Instructional Coaching - Knight, Jim

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Résumé :
Preface
Acknowledgments
About the Author
1. Why Coaching?
2. What Does Coaching Look Like?
3. What Is the Partnership Philosophy?
4. Partnership Communication: Creating Learning Conversations
5. Getting Teachers on Board and Finding a Starting Point
6. Modeling, Observing, and Collaboratively Exploring Data
7. Focusing on the Big Four: Behavior, Content Knowledge, Direct Instruction, and Formative Assessment
8. How Coaches Can Spread Knowledge
9. Coaches as Leaders of Change
Resource: Instructional Coach?s Tool Kit
References
Index
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Biographie:
Jim Knight is an award-winning training and development veteran and culture catalyst who speaks on a variety of interactive topics, including programs on organizational culture, differentiated service, building rock star teams and leadership. During Jim's twenty-one-year career with HardRock International, his creativity and success garnered his team several industry awards for cutting-edge print, video, e-learning and instructor-led concepts.He was also recognized by Training magazine as representing one of the Training Top 125 companies in the world, across all industries, and has since been featured in Entrepreneur magazine, Inc. magazine, Forbes magazine and Fox Small Business News.With a music degree in Vocal Performance and Education, a six-year stint as a public middle school teacher and his two decades with the Hard Rock brand, Jim uses all of his experience and expertise-as a keynote speaker, podcaster, book marketer and author-to assist leaders of all levels and industries develop their skills and amp up business results.Jim released his widely praised first book, Culture That Rocks, in 2014. It is now in its second edition- and is the impetus for Service That Rocks, book two in the Culture That Rocks series.Jim also discusses life-changing leadership advice and best practices with influential guests on Thoughts That Rock, the free weekly edu-taining podcast that he co-hosts with Brant Menswar. To contact Jim Knight, you can reach him at:ServiceThatRocksBook.com JimKnightSpeaker @KnightSpeaker...

Sommaire:
An 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: First-person stories from successful coaches Sidebars highlighting important information A Going Deeper section of suggested resources Ready-to-use forms, worksheets, checklists, logs, and reports...