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 25, 2013 | Instructional Coaching, School Reform |
Dennis Sparks is one of our generation’s most influential educational leaders. His guidance of the National Staff Development Council, now Learning Forward, established it as the world’s leading organization for professional development. His books especially Leading...
by Jim Knight | Dec 26, 2012 | Improving Instruction, Professional Learning |
For Steve Jobs, Think Different was more than just an incredibly successful marketing campaign. According to Carmine Gallo, “think different” was an essential part of Jobs’ creativity. Many radical learners embrace the “think different” goal, so it should not be...
by Jim Knight | Jan 10, 2011 | Improving Instruction |
This is a guest column by Dennis Sparks Emeritus Executive Director of the National Staff Development Council, now known as Learning Forward and author of many publications about education, including his outstanding book Leading for Results: Transforming Teaching,...
