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Even under ideal conditions, teaching is tough work. Facing
unrelenting pressure from administrators and parents and caught in
a race against time to improve student outcomes, educators can
easily become discouraged (or worse, burn out completely) without a
robust coaching system in place to support them. For more than 20
years, perfecting such a system has been the paramount objective of
best-selling author and coaching guru Jim Knight and his team of
researchers at the Instructional Coaching Group (ICG). In The
Definitive Guide to Instructional Coaching, Knight offers a
blueprint for establishing, administering, and assessing an
instructional coaching program laser-focused on every educator's
ultimate goal: the academic success of students.Organized around
ICG's seven "Success Factors" for great instructional coaching,
this book offers: An in-depth guide to the Impact Cycle, ICG's
research-based and field-tested model for coaching teachers through
issues that matter most to them; Detailed guidance on how to create
a "playbook" of instructional strategies to share with
collaborating teachers-and how to model those strategies under
different conditions; Practical advice on preparing for and
engaging in substantive, reflective, and teacher-centered coaching
conversations; Best practices for gathering, analyzing, and
responding to data for improved teaching and learning; and
Real-life anecdotes and testimonies from educators and coaches who
have reaped the benefits of the Impact Cycle in a diverse array of
schools. In addition, each chapter of the book contains a learning
map to help orient you and a list of valuable additional resources
to complement the text. Whether you're new to coaching or well
versed in the practice, The Definitive Guide to Instructional
Coaching will no doubt prove a cornerstone of your coaching library
for years to come.
A clear and comprehensive guide to evaluating and supporting
instructional coaches and coaching programs, including how to
recruit, hire, and retain effective coaches. With sound practices
in place to evaluate coaching programs, instructional coaches will
become better partners, teachers will become better mentors, and
students will become better learners.Few evaluation systems are
specifically geared toward coaching roles. Ensuring that school
districts have accurate information about both coaches and coaching
programs is crucial to guide improvement in supporting classrooms,
as well as in ensuring accountability. With sound evaluation
processes in place, districts can effectively evaluate
instructional coaches and coaching programs and use data to set
goals. A joint publication of ASCD and One Fine Bird Press.
The Definitive Guide to Instructional Coaching offers a blueprint
for establishing, administering, and assessing an instructional
coaching program laser-focused on every educator's ultimate goal:
the academic success of students. For more than 20 years,
perfecting such a system has been the paramount objective of
best-selling author and coaching guru Jim Knight and his team of
researchers at the Instructional Coaching Group (ICG). Organized
around ICG's seven 'Success Factors' for instructional coaching,
this book offers: - An in-depth guide to the Impact Cycle, ICG's
research-based and field-tested model for coaching teachers through
issues that matter most to them. - Detailed guidance on how to
create a 'playbook' of instructional strategies to share with
collaborating teachers - and how to model those strategies under
different conditions. - Practical advice on preparing for and
engaging in substantive, reflective, and teacher-centred coaching
conversations. - Best practices for gathering, analysing, and
responding to data for improved teaching and learning. - Real-life
anecdotes and testimonies from educators and coaches who have
reaped the benefits of the Impact Cycle in a diverse array of
schools. In addition, each chapter of the book contains a learning
map to help orient you and a list of valuable additional resources
to complement the text. Whether you're new to coaching or well
versed in the practice, The Definitive Guide to Instructional
Coaching will no doubt prove a cornerstone of your coaching library
for years to come.
In schools, every day is ""game day."" Every day, teachers need the
best resources and forms of support because students deserve the
best we as educators can offer. An instructional playbook aims to
serve as that kind of support: a tool that coaches can use to help
teachers match specific learning goals with the right
research-based instructional strategies. Coaches have enormous
potential to help teachers learn and implement new teaching
practices, but coaches will be effective only if they deeply
understand the strategies they describe and their explanations are
clear. The Instructional Playbook: The Missing Link for Translating
Research into Practice addresses both issues head on and offers a
simple and clear explanation of how to create a playbook uniquely
designed to meet teachers' instructional needs. The idea of an
instructional playbook has caught fire since Jim Knight described
it in The Impact Cycle (2017). This book helps instructional
coaches create playbooks that produce a common language about
high-impact teaching strategies, deepen everyone's understanding of
what instructional coaches do, and, most important, support
teachers and students in classrooms.
