1cArf6zAfy6laPiO0LbsQ/s320/Campfire.jpg" width="320" /></a><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></b></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Storytelling is powerful. It invites us in. Invites us to imagine. Invites us to participate. Invites us to re-envision our world as different, something more desirable. By inviting others to share their stories, we become partners looking through an open window into their perceptions and feelings. The story is the raw material we have to connect and understand the coachee. By listening attentively to a story, the coach communicates respect, acceptance, and appreciation of the coachee. This is turn, opens a space for nurturing personal growth. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: xx-small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">http://flic.kr/p/HCKLc</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">By learning how to see stories as one perspective with alternative storylines, coaches can guide coachees to seek deeper meaning and alternative possibilities from their stories. </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></b></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #a64d79; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">ESSENTIAL IDEA # 3: </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #0b5394; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">STRENGTH-BASED</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #a64d79;"><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span></b></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #a64d79; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Coaching is helping people grow without telling them what to do.”</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 216pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #a64d79; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">- Tony Stoltzfus</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></b></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Connected Coaching combines a strength-based approach with the positive approach of Appreciative Inquiry. It approaches coaching </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #4e4e54; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">through the lens of SOAP- strengths, observations, aspirations, possibilities. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Together they redefine how we can help others with the process of change. The goal is to not only identify the positive core, but to leverage it in creating the most desired future.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #a64d79;"><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span></b></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #a64d79; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“That which dominates our imagination and our thoughts will determine</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #a64d79; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> our life and character.”</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 216pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #a64d79; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">- Ralph Waldo Emerson</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></b></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We are what we believe about ourselves. If we focus on negative experiences, problems, and complaints, they we will believe that we are victims, powerless to make a change. On the converse, we focus on the positive, the hopes and dreams of a person in Connected Coaching, By building off of the strengths of a person, they are encouraged and see possibilities.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></b></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.44; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #a64d79; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">ESSENTIAL IDEA # 4: </span><span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">LISTENING</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 15px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #a64d79;"><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 15px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span></b></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.44; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #a64d79; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“...The most basic and powerful way to connect to another person </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.44; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #a64d79; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">is to listen. Just listen. Perhaps, the most important thing we ever </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.44; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #a64d79; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">give each other is our attention.”</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.44; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 180pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #a64d79; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">- Rachel Naomi Remen</span><br />
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</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; line-height: 1.15; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfspBTbi20vMNRVmhm2R9wLkFMk7s8g8NDwRqVhMIStNZZvnxAW5eenhC-Nlnnnz1MFreNyudc_5V9OK5rh9uyFYwXkd6Yi9F_dpOPKF37794oDO5A5_3vmqzMYd85OQL8ZzLgWA/s1600/Ear.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfspBTbi20vMNRVmhm2R9wLkFMk7s8g8NDwRqVhMIStNZZvnxAW5eenhC-Nlnnnz1MFreNyudc_5V9OK5rh9uyFYwXkd6Yi9F_dpOPKF37794oDO5A5_3vmqzMYd85OQL8ZzLgWA/s200/Ear.jpg" width="146" /></a></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The quote pretty much sums it up. As a coach...Listen. Listen. Listen. Don’t talk. Don’t tell your own autobiographical story. Don’t give advice. Don’t offer solutions. Do not direct. And, certainly, do not criticize or pass judgement. Clear your mind of everything that is bothering you and on your to do list and listen with everything you have in you - all of the focus and energy you can muster. Along with listening, learning to be comfortable with silence is important. We extol the merits of ‘wait time’ for students. Coachees are no different. Resist the urge to fill the silence with questions. Give it time. Value it. The silence provides an accepting space, where the coachee is in control of the content, timing, and path of their thinking.</span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br />
