Jim Roussin

Jim Roussin is a strategic change consultant and leadership coach. He spent 23 years in public education and six years as the Executive Director of Teaching, Learning, and School Improvement, in Minnesota. Jim has consulted for a variety of organizations across the U.S., such as the National Education Association (NEA); Educational Testing Service (ETS); Minnesota-Hennepin County Government Services Leadership Academy; San Diego Public Schools (cabinet level leadership training); as well as school districts throughout Texas.

In February of 2006, Jim traveled to India with Berkana Learning Exchange to explore new forms of leadership that are emerging in global communities. In 2006, he was elected by educators across the nation to serve as a member of the Board of Trustees of the National Staff Development Council (NSDC).

Jim is a certified facilitator and coach in the following areas:

Center for Adaptive Schools
The mission of the Center for Adaptive Schools is to help schools develop the technical and social resources to realize continuing student improvement.
Human Systems Dynamics Institute (Associate) (new window)
Human Systems Dynamics (HSD) is a collection of concepts and tools that help make sense of the patterns that emerge from chaos when people work together in groups, families, organizations, and communities.
Quality Leadership by Design (new window)
Quality Leadership by Design is focused on working with school leadership teams to help them apply what they call "S.M.A.R.T." (Specific and Strategic, Measurable, Attainable, Results-based, Timebound) goals and processes to their continuous school improvement efforts.
Beyond Conflict to Consensus (Facilitator) (new window)
The Chadwick Process is a group consensus-building process. It is based on the premise that by identifying the issues and perspectives of as many people as possible, discussing those issues and perspectives, imagining the best possible outcome, and acting on that vision, an opportunity is provided to reduce conflict.
Appreciative Inquiry and Coaching (new window)
Appreciative Inquiry is about the co-evolutionary search for the best in people, their organizations, and the relevant world around them. In its broadest focus, it involves systematic discovery of what gives "life" to a living system when it is most alive, most effective, and most constructively capable in economic, ecological, and human terms.
Symbolic Modeling and Clean Language (new window)
Symbolic Modeling uses a systematic questioning process to work with internalized metaphors to clarify personal beliefs and goals, and to work through conflicts.
Cognitive Coaching ^SM (new window)
Cognitive Coaching^SM is a supervisor/peer coaching model that capitalizes upon and enhances cognitive processes.

Jim Roussin
1260 119th LN NW
Coon Rapids, MN 55448

Telephone: 763–439–0835
E-mail: jim.roussin@gmail.com

"Cognitive Coaching Seminars^®" is a registered trademark and "Cognitive Coaching^SM" is a servicemark owned by The Center for Cognitive Coaching^SM, P.O. Box 630128, Highlands Ranch, CO 80163.

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