{"product_id":"9781506339009","title":"The Reflection Guide to Better Conversations: Coaching Ourselves and Each Other to Be More Credible, Caring, and Connected","description":"\u003cp\u003eEvery worthwhile book has a deeply held belief, and for Jim Knight’s \u003cem\u003eBetter Conversations \u003c\/em\u003eand this worktext, \u003cem\u003eThe Reflection Guide to Better Conversations\u003c\/em\u003e, here it is: \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cem\u003e“Effective communication is an essential skill for a fulfilled life, and we can’t teach it to students if we don’t know how to do it ourselves.” \u003c\/em\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Instructional coaches, administrators, teachers . . . really everyone: the royal we is \u003cem\u003eyou\u003c\/em\u003e. In this Reflection Guide, Jim delivers a framework for improving professional dialogue that is so clearly signposted, you might as well call it a day planner.   \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Here’s how \u003cem\u003eThe Reflection Guide to Better Conversations \u003c\/em\u003eworks:   \u003c\/p\u003e \u003col\u003e     \u003cli\u003eIn Part One, you and your peers engage in surveys, take stock, and record video in order to get real about your current beliefs and abilities. How do you measure up when it comes to empathy, asking better questions? Finding common ground?   \u003c\/li\u003e     \u003cli\u003eIn Part Two, learn about the 10 habits of being an effective communicator, and put them into practice. Are your conversations focused on others 50 percent of the time?  What things typically distract you from being fully present?   \u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ol\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eBetter Conversations\u003c\/em\u003e, Jim Knight reveals why true dialogue improves professional performance, job satisfaction, and classroom instruction. Together with this Reflection Guide, the two books provide a brilliant, scaffolded professional learning experience on a topic central to learning, central to life.   \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cem\u003eThis \u003c\/em\u003eis the district-wide solution you need—are you ready?\u003c\/p\u003e  ","brand":"SAGE Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47131652096240,"sku":"9781506339009","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781506339009_p0.jpg?v=1763720151","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781506339009","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}