</span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 18px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">http://flic.kr/p/bq3se8</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></b></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #a64d79; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">ESSENTIAL IDEA # 5: </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #0b5394; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">WHAT IS NOT SEEN OR HEARD</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #a64d79;"><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span></b></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #a64d79; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">"We don't see clearly because we don't see with the eyes of our</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #a64d79; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> heart."</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #a64d79; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">- John Eldredge, in Waking the Dead</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #a64d79; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #a64d79; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“It is with the heart that one sees rightly; what is essential is invisible</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #a64d79; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> to the eye.”</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #a64d79; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - Antoine de Saint-Exupery</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></b></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.0909090518951416; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Listen for the ideas you hear, but also listen for the complete message including the feelings. While there is a </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #4e4e54; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">lack of ability to read facial expressions, gestures, and mood in an online environment, you can hear the unsaid. You need to look for the things that are said or not said in order to reinterpret that like we would if we were able to use body language.Then translate what might not be said into your paraphrase to see if you got the words but also got the feelings that go along with them. The coach's role is to mirror back thoughts and feelings in their paraphrase. By ‘leaning into’ the coachee’s words, the coach</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #4e4e54; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.0909090518951416; white-space: pre-wrap;"> is able to feel and experience what the coachee is thinking and feeling. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></b></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #a64d79; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">ESSENTIAL IDEA # 6: </span><span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">PARAPHRASING</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> & </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">WORDS</span></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #a64d79; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">While no conversation is guaranteed to change the trajectory of a </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #a64d79; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">career, a company, a relationship or a life- any single conversation can.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #a64d79;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> - </span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Susan Scott, </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Fierce Conversations</span></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></b></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBSZKmsmU98EqE_YKp33t0FJJw230GfoCVZIER_1K67U4a5MiVDpTwAAPjidyhEJEKtqbtuvoGfTV6Lw_HueWJlUKvaNZVOnBpUZ1_EQ2p5SJubXTfXEL7jnkOOnMhRMvDPhL0Qg/s1600/Words.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="173" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBSZKmsmU98EqE_YKp33t0FJJw230GfoCVZIER_1K67U4a5MiVDpTwAAPjidyhEJEKtqbtuvoGfTV6Lw_HueWJlUKvaNZVOnBpUZ1_EQ2p5SJubXTfXEL7jnkOOnMhRMvDPhL0Qg/s320/Words.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Well, we jumped ahead a bit, mentioning paraphrase in the last essential idea, but let’s take a deeper look at the power of words in appreciative inquiry. My work and learning as part of </span><a href="http://shop.plpnetwork.com/connected-coaching/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">PLP’s Connected Coaching course</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> has highlighted the the power of words to make a difference. Mirroring back thoughts and emotions without injecting your feelings, your judgments, your ideas-- without sharing is a completely different way of interacting with others. In a paraphrase, capture the </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">essence </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">of what was said while also reflecting the tone. Paraphrasing helps to bring clarity to a coachee’s thinking. By paraphrasing what is said, the coachee is able to affirm and clarify their thinking. Through affirmation, the coachee feels accepted, valued, and respected. Remember a single word can change an attitude. Learning to be conscious of choosing your words carefully is important. Using the word ‘</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">you’ </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">instead of </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">‘I’,</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">‘could’</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> instead of </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">‘should,</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">’ and </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">‘and’</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> instead of ‘</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">but,’ </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">communicates your belief in the genuine capacity of the coachee and opens the world for them to contemplate their own possibilities.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">http://flic.kr/p/28jsA1</span></span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 15px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br />
