Preface
Acknowledgments
About the Author
1. Why Coaching?
2. What Does Coaching Look Like?
3. What Is the Partnership Philosophy?
4. Partnership Communication: Creating Learning Conversations
5. Getting Teachers on Board and Finding a Starting Point
6. Modeling, Observing, and Collaboratively Exploring Data
7. Focusing on the Big Four: Behavior, Content Knowledge, Direct
Instruction, and Formative Assessment
8. How Coaches Can Spread Knowledge
9. Coaches as Leaders of Change
Resource: Instructional Coach′s Tool Kit
References
Index
Jim Knight has spent more than two decades studying professional
learning, effective teaching, and instructional coaching. He is a
Research Associate at the University of Kansas Center for Research
on Learning and the President of the Instructional Coaching
Group.
Jim earned his PhD in Education from the University of Kansas and
has won several university teaching, innovation, and service
awards. The pioneering work Jim and his colleagues have conducted
has led to many innovations that are now central to professional
development in schools. Jim wrote the first major article about
instructional coaching for the Journal of Staff Development, and
his book Instructional Coaching (2007) offered the first extended
description of instructional coaching.
Jim’s book Focus on Teaching (2014) was the first extended
description of how video should be used for professional learning.
Recently, writing with Ann Hoffman, Michelle Harris, and Sharon
Thomas, Jim introduced the idea of instructional playbooks with
their book on that topic. Jim has written several books in addition
to those described above, including Unmistakable Impact (2011),
High-Impact Instruction (2013), Better Conversations (2015), The
Impact Cycle (2018), and The Definitive Guide to Instructional
Coaching (2021).
Knight has also authored articles on instructional coaching and
professional learning in publications such as Educational
Leadership, The Journal of Staff Development, Principal Leadership,
The School Administrator, and Kappan. Jim is also a columnist for
Educational Leadership.Through ICG, Knight conducts coaching
workshops, hosts the Facebook Live series, “Coaching
Conversations,” and provides consulting for coaching programs
around the world.
Click Below to Order These Key Titles for Instructional Coaches,
Education Leaders, and Classroom Teachers
Instructional Coaching: A Partnership Approach to Improving
Instruction
Better Conversations: Coaching Ourselves and Each Other to Be More
Credible, Caring, and Connected
The Reflection Guide to Better Conversations
Unmistakable Impact: A Partnership Approach to Dramatically
Improving Instruction
High-Impact Instruction: A Framework for Great Teaching
The Impact Cycle: What Instructional Coaches Should Do to Foster
Powerful Improvements in Teaching
The Reflection Guide to the Impact Cycle
"Teachers helping teachers is a great way to create a powerful
instructional staff. Knight offers practical and useful tools
to help teachers achieve excellence."
*Dale E. Moxley, Principal*
"Provides valuable insight for mentors who are in the field working
daily with novice teachers."
*J. Helen Perkins, Assistant Professor*
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