Instructional Coaching
Jim Knight
Tuesday, March 2, 2010, 9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
K-State Student Union

Jim Knight is a research associate at the University of Kansas Center for Research on Learning and an international speaker who has studied instructional coaching for over a decade. Knight has written several books, including Instructional Coaching: A Partnership Approach to Improving Instruction, and Partnership Learning: Scientifically Proven Strategies for Fostering Dialogue During Workshops and Presentations. Knight will provide a definition of what coaches do, a summary of the components of coaching, and a review of the partnership approach, which is the theoretical basis behind this approach.