by Jim Knight | Apr 19, 2018 | Coaching Videos |
Yesterday, I led a workshop on What Principals Need to Know About Coaching with a group of principals and coaches in a wonderful school district in Texas. On their evaluation forms, respondents were very clear that bringing coaches and principals together was exactly...
by Jim Knight | Aug 28, 2017 | Coaching Videos |
As a researcher, I’ve had the pleasure of studying coaching for more than two decades. That work has, over time, surfaced 7 factors that are essential for coaching programs to succeed. In today’s video, I offer a quick summary of those factors. If you’re interested,...
by Jim Knight | Aug 7, 2017 | Coaching Videos |
One of the most important factors shaping a coach’s effectiveness is the support or lack of support provided by the coach’s principals. When principals support coaches, the coaches usually have a very significant impact on teaching and learning. When principals don’t...
by Jim Knight | Jul 31, 2017 | Coaching Videos |
Our research has found that the most important variable in coaching is trust. When teachers trust their coach and their school system, they usually embrace the help that coaches provide. However, if they don’t trust the coach or system, they likely will not want to...
by Jim Knight | Jul 24, 2017 | Coaching Videos |
Developing a healthy coaching relationship can take months or even years, in some cases, but a coaching relationship can be ruined in a few seconds. In this video, I explain that judgment and gossip are two practices that can be especially...
by Jim Knight | Jul 17, 2017 | Coaching Videos |
Back in the summer, we hosted an Instructional Coaching Institute, and when I read the introductory surveys sent in by people coming to our week-long workshop, one thing I noticed was that many of our participants are just starting out as coaches. Given that reality,...
