by Sharon Thomas | Aug 1, 2018 | Professional Learning, Uncategorized |
“But without my voice, how can I—” –Ariel, The Little Mermaid In Disney’s animated retelling of Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tale, our plucky heroine, Ariel, has many struggles. Rebelling against her father, standing up to peer pressure, and navigating the trials...
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 | Jun 21, 2017 | Instructional Coaching, Professional Learning, School Reform, Uncategorized |
In the weeks leading up to our annual conference, Teaching, Learning, and Coaching, I’ll be posting interviews with the experts who will be presenting there. The interviews will surface many different ways of looking at coaching, and like the conference itself, I hope...
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...