</span> <span style="background-color: white; color: #a64d79; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">ESSENTIAL IDEA # 7: </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #0b5394; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">QUESTIONING</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #a64d79;"><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span></b></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #a64d79; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Great coaches do not tell people what to think. They point people</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #a64d79; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> in the right direction to find the answers. This self-restraint is one</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #a64d79; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> of the most difficult challenges of leadership.”</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 288pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #a64d79; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">- Thomas Bandy</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #a64d79;"><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span></b></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #a64d79; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Probably my best quality as a coach is that I ask a lot of challenging questions and let the person come up with the answer.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #a64d79; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>- Phil Dixon</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></b></div><div dir="ltr" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; line-height: 1.15; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbA_8RMnd2hV_26amuEoVG4-OTE4TadEnz3IA8W0n6ZpWul-K31i9jdaWOuPRc2zGQ6MZQUpE0EyFknNG4G00q_ctMZ3QPsF320-OOhku9fFuavbgLHuxJyzSCVdoP2SBIsk_rWg/s1600/Question.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbA_8RMnd2hV_26amuEoVG4-OTE4TadEnz3IA8W0n6ZpWul-K31i9jdaWOuPRc2zGQ6MZQUpE0EyFknNG4G00q_ctMZ3QPsF320-OOhku9fFuavbgLHuxJyzSCVdoP2SBIsk_rWg/s200/Question.jpg" width="133" /></a></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">At the core of Appreciative Inquiry is the belief in the complete capability of the coachee to identify their next step and to learn and grow. It is within them, they may just need someone to guide them in discovering it. Having built relational trust and validated their stories, we turn to wondering, Now What? Through questions, coachees are able to discover their own strengths and devise their own outcomes. Questions are asked with genuine curiosity following a coach’s paraphrase. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Powerful Questions</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> invite a response from the coachee. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Powerful Questions </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">are open-ended, have multiple answers, are phrased to help the coachee consider new perspectives or next steps, think more deeply, make connections, and imagine alternatives. </span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br />
</span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 18px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">http://flic.kr/p/7vB7fR</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></b></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #a64d79; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">ESSENTIAL IDEA # 8: </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #0b5394; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">POSITIVE PRESUPPOSITIONS</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #a64d79;"><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span></b></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #a64d79; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Coaching is unlocking a person's potential to maximize their own performance. It is helping them to learn rather than teaching them.”</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 108pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #a64d79; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">- John Whitmore, in Coaching for Performance</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #a64d79;"><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span></b></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #a64d79; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“I never cease to be amazed at the power of the coaching process </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #a64d79; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">to draw out the skills or talent that was previously hidden within an individual, and which invariably finds a way to solve a problem </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #a64d79; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">previously thought unsolvable.”</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #a64d79; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - John Russell, Managing Director, Harley-Davidson Europe Ltd.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #a64d79;"><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span></b></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #a64d79; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“That which dominates our imagination and our thoughts will </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #a64d79; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">determine our life and character.”</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 252pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #a64d79; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - Ralph Waldo Emerson</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></b></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Positive Presuppositions are about assuming positive intentions. By inquiring into strengths, we set into a motion the generative power of a self-fulfilling prophecy. As coaches, we speak with a positive intent, believing in the competence, dedication, and capability of those we coach, no matter what we have seen, experienced, or believe. There is always something positive that is working. The coach’s job is to find the positive to communicate our belief in the coachee’s abilities. Here, again, choice of words makes all the difference. By stating a positive intent, the conversation turns to talking about positive experiences, those where the coachee has been successful. By focusing on strengths, the coachee uses their experiences as a touchstone to what they are capable of achieving. </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></b></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #a64d79; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">ESSENTIAL IDEA # 9: </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #0b5394; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">ASPIRATIONS AND IMAGINING POSSIBILITIES </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #a64d79; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #a64d79;"><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span></b></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #a64d79; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">When teachers are filled with a sense of their own strengths, vitalities,</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #a64d79; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and aspirations, and when they are invited to imagine the possibilities</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #a64d79; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">that would make their life and work more wonderful, they get fully </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #a64d79; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">engaged in self-directed learning. Their energy goes up and their </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #a64d79; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">resistance goes down.