About the Editor About the Contributors Acknowledgments Introduction - Jim Knight 1. Coaches' Roles, Responsibilities, and Reach - Joellen Killion 2. Instructional Coaching - Jim Knight 3. Literacy Coaching - Cathy A. Toll 4. Cognitive Coaching - Jane Ellison and Carolee Hayes 5. Coaching Classroom Management - Wendy M. Reinke, Randy Sprick, and Jim Knight 6. Content Coaching: Transforming the Teaching Profession - Lucy West 7. Differentiated Coaching - Jane A. G. Kise 8. Leadership Coaching - Karla Reiss 9. Research on Coaching - Jake Cornett and Jim Knight Index
Coaching is one of the hottest topics in education today. Yet many educators are confused about the roles and responsibilities of coaches. This handbook will gather together the leading experts in coaching and provide a snapshot of the current coaching landscape. Key features: Includes chapters on the different types of coaches--literacy coach, math coach, data coach, etc. The contributors represent some of the biggest names in coaching, including Joellen Killion, Cathy Toll, Jane Ellison, Lucy West, and Nancy Love
Dr. Jim Knight, Founder and Senior Partner of Instructional Coaching Group (ICG), is also 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. 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 and. Through ICG, Knight conducts coaching workshops, hosts the Facebook Live Program, "Coaching Conversations," and provides consulting for coaching programs around the world.