Coaching Conversations with Jim Knight
Jim Knight is the founder of The Instructional Coaching Group, a professional development provider dedicated to offering PD for coaches, teachers, and leaders based on a partnership approach that creates better learning environments for all students. As a research associate at the University of Kansas Center for Research on Learning Jim has spent 25 years studying professional learning and instructional coaching. He earned his PhD in Education from the University of Kansas and has won several university teaching, innovation, and service awards. The pioneering work Jim and his colleagues have conducted has led to many innovations that are now central to professional development in schools. Jim wrote the first major article about instructional coaching for the Journal of Staff Development, and his book Instructional Coaching (2007) offered the first extended description of instructional coaching. Jim has written several books in addition to those described above, including the bestsellers Unmistakable Impact (2011), High-Impact Instruction (2013), Focus on Teaching (2014), Better Conversations (2015), The Impact Cycle (2018), and The Definitive Guide to Instructional Coaching (2021). He has also authored articles featured in Educational Leadership, The Journal of Staff Development, Principal Leadership, The School Administrator, and Kappan.
Coaching Conversations with Jim Knight
Keith Herman & Wendy Reinke
Greetings, in this episode of Coaching Conversations, I am joined by two leading experts in the realm of motivational interviewing in education—Keith C. Herman, PhD, and Wendy M. Reinke, PhD. Join us as we delve into the transformative insights from their book, "Motivational Interviewing in Schools."
Keith C. Herman, a professor in school and counseling psychology at the University of Missouri, and Wendy M. Reinke, a professor in school psychology at the same institution, are not only experts in their fields but also influential members of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT). Their collective expertise has significantly shaped motivational interviewing in education, providing a powerful framework for effecting positive change.
In this conversation, we explore the profound impact of motivational interviewing in education and how it serves as a cornerstone for our instructional coaching model. Discover the practical applications of motivational interviewing, its role in fostering meaningful change in educational settings, and how it has influenced our own coaching methodologies.
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