Jim Knight
Senior Partner
Jim Knight, senior partner of Instructional Coaching Group, is a research associate at the University of Kansas Center for Research on Learning. He has spent more than two decades studying instructional coaching, writing several books on the topic. Knight’s articles on instructional coaching have been included in publications such as the Journal of Staff Development, Principal Leadership, The School Administrator, and Teachers Teaching Teachers. Knight directs several research projects, including Pathways to Success, a comprehensive, district-wide school reform project in the Topeka, Kansas, School District. Knight also leads the Intensive Instructional Coaching Institutes and the Teaching Learning Coaching annual conference. Knight has presented and consulted in more than 40 states, most Canadian provinces, and around the world. He has also won several university teaching, innovation, and service awards.
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Coaching
In the past decade, interest in the form of professional learning loosely described as coaching has exploded. This growing interest in coaching is likely fueled by educators’ recognition that traditional one-shot approaches to professional development — where teachers hear about practices but do not receive follow-up support — are ineffective […] -
Conversations can kick off the coaching
Conversations can kick off the coaching By Jim Knight School-based coaching is still new for many schools. How can leaders get teachers to embrace a coaching program? In this article, Jim Knight outlines the benefits of one-to-one conversations between teachers and coaches. Learn how interviews can be conducted, read sample […] -
5 key points to build a coaching program
A cross America today, hundreds of instructional coaches are being hired to improve professional practice in schools. Preliminary results (Knight, 2007) suggest there are reasons to be optimistic about this form of professional development. Since coaches provide on-site professional learning, they can adapt their approach to meet the unique needs […]