This book builds on Jim Knight's groundbreaking instructional
coaching work with an original coaching cycle model that has been
implemented and field tested in hundreds of schools with great
success.
Instructional coaching focuses on research-based instructional
strategies that can have the biggest impact in improving a
teacherAEs practice. Jim Knight has worked as a trainer, developer,
and researcher in instructional coaching for many years and has
broad experience not only training coaches but also collecting data
about the effects of his coaching program. In this book, the author
explains the essential coaching skills that instructional coaches
need to develop, including listening, observing, modeling, and
collaborating. Along with coaching skills and knowledge, this book
provides guidance for leveraging instructional interventions that
form the foundation of effective instructional practice. First
person stories and quotes from coaches working in the trenches
provide readers with a realistic picture of the responsibilities,
challenges, and joys of coaching. This user- friendly resource also
contains chapter organizers, resources for deeper learning, forms,
worksheets, checklists, logs, reports, and all the other tools
coaches and would-be coaches need. This book is perfect for coaches
and aspiring coaches along with the staff developers, trainers,
teacher leaders, principals, and other educators who work with
coaches and oversee coaching programs.
To improve our teaching methods, we must understand what our
current teaching methods are. And this is impossible to do this
based only on our own perceptions or even feedback from observers.
A classroom is a dynamic environment and there is always a lot
going on that can be missed in the moment. The solution, according
to renowned professional development expert Jim Knight, is video.
In Focus on Teaching, Knight turns to the vast and disruptive
potential of video recording to reach new levels of excellence in
schools. This book builds on Knight's prior bestsellers to show how
every classroom can easily benefit from setting up a camera and
hitting "record." The book includes Strategies that teachers,
instructional coaches, teams, and administrators can use to get the
most out of using video Tips for ensuring that video recordings are
used in accordance with ethical standards and teacher/student
comfort levels Protocols, data gathering forms, and many other
tools to get the most out of watching video With Jim Knight's
expertise and the latest in video technology, positive change in
your classroom will be immediate and long-lasting.
Coaching is one of the hottest topics in education today. Yet many
educators are confused about the roles and responsibilities of
coaches. This handbook will gather together the leading experts in
coaching and provide a snapshot of the current coaching landscape.
Key features: Includes chapters on the different types of
coaches--literacy coach, math coach, data coach, etc. The
contributors represent some of the biggest names in coaching,
including Joellen Killion, Cathy Toll, Jane Ellison, Lucy West, and
Nancy Love
"Unmistakable Impact takes us deeper into the realm of grounded
school improvement-a great contribution to the field." -Michael
Fullan, Professor and Author University of Toronto, Ontario
Institute for Studies in Education, Centre for Teacher Development
"This book exemplifies everything Jim Knight advocates: a clear
focus, respect for educators' significant contributions, and the
value that well-designed professional learning contributes to
school improvement efforts." -Dennis Sparks, Former Executive
Director Learning Forward A focused approach to school improvement
that hits the mark A staggering amount of evidence shows that our
schools are not as effective as they should be, and they are
working toward improvement. This book simplifies the process for
becoming an Impact School through targeted, consistent professional
learning that is done with teachers, not to teachers. Award-winning
author Jim Knight describes how to translate staff members' joy of
learning into high-leverage practices that achieve dramatic student
outcomes. Characteristics of Impact Schools include A focused,
clearly defined improvement plan that takes into account the
complexity of teaching and learning relationships A school culture
that encourages enrollment in ongoing professional development
Alignment of purpose and actions among all staff members Helpful
resources include tangible tools and reproducibles for use by
principals, workshop leaders, professional learning communities,
and instructional coaches. When everyone learns, every student
receives excellent instruction every day in every class.
Unmistakable Impact provides the roadmap to remarkable results.
