The IC Toolkit
- Jim Knight - University of Kansas, USA
- Jessica Wise
- Michelle Harris - Instructional Coaching Group
- Amy Musante - Instructional Coaching Group
A Joint Publication with Learning Forward, Foreword by Frederick Brown
Refine the art and craft of instructional coaching.
For more than 25 years, Jim Knight and his team at the Instructional Coaching Group have been studying what excellence in instructional coaching looks and sounds like. Their findings—organized around 7 Success Factors for instructional coaches and shared via books, articles, and workshops—have helped many instructional coaches around the world to increase teacher effectiveness and improve outcomes for students. Bringing together for the first time a wealth of resources and practical tools, The IC Toolkit is designed to guide instructional coaches—either individually or, preferably, collectively—through a 36-week journey of practice, reflection, and learning. For instructional coaches who want to improve and leaders who want to set up meaningful learning experiences, the book provides concrete tools—including activities, checklists, case studies, and videos—that you can use every week.
Additional features include
- One-page descriptions of each success factor
- A needs assessment to gauge your instructional coaching proficiency in the 7 Success Factors
- Learning paths to guide your use of the resources and enable meaningful exploration of each success factor
- End-of-chapter reflection questions
The IC Toolkit makes it possible for every instructional coach to become highly proficient in the Success Factors. When instructional coaches become highly proficient in their craft, we can see students, teachers, and systems flourish.
"Jim Knight seems to have ‘magic’ in his coaching skills, and I marvel at his successes. I have read his books, but the secret sauce evades me. This is the coaches' instructional bible that shows the way and more than changes how we increase the impact of our teaching; it explains how to change lives. It starts from the humility and courage of the coach, the listening and responsive skills, and the attentiveness to the impact on the coach and the coached. Including guidance on how to have coaching conversations, build faith in people to improve, invoke deep work to make deep change, and implement PEERS goals, Knight and colleagues provide a comprehensive guide to high-impact coaching."
