8:30 am: Unpacking the Definitive Guide to Instructional Coaching at Chadwick International.
– November 26, 2022 – November 27, 2022
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, Jim has summarized that research in seven success factors that need be a part of any successful coaching program. In this workshop, Jim will discuss each factor, explain why it 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. Participants will also receive many free tools and forms they can use to ensure that coaching flourishes in their organization.
CONTENT OVERVIEW:
The workshop addresses the following questions:
Do our coaches understand the complexities of adult learning?
Are we using the Impact Cycle?
What is an instructional playbook and how do we create one?
What data do coaches need to gather and how can they use video to do so?
What are the essential Better Conversations Beliefs and Habits that instructional coaches can internalize and practice?
Do our coaches demonstrate effective leadership qualities?
OBJECTIVE:
Participants will:
Learn research-based coaching skills that can be used in professional practice immediately
Discuss each strategy, principle, tool, or idea with other coaches to gain multiple perspectives on the learning that is shared
Create an implementation plan to take back to schools and districts
What must a system do in order to support coaches?
8:30 am: Unpacking the Definitive Guide to Instructional Coaching at Chadwick International.
– November 26, 2022 – November 27, 2022
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, Jim has summarized that research in seven success factors that need be a part of any successful coaching program. In this workshop, Jim will discuss each factor, explain why it 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. Participants will also receive many free tools and forms they can use to ensure that coaching flourishes in their organization.
CONTENT OVERVIEW:
The workshop addresses the following questions:
Do our coaches understand the complexities of adult learning?
Are we using the Impact Cycle?
What is an instructional playbook and how do we create one?
What data do coaches need to gather and how can they use video to do so?
What are the essential Better Conversations Beliefs and Habits that instructional coaches can internalize and practice?
Do our coaches demonstrate effective leadership qualities?
OBJECTIVE:
Participants will:
Learn research-based coaching skills that can be used in professional practice immediately
Discuss each strategy, principle, tool, or idea with other coaches to gain multiple perspectives on the learning that is shared
Create an implementation plan to take back to schools and districts
What must a system do in order to support coaches?
All day: Life giving Leadership with Jim Knight, Mode: in person at Chadwick International
All day November 29, 2022
IN-PERSON WORKSHOP
This workshop led by Jim Knight is created for anyone who is in a position of leadership, whether in an administrative role, a teaching role, or a role that lies somewhere in between. Attendees of this workshop will benefit by learning how to effect change within their respective environments.
COURSE OUTLINE:
Purpose of Life
Partnership Principles
Communication
Growth Model
Leading Yourself
Leading Others
WORKSHOP OBJECTIVES:
Reflect on the beliefs that guide our interactions with others
Learn how to communicate in a way that demonstrates compassion
Gain a coaching process framework that can be used in any context
Identify what’s most important to you and find time to develop the habits to do them
Learn how to demonstrate self-compassion when goals aren’t accomplished
Learn and apply life-giving strategies in any situation
JIM KNIGHT
Jim Knight, Senior Partner of ICG, is a research associate at the University of Kansas Center for Research on Learning. He has spent more than two decades studying professional learning and instructional coaching. He has written several books on instructional coaching including Instructional Coaching:A Partnership Approach to Improving Instruction (2007), Unmistakable Impact:A Partnership Approach for Dramatically Improving Instruction (2011), High-Impact Instruction (2013), Focus on Teaching (2014), Better Conversations (2015), and The Impact Cycle (2018). 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 earned his PhD in Education from the University of Kansas and has won several university teaching, innovation, and service awards. Knight also writes the Radical Learners blog.