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 216pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #a64d79; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">- Tschannen-Moran, Evocative Coaching</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; line-height: 1.15; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZYRIJ-l1JrNvAxXI101mpwnB-F71pcb1rsjIwefvsrrMDQGoKhtg79-sgeADy00R3_imZQnkf1JEzI5z1FTgIt-Qw5V4Wgh3mbrBX46UNWno7NZB3_oOcm3VIx4g5wQoIdQnRSQ/s1600/Teacher.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZYRIJ-l1JrNvAxXI101mpwnB-F71pcb1rsjIwefvsrrMDQGoKhtg79-sgeADy00R3_imZQnkf1JEzI5z1FTgIt-Qw5V4Wgh3mbrBX46UNWno7NZB3_oOcm3VIx4g5wQoIdQnRSQ/s320/Teacher.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Take time to talk to teachers and ask they why they became teachers. Listen to their idealistic vision of what they hoped to accomplish. Those aspirations are genuine, but perhaps stamped out by the stresses of keeping up with the day-to-day world of education today. How many times have you heard a teacher say, “we aren’t allowed to have fun anymore at school?” How do we rekindle their spirit? How do we tap into their aspirations and realize them? By using an </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Appreciative Inquiry</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> approach, coaches can help teachers to explore their aspirations - </span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 18px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">http://flic.kr/p/cMkMiU</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></b></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #a64d79; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">When teachers see the possibility of learning or doing something </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #a64d79; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">that would help to make their future aspirations a reality, they often </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #a64d79;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">smile at the thought and jump at the opportunity.</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #a64d79;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">- Tschannen-Moran, Evocative Coaching</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #a64d79;"><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span></b></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #a64d79; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">ESSENTIAL IDEA # 10: </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #0b5394; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">TRANSFORMING COACHING ONLINE </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #a64d79;"><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span></b></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #a64d79; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Twitter, Facebook, and other social media - even largely nonverbal Instagram, which is all about photos - invite us to be storytellers around imaginary campfires, ringed with friends, acquaintances, and family. </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 216pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #a64d79; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">- John Timpane</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitb5nCMu4DlTXHKd9DiMtUKxxPZN2oToCAYUpbEP99eQ4xmTTEc5s2lVSgcwaOGjgsB0LXvy7x7AwCxznyBks5o7dtD2lqklSJ0wPrHkRr-MhDJhGbhIOlaU-9Ypx1SqIDU06elQ/s1600/Tech+Campfire.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitb5nCMu4DlTXHKd9DiMtUKxxPZN2oToCAYUpbEP99eQ4xmTTEc5s2lVSgcwaOGjgsB0LXvy7x7AwCxznyBks5o7dtD2lqklSJ0wPrHkRr-MhDJhGbhIOlaU-9Ypx1SqIDU06elQ/s320/Tech+Campfire.jpg" width="320" /></a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">While coaching has been mainly a face to face endeavor, with the increasing use of technology worldwide, coaching naturally moves into online spaces. How does a coach build relationships and trust, facilitate self-directed learning, support a learner in realizing their strengths, and empower them to learn and grow when you are not “Seeing” and “Talking” to the learner?</span><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> A coach does this through a creative, eclectic use of a wide variety of tools and experiences. A Learning Management System, LMS, is used as the classroom space where assignments and information are shared through the </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">use of video, podcasts, links to online resources, and playlists</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: xx-small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.15; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">using </span><a href="http://www.mentormob.com/" style="line-height: 1.15; text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">www.mentormob.com</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.15; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. Delicious or Diigo are used to collaboratively share additional resources. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.15; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Synchronous weekly webinars use </span><a href="http://plpnetwork.wikispaces.com/Protocols+and+Activities" style="line-height: 1.15; text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">protocols </span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.15; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">that have been adapted for online use and a variety of interactive experiences that engage learners in exploring course topics more fully and deeply from differing perspectives. During the week, asynchronous experiences invite learners to explore topics more fully using a range of formats. Learners collaborate in sharing and creating ideas using Google Docs and Google Presentations. The Visual Ranking Tool is useful for working together to rank ideas while </span><a href="http://flitsi.com/" style="line-height: 1.15; text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">flitsi.com</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.15; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> is useful for taking online polls. Collaborative ranking and polling Collaborative brainstorming is accomplished using </span><a href="http://www.padlet.com/" style="line-height: 1.15; text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">www.padlet.com</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.15; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and </span><a href="http://todaysmeet.com/ccecourse613" style="line-height: 1.15; text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #3c78d8; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">http://todaysmeet.com</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #3c78d8; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.15; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.15; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Building trust is essential for all coaching. Online, engaging learning in activities that