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Instructional Coaching Conference


Instructional Coaching Institute, Level 2


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The Virtual Conference


The Instructional Coaching Virtual Conference

Panel Discussion

Topic: The Administrator's Role


Jim Knight brought these expert panelists together to answer audience questions about instructional coaching and administrators during the Second Annual Instructional Coaching Conference in October 2007.


From left to right: Joellen Killion is a leader of the National Staff Development Council that works to ensure that educators engage in effective professional learning. Sue Keck, an assistant to the superintendent in Pennsylvania, supports professional development in the state. Jim Knight, author of Instructional Coaching a Partnership Approach to Improving Instruction, moderates the panel discussion. Lucy West worked with the District 2 New York City Board of Education to rework teaching mathematics and learning through professional development. Joe Buckley, the principal of Bohemia Manor Middle School, was featured in Chapter 9 of Jim Knight's book. Jane Kise, author of Differentiated School Leadership, has successfully worked with many principals.

Panel Questions:

1. Please give some insights or comments about instructional coaching.

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2. How can principals stay patient with the coaching process, when there are pressures like No Child Left Behind?

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3. How do you balance humility and expertise in coaching and education?

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4. What can be done and who can facilitate an increasing support of a coach's efforts.

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5. Is there a model out there that pushes dialogue between teachers about coaching?

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6. How can we ensure that new coaches who have bachelor's degrees, instead of master's or doctorates, are really prepared to be coaches?

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Articles and books recommended by panelists:


Crane, T.G., & Patrick, L.N., & Parker, T.S. (2007). The Heart of Coaching: Using Transformational Coaching to Create a High-Performance Coaching Culture (3rd ed.). San Diego, CA: FTA Press.


Collins, J. (2007). Level 5 Leadership: The Triumph of Humility and Fierce Resolve (enhanced ed.). Cambridge, MA: Harvard Business Review OnPoint.


Fullan, M. (2004). Facilitator's Guide The Moral Imperative Of School Leadership. Phoenix, AZ: Crown Press.


Fullan, M. & Hargreaves, A. (1996). What's Worth Fighting for in Your School? New York, NY: Teachers College Press.


Resnick, L.B., & Hall, M.W., with the Fellows of the Institute for Learning (2005). Principles of learning for effort-based education. Pittsburgh, PA: Institute for Learning, Learning Research & Development Center, University of Pittsburgh.


http://curriculum.dpsk12.org/fr_principles_of_learning.htm