Check out The Better Conversations trailer:
https://youtu.be/y3FrWTXC8Uw "I thought I knew how to have a
conversation; I've had millions of them. Some were good, others not
so much so. But I want to have GREAT conversations, and Jim Knight
has taught me how. The proof is in: better conversations are
possible and the results are worth the investment." --DOUGLAS
FISHER Coauthor of Rigorous Reading and Unstoppable Learning
Because conversation is the lifeblood of any school You don't want
this book-you need this book. Why this confident claim? Think about
how many times you've walked away from school conversations,
sensing they could be more productive, but at a loss for how to
improve them. Enter instructional coaching expert Jim Knight, who
in Better Conversations honors our capacity for improving our
schools by improving our communication. Asserting that our schools
are only as good as the conversations within them, Jim shows us how
to adopt the habits essential to transforming the quality of our
dialogues. As coaches, as administrators, as teachers, it's time to
thrive. Learn how to: Coach ourselves and each other to become
better communicators Listen with empathy Find common ground Build
Trust Our students' academic, social, and emotional growth depends
upon our doing this hard work. It's time to roll up our sleeves,
open our minds, and dare to change for the better of the students
we serve. You can get started now with Better Conversationsand the
accompanying Reflection Guide to Better Conversations.
A widely used, highly effective approach to student success,
Student-Focused Coaching (SFC) helps instructional coaches and
teachers work collaboratively to improve student outcomes using
evidence-based practices. This is your one-stop, step-by-step guide
to instructional coaching in K–12 schools using the field-tested,
research-based SFC model. Featuring a foreword by Jim Knight, the
leading voice on instructional coaching, this book was coauthored
by the lead developer of the SFC model (Jan Hasbrouck) and an
experienced instructional coach and trainer (Daryl Michel). These
expert authors help you master the three key roles of coaching:
Facilitator, Collaborative Problem-Solver, and Teacher/Learner.
You’ll discover how to build respectful and mutually beneficial
professional relationships with every teacher—from the most eager
to the most reluctant—and work together to help all students
learn and thrive in the classroom. To help you put the SFC model
into action, the book offers practical activities and materials,
including application exercises, reflection exercises, virtual
coaching tips, and 20+ pages of ready-to-use downloadable
forms.LEARN HOW TO Partner with teachers to tackle a range of
classroom challenges—academic, behavioral, and social-emotional
Develop collaborative communication skills to help you navigate
even the most challenging conversations Work with teachers to set
and achieve goals by identifying, selecting, and implementing
evidence-based interventions Help teachers support struggling
students with goal-based, targeted, and intensive instruction
Improve time management skills using a four-step, systematic
problem-solving process Collect different types of data and use it
to give helpful feedback to the teachers you work with Design
continuous professional learning opportunities that meet individual
teacher needs Deliver support to administrators to make the most of
the benefits coaches can provide  PRACTICAL DOWNLOADS: The
book includes access to 20+ pages of downloadable materials for
coaches, including worksheets, checklists, tracking sheets, and
self-assessments.
High Impact Instruction is a response to the pressing need among
school leaders for research-validated, high-leverage instructional
practices that have a significant, positive impact on the way
teachers teach and students learn. Author Jim Knight provides a
simple but powerful framework and set of tools for improving
classroom management, content planning, instruction, and
assessment. In addition, the book addresses the most effective
forms of professional learning that can be used to ensure that
teachers learn the Big Four teaching practices: Instructional
Coaching, Partnership Learning, and Intensive Learning Teams.
"Jim Knight is one of the wise men of coaching. His well is deep;
he draws from it the best tools from practitioners, the wisdom of
experience, and research-based insights. And he never loses sight
of the bigger picture: the point of all this is to have more impact
in this life we're lucky enough to live." -MICHAEL BUNGAY STANIER,
Author of The Coaching Habit Every decade or so a book comes along
that has such a profound impact on professional practice that it
launches a movement. Such was the case ten years ago with Jim
Knight's Instructional Coaching. Now, it's about to happen again
with The Impact Cycle and this The Reflection Guide to The Impact
Cycle, in which Jim shares his latest thinking, and advances an
all-new instructional coaching cycle to help teachers and, in turn,
their students improve in clear, measurable ways. What makes this
Reflection Guide the perfect companion to The Impact Cycle? Because
it functions almost like a daily planner for reaching, even
exceeding, your coaching goals. Jam-packed with key concepts,
prompts, and exercises, this guide will prove indispensable to
Coaches who wish to accelerate progress toward goals and move their
practices forward Leaders of coaches looking for a simple,
effective model to get all stakeholders on the same page Join the
hundreds of thousands of educators who already have benefited from
Jim's ground-breaking work. Read The Impact Cycle, build upon your
expertise with this companion Reflection Guide, and soon enough
you, too, will experience the next "Jim Knight phenomenon." View
Jim Knight's Impact Cycle video trailer:
Rock-Star Leaders Stand Out Up and coming leaders have a challenge:
How do you enhance your company's culture in your current role? How
do you establish yourself as a leader who takes your organization's
brand to eleven? You may not be an executive, and you may or may
not have direct reports, but author, speaker, and trainer Jim
Knight would assert that, nonetheless, you have the power to be a
major influencer of your organization's culture, lighting it up and
making it rock, from the inside out. Part of Knight's Culture That
Rocks series, Leadership That Rocks uses examples from some of the
country's most recognizable figures to show you how to become
culture-driven, a versatile manager, and a catalyst for change
within your organization. You will learn how to develop your own
leadership and to powerfully grow your brand's culture from within
your sphere of influence. Full of practical advice and actionable
tips, Leadership That Rocks gives you the goods to stand out as a
rock-star leader who knows how to amp up business results.
