Chapters International

In-Person Workshop

The Intensive Instructional Coaching Institute is a focused and intensive professional development opportunity based on 20+ years of research. It provides a big-picture view of instructional coaching and includes an exhaustive learning opportunity covering five coaching areas presented in Jim Knight’s bestselling books and research. Over 5,000 instructional coaches have successfully completed The Intensive Instructional Coaching Institute, representing every continent across the globe, except Antarctica.

This unique learning opportunity helps coaches and administrators not only establish a proven foundation for success, but also develop a deeper and complete understanding of the coaching process and practices, cultivate the necessary communication skills for healthy conversations, deepen engagement in the classroom, and best utilize coaching tools and resources.

Who Should Attend

New instructional coaches
Experienced instructional coaches
Administrators

Agenda:

Everything you’ll learn at the 5-day Intensive Instructional Coaching Institute

The Impact Cycle
Takeaways include:

Getting a Clear Picture of Reality: video, interviews, student work, observations
Introducing video to your school
Using the “Identify Questions”
PEERS Goals
Identifying teaching strategies
The power of checklists
6 ways to model teaching strategies
The “Improve Questions”
Book References: Focus on Teaching and The Impact Cycle

Better Conversations
Takeaways include:

Partnership and Communication: The Better Conversation Beliefs
Demonstrate Empathy
Listen
Foster Dialogue
Ask Better Questions
Make Emotional Connections
Be a Witness to Good
Find Common Ground
Control Toxic Emotions
Redirect Toxic Conversations
Book Reference: Better Conversations

Coaching for Engagement
Takeaways include:

Behavioral Engagement
Cognitive Engagement
Emotional Engagement
Engagement Online
Thinking Prompts
Effective Questions
Cooperative Learning
Stories
Authentic Learning
Book Reference: High-Impact Instruction, The Impact Cycle; Data Guide

Coaching for Achievement
Takeaways include:

Identifying What Needs to be Assessed
Tests, Checks for Understanding
Traditional Rubrics and Single-Factor Rubrics
Guiding Questions
Formative Assessment
Learning Maps
Book Reference: High-Impact Instruction; The Impact Cycle; Gathering Data Participant Guide

Evaluating Instructional Coaching
Takeaways include:

Identify concerns regarding evaluating coaches and coaching programs in their districts
Examine best practices in coaching to clarify job descriptions, hiring practices, and evaluation processes
Book Reference: Evaluating Instructional Coaching

System Support
Takeaways include:

Role Clarity
Time
Confidentiality
Learning Architecture
Book Reference: What Administrators Need to Know Participant Guide

Resources Provided

Impact Cycle bundle
Better Conversations bundle
Instructional Playbook
High-Impact Instruction
Evaluating Instructional Coaching
The Definitive Guide to Instructional Coaching

Jim Knight

Jim Knight, Senior Partner of ICG, is a research associate at the University of Kansas Center for Research on Learning. He has spent more than two decades studying professional learning and instructional coaching. He has written several books on instructional coaching including Instructional Coaching: A Partnership Approach to Improving Instruction (2007), Unmistakable Impact: A Partnership Approach for Dramatically Improving Instruction (2011), High-Impact Instruction (2013), Focus on Teaching (2014), Better Conversations (2015), and The Impact Cycle (2018). Knight 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 earned his PhD in Education from the University of Kansas and has won several university teaching, innovation, and service awards. Knight also writes the Radical Learners blog.

Venue:
To be Announced

8:30 am to 3:30 pm
Registration at 8:00 am
on the 23rd of April 2025