Unmistakable Impact: A Partnership Approach for Dramatically Improving Instruction

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Jim Knight

Unmistakable Impact

A Partnership Approach for Dramatically Improving Instruction

Jim Knight

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Corwin Press Inc
23 November 2010

Teacher training

"""Unmistakable Impact takes us deeper into the realm of grounded school improvement-a great contribution to the field.""

-Michael Fullan, Professor and Author

University of Toronto, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, Centre for Teacher Development

""This book exemplifies everything Jim Knight advocates: a clear focus, respect for educators' significant contributions, and the value that well-designed professional learning contributes to school improvement efforts.""

-Dennis Sparks, Former Executive Director

Learning Forward

A focused approach to school improvement that hits the mark

A staggering amount of evidence shows that our schools are not as effective as they should be, and they are working toward improvement. This book simplifies the process for becoming an Impact School through targeted, consistent professional learning that is done with teachers, not to teachers. Award-winning author Jim Knight describes how to translate staff members' joy of learning into high-leverage practices that achieve dramatic student outcomes. Characteristics of Impact Schools include

A focused, clearly defined improvement plan that takes into account the complexity of teaching and learning relationships

A school culture that encourages enrollment in ongoing professional development

Alignment of purpose and actions among all staff members

Helpful resources include tangible tools and reproducibles for use by principals, workshop leaders, professional learning communities, and instructional coaches. When everyone learns, every student receives excellent instruction every day in every class. Unmistakable Impact provides the roadmap to remarkable results."

By: Jim Knight
Imprint: Corwin Press Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 254mm, Width: 177mm, Spine: 25mm
Weight: 630g
ISBN: 9781412994309
ISBN 10: 1412994306
Pages: 336
Publication Date: 23 November 2010
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Unspecified

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. Join Jim's The Big Four Ning community. Now, Jim Knight is offering his expertise in an online professional development opportunity! Coming soon: <embed height= 340 type= application/x-shockwave-flash width= 560 src= http://www.youtube.com/v/OaVOFStBrVM?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999 allowscriptaccess= always allowfullscreen= true /> Visit our Professional Learning page for more information!

Reviews for Unmistakable Impact: A Partnership Approach for Dramatically Improving Instruction

Unmistakable Impact exemplifies everything Jim Knight advocates: a clear focus, respect for educators' significant contributions, and the value that well-designed professional learning contributes to school improvement efforts. -- Dennis Sparks, Former Executive Director 20100813 A must read for anyone who cares about learning, this book is from the heart. Knight uses his own experiences to describe processes and strategies for impacting student and adult learning in today's schools. -- Sandee Crowther, President 20100817 Jim Knight's work has had a tremendous impact on the quality of our professional development practices that that are job-embedded and meet the REAL needs of our teachers. He is a consummate relationship builder who models how to establish the types of relationships necessary for second-order change to occur. -- Carolyn J. Teigland, Associate Superintendent for Education Services 20100817 Jim Knight outlines a clear path to success for educators to make sense out of the complex nature of external mandates, competing initiatives and prevailing traditional models found within many schools and districts around the nation. -- Ken Geisick, Superintendent 20100907 Unmistakable Impact takes us deeper into the realm of grounded school improvement-a great contribution to the field. -- Michael Fullan, Professor and Author 20100927 Jim Knight helps us to understand how learning can be infectious, energizing, and humanizing as he eloquently delineates the steps involved in creating an impact school. I suggest buying this book for all principals who want to strengthen their schools. I believe that Unmistakable Impact will be a resource they return to time and again. -- Stephanie Hirsh, Executive Director 20101001