by Matthew Kelly | Nov 7, 2019 | Improving Instruction, Instructional Coaching, Partnership Principles, School Reform, Uncategorized |
Like most educators, principals and administrators are very busy professionals. With all of the various tasks that fall under their responsibility, finding the time and focus to go through a complete coaching cycle can be next to impossible. But something...
by Matthew Kelly and Jim Knight | Oct 31, 2019 | Improving Instruction, Instructional Coaching, Professional Learning, Uncategorized |
Pressure to see results can lead coaches and administrators toward a directive approach – dictating exactly what teachers must do to improve – but research has shown giving teachers more control and choices in their practice is far more effective. Jim Knight recently...
by Jim Knight | Oct 17, 2019 | Improving Instruction, Self-Coaching, Uncategorized |
Robert Sutton’s Good Boss, Bad Boss examines the differences between being a bad or good boss, but those distinctions can also serve as extremely useful parallels for bad or good teaching. In particular, there are five ideas in Sutton’s work that can help foster a...
by Matthew Kelly | Sep 17, 2019 | Improving Instruction, Partnership Principles, Student Learning, Uncategorized |
All of ICG’s work is based in partnership and dialogue. Our research supports our belief that recognizing the learner as an equal is essential for true learning to take place, and much of our approach to coaching is indebted to the innovative ideas on dialogical...
by Matthew Kelly | Aug 20, 2019 | Improving Instruction, Instructional Coaching, Learning From Video, Professional Learning, Uncategorized |
In the first three posts of our Preparing for the New School Year series, we covered strategies to enroll teachers in coaching, using group presentations to enroll teachers, and the importance of establishing role clarity and agreeing on time management with an...
by Jim Knight | Sep 25, 2018 | Improving Instruction, TLC Interviews |
Lisa Lande is an advocate for teachers and students around the world. She’s the director of field services at the Quaglia Institute for School Voice and Aspirations. Along with Russ Quaglia, she is co-author of Teacher Voice: Amplifying Success and also a...
