by Matt Kelly | May 26, 2022 | Improving Instruction, Instructional Coaching, Professional Learning, School Reform, Student Learning |
Jim Knight and Michael Faggella-Luby’s article in the April 2022 issue of the Learning Forward Journal, The Learning Professional, confronts the negative associations many educators have with the word “data.” These negative associations with data often rise from...
by Matt Kelly | May 10, 2022 | Better Conversations, Instructional Coaching, Partnership Principles, Professional Learning, School Reform, Teaching Strategies |
Instructional coaching has a lot of moving pieces. Not only do coaching partners have to manage countless resources, strategies, and relationships, but to successfully help teachers reach their own student-focused goals, coaches must embody the Partnership Principles...
by Sharon Thomas | Sep 28, 2021 | Guest Post, School Reform |
This post is Part 5 of a 5-part series. Catch up on Parts 1, 2, 3, and 4. The shortest chapter in our upcoming book, Evaluating Instructional Coaching: People, Programs, and Partnership, is chapter 5: “Retaining Coaches and Sustaining Coaching Programs.” It’s...
by Jim Knight | Mar 10, 2021 | 7SF, Instructional Coaching, School Reform |
When coaches flourish, it is often because they work in settings where leaders are intentional and disciplined about providing the support necessary for coaching success. Without such support, coaches often struggle to have any impact at all. Districts that support...
by Matt Kelly | Feb 18, 2021 | Coaching Conversations, Equity, School Reform |
During the weeks leading up to ICG’s 2020 Teaching Learning Coaching Conference, I had a chance to discuss instructional coaching through a Diversity, Equity, and Cultural Competency (DECC) lens with Rowena Shurn, the Senior Policy Analyst with the National Education...
