Coaches: You might find it useful to review these questions and make any adjustments to the language to suit your context, coachee and the session they are teaching. They could be used as a list of optional prompts on a sheet to select from during a coaching conversation or as a set of question cards to encourage focus on different aspects of the session.
- What were your intentions for learning when planning this session? How did reality reflect those?
- What were you exploring or experimenting with in this session, as a practitioner?
- How effectively do you think your planning