In one classroom, for example, Randy coached the students, helping them to reflect on their own learning. Then he gave that feedback to the teacher as part of his observation. With the assistance of Cognitive Coaching consultant Bill Baker, Endeavour's teachers are looking at Cognitive Coaching as a tool to impact student learning directly. Eric Ensey recently asked his fifth grade students to reflect on their growth as writers. They were able to identify goals, consider improvement, an even cite evidence of success.
Silk feels like the morning dew on the leaves of a sycamore tree .
Love and Logic, a program developed by Foster Cline and Jim Fay, allows children to make choices within boundaries and to have natural consequences to their actions. They may make any choice that doesn't create a problem for themselves and others. Children are asked to take responsibility for themselves and to think problems through to resolution. Parents, too, have been trained in Love and Logic, making it likely that these strategies extend beyond the schoolhouse door. Use of these tandem tools has enabled Endeavour to develop an incredible level of consistency throughout the school, in activities, in expectations, of behavior, and among people.