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 | 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 Craig J. Wisniewski | Jul 11, 2019 | Instructional Coaching, Partnership Principles, School Reform, Uncategorized |
Guest author Craig J. Wisniewski is the Dean of Instruction at YES Prep Public Schools in Kingwood, Texas. Throughout his career in education, he has served as a teacher, instructional coach, adminstrator, and more. His experiences transitioning from the classroom to...
by Jim Knight | Aug 29, 2018 | Partnership Principles |
When one teaches, two learn.–Robert Heinlein Schools have been top-down environments since the dawn of time. Rigid organizational structures controlling students, teachers, and instructional approaches do not have a strong research base validating them....
by Sharon Thomas | Aug 23, 2018 | Partnership Principles |
Doubt comes in at the window when inquiry is denied at the door. –Benjamin Jowett In our work with schools and coaches around the world, perhaps the most controversial Partnership Principle is praxis. Top-down accountability models are so engrained in education that...