request information about themselves, and asking learners to share core beliefs and values and their passions are successful through the use of tools that help learners share more than text alone. By incorporating images, video, and audio in their responses using tools such as </span><a href="http://www.pixlr.com/" style="line-height: 1.15; text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">www.pixlr.com</span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, </span><a href="http://www.ribbit.com/" style="line-height: 1.15; text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">www.ribbit.com</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.15; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, or </span><a href="http://audioboo.fm/" style="line-height: 1.15; text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #3c78d8; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">AudioBoo</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.15; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> opens up new ways of “Seeing” and “Hearing” the learner.</span><br />
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Have you heard <a href="http://www.turnbacktogod.com/story-the-pessimist-and-the-optimist/" target="_blank">the story of the twins, one an optimist and the other a pessimist</a>? The pessimistic twin’s <br />
room was filled with every toy imaginable while the optimistic twin’s room was filled with horse manure. Their individual dispositions suggest how each responded to their situation. The pessimistic disposition found fault and complaints with all of the toys. On the other hand, the optimistic disposition saw hope of a pony in all of that manure!<br />
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According to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disposition" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a>, Dispositions are a habit, a preparation, a state of readiness, or a tendency to act in a specified way. Similarly, <a href="http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/disposition" target="_blank">Wiktionary</a> defines dispositions as a tendency or inclination under given circumstances.<br />
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But, it is not just what perspective you bring to a situation, but it is also the preparation you have made. Imagine a runner, hoping to enter the next marathon. Hoping will not get the runner very far in a marathon. Training and commitment will also be needed to accomplish that goal. Clearly, how you prepare yourself or approach a situation makes a significant difference in your experience and outcome. So, what outcomes do we hope for when coaching other teachers? According to Mary E. Dietz and James D. Rath in <i>Dispositions in Teacher Education</i>, <br />
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<i>Coaching is defined as showing “people how to transform or stretch their visions, values, and abilities (Hargrove, 1995); “helping an individual or team produce a desired result through increasing awareness and ability to solve problems” (Milwaukee Public Schools, 2004, p. 10); and “providing deliberate support to clarify and achieve goals” (Bloom et al., 2005, p.7).</i></blockquote>
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Then, what dispositions and what preparation would a coach need in order to accomplish those outcomes? I would suggest six dispositions that are critical to accomplish the outcome of self-directed learning to solve problems and achieve goals: <i><b>Establish Trust, Active and Mindful Listener,</b></i> <b><i>Open to Possibilities and Welcoming the Unexpected, Self-Awareness, Self-Reflection and Self-Directed Action, and Direct Communication. </i></b> I will explore each one more in depth in future posts. Stay tuned!Linda Nitschehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07846357740996655667noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27395869.post-85482704978875656012012-09-07T21:31:00.004-04:002012-09-07T21:31:39.027-04:0010 Back to School Resources for iPads<br />
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<li>Who are my students? What are their interests and passions? What will I do to reach and connect with each of them?</li>
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Linda Nitschehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07846357740996655667noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27395869.post-51637900987018658722010-02-24T10:34:00.001-05:002010-02-25T14:12:55.566-05:00PETE&C Back ChannelDianne created a CoverItLive session for ALL of the PETE&C sessions she attended. You will see the comments and thoughts from numerous people who also attended the session either live or virtually. Check it out!<br /><br /> <iframe src="http://www.coveritlive.com/index2.php/option=com_altcaster/task=viewaltcast/altcast_code=a8f11a53f5/height=550/width=470" scrolling="no" height="550px" width="470px" frameBorder="0" allowTransparency="true" ><a href="http://www.coveritlive.com/mobile.php?option=com_mobile&task=viewaltcast&altcast_code=a8f11a53f5" >Tech Tips with Dianne Live from PETE & C</a></iframe>Linda Nitschehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07846357740996655667noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27395869.post-79373536811102023732010-02-23T16:46:00.003-05:002010-02-23T17:49:28.745-05:0010 Ways to Lead from the OutsideResources found at: <a href="https://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0ARErk0_swfvMZGZyanF4OHBfMTgxaGY1aGpkZHA&hl=en">http://tommcgee.wikispaces.com</a><br /><br />Video clip on Leadership from Scrubs<br />Ralph Nader- I start with the premise that the function of leadership is to create more leaders not followers.<br /><br />Leadership is about capacity: the capacity of leaders to listen and observe<br />Thomas Sergiovanni- what makes sense and what is worth doing<br />Successful community building depends in large measure, on each individual school defining for itself its own life and creating itself...<br /><br />Inside-Out Strategy<br />Administrators model is - teachers will see that is important<br />Have a meeting and set up a back channel for the teachers to get involved in a dialogue<br /><br />Transformation Leadership<br />Be the change you want to see in the world- Ghandi<br /><br />#1 Water Cooler Conversations<br /><ul><li>faculty rooms</li><li>lunchrooms</li><li>mailboxes</li><li>hallways</li><li>email</li></ul><br />#2 email<br /><br />#3 Listservs & Network<br /><br />#4 Wikis<br /><br />#5 Blogging<br /><br />#6 Microblogging<br />Video: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYz9M70KVR0">Twitter in 60 seconds</a><br /><br />#7 Nings<br />Smartboard Revolution Ning<br />Moodlers Online Ning<br /><br />#8 Social Bookmarking<br /><br />#9 Podcasting<br /><br />#10 Skype<br /><br />Act 48 Code: IL072353Linda Nitschehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07846357740996655667noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27395869.post-38813126198329085482010-02-23T15:34:00.002-05:002010-02-23T16:31:20.119-05:00Telling Stories VisuallyPresentation and handouts available at: <a href="http://gordonworley.com">http://gordonworley.com</a><br /><br />Movie Trailer: Temple Grandin: Innovator, author, activist, autistic<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Think like a photographer</span><br />Gladwell- Outliers<br /><ul><li>10,000 rule- you need to spend 10,000 hours on doing something to get really good at it.