On his Instructional Coaching website at Corwin Press, Jim Knight shares a wealth of free resources for school leaders to use in creating better conversations.
Here are a few examples:
* In this mini-manual entitled Community Building: Witness to the Good, Knight explains key concepts and shares simple ideas for acknowledging what students and staff are doing well.
* With this Instructional Improvement Target, Knight provides an example of a one-page improvement plan that specifies a school community’s targets for what students and teachers will be doing across four critical school improvement areas.
* In Sample Questions, Knight provides examples of coaching questions for teacher observations.
* Watch Your Students provides examples of evidence of student impact that teachers can collect to reflect on the effectiveness of their lessons.
Data-Driven Decision-Making 
Increasing Post-School Success through Interagency Collaboration 
How Can We Improve Deeper Learning for Students with Disabilities? 
Positive Classroom Management: Creating an Environment for Learning 
Self-Determination Skills Empower Students of All Ages 
Fidelity of Implementation: What is it and Why does it Matter? 
Rethinking Classroom Assessment 
A Three-Step Approach to Identifying Developmentally Appropriate Practices 
Transforming Evidence-Based Practices into Usable Innovations: A Case Study with SRSD