The Definitive Guide to Instructional Coaching: Seven Factors for Success

About this book

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. For more than 20 years perfecting such a system has been the paramount objective of best-selling author and coaching guru Jim Knight and his team of researchers at the Instructional Coaching Group (ICG). In The Definitive Guide to Instructional Coaching Knight offers a blueprint for establishing administering and assessing an instructional coaching program laser-focused on every educators ultimate goal: the academic success of students. Organized around ICGs seven "Success Factors" for great instructional coaching this book offers An in-depth guide to the Impact Cycle ICGs research-based and field-tested model for coaching teachers through issues that matter most to them; Detailed guidance on how to create a "playbook" of instructional strategies to share with collaborating teachersand how to model those strategies under different conditions; Practical advice on preparing for and engaging in substantive reflective and teacher-centered coaching conversations; Best practices for gathering analyzing and responding to data for improved teaching and learning; and Real-life anecdotes and testimonies from educators and coaches who have reaped the benefits of the Impact Cycle in a diverse array of schools. In addition each chapter of the book contains a learning map to help orient you and a list of valuable additional resources to complement the text. Whether youre new to coaching or well versed in the practice The Definitive Guide to Instructional Coaching will no doubt prove a cornerstone of your coaching library for years to come.