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Small changes can lead to big results!

The key to improving student achievement isn’t more teacher time?it’s more teacher impact. But how do you decide which instructional practices will deliver the most bang for your buck? In this handbook, written for teachers but suitable for use by principals and instructional coaches, best-selling author Jim Knight presents the high-leverage strategies that make the biggest difference in student learning.

This is no one-size-fits-all to-do list for the classroom?it’s a simple and flexible framework you can customize to fit your working style and students’ needs. Grounded in more than a decade of work with instructional coaches, this revolutionary book focuses on the three areas of high-impact instruction:

Content planning, including using guiding questions, learning maps, and formative assessment
Instructional practices such as the use of thinking prompts, effective questions, challenging assignments, and experiential learning
Community building, in which you shape a classroom culture that promotes well-being, creativity, learning, and high expectations
This accessible road map for professional learning empowers and supports you in making changes to your practice with practical tools, including:

Checklists, numerous observation tools, and recommended resources for further reading
Online videos that focus on implementation of high-leverage instructional practices
Ways that students, teachers, instructional coaches, and principals can support implementation of the practices
Suggestions for using the book and videos in coaching and school improvement efforts
When it comes to teaching, little changes can make a big difference. With High-Impact Instruction, you have a rich toolkit for improving your own practice and promoting great teaching every day in every class.

Grades:

K-12

Author(s):

Jim Knight

Publisher:

Corwin

Year:

2013

Pages:

344 pp

Media/Binding:

Softcover

iSBN:

9781412981774