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"Make positive and immediate changes in your school with the support of your entire staff. New from acclaimed speaker and bestselling author Todd Whitaker (What Great Teachers Do Differently, Dealing with Difficult Parents), Leading School Change provides principals, assistant principals, district superintendents, and other educators with concrete steps for getting colleagues to champion and work toward the changes you want to make."

At the 2010 Instructional Coaching Conference there were two panel discussions. Jim Knight, Steve Barkley and Michael Fullan's panel discussion was titled, "Coaches as Leaders of Change."

NEW! Radical Learners Blog by Jim Knight! Read the Blog: Instructional Coaching Institute, Level 1 August 8-10, 2011 October 3-5, 2011More info... Instructional Coaching Institute, Level 2 August 11-13, 2011 October 6-8, 2011More info... Instructional Coaching Conference October 10-12, 2011More info...

Change is complicated... Instructional coaches can help alleviate some of the burden of change. Instructional coaches are on-site professional developers who teach educators how to use proven teaching methods.

Founded in 1943, ASCD (formerly the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development) is an educational leadership organization dedicated to advancing best practices and policies for the success of each learner. Our 175,000 members in 119 countries are professional educators from all levels and subject areas--superintendents, supervisors, principals, teachers, professors of education, and school board members.

"Evocative Coaching takes a refreshing tack when it comes to excellence in education: trust and assist teachers to develop fresh, new ideas for inspiring student learning. That method fosters genuine motivation and honors what teachers, and all people, need most to be creative and successful. Conversations can change the world and this book can change the conversation."

"Topic: What are the possibilities that open to us if we change the observation model for teachers to a coaching model? Wow. This week's conversation was a doozy. Great topic, fast and frantic discussion, and plenty to learn. It's weeks like this one that make me remember what drew me into #edchat so quickly." Posted by John

Playing For Change | Song Around the World http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Us-TVg40ExM&feature=channel http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4880PJnO2E http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42E2fAWM6rA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1k08yxu57NA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhbqIJZ8wCM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLxVH11MP8A http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5wDGqcbj8M I have started a new blog, Radical Learners. In order to focus on getting it up and running, I am going to pause my writing on this blog for a short while.