UCLA Center X Coaching Partnerships

Transforming thinking into equitable, relationship-centered practice

Our mission is to transform thinking into equitable, relationship-centered practice by providing customized and research-based opportunities.

This transformation requires responsive listening and critical questioning that explores identity, builds cognition and centers voices.
We enact our mission through these capacities:
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Fluid, multi-dimensional interactions

Coaches know how to interact in fluid and multi-dimensional ways, adjusting to create safe spaces for development and growth.

Equitable and socially just consciousness

Coaches maintain relationships by acknowledging biases, recognizing positional power and addressing how race, culture and ethnicity impact interactions.

Individual and systems support

Successful coaches draw from their toolbox, meeting the needs of individuals, while impacting systemic, structural dynamics towards greater equity and social justice.

Upcoming Events

  • Advanced Cognitive CoachingSM

    TBD Los Angeles, CA, United States

    This 6-day training, for educators who have completed the Cognitive CoachingSM Foundations Seminar, provides participants with deepened knowledge and skills for refinement of a coach’s meditational toolbox. Fee: $1600

  • Cognitive CoachingSM Foundations

    ISANA Academies 3580 Wilshire Blvd Suite 1130, Los Angeles, CA, United States

    Eight-day seminar in Cognitive CoachingSM methods. Learn how to build trust by developing physical and verbal rapport, develop teachers' autonomy and sense of community, and apply coaching skills that enhance the intellectual processes of instruction.

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