Streaming Session
Recorded SessionOutline: AI for Coaches – Using AI in Instructional Coaching: Best Practices & Tools
Introduction & Framing (10 minutes)
Content: Define AI and its relevance for instructional coaching. Introduce objectives and norms for responsible use.
Engagement: Quick poll (via device) on current AI use in participants’ schools; pair-share initial hopes and concerns.
Process: Polling tool + small group discussion to set context and build trust.
Exploring AI Fundamentals (15 minutes)
Content: Overview of generative AI and key coaching applications.
Engagement: Live demo of AI tool responding to a coaching prompt. Participants follow along on devices.
Process: Guided practice with immediate peer-to-peer reflection.
Prompt Engineering for Coaches (20 minutes)
Content: How to craft effective prompts for lesson planning, feedback, and coaching conversations.
Engagement: Participants work in triads to test and refine prompts; share best examples with whole group.
Process: Small-group collaboration, reporting out, facilitated feedback.
Ethics & Integrity (15 minutes)
Content: Address bias, privacy, authorship, and responsible use of AI in schools.
Engagement: Case study discussion of real-world dilemmas; groups propose responses.
Process: Scenario cards + role-play for deeper engagement.
Practical Coaching Applications (20 minutes)
Content: Using AI for planning, feedback, and reflective dialogue.
Engagement: Hands-on activity where participants apply AI to a current coaching challenge and document results.
Process: Device-based activity + peer coaching conversation.
Reflection & Takeaways (10 minutes)
Content: Synthesize key strategies and align with ISTE Standards and Transformational Learning Principles.
Engagement: Participants create a personal “AI Action Step” to apply in their work.
Process: Individual reflection + partner accountability share.
Q&A and Closing (10 minutes)
Content: Address participant questions and highlight next steps/resources.
Engagement: Open floor Q&A; collect digital exit tickets.
Process: Whole-group dialogue + device-based feedback form.
After this session, participants will be able to…
*Identify the fundamentals of AI, including how generative AI works and its implications for instructional coaching.
*Apply effective prompting strategies to generate reliable, useful results across multiple AI tools.
*Model and personalize AI integration in coaching conversations to support teacher growth and student learning.
*Evaluate ethical considerations such as privacy, bias, and authorship, and make informed choices aligned with professional values.
*Design practical applications of AI for coaching tasks such as feedback, lesson planning, and reflective dialogue.
Supporting Research by Jim Knight / Instructional Coaching Group
A Compilation of Coaching Research Studies — Instructional Coaching Group
A curated list of empirical and qualitative studies documenting effects of instructional coaching, teacher competency, job satisfaction, and student growth.
Instructional Coaching Group
The Evolving Story of Instructional Coaching: A Summary of Our Research — ICG blog post by Jim Knight
Summarizes how ICG’s model has refined over time (Goal-Setting, Observation, Impact Cycle, etc.), with measurable data on increased teaching practices and student engagement.
Instructional Coaching Group
Article: Why Teacher Autonomy Is Central to Coaching — Jim Knight, ICG
Discusses how honoring teacher autonomy in coaching relationships increases motivation, engagement, and efficacy.
Instructional Coaching Group
Teach to Win, Seven Success Factors for Instructional Coaching Programs — Geoff Knight at ICG (but strongly aligned with Jim Knight’s framework)
Identifies seven key conditions/factors (e.g. coaching cycle, instructional practice knowledge, communication, support from leadership) required for successful coaching programs.
Instructional Coaching Group
The Impact of Instructional Coaching — ICG blog post, April 2025
Defines instructional coaching’s core principles (e.g. partnership, observing reality through video, goal-setting) and emphasizes what coaching truly does and doesn’t do.
Instructional Coaching Group
Article: Keep Growing — Real Learning Happens in Real Life — Jim Knight
Contrasts “outside-in” versus “inside-out” professional development; explains how coaching empowers teachers to select strategies that meet their own students’ needs and adapt them.
Instructional Coaching Group
Article: Escape from the Zero-Learning Zone — Jim Knight
Explores why people (including teachers/coaches) sometimes avoid growth opportunities; describes how coaches can help move out of the “Zero-Learning Zone” through goal clarity, video or observation, reflection.
Instructional Coaching Group
What Good Coaches Do — Jim Knight (PDF)
Lays out the “partnership approach” to coaching: interaction principles (equality, choice, voice, dialogue, reflection, reciprocity, praxis) that influence how coaches relate to teachers.
Instructional Coaching Group
The Impact Cycle — YouTube video — Instructional Coaching Group, Jim Knight
Describes the three-part cycle of coaching (Identify, Learn, Improve) and shows evidence of how this cycle supports teacher growth.
YouTube
The Definitive Guide to Instructional Coaching — YouTube — Jim Knight
Longer overview video covering over 20 years of research and work with instructional coaches; includes examples of what works and why
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