by Jim Knight | Jul 12, 2018 | Learning From Video |
“What is your philosophy of education?” For decades now, the question that aspiring educators can count on answering in job interviews is one that asks us about our beliefs. What do we believe about students, about teaching, about education in general? Educators often...
by Jim Knight | Jul 21, 2013 | Instructional Coaching, Learning From Video, Professional Learning |
Given the opportunity to speak at the Learning Forward Summer Conference, I asked myself, what would be the message I would consider most important to share with a large audience of educational leaders? I decided that I should make my case that autonomy and...
by Jim Knight | Jun 21, 2013 | Learning From Video, Professional Learning |
This is an early version of a section from my forthcoming book coming out at the end of this year. Using a video camera to learn about your teaching is like looking into a mirror. –Beth Sanders, Teacher, Birmingham, Alabama Perhaps the most important reason why...
by Jim Knight | Mar 11, 2013 | Learning From Video, Professional Learning, School Reform |
Coaching done well may be the most effective intervention designed for human performance. Atul Gawande A district administrator recently wrote to tell me that her district was facing “tough financial decisions” that are naturally causing lower morale. Everyone in her...
by Jim Knight | Feb 22, 2013 | Learning From Video, Self-Coaching |
For most of my career, I’ve been studying teacher growth. I’ve found, as I’m sure many readers have found, that one-shot workshops and other quick-fix forms of professional development often have little impact on teaching and learning. For that reason, my colleagues...
by Jim Knight | Jan 3, 2013 | Improving Instruction, Learning From Video, Self-Coaching |
The [think different] ad campaign … reveals a fundamental difference between radical innovators and mediocre copycats: the former believe in their customer’s dreams and their ability to change the world; the latter see their customers as dollar signs and nothing more....
