by Jim Knight | Apr 5, 2013 | Improving Instruction, Professional Learning, School Reform |
The Eskimos have 52 words for snow because it is so special to them; there ought to be as many for love. Margaret Atwood We tried to talk it over, but the words got in the way. Leon Russell Margaret Atwood is right, of course. We could communicate more effectively...
by Jim Knight | Mar 1, 2013 | Teaching Strategies |
Yesterday I volunteered to be a substitute teacher in a local private school. After a snowstorm grounded me at home, and a seventh-grade teacher had an unfortunate injury, I found myself in front of 25 energetic middle school students. The day reminded and taught me...
by Jim Knight | Feb 22, 2013 | Learning From Video, Self-Coaching |
For most of my career, I’ve been studying teacher growth. I’ve found, as I’m sure many readers have found, that one-shot workshops and other quick-fix forms of professional development often have little impact on teaching and learning. For that reason, my colleagues...
by Jim Knight | Oct 17, 2010 | Learning From Video, Student Learning |
My colleague and friend Devona Dunekack has a Christmas cactus that sits prominently in a window in her living room. The plant thrives in the sunlight coming in through the window and over the days, its leaves turn slowly toward the sun. In fact, after a few weeks,...
by Jim Knight | Oct 14, 2010 | Learning From Video, Self-Coaching |
Yogis Berra’s famous comment in the title of this posting sums up perhaps the most significant finding we have uncovered this year at the Kansas Coaching Project: Video recording is a powerful catalyst for professional learning. While watching instructional coaches...