</li></ul><span style="font-weight: bold;">Use a process</span><br />Pre-write= Planning<br />First Draft = Preproduction<br />Revision= Production<br />Proofreading= Post production<br />Final Copy= Publishing<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Have a plan, but always be open to new ideas.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Stories about Places</span><br /><ul><li>Name six things about the place</li><li>Find out 6 more facts about the place</li><li>Now decide what photos you will take. </li></ul><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Shoot what Drives You</span><br /><ul><li>Your interest</li><li>Your passion</li><li>Your heart</li><li>You need to be in your Element</li><li>Where is the pay check coming from?</li></ul><br />Think about the image you want to shoot- before you click the shutter button<br /><ul><li>composition</li><li>capturing emotion</li><li>field of view</li><li>one photo or multiple photos</li><li>camera placement</li><li>compose multiple images together to get one using overlays and transparencies</li></ul><span style="font-style: italic;">Photo Essay</span><br />Shots<br /><ul><li>Establishing shot- where are you</li><li>portrait shot - tells you something about a person (even if it not a shot of a person)</li><li>closeup- attracts people's attention</li><li>light objects attract attention more than dark objects</li><li>warm colors before cool colors</li><li>in focus - out of focus</li><li>isolated items before cluttered items</li><li>strong contrast before weak contrast</li><li>oblique lines before horizontal or vertical lines</li><li>live before inanimate objects</li><li>objects we recognize before objects we don't recognize</li></ul><span style="font-style: italic;">Story Starters or Themes</span><br /><ul><li>love</li><li>revenge</li><li>truth</li><li>justice</li><li>lack of love</li><li>loneliness</li><li>betrayal</li><li>self-destruction</li><li>death</li><li>resurrection</li></ul><span style="font-style: italic;">Capturing Time</span><br /><ul><li>freeze it</li><li>slow vs. fast shutter speed</li><li>night image</li><li>objects that look old and weathered</li></ul>Lines<br />Shapes<br />Texture<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Principles of Design</span><br />Emphasis<br />Balance<br />Harmony- repeating patters<br />Variety<br />Repetition<br />Rhythm<br />Proportion<br />Unity<br /><br />Act 48 code: HL302400Linda Nitschehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07846357740996655667noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27395869.post-85720093858149985682010-02-23T14:23:00.002-05:002010-02-23T15:13:44.979-05:00Staff Development: Winning Trust and AmbitionEngagement is crucial for all learners.<br /><br />Staff development is continuous.<br />Includes how teachers and administrators communicate on a daily, continual basis.<br /><ul><li>Send a thank you note.</li></ul>Rejuvenation = Motivation<br /><br />www.PETEClugar.wikispaces.com - survey<br /><br />Act 48 code: GL312330Linda Nitschehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07846357740996655667noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27395869.post-73553482849450345512010-02-22T11:31:00.003-05:002010-02-22T12:18:55.244-05:00iPods in the ClassroomClick <a href="http://www.mindmeister.com/maps/show_public/37513629">here</a> to find the session resources.<br /><br />Set up all of he iPods all at one time. Using iTunes, load and name each ipod. Then select all of the apps and then load them on all of the ipods.<br />et up Apps for Education, evernote, etc on computers at school to familarize students with them before using iPods.<br /><br />What Apps?<br /><ul><li>They use Evernote as an app for notetaking.</li><li>They use Evernote and Google Docs for collaborative docs. You can download a google Doc to see it, but changes need to be synced online on a computer.</li><li>Equiz- Can take practice quizzes- science, social studies, - applicable to many of the subjects.</li><li>Periodic Table</li><li>Graphing Calculator</li><li>Microphone App- purchased microphones from Amazon- MiniMic</li><li>Conversion<br /></li><li>Edmodo Group CXT747</li><li>Use the mic to run Skype</li><li>Animoto for education</li><li>My eTextbooks</li><li>imindmap</li><li>SAT math prep<br /></li></ul>How do you purchase apps ?<br /><ul><li>District will cut checks to buy iTune gift cards.</li><li>Use district credit cards</li><li>Cut a purchase order</li></ul>What about student work on the ipods?<br /><ul><li>Is it cleared?</li><li>Students upload all of their content.</li><li>Not a problem to have voice notes, evernote notes on ipods.</li><li>Attach files to Edmodo.<br /></li></ul> 3 A's: Access, Analyze, Apply<br /><br />Act 48 Code: VL062199Linda Nitschehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07846357740996655667noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27395869.post-85843384261329374722010-02-22T10:19:00.003-05:002010-02-22T12:22:03.296-05:00Comic Creation and 21st Century Peofessional Development<a href="http://ning.peteandc.org/forum/topics/al05-comic-creation-21st-1">How can comics provide an avenue for providing professional development?</a><br /><br />Quite often we are teaching teachers, but not teaching them the way we want them to teach.<br />The goal was to use a different model to have teachers learn about technology, think deeply about content and become engaged.<br />This was based on a graduate level technology course. Many of the comics were created by teachers who didn't want to be there.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Why comics creation?</span><br /><ul><li>Builds visual literacy<br /></li><li>Sustains interaction with content</li><li>Enhance motivation</li><li>Has potential for dual controversy</li><li>Values multiple perspectives</li><li>Appeals to males</li></ul><span style="font-weight: bold;">It allows:</span><br /><ul><li>a forum to voice concerns</li><li>honest observations</li><li>safer- non-threating environment that allows for expression, questioning</li></ul>When you are trying to get teachers to break out of the model of teaching they way they do, you need a way in through the strong barrier that already exists. Decker, 2007, identifies a "Comic Pedagogy" which identifies these elements about comics:<br /><ul><li>Sustains the question until the learning has a place of understanding</li><li>Attends to complexity and discourages the search for the simple</li><li>Embraces a 'punch line'- the counter-intuitive option</li></ul>PD Structure with Comics<br /><ol><li>Choose a comic making tool</li><li>Partner on content</li><li>Start with a single panel prompt</li><li>Introduce an "in-service