ASCD Author Jim Knight, a smiling White man with gray hair wearing glasses and a light blue shirt.

The 7 Success Factors for Instructional Coaching

For more than 25 years, Jim Knight and his colleagues have been developing, refining, and studying instructional coaching. In his newest book, The Definitive Guide to Instructional Coaching, Jim summarizes the research into seven success factors that need to be a part of any successful coaching program. In this presentation, Jim will discuss each factor, explain why it is essential for success and explain how it can be implemented. Anyone who is interested in coaching or coaching programs should find this session very useful.

About the Authors

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.