by Matt Kelly | May 19, 2022 | Better Conversations, Impact Cycle, Instructional Coaching, New Coaches, Partnership Principles, Professional Learning |
Summertime is just around the corner and if you’re anything like the educators we’ve spoken with you probably know exactly how many days are left in the school year! These next few months offer a great opportunity for educators to spend time with friends... by Matt Kelly | May 10, 2022 | Better Conversations, Instructional Coaching, Partnership Principles, Professional Learning, School Reform, Teaching Strategies |
Instructional coaching has a lot of moving pieces. Not only do coaching partners have to manage countless resources, strategies, and relationships, but to successfully help teachers reach their own student-focused goals, coaches must embody the Partnership Principles... 
by Matt Kelly | Mar 8, 2022 | Better Conversations, Instructional Coaching, Self-Coaching |
How we communicate with each other shapes the dynamics of our relationships as well as our ability to reach the goals we set. It’s important to go into a coaching partnership – or any relationship – with a deep understanding of our own communication beliefs and... by Matt Kelly | Feb 22, 2022 | Better Conversations |
One of the most popular workshops offered by the Instructional Coaching Group is back again! Register now for the upcoming Better Conversations workshop on February 28, 2022. Based on Jim Knight’s book, Better Conversations: Coaching Ourselves and Each Other to be... 
by Matt Kelly | Feb 8, 2022 | Better Conversations, Instructional Coaching, New Coaches, Professional Learning, Teaching Strategies |
Educators know the unique needs of their classrooms and should have the ability to choose the professional development (PD) that will create the most positive impact on their students’ learning lives. It is too often the case, though, that professional learning takes... 
by Jim Knight | Jan 26, 2022 | 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...
Recent Comments