Mentoring, Coaching, and Collaboration

Mentors and coaches play a vital role in the teaching profession by providing support training and collegiality alleviating the isolation so often experienced by beginning teachers. Coaching expert Jim Knight brought together leading-edge scholars and practitioners of K12 professional development for this compilation of their visions of coaching including. Differentiated coaching.. Instructional coaching.. Content coaching.. Cognitive coaching.Additional topics include mentoring beginning teachers intergenerational considerations and working with different personality types. These excellent insights from experienced coaches are especially valuable in supporting teachers in meeting todays accountability challenges.Features. Edited - Jim Knight.. Author Affiliation - University of Kansas.. Binding - Paperback.. Pages - 296.. Publication Date - 10-Jul-08.. Primary Subject Code - Mentoring - C86.. Copyright Year -.. Item Weight - 22 oz.About the AuthorJim Knight is a research associate at the University of Kansas Center for Research on Learning and the president of the Instructional Coaching Group. Knight has authored articles on instructional coaching and school improvement in publications such as The Journal of Staff Development Principal Leadership The School Administrator Kappan and Teachers Teaching Teachers.

Jim Knight is a research associate at the University of Kansas Center for Research on Learning and the president of the Instructional Coaching Group. He has spent more than a decade studying instructional coaching and has written several books on the topic, including Instructional Coaching: A Partnership Approach to Improving Instruction published by Corwin and Learning Forward (2007). Knight co-authored Coaching Classroom Management. He also edited Coaching: Approaches and Perspectives.

Knight has authored articles on instructional coaching and school improvement in publications such as The Journal of Staff Development, Principal Leadership, The School Administrator, Kappan, and Teachers Teaching Teachers.

Several research projects directed by Knight include an IES-funded qualitative and quantitative assessment of coaching and Pathways to Success, a comprehensive, districtwide school reform project for the Topeka Public School District in Kansas. Knight also leads the coaching institutes and the Annual Instructional Coaching Conference offered by the University of Kansas.

Frequently asked to guide professional learning for instructional coaches, Knight has presented and consulted in more than 35 states, most Canadian provinces, and in Japan. He has a PhD in Education and has won several university teaching, innovation, and service awards. He also writes the popular radicallearners.com blog.

Now, Jim Knight is offering his expertise in an online professional development opportunity!