The Impact Cycle

"Jim Knight is one of the wise men of coaching. His well is deep; he draws from it the best tools from practitioners, the wisdom of experience, and research-based insights. And he never loses sight of the bigger picture: the point of all this is to have more impact in this life we're lucky enough to live."MICHAEL BUNGAY STANIER, Author of The Coaching Habit"Coaching done well may be the most effective intervention designed for human performance. Jim Knight's work has helped me understand the details of how effective coaching can and should be done."DR. ATUL GAWANDE, surgeon, public health researcher, and author of The Checklist ManifestoIdentify . . . Learn . . . ImproveWhen it comes to improving practice, few professional texts can rival the impact felt by Jim Knight's Instructional Coaching. For hundreds of thousands of educators, Jim bridged the long-standing divide between staff room and classroom offering up a much a more collaborative, respectful, and efficient PD model for achieving instructional excellence.Now, one decade of research and hundreds of in-services later, Jim takes that work a significant step further with The Impact Cycle: an all-new instructional coaching cycle to help teachers and, in turn, their students improve in clear, measurable ways.Quintessential Jim, The Impact Cycle comes loaded with every possible tool to help you reach your coaching goals, starting with a comprehensive video program, robust checklists, and a model Instructional Playbook. Quickly, you'll learn how to Interact and dialogue with teachers as partnersGuide teachers to identify emotionally compelling, measurable, and student-focused goalsSet coaching goals, plan strategies, and monitor progress for optimal impactUse documentary-style video and text-based case studies as models to promote maximum teacher clarity and proactive problem solvingStreamline teacher enrollment, data collection, and deep listeningJim writes, "When we grow, improve, and learn, when we strive to become a better version of ourselves, we tap into something deep in ourselves that craves that kind of growth." Read The Impact Cycle and soon you'll discover how you can continually refine your practice to help teachers and students realize their fullest potential.View Jim Knight's Impact Cycle video trailer:

PrefaceAcknowledgmentsAbout the AuthorCHAPTER 1. WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO IMPROVE? What Is Instructional Coaching? Three Approaches to Coaching Deep Learning, Deep CoachingCHAPTER 2. IDENTIFY: GETTING A CLEAR PICTURE OF REALITY Getting a Clear Picture of Current Reality Using Video to Get a Clear Picture of Reality Learning From Students Putting It All TogetherCHAPTER 3. QUESTIONS TO IDENTIFY A PEERS GOAL PEERS Goals Questions to Identify a PEERS Goal The Identify QuestionsCHAPTER 4. LEARN Describing Teaching Strategies Instructional Playbooks Modeling Teaching StrategiesCHAPTER 5. IMPROVE The Improve Stage of the Impact Cycle Step 1: Confirm Direction Step 2: Review Progress Step 3: Invent Improvements Step 4: Plan Next ActionsINSTRUCTIONAL COACHES' TOOLKIT Strategies for Enrolling Teachers Data-Gathering Tools Instructional Playbook Strategies for Assessing Student AttitudeAppendix: Lean-Design Research Development of the Impact Cycle Lean-Design Research InterviewsReferencesIndex