Preface
Acknowledgments
About the Author
CHAPTER 1. WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO IMPROVE?
What Is Instructional Coaching?
Three Approaches to Coaching
Deep Learning, Deep Coaching
CHAPTER 2. IDENTIFY: GETTING A CLEAR PICTURE OF REALITY
Getting a Clear Picture of Current Reality
Using Video to Get a Clear Picture of Reality
Learning From Students
Putting It All Together
CHAPTER 3. QUESTIONS TO IDENTIFY A PEERS GOAL
PEERS Goals
Questions to Identify a PEERS Goal
The Identify Questions
CHAPTER 4. LEARN
Describing Teaching Strategies
Instructional Playbooks
Modeling Teaching Strategies
CHAPTER 5. IMPROVE
The Improve Stage of the Impact Cycle
Step 1: Confirm Direction
Step 2: Review Progress
Step 3: Invent Improvements
Step 4: Plan Next Actions
INSTRUCTIONAL COACHES’ TOOLKIT
Strategies for Enrolling Teachers
Data-Gathering Tools
Instructional Playbook
Strategies for Assessing Student Attitude
Appendix: Lean-Design Research
Development of the Impact Cycle
Lean-Design Research
Interviews
References
Index
Jim Knight has spent more than two decades studying professional
learning, effective teaching, and instructional coaching. He is a
Research Associate at the University of Kansas Center for Research
on Learning and the President of the Instructional Coaching
Group.
Jim earned his PhD in Education from the University of Kansas and
has won several university teaching, innovation, and service
awards. The pioneering work Jim and his colleagues have conducted
has led to many innovations that are now central to professional
development in schools. Jim wrote the first major article about
instructional coaching for the Journal of Staff Development, and
his book Instructional Coaching (2007) offered the first extended
description of instructional coaching.
Jim’s book Focus on Teaching (2014) was the first extended
description of how video should be used for professional learning.
Recently, writing with Ann Hoffman, Michelle Harris, and Sharon
Thomas, Jim introduced the idea of instructional playbooks with
their book on that topic. Jim has written several books in addition
to those described above, including Unmistakable Impact (2011),
High-Impact Instruction (2013), Better Conversations (2015), The
Impact Cycle (2018), and The Definitive Guide to Instructional
Coaching (2021).
Knight has also authored articles on instructional coaching and
professional learning in publications such as Educational
Leadership, The Journal of Staff Development, Principal Leadership,
The School Administrator, and Kappan. Jim is also a columnist for
Educational Leadership.Through ICG, Knight conducts coaching
workshops, hosts the Facebook Live series, “Coaching
Conversations,” and provides consulting for coaching programs
around the world.
Click Below to Order These Key Titles for Instructional Coaches,
Education Leaders, and Classroom Teachers
Instructional Coaching: A Partnership Approach to Improving
Instruction
Better Conversations: Coaching Ourselves and Each Other to Be More
Credible, Caring, and Connected
The Reflection Guide to Better Conversations
Unmistakable Impact: A Partnership Approach to Dramatically
Improving Instruction
High-Impact Instruction: A Framework for Great Teaching
The Impact Cycle: What Instructional Coaches Should Do to Foster
Powerful Improvements in Teaching
The Reflection Guide to the Impact Cycle
"Jim Knight is one of the wise men of coaching. His well is deep,
and he draws from it the best tools from practitioners, the wisdom
of experience, and research-based insights. And he never loses the
bigger picture: the point of all this is to have more impact in
this life we′re lucky enough to live."
*Michael Bungay Stanier*
"I have had many opportunities to learn with and from Jim Knight.
I’ve learned as a participant in his workshops, reading his books,
and being on panels with him. Now, The Impact Cycle adds to my
skills and insights. Jim’s vision of the coach as a partner who
sets goals with the teacher, strategizes with and supports the
teacher, and monitors changes with the teacher until the goal is
met will assist many instructional coaches in targeting their
efforts. Student- focused goals will be a game changer in many
coaching initiatives and guarantee that coach and teacher
investment in teacher learning is impacting student learning."
*Dr. Stephen Barkley, Executive Vice President*
"Once again, Jim Knight has earned his reputation as the reigning
expert in instructional coaching. With his trademark clarity and
heart, Knight manages to capture both the simplicity and complexity
of coaching in an accessible, detailed, and nuanced framework for
instructional coaches. Packed with insight, concrete examples, and
practical tools, The Impact Cycle is an indispensable guide for
coaches who want to make the biggest possible difference for
students."
*Nancy Love, Director*
"Coaching done well may be the most effective intervention designed
for human performance. Jim Knight’s work has helped me understand
the details of how effective coaching can and should be done."
*Dr. Atul Gawande, surgeon, public health researcher, and author of
The Checklist Manifesto*
"Continuous improvement is fueled by a focus on improving the
quality of teaching and learning. The Impact Cycle provides
educators with the strategies and the tools necessary to make that
improvement a reality. I have had the opportunity to see how
Knight’s model works first-hand and can attest to its
effectiveness. The emphasis on effective partnerships with shared
responsibility and ownership combined with a goal-oriented coaching
cycle results in lasting and meaningful changes for teachers and
students. This book shares a clear vision for powerful
instructional coaching along with the specific steps to make that
vision a reality. Knight′s The Impact Cycle is essential reading
for educators who are committed to real and lasting change."
*Dr. Jadi Miller, Director of Curriculum*
"The Impact Cycle is an essential read for instructional coaches.
It is organized to take the reader through each stage of an impact
cycle, providing a vision for how to coach for a deeper impact. It
is filled with stories from the field, allowing the reader to walk
in the shoes of other coaches. In the end, all coaching is about
creating meaning and supporting teachers to reach their goals, this
book supports coaches to do just that."
*Diane Sweeney, Consultant*
"In this very helpful book, Jim Knight builds on knowledge gained
from over two decades of assisting coaches to inspire and guide
teachers to improve their instruction. Following his own advice to
"stay curious", Jim continues to expand upon his coaching model to
explicate new dimensions of the coaching relationship.
Conversational and informative, this book will be a useful resource
for any coach working in the field."
*Dr. Megan Tschannen-Moran, Professor of Educational
Leadership*
"There is no one more passionate about improving every student’s
learning experience than Jim Knight and in The Impact Cycle Jim has
done it again with another well researched and immensely practical
book. There are some great features here - the visual maps that
introduce each chapter, the numerous checklists and templates,
links to the Companion Website, helpful chapter summaries and great
recommended resources in the Going Deeper sections. This is a book
which will be referred to often. Instructional coaches will be an
even better resource for the teachers with whom they work as a
result of reading and using this book."
*John Campbell, Executive Director*
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