question"</li><li>Then try a multi-panel comic</li></ol><span style="font-weight: bold;">Comic Builders</span><br /><a href="http://comiqs.com/">Comiqs</a>- Online pc version of Comic Life<br /><a href="http://www.bitstrips.com/landing">Bitstrips</a> - school account available<br /><a href="http://pixton.com/">Pixton</a><br /><a href="http://www.makebeliefscomix.com/">Make Beliefs Comics</a><br /><a href="http://blabberize.com/">Blabberize</a><br /><a href="http://home.zwinky.com/zwinkyhome/main.jhtml">Zwinky</a><br /><a href="http://www.voki.com/">Voki</a><br /><br /><br />Act 48 code: AL052162Linda Nitschehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07846357740996655667noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27395869.post-52456958698725222322010-02-22T08:12:00.004-05:002010-02-22T08:16:17.930-05:00Sir Ken Robinson: Finding Your Passion Changes Everything<iframe src="http://www.coveritlive.com/index2.php/option=com_altcaster/task=viewaltcast/altcast_code=93a7e13f18/height=550/width=470" scrolling="no" height="550px" width="470px" frameBorder ="0" allowTransparency="true" ><a href="http://www.coveritlive.com/mobile.php/option=com_mobile/task=viewaltcast/altcast_code=93a7e13f18" >Finding Your Passion Changes Everything</a></iframe>Linda Nitschehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07846357740996655667noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27395869.post-46830048451090684712009-10-19T22:23:00.004-04:002009-10-19T22:30:17.877-04:00Is Curiosity Valued in Your Classroom?<p class="zemanta-img" style="margin: 1em; float: right; display: block; width: 310px;"><a href="http://commons.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Curious_kitten.jpg"><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Curious_kitten.jpg/300px-Curious_kitten.jpg" alt="A curious kitty. Un ejemplo de curiosidad." style="border: medium none ; display: block;" height="225" width="300" /></a><span class="zemanta-img-attribution">Image via <a href="http://commons.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Curious_kitten.jpg">Wikipedia</a></span></p>I was just reading and viewing a video on <a href="http://www.angelamaiers.com/2009/10/discussion-is-curiosity-valued-in-your-classroom.html" target="_blank">Angela Maier's blog </a>about curiosity. I've been thinking alot lately about the qualities that need to be fostered to nurture curiosity in our schools. The toddler who incessantly asks his parents questions. The small child who asks why. Where have these voices gone in our classrooms? There are days when I think we are so focused on programs, structures, and schedules that we have stamped out all opportunities for creativity to blossom.<br />Yet, we are challenged to help our students be 21st century learners who can think critically, think creatively, solve problems and collaborate. If we are do this, we must rethink the culture of our classrooms. How do you nurture curiosity in your classroom? What do you think needs to change? <div style="margin-top: 10px; height: 15px;" class="zemanta-pixie"><a class="zemanta-pixie-a" href="http://reblog.zemanta.com/zemified/78dae253-250d-4993-b6cd-5f9b4c2a960b/" title="Reblog this post [with Zemanta]"><img style="border: medium none ; float: right;" class="zemanta-pixie-img" src="http://img.zemanta.com/reblog_e.png?x-id=78dae253-250d-4993-b6cd-5f9b4c2a960b" alt="Reblog this post [with Zemanta]" /></a><span class="zem-script more-related pretty-attribution"><script type="text/javascript" src="http://static.zemanta.com/readside/loader.js" defer="defer"></script></span></div>Linda Nitschehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07846357740996655667noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27395869.post-70414851181709054282009-09-25T13:49:00.001-04:002009-09-25T13:49:59.927-04:00Administrative Support for PLP<iframe src="http://www.coveritlive.com/index2.php/option=com_altcaster/task=viewaltcast/altcast_code=a092f168d2/height=550/width=470" scrolling="no" height="550px" width="470px" frameBorder ="0" ><a href="http://www.coveritlive.com/mobile.php?option=com_mobile&task=viewaltcast&altcast_code=a092f168d2" >Administrative Support of PLP</a></iframe>Linda Nitschehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07846357740996655667noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27395869.post-50917840318874650582009-09-25T12:43:00.000-04:002009-09-25T12:44:28.763-04:00Social Networking Tools<iframe src="http://www.coveritlive.com/index2.php/option=com_altcaster/task=viewaltcast/altcast_code=3488e4f865/height=550/width=470" scrolling="no" height="550px" width="470px" frameBorder="0" ><a href="http://www.coveritlive.com/mobile.php?option=com_mobile&task=viewaltcast&altcast_code=3488e4f865" >PLP Social Networking Tools</a></iframe>Linda Nitschehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07846357740996655667noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27395869.post-31442533552355137472009-09-25T09:07:00.001-04:002009-09-25T09:09:42.192-04:00Powerful Learning Practice<iframe src="http://www.coveritlive.com/index2.php/option=com_altcaster/task=viewaltcast/altcast_code=8c0ece4993/height=550/width=470" scrolling="no" height="550px" width="470px" frameBorder ="0" ><a href="http://www.coveritlive.com/mobile.php?option=com_mobile&task=viewaltcast&altcast_code=8c0ece4993" >PLP Philadelphia</a></iframe>Linda Nitschehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07846357740996655667noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27395869.post-65684753852591218192009-07-01T15:08:00.004-04:002009-07-07T10:51:16.855-04:00Freedom Writers- Erin GruwellThoughts and Ideas to Engage your Imagination and Hope for Change<br /><br /><ul><li>Everyone has a journey and what is inportant is to first discover where it started and then figure out where it is going. </li><li>Teach to me not to the test.</li><li>Don't take away your students' hope. </li><li>Writing makes you immortal.</li><li>Look for the promise, potential and hope in your students.</li><li>Envision you students in their lives.</li><li>It's about teaching to a kid, not teaching to a test.</li><li>Education was the only way to equal an unfair playing field.</li><li>If you teach one, they will teach another.</li><li><br /></li><li><br /></li></ul>Linda Nitschehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07846357740996655667noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27395869.post-12376997937536505852009-07-01T08:31:00.005-04:002009-07-01T09:29:29.617-04:00STEM is Not a Four Letter Word<span style="font-weight: bold;">WHY STEM?</span><br />STEM Ed coalition stated that the demand for scientists is going to increase in four fold in the coming years.<br /><br />STEM literacy refers to an individuals ability to apply his understand of the world around him as appliem to STEM subjects. STEM learning is fundamental to the 21st century workforce.<br />think holistically process analytically proficient in estimation analysis and systems thinking and dynamics demonstrate expertise in computer based systems and be life long learners.