I always enjoy hearing Jim Knight present on instruction and instructional coaching. I enjoyed the case study he shared with one of his teachers. Seeing her at home with her kids, teaching her students and interacting with him through coaching was very powerful -- as was seeing him teach the same students! I am thrilled to hear him say that the partnership approach to coaching is four times more powerful than a fidelity approach -- and that reaching the goal through the coaching cycle, with whatever adaptations prove advantageous -- is more important than fidelity. Jim Knight provided a thorough and inspiring example of collaboration and "coaching done well," one from which I will certainly benefit in my practice with SIM and with students.
