NESA-ENDORSED PROGRAM
Adaptive Schools & Cognitive Coaching Training at American Community School Amman
Adaptive Schools: SEP 13-16, 2025
Cognitive Coaching Parts 1 & 2: NOV 8-11, 2025 & APR 18-21, 2026
For questions regarding these events, please contact Shereen Beasha at sbeasha@acsamman.edu.jo, or Walter Basnight at wbasnight@acsamman.edu.jo.
American Community School Amman (ACS) is pleased to offer the following training opportunities led by Walter Basnight (Director of Teaching & Learning, ACS Amman) and Joelle Basnight (Superintendent, ACS Amman) to all educators at NESA schools:
Adaptive Schools Foundation Seminar Training
September 13-16, 2025 | 8:30 am - 4:00 pm
Adaptive Schools training supports developing collaborative teams by providing strategies, skills, concepts, and structures that support increased individual and collective performance, resourcefulness, and satisfaction. Adaptive Schools is a cornerstone approach to collaborative work. Learn More »
AUDIENCE
School-wide: Anyone part of a collaborative group.
Cognitive Coaching Seminars Foundation Training, Days 1-8
Part 1 (Days 1 to 4): November 8-11, 2025 | 8:30am - 4:00pm
Part 2 (Days 5 to 8): April 18-21, 2026 | 8:30am - 4:00pm
Cognitive Coaching℠ is a model that supports people in becoming self-directed (which includes becoming self-managing, self-monitoring, and self-modifying). While Adaptive Schools is a cornerstone approach to group collaboration, Cognitive Coaching represents a deeper dive into the skills paraphrase and posing questions while equipping individuals with mental models and maps that support mediating thinking in one-on-one and small group dialogue in the classroom, in teams and beyond. Learn more »
This foundation course is offered in two parts (4 days each). Days 1 - 4 focus on skill development as well as two conversation maps: planning and reflecting. Days 5 - 8 further refine skills while introducing the problem resolving map as means to support individuals in getting "unstuck."
AUDIENCE
Participants interested in learning to mediate the thinking of others.
Registration Fees
Adaptive Schools Foundation Seminar Training: US$120 per person
Registration Deadline: September 5, 2025
Cognitive Coaching Seminars Foundation Training: US$120 per person for each 4-day training session
Registration Deadline: October 28, 2025 for Days 1-4 and April 8, 2026 for Days 5-8
