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
Robyn Jackson
Join me as Dr. Robyn Jackson and I explore the four fundamental needs that drive our motivation: autonomy, mastery, purpose, and connection. Dr. Jackson is passionate about building better schools. As the CEO of Mindsteps Inc. she has helped thousands of K-12 administrators and teachers develop the clarity and confidence to turn their classrooms and schools into success stories.
In this episode, you'll discover how tapping into these dominant drivers becomes the key to motivating not just teachers but anyone. Uncover the shortcut to unlocking motivation by attuning yourself to their essential question, and grasp why this strategy is not only powerful for motivation but also for sustaining it over time.
Join us as Dr. Jackson discusses how to unleash the true power of understanding and fueling the dominant will drivers that shape our actions
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