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Evocative Coaching Training Program Faculty & Staff
Fall 2011
| Bob Tschannen-Moran, IAC-MCC | Megan Tschannen-Moran, Ph.D. | Sara Miller, Ed.D. |
| Amy Hall-Piacentino, M.Ed. | Jeanie Cash, M.A. | Kathleen K. Pietrasanta, Ed.S. |
| Susan MacDonald, M.Ed. | Donni Davis-Perry, M.Ed. | Maura Rawn, M.B.A. |
Bob Tschannen-Moran, M.Div., IAC-MCC, is the CEO &
Co-Founder of the Center for School Transformation, President of
LifeTrek
Coaching International, and Immediate Past President of the
International Association
of Coaching (IAC). He has been passionately involved with performance improvement
and coach training for more than 12 years. In addition to being the lead
trainer with the Center for School Transformation's evocative coaching training
program, a distance-learning opportunity specifically designed for enhancing
the skills of instructional coaches and leaders, Bob is an active member
of the faculty of the Wellcoaches Coach Training School, a coach-training
program for health, fitness, and wellness professionals. Bob is the co-author
of Evocative Coaching: Transforming Schools One Conversation at a Time
(2010,
Jossey-Bass) and the ACSM / Lippincott
Coaching Psychology Manual (2009)
as well as more than 700 articles and newsletters published in both print
and electronic formats. Together with his wife Megan, he co-authored the
lead article in the October 2011 issue of Educational Leadership magazine,
"The Coach and the Evaluator." Bob is an IAC Master Certified Coach, a Certified
Wellness Coach through Wellcoaches, a graduate of both Coach U and FastTrack
Coaching Academy, and holds a Master of Divinity degree from Yale University.
Curriculum Vitae
Dr. Megan Tschannen-Moran is a
professor of educational leadership at the
College of William and Mary School of Education. Her research focuses on
relationships of trust in school settings and how these are related to important
outcomes such as the collective efficacy beliefs of a school faculty, teacher
professionalism, and student achievement. Another line of research examines
teachers’ self-efficacy beliefs and the relationship of those beliefs to
teacher behavior and student outcomes. She has published more than 40 scholarly
articles and book chapters. Her book Trust Matters: Leadership for Successful
Schools (2004, Jossey-Bass) reports the experience of three principals and
the consequences of their successes and failures to build trust. Her second
book, Evocative Coaching: Transforming Schools One Conversation at a Time
(2010, Jossey-Bass), co-authored with her husband Bob, presents a person-centered,
no-fault, strengths-based model for supporting teacher professional learning.
Prior to earning her doctorate at The Ohio State University in 1998, Megan
was the founder and principal of the Good News Educational Workshop, a non-public
school serving primarily low-income students on the north side of Chicago
from 1979 to 1993. Curriculum Vitae
Dr. Sara Miller is an assistant professor in the Department of Education
and Special Education at Longwood University. She teaches undergraduate
and graduate literacy courses and also engages in consultant work as a K-12
literacy coach. Her areas of expertise and research are in literacy and
instructional coaching. Sara’s work has focused on using coaching as a form
of professional development to strengthen teachers’ knowledge base in literacy
and improve student learning. Her dissertation on using community-based
coaching with teachers of literacy was honored by the International Reading
Association and the International Society for Educational Planning. Prior
to completing her doctoral work at the College of William and Mary in 2010,
Sara worked for over a decade in public school systems in Pennsylvania,
Maryland, and Virginia. She served as a classroom teacher, reading specialist,
literacy coach, and teacher consultant. Curriculum Vitae
Amy
Hall-Piacentino, M.Ed. has been involved in teaching and school leadership
for over thirty years. As teacher, building principal, leadership coach,
and central office administrator, her passion is to open doors for all children
through education. Her own learning includes a Master’s degree in Educational
Leadership and post-graduate work resulting in licensure as a superintendent.
Amy’s proud to have worked with the Coalition of Essential Schools and has
participated in extensive training in Evocative Coaching, literacy, formative
assessment, Understanding the Framework of Poverty, Adaptive Schools, Cognitive
Coaching, and the 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. Amy also serves on
the Executive Board for Ohio ASCD, and recently collaborated with literacy
leaders to write and publish a professional development guide for teaching
reading and writing workshops. Sharing learning and depth of experience
with coaches, teachers, and administrators has become the focus for the
last several years of Amy’s career, and joining the faculty of the Center
for School Transformation has provided the inspiration for continuing her
work for strengths-based learning.
