Jim Knight

Unmistakable Impact

A Partnership Approach for Dramatically Improving Instruction

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Produktbeschreibung

Award-winning author Jim Knight outlines strategies for becoming an Impact School through targeted, consistent professional learning that is done with teachers, not to teachers.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: SAGE Publications Inc
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. November 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 722g
• ISBN-13: 9781412994309
• ISBN-10: 1412994306
• Artikelnr.: 31555079

Autorenporträt

Jim Knight is an award-winning training and development veteran and culture catalyst who speaks on a variety of interactive topics, including programs on organizational culture, differentiated service, building rock star teams and leadership. During Jim's twenty-one-year career with HardRock International, his creativity and success garnered his team several industry awards for cutting-edge print, video, e-learning and instructor-led concepts.He was also recognized by Training magazine as representing one of the Training Top 125 companies in the world, across all industries, and has since been featured in Entrepreneur magazine, Inc. magazine, Forbes magazine and Fox Small Business News.With a music degree in Vocal Performance and Education, a six-year stint as a public middle school teacher and his two decades with the Hard Rock brand, Jim uses all of his experience and expertise-as a keynote speaker, podcaster, book marketer and author-to assist leaders of all levels and industries develop their skills and amp up business results.Jim released his widely praised first book, Culture That Rocks, in 2014. It is now in its second edition- and is the impetus for Service That Rocks, book two in the Culture That Rocks series.Jim also discusses life-changing leadership advice and best practices with influential guests on Thoughts That Rock, the free weekly edu-taining podcast that he co-hosts with Brant Menswar. To contact Jim Knight, you can reach him at:ServiceThatRocksBook.com JimKnightSpeaker @KnightSpeaker

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword by Michael Fullan
Preface
Acknowledgments
About the Author
1. Impact Schools
The Best Jobs
The Failure of the American School System
Unmistakable Impact
Core Concepts of an Impact School
What You Will Find in This Book
To Sum Up
Going Deeper
2. Partnership
Helping Others
Partnership: The Theory Behind Impact Schools
Equality: Professional Learning With Teachers Rather Than Training Done to
Teachers
Choice: Teachers Should Have Choice Regarding What and How They Learn
Voice: Professional Learning Should Empower and Respect the Voices of
Teachers
Reflection: Reflection Is an Integral Part of Professional Learning
Dialogue: Professional Learning Should Enable Authentic Dialogue
Praxis: Teachers Should Apply Their Learning to Their Real-Life Practice as
They Are Learning
Reciprocity: We Should Expect to Get as Much as We Give
To Sum Up
Going Deeper
3. Principals
Leading Schools and the Partnership Principles
Principals as Designers
The Target
The Big Four
Creating the Target
Observing and Monitoring Teacher Progress
Principals as First Learners
Making It All Happen
Getting Support From Central Office
To Sum Up
Going Deeper
4. Instructional Coaching
Partnership
Partnering With Administrators
Workshops and Intensive Learning Teams
Components of Coaching
Who Should Be a Coach
To Sum Up
Going Deeper
5. Workshops That Make an Impact
Take the Partnership Approach
Address the Impact Factors
Use Effective Design
Apply Learning to Real Life
Deliver the Message Powerfully
Connect With the Audience
Walk the Talk
Keep the Energy High
Use Dialogue Architectures
Tell Stories
To Sum Up
Going Deeper
6. Intensive Learning Teams
The Challenge
Partnership Principles
Address Impact Factors
Partnership Facilitation
Intensive Learning Teams
To Sum Up
Going Deeper
7. Partnership Communication
Partnership Principles and Communication
Listening
Good Questions
Finding Common Ground
Controlling Difficult Emotions
Love Your Partners
To Sum Up
Going Deeper
Final Thoughts
Resource A: Impact Toolkit
Administrator Resources
Big Four Observation Tools
Teacher Progress Map (TPM) Resources
Coach Resources: What Coaches Do
Additional Tools
Intensive Learning Teams
Resource B: Research
Research on Coaching
Research on Workshops
Research on Intensive Learning Teams
References and Further Readings
Index