The start of a new school year is a thrilling time for students, teachers, and, of course, instructional coaches and administrators. As you gear up for the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead, it's essential to equip yourself with the right resources and strategies to ensure a smooth and successful academic year.

Over the past several weeks, we have shared a variety of invaluable resources tailored specifically for your role. We hope this has helped you kickstart the academic year on the right foot. To make it more accessible for you, this blog post includes links to all of the tools in one place.  

Jim Knight's Favorite Back to School Blog Posts

1. High Impact Teaching Strategies: Learning Maps
2. 5 Factors of Trust
3. Time: Managing Time to Increase Impact
4. The Easiest Way to Triple the Impact of Coaching: Principal Support
5. PEERS Goals
6. Great Questions For Instructional Coaches
7. 7 Blog Posts on the 7 Success Factors
8. The Missing Link for Translating Research into Practice
9. 7 Posts on the Partnership Principles
10. Preparing for the New School Year: Strategies for Enrolling Teachers in a Coaching Cycle
11. Preparing for the New School Year: Using Presentations to Enroll Teachers
12. Preparing for the New School Year: Role Clarity & Time Management
13. Preparing for the New School Year: The Impact Cycle Checklist
14. Preparing for the New School Year: Tips for New Coaches

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Free Resources for Your Coaching Toolkit

• Dialogue - Turning Contact into Connection

• Dialogue Reflection Guide

• Goal setting tool

• Managing Time to Increase Impact

• Setting PEERS goals

• How to Set a PEERS goal form

• Watch Jim & Crista Set a PEERS goal

• Seven Success Factors for Instructional Coaches

• Rubric for Instructional Coaching Programs

• High-impact Teaching Strategies Checklists & Forms

• What Coaches Do and Don't Do

• Time Chart

• Time on Task