'Bursting with fresh ideas, packed with practical tips, filled with
wise words, this is an inspiring guide for all teachers.' Lee
Elliot Major, Professor of Social Mobility, University of Exeter
and co-author of What Works? 50 tried-and-tested practical ideas to
help you tackle the top ten issues in your classroom. Ross Morrison
McGill, bestselling author of Mark. Plan. Teach. and Teacher
Toolkit, pinpoints the top ten key issues that schools in Great
Britain are facing today, and provides strategies, ideas and
techniques for how these issues can be tackled most effectively. We
often talk about the challenges of teacher recruitment and
retention, about new initiatives and political landscapes, but day
in, day out, teachers and schools are delivering exceptional
teaching and most of it is invisible. Ross uncovers, celebrates,
and analyses best practice in teaching. Supported by case studies
and research undertaken by Ross in ten primary and secondary
schools across Britain, including a pupil referral unit and
private, state and grammar schools, as well as explanations from
influential educationalists as to why and how these ideas work,
Ross explores the issues of marking and assessment, planning,
teaching and learning, teacher wellbeing, student mental health,
behaviour and exclusions, SEND, curriculum, research-led practice
and CPD. With a foreword by Lord Jim Knight and contributions from
Priya Lakhani, Andria Zafirakou, Mark Martin, Professor Andy
Hargreaves and many more, this book inspires readers to open their
eyes to how particular problems can be resolved and how other
schools are already doing this effectively. It is packed with ideas
and advice for all primary and secondary classroom teachers and
school leaders keen to provide the best education they possibly can
for our young people today.
Every worthwhile book has a deeply held belief, and for Jim
Knight's Better Conversations and this worktext, The Reflection
Guide to Better Conversations, here it is: "Effective communication
is an essential skill for a fulfilled life, and we can't teach it
to students if we don't know how to do it ourselves." Instructional
coaches, administrators, teachers . . . really everyone: the royal
we is you. In this Reflection Guide, Jim delivers a framework for
improving professional dialogue that is so clearly signposted, you
might as well call it a day planner. Here's how The Reflection
Guide to Better Conversations works: In Part One, you and your
peers engage in surveys, take stock, and record video in order to
get real about your current beliefs and abilities. How do you
measure up when it comes to empathy, asking better questions?
Finding common ground? In Part Two, learn about the 10 habits of
being an effective communicator, and put them into practice. Are
your conversations focused on others 50 percent of the time? What
things typically distract you from being fully present? In Better
Conversations, Jim Knight reveals why true dialogue improves
professional performance, job satisfaction, and classroom
instruction. Together with this Reflection Guide, the two books
provide a brilliant, scaffolded professional learning experience on
a topic central to learning, central to life. This is the
district-wide solution you need-are you ready?
Coaching is one of the hottest topics in education today. Yet many
educators are confused about the roles and responsibilities of
coaches. This handbook will gather together the leading experts in
coaching and provide a snapshot of the current coaching landscape.
Key features: Includes chapters on the different types of
coaches--literacy coach, math coach, data coach, etc. The
contributors represent some of the biggest names in coaching,
including Joellen Killion, Cathy Toll, Jane Ellison, Lucy West, and
Nancy Love
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