Instructional Coaching: A Partnership Approach to Improving InstructionAn innovative professional development strategy that facilitates change, improves instruction, and transforms school culture! Instructional coaching is a research-based, job-embedded approach to instructional intervention that provides the assistance and encouragement necessary to implement school improvement programs. Experienced trainer and researcher Jim Knight describes the "nuts and bolts" of instructional coaching and explains the essential skills that instructional coaches need, including getting teachers on board, providing model lessons, and engaging in reflective conversations. Each user-friendly chapter includes:
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Contents
Preface | |
Why Coaching? | |
What Does Coaching Look Like? | |
What Is the Partnership Philosophy? | |
Creating Learning Conversations | |
Preface | |
Getting Teachers on Board and Finding a Starting Point | |
Modeling Observing and Collaboratively Exploring Data | |
My interest in instructional coaching has been percolating ever since I first | |
Behavior Content Knowledge Direct Instruction | |
How Coaches Can Spread Knowledge | |
Coaches as Leaders of Change | |
Instructional Coachs Tool | |
Other editions - View all
Instructional Coaching: A Partnership Approach to Improving Instruction Jim Knight Limited preview - 2007 |
Instructional Coaching (Multimedia Kit): A Multimedia Kit for Professional ... Jim Knight No preview available - 2008 |
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