Jim Knight is a founding senior partner of the Instructional Coaching Group (ICG) and a research associate at the University of Kansas Center for Research on Learning. He has spent more than two decades studying professional learning, effective teaching, and instructional coaching.

Knight has written several books and his articles on instructional coaching have been included in publications such as The Journal of Staff Development, Principal Leadership, The School Administrator, and Teachers Teaching Teachers.

He directs Pathways to Success, a comprehensive, district-wide school reform project in the Topeka, Kansas, School District and leads the Intensive Instructional Coaching Institutes and the Teaching Learning Coaching annual conference.

Ann Hoffman, senior consultant at Instructional Coaching Group (ICG), is a professional development leader for the University of Kansas Center for Research on Learning (KUCRL) with more than 30 years of experience. As one of the first professional developers for KUCRL and one of the first consultants with ICG, she has worked with thousands of teachers, coaches, and administrators.

Hoffman is a recipient of the Gordon R. Alley Partnership Award and the Strategic Instruction Model Leadership Award, both from KUCRL. She is also the 2017 recipient of the Don Deshler Leadership Award from the Instructional Coaching Group. In addition, she serves as a founding member of the advisory board for the Belin-Blank Center for Gifted and Talented Education at the University of Iowa.

Michelle Harris, senior consultant at ICG, began teaching in El Cajon, California. She taught middle school English and social studies before serving as an instructional coach, Title I coordinator, student manager, and assistant principal at three middle schools, a K–8 school, and a 6–12 IBO school, all in Beaverton, Oregon.

A seasoned staff developer, Harris has presented and keynoted all over the United States and in Europe and Africa. She lives in Portland, Oregon, with her husband and two sons. When not working, she enjoys reading, traveling, attending her sons' numerous sporting events, entertaining friends and family, and sitting in a chair on a sunny beach.

Sharon Thomas, senior consultant at Instructional Coaching Group (ICG), is an English teacher, instructional coach, student advocate, and writer. Along with her work in ICG workshops, Thomas coordinates the ICG Coaching Certification process.

She is also a consultant for the Touchstones Discussion Project and a Certified SIM Professional Developer in the area of writing. She is the founder of the Cecil County [Maryland] Teacher Leadership Network and has presented at conferences across North America on the issues of secondary school literacy and teacher leadership. Her experience with teacher leadership in school reform was published in Principal Leadership.