Jeanie Cash, M.A., recently retired as the Assistant Superintendent of Educational
Services in the Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District in Southern
California after 33 years in education. She taught elementary and middle
school and served as a principal for 14 years. For the past 13 years, Jeanie
was the Assistant Superintendent of Educational Services for two large suburban
districts in Southern California. Currently, Jeanie is a coach and consultant
for both the Association of California School Administrators (ACSA) and
for PIVOT Learning Partners. She coaches district leaders and site leaders
and is certified to coach administrators in obtaining their clear credential.
Jeanie is the immediate past- president of California’s State Council for
Curriculum, Instruction and Accountability and serves as a co-director for
the State ACSA Curriculum and Instruction Leader’s Academy. Appointed by
the State Superintendent of Instruction, she served on California’s Committee
of Practitioners for No Child Left Behind and, for the past 20 years, has
been a team leader and coach for ACSA’s summer administrative training programs
at UCLA. Jeanie has received numerous awards in her professional career
including Curriculum and Instruction Leader of the Year for Orange County
in 2011, the CASCD Outstanding Educational Leader Award and, in 1997 was
honored in Washington D.C. as NAESP’s National Distinguished Principal.
Jeanie earned her BA from Whittier College and her MA from the University
of La Verne.
Kathleen K. Pietrasanta, Ed.S. has been teaching and coaching for 39 years.
Her career followed an organic path as she grew from teaching Kindergarten
children to elementary students, high school, and adults. Mid-career, Kathleen
developed a keen interest in the educational implications of brain injuries,
brain research, and the human potential movement. Her tenure in Newport
News Public Schools (Virginia) presented opportunities to work in the areas
of staff, program, and organizational development. She has coached countless
teachers and administrators in the implementation of effective instructional
strategies, instructional mentoring practices, and collaborative performance
assessment. Kathleen has seen the positive change in the outcome of teachers'
work when their expertise is acknowledged and used to solve the problems
at hand. She believes that consistent use of Evocative Coaching techniques
will tap the best in teachers, administrators, and students. Kathleen holds
an Education Specialist degree from The George Washington University.
Susan MacDonald, M.Ed. is the founder of Inspiring New Perspectives, focused
on empowering educational leaders to create programs that deeply respect
and nurture the possibilities that lie within each child, parent and teacher.
Susan has been developing and delivering inspirational courses and workshops
for over 20 years. Her background includes director of a Reggio inspired
preschool program, adjunct faculty at Lesley University and Wheelock College
and Commonwealth of Massachusetts licensing supervisor. Susan is a passionate
life long learner; her recent academic adventures include completing her
professional coach certifications through Institute for Professional Excellence
in Coaching, and participating in the following programs: the Parker Palmer,
Courage to Lead, Evocative Coaching; Transforming Schools one Conversation
at a Time and The Minds at Work, Immunity to Change. Susan is currently
the vice president of the Massachusetts Association for the Education of
Young Children and the Massachusetts NAREA (North American Reggio Alliance)
membership coordinator.
Donni Davis-Perry, M.Ed. has 30 years’ experience
teaching general and special education students. She works at the College
of William and Mary with the Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) Training
and Technical Assistance Center (T/TAC) to conduct professional development
sessions and provide technical assistance to teachers and administrators.
She enjoys partnering with school teams to implement an important systems
change initiative, Instructional Consultation Teams (ICT), to Enhance, Improve,
and Increase student and staff performance. She is a charter member of Evocative
Coaching training, participating in the pilot course. Donni is a certified
coach in Appreciative Inquiry and Whole Systems IQ ™.She guides faculties,
parents and students through an AI process to discover themselves at their
best.
Maura
Rawn serves as Executive Assistant for the Center for School
Transformation, where her organizational skills provide great value.
She also serves as Controller at
the
Wellcoaches Coach
Training School. Maura earned her M.B.A.at Franklin University.
Prior to joining the Center for School Transformation, Maura served
as Controller at Astute, Inc., and, Plaskolite, Inc. Maura enjoys gardening,
nature walks, volleyball, art, and reading.