<br /><br />STEM Pathway Initiative- Portsmouth, Virginia<br /><br />Identified 3 high demand industries that are clearly articulated through the VA science SOL- biotechnology geospatial techology and modling simulation-robotics. Created an elementary through high school pull-out program in these areas of need in the local area. Embedded in each program is teamwork, desision making, teamwrk, communication, problem solving, reasoning,applied math.<br /><br />Elementary- All classes attend these four day pull-out programs.<br /><br />Grade 4 Space Base Atlas- student created Atlas<br />Using Tom Snyder's Neighborhood Map Machine Software, esri/arcVoyger, Garmin GPS units, Laptop, Promethean<br /><br />Grade 5 Enviro Camp<br />Using GLOBE data collection to study atmosphere, water sheds, oyster study<br />Using globe.gov, WMM, digital still camera, QX-3 digital microscopes<br /><br />Grade 6 AeroBase <br />Building and launching of model rockets using Microsoft Flight Simulator- the rocketry program was based on the program from the Department of Defense (NASA materials) and adapted it for VA standards.<br /><br />Middle School - Beginning in middle school, students must apply to attend.<br /><br />Grades 7 Biobase<br />Students can apply for Biobase- biotech foundation<br />Expose students to biotechnology particularly forensics by focusing on a mystery that needs to be solved using Gel Electrophoresis, PCR, spectrophotometer, GPS, esri arcGIS, cameraz, Plotter Pointer, Digital Microscope<br /><br />Grade 8 Robo Base<br />Focus Modeling and Simulation Students are set up with the problem of opering remotely on a sick astronaut and are challenged to build a model and then use Scratch to simulate its action whiledeveloping team building and decision making Using Lego mindstorm NXT robots, robolab programming software, scratch programming software.<br /><br />Currently are writing a high school program that will give them a four year pathway of courses to follow.Linda Nitschehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07846357740996655667noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27395869.post-91112584493448183892009-06-30T12:33:00.006-04:002009-06-30T13:22:17.368-04:00Sylvia Martinez: Professional Development 30 Years LaterThirty years ago ISTE convened NECC with the same questions. What can we do to get people to use We need professinal development to help them get there.<br />What is the wall where teachers learn and where teacher teach? In workshops, in books, webinars, and yet what actually transfer ovet the wall into the classroom?<br />Community of Practice Research<br />The classrom is not a community of practice - how can we change that?<br />Tech Support<br />It is not just fixing hardware (all of it email, caeras, computers, and more) Fixing takes away from the time needed to learn. If you are fixing a problem, it is too late. Tech departments are now trying to mix tech support and tech integrators. Tech support is based on controlling and managing the hardware. Tech integrators are asking people to be resk takers, innovators, users of new programs and hardware. If they are working then there should probably be an upswing in the need for tech support.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Models of Professional Development</span><br />Using students as practitioners of technology. Teach students how to provide technology support for teachers. Why? Situated in their own classroom, models collaborative learning, allows students to play an important role provides support for technology use outside of formal professional development. Look at <a href="http://www.genyes.com">GenYES</a> as the example.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">The assumption</span> <span style="font-weight: bold;">that there is not enough is incorrect.</span><br />National Center for educational statistics 2000: Teachers said ther they were going<br />Stanford research Institiute 2002: 80% failure rate- teachers leaving professional development were leaving unable to implement the learning in their classrooms.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">It is not lack of professional development but that the professional development is not working. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Internationally </span><br />Professional Development time internationally happens in the classrooms hours per day. They have a PLN ready to access within their schol.<br />Online professional development Schlager and Fusco reported that participants were more focused in discussing with their global friends, yet it was not going back to practice in the classroom.<br />Seymour Pappert - Teachers teach the way they were taught until they SEE something different. Tachers need the kind of activity where they are learning at the same time as the kids and with the kids. The culture of going away to learn something until you are perfect at it and then you can use it in the classrom<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Classroom-embedded Professional Development </span><br />We need professional developmen in our own classroom, modeled in other classrooms, peer-mentoring/coaching, reverse-mentoring, with experts all around.<br />It requres a Paradigm Shift- We have to talk about professional development to make it open, celebrate mistakes, collaborative, just-in-time, practice, process, constuctivist, inside the classroom.<br />Looking at the podcast video of CJ- He shows you all of the skills and the know how of how-to do a podcast. If you have a CJ (and everyone does) then why aren't we using them to teach and help teachers learn to use technology in their teaching.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">GenYES</span><br />A club of students headed by a lead teacher. The students are paired with teachers to create specific classroom lessons. The student and teachers plan, design and create. Students also learn collaborative skills to help them interact with their teachers. The research showed that 80-90% of the teachers who worked with the GenYES students said they would change the way they teach in the future. Who can say no to kids wanting to help out?<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">TechYES</span><br />Teachers helping teachers get things done in their classroom. We don't all need to know everything. We can get help from each other. Develop experts in specific areas who will help others.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Constructivist Professional Development</span><br />Walking the walk in your professional development is key. It takes time. You can't magic wand this into your classroom or district. Change desn't come with a checklist, it comes with hard work.<br />Elements<br />Authentic involvement<br />Trust/responsibiity<br />Real benefits for students<br />Adult guidance<br />Challenge and growth<br />Cycle of learner empowerment Begins with Empowerment- doing something authentic, and then follows with engagement, independence, responsibility, and trust.Linda Nitschehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07846357740996655667noreply@blogger.com0