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    5 key points to build a coaching program

    By Jim Knight
    January 2007
    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 of the teachers and students in the schools where they work. And, since coaches can provide professional development that addresses teachers’ concerns at different stages of the change process (Hall & Hord, 2006; Prochaska, Norcross, & Diclemente, 1994), coaching can lead to sustainedimplementation of new teaching practices in schools. The danger is that schools will implement school-based coaching too simplistically, underestimating the complexity of change initiatives. However, if educational leaders recognize and respond to the

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