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For more than 25 years, Jim Knight and his colleagues have been developing, refining, and studying instructional coaching. In his new book, The Definitive Guide to Instructional Coaching, Knight has summarized that research into seven success factors that provide a
framework for developing a flourishing coaching program—or for personal
development as a coach. In this webinar, he will offer a brief overview of each factor, organized around three big ideas: (1) Who We Are, (2) What We Do, and (3) Where We Work. Anyone who is a coach or who is interested in coaching or coaching programs should find this session useful and inspiring.

About the presenter

Jim Knight is a founding senior partner of the Instructional Coaching Group (ICG) and a research associate at the University of Kansas Center for Research on Learning. He has spent more than two decades studying professional learning, effective teaching, and instructional coaching.

Knight has written several books and his 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.

He directs Pathways to Success, a comprehensive, district-wide school reform project in the Topeka, Kansas, School District and leads the Intensive Instructional Coaching Institutes and the Teaching Learning Coaching annual conference.

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The Definitive Guide to Instructional Coaching: Seven Factors for Success

Even under ideal conditions, teaching is tough work. Facing unrelenting pressure from administrators and parents and caught in a race against time to improve student outcomes, educators can easily become discouraged (or worse, burn out completely) without a robust coaching system in place to support them.

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