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In the effort to improve school climate and culture, Pacific Northwest Publishing is dedicated to producing practical, high-quality, research-based books and programs to help educators create positive, productive environments where children feel emotionally and physically safe, and as such, actively engaged in the learning process.
Supporting the Educational Environment

Jim Knight

Professional Experience

Jim Knight is a research associate at the University of Kansas Center for Research on Learning and president of the Instructional Coaching Group, which provides professional learning on instructional coaching for educational organizations.

Dr. Knight directs several research projects, including Pathways to Success, a comprehensive districtwide school reform project in the Topeka School District. He also leads the coaching institutes and annual Instructional Coaching Conference offered by the University of Kansas.

Dr. Knight's research on partnership learning has been adopted by more than 1,500 strategies trainers in North America, and he conducts workshops nationally on instructional coaching. He is the author of Instructional Coaching: A Partnership Approach to Improving Instruction.

Pacific Northwest Publishing Affiliation

Dr. Knight is coauthor of Coaching Classroom Management: Strategies and Tools for Administrators and Coaches, 2nd ed.

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