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
This book builds on Jim Knight's groundbreaking instructional coaching work with an original coaching cycle model that has been implemented and field tested in hundreds of schools with great success.