“In high-performing systems, teachers are resourced, encouraged, and expected to work with and learn from each other." ~ Andy Hargreavves, Leading Teacher, March 2012
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Building an Even More Thought-full Learning Community with Habits of Mind
Arthur L. Costa, Ed.D.
Educators joined us for an all-day session with Art Costa on the Habits of Mind. This was an incredible opportunity for those new to working with Habits of Mind and those wanting to refresh their ideas and understanding. This workshop was available as an add-on with symposium registration.
About the Presenter:
Arthur L. Costa is an Emeritus Professor of Education at California State University, Sacramento and Co-founder of the Institute for Intelligent Behavior in El Dorado Hills, California. He has served as a classroom teacher, a curriculum consultant, an assistant superintendent for instruction and as the Director of Educational Programs for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. He has made presentations and conducted workshops in all fifty states as well as Mexico, Central and South America, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Africa, Europe, Asia, the Middle East and the Islands of the South Pacific.
Dr. Costa has devoted his career to improving education through more thought-full instruction and assessment. Author of numerous journal articles, he edited the book, Developing Minds: A Resource Book for Teaching Thinking; is the author of The Enabling Behaviors, and The School as a Home for the Mind. He is co-author (with Larry Lowery) of Techniques for Teaching Thinking, Cognitive Coaching: A Foundation for Renaissance Schools, (with Bob Garmston) and co-editor of Assessment in the Learning Organization, Assessment Strategies for Self-Directed Learning and the Habits of Mind Series (with Bena Kallick) and the trilogy, Process as Content (with Rosemarie Liebmann). His works have been translated into Dutch, Chinese, Spanish, Hebrew, Italian and Arabic.
Active in many professional organizations, Dr. Costa served as President of the California Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development and was the National President of Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development from 1988 to 1989.