Here & There Monday, June 16, 2008
Posted by Rebecca Morrison in Blogs, Collaboration.Tags: Cooperating School Districts, Virtual Learning Center, instructional coaching, Jim Knight, University of Kansas, St. Louis Regional Professional Development Center, Center for Research on Learning
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While Martha and Stacey are in the podcasting class today, Ruth is attending a week long training with Dr. Jim Knight. His area of focus is instructional coaching. Dr. Knight is from the University of Kansas’ Center for Research on Learning. According to its website, “Instructional coaches adhere to three core principles: Choice, dialogue, and knowledge in action.” Also, “Instructional coaches are on-site professional developers who teach educators how to use proven instructional methods. To be successful in this role, coaches must be skilled in a variety of roles, including public relations guru, communicator extraordinaire, master organizer and, of course, expert educator.”
Today Ruth reports Dr. Knight has discussed the complexity of change, and how to approach change. She said he’s emphasized that people are willing to make change, but often do no commit to sticking with the change, and that’s as important- it has to be integrated (and maintained!) to be sustainable. She’s really excited about the training. We’ll report back more throughout the week. In the meantime, check out the website:
http://www.instructionalcoach.org/.
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