Teaching American History Roots of Freedom

1. Teaching American HistoryRoots of Freedom Presented by: Angela Dorough Gil Diaz Heather Jenkins

2. Welcome Registration and Continental Breakfast 8:00 a.m.-8:30 a.m.

3. Review Activity Led by Suzanne Snider 8:30 a.m.-8:45 a.m.

4. Daily Outcomes • Coaches will • Develop a common understanding of the goals and outcomes of the historical literacy coaching academy and their role as a coach • Practice building rapport using listening and paraphrasing skills • Introduction to reflective coaching map (optional, may be introduced later) • Develop an understanding of their own learning and communication styles and preferences (optional, may be introduced later)

5. Morning Review Led by Suzanne Snider 8:45 a.m.-9:00 a.m.

6. Scholar Presentation Dr. Daniel E. Walker 8:45 a.m.-9:45 a.m.

7. Weblinks Oral History Association www.alpha.dickinson.edu/oha/ dohistory.org www.dohistory.org/ History Matters www.historymatters.gmu.edu/ US GenWeb Project http://usgenweb.org/ Gospel Music History Archive http://gandhara.usc.edu:9000/gmha/controller/index.htm

8. Break 15 minutes

9. Coaching: Listening Led by Heather Jenkins and Gil Diaz

10. Listening Skills

11. Listening Styles Appreciative- seeks enjoyment & humor, relaxed Empathic- supportive of speaker, feelings, body language Comprehensive- organized thought, needs logic Discerning- details are important, takes notes Evaluative- listen analytically, asks a lot of questions

12. Listening Habits Ignoring Pretending Selective Attentive Empathic (Stephen Covey)

13. COACHING OBSERVATIONS Divide the paper in half. Label one side “I saw,” and the other side “I heard.” I saw I heard

14. Listening Modeling

15. Listening Set-Asides IT’S All about ME….NOT!!! Autobiographical My… I remember when … I know… Inquisitive OOOOOH! WOW! Interesting! Why did … Did you expect? … How is that? Solution Have you tried? Could you? Are there? Is it? How about? Adapted from Cognitive CoachingSM, Arthur L. Costa and Robert J. Garmston, Co-Developers. Presented in cooperation with the Center for Cognitive Coaching, PO Box 260860, Highlands Ranch, CO 80163

16. How can we improve our listening skills? Eliminate distractions Concentrate Focus on the speaker Maintain an open mind Look for nonverbal cues Do not react to emotive words Ask questions Sit so you can see & hear Avoid prejudices Ask for clarification

17. Communicating Meaning

18. Verbal versus Non-Verbal Cues Open/closed arms Breathing rate Gestures Tonality Inflection Rate of Speech

19. Verbal vs. Nonverbal Cues

20. Rapport Rapport: Physical alignment with another Physical- posture, gestures, muscle tension Vocal- intonation, pacing, word choice Breathing- depth and rate

21. Rapport Building Look for personal + professional connections Be honest and truthful Build eye contact Be fully present Be cordial Listen attentively

22. Non-verbal Communication Rapport Trust Physical mirroring Body positions, gestures Breathing

23. Let’s try againModelListening and Rapport

24. COACHNG OBSERVATIONS Divide the paper in half. Label one side “I saw,” and the other side “I heard.” I saw I heard

25. Dominos Select sender and receiver Sender must verbally communicate pattern on diagram to receiver Sender can not see receiver’s work Receiver may not ask questions Receiver must try to recreate pattern on sender’s diagram using their dominos

26. Dominos What communication strategies were most successful? What were the barriers to success? What were common “issues” among senders? What were common “issues” among receivers?

27. Lunch 12:15 p.m.-1:00 p.m.

28. Ed Tech Profile Led by Gil Diaz 1:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m.

29. Photo Story Preparation:Process and Storyboarding Led by Gil Diaz 2:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m.

30. Daily Evaluation Led by Angela Dorough 3:00 p.m.-3:15 p.m.