Michael James Knight, PhD

Jim Knight
  • Senior Research Associate
  • Director, Kansas Coaching Project (KCP)

Contact Info

785-864-0623


Biography —

Dr. James Knight has spent close to two decades studying professional learning and instructional coaching. He has written or co-authored several books on the topic, including: Instructional Coaching: A Partnership Approach to Improving Instruction published by Corwin and Learning Forward (2007) and Unmistakable Impact: A Partnership Approach for Dramatically Improving Instruction (2011). He co-authored Coaching Classroom Management (2006) and edited Coaching: Approaches and Perspectives (2008). 

Dr. Knight has won several university teaching, innovation, and service awards. Knight also hosts Talking About Teaching on the Teaching Channel. His current work can be found and followed at: www.radicallearners.com, jimknightoncoaching.squarespace.com, twitter.com/jimknight99.

Education —

Ph.D. in Education with minor in Organizational Studies, The University of Kansas, 1998
M.A. in English Language and Literature, University of Ottawa, 1984, ON, Canada
B.A. in English Language and Literature, University of Ottawa, 1983, ON, Canada
with Honors

Grants & Other Funded Activity —

He has served as the principal investigator of grants and contracts totalling nearly $30 million–all devoted to the study of professional learning and instructional coaching.