by Jim Knight | Jan 17, 2017 | Better Conversations Videos |
Is listening the most important communication strategy for coaches? Maybe. Listening certainly is essential for effective coaching, but it is also essential for almost any meaningful communication. And, when we asked people from nine countries around the world to...
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 | 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,...
by Jim Knight | Nov 2, 2010 | Improving Instruction, Self-Coaching |
In his book Masterful Coaching, Robert Hargrove makes a simple distinction that I’ve been thinking about ever since I read it. There are two types of coaching, he says: Push and Pull. Push Coaching, Hargrove says, occurs when coaches start with a series of ideas and...
by Jim Knight | Oct 6, 2010 | Improving Instruction, Teaching Strategies |
Teaching is a creative art as much as painting, writing, composing, or dancing. Teachers who are radical learners constantly tap into their imaginations to create the best learning environments. Much of the challenge and joy of teaching comes from creating learning...
