by Jim Knight | Mar 3, 2022 | 7SF, Instructional Coaching |
Goals are essential, but they don’t mean much without a pathway to reach them. For this reason, instructional coaches must have a deep knowledge of high-impact teaching strategies. Coaches partner with teachers to identify, explain, model, and adapt teaching...
by Jim Knight | Feb 23, 2022 | 7SF, Instructional Coaching |
My friend John Campbell, one of the leading coaching pioneers in Australia, is responsible for one of my favorite comments about coaching: “If there’s no goal, it is just a nice conversation,” a quotation that John attributes to Tony Grant. If John is correct,...
by Jim Knight | Feb 9, 2022 | 7SF, Impact Cycle, Instructional Coaching |
Every coaching situation is unique and requires a variety of tools and techniques. However, using a structure to guide the coaching process is a key factor for success. In the following excerpt from Chapter 4 of The Definitive Guide to Instructional Coaching: Seven...
by Jim Knight | Feb 2, 2022 | 7SF, Instructional Coaching |
The difference between coaches who have a positive impact and those who do not comes down to leadership. In Chapter 3, I describe what leadership looks like for successful coaches and what coaches can do to become powerful forces for good in their schools. Leadership...
by Jim Knight | Jan 26, 2022 | 7SF, Better Conversations, Instructional Coaching |
Coaching is, above all, a conversation or series of conversations focused on professional growth. For this reason, coaches need to understand both the nature of the teacher’s personal experience of change and the communication habits and skills that make...
