Jim Knight
Founder and CEO of Instructional Coaching Group
About Jim
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. With the founding of the Instructional Coaching Group, Jim created a highly trained team to provide professional development for educators and continue his research into what makes instructional coaching successful.
Through ICG, he leads the Intensive Instructional Coaching Institute, hosts the popular “Coaching Conversations” podcast, and created the world’s leading conference for instructional coaching. He also continues to research and author books for coaching and provides consulting for coaching programs around the world.
Foundations of the Instructional Coaching Model
Jim Knight has authored and co-authored several of the seminal texts for instructional coaching that are used in schools across the world.
Additional Publications
Beyond his books, Jim 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.
Insights from Jim Knight and ICG
We included summaries and links to Jim’s recent publications on our blog.
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“In the early years, our work was about finding our way, finding names for what we did, grabbing what data we could to support what we were doing, and trying to get better at coaching every day. Over time, our instructional coaching model and our methodologies have improved.”
– Jim Knight
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