The Coach's Playlist: An Instructional Playbook

August 23, 2021
Written by
Jim Knight

The Coach's Playlist: An Instructional Playbook

July 6, 2023
August 23, 2021
Written by
Jim Knight

 

The Coach’s Playlist is a two-minute read packed with information based on an essential part of coaching. 

This week’s topic: An Instructional Playbook

The Idea

Instructional coaches need to have a deep understanding of the strategies they share with teachers. An instructional playbook helps coaches deepen their knowledge, then communicate that depth of knowledge effectively.

Contents of a Playbook

An instructional playbook contains the following parts:

  1. a short list of the highest-impact teaching strategies (H.I.T.S)
  2. one-page summaries for each of the strategies
  3. checklists that explain specific examples of those strategies

Quotation

“Clutter and confusion are failures of design, not attributes of information.” Edward Tuft

Book

Jim Knight, Ann Hoffman, Michelle Harris, Sharon Tomas, The Instructional Playbook: The Missing Link for Translating Research into Practice.

Resource

Success Factor #6:  The Instructional Playbook, a blog post by Sharon Thomas

Free Webinar

The Instructional Playbook (60 minutes)

Questions

  • Can you easily list off the strategies you share with teachers?
  • Do you understand those strategies deeply?
  • Can you explain them clearly and comprehensively?

Professional Development

Better Conversations workshop

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