by Jim Knight | Mar 29, 2018 | Professional Learning |
Last Sunday I presented at ASCD’s Empower18 conference, a quick summary of some of our key learnings about coaching. My presentation title was Why Every Teacher Deserves a Coach, and if you’re interested, you can learn more about the presentation in...
by Jim Knight | Mar 6, 2018 | Professional Learning |
I was deeply honored to be invited to present at Sage Publishing’s 50th Anniversary Celebration, “Stories of Research to Reality: How the Social Sciences Change the World,” held in Washington D.C on May 15, 2015. Prior to presenting, I was told that my presentation...
by Jim Knight | Aug 1, 2013 | Improving Instruction, Professional Learning, School Reform |
Today on gallup.com, results of a survey conducted by Shane Lopez and Preety Sidhu show that new teachers are amongst the most engaged employees when they start their careers, with 35.1% of new teachers reporting they are engaged by their work. I’m not sure that 35.1%...
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 | May 17, 2013 | Instructional Coaching, Professional Learning, School Reform |
This is an excerpt from my book, Unmistakable Impact: A Partnership Approach for Dramatically Improving Instruction. In instructional coaching the practice of coaching occurs within confidential relationships. There are at least three reasons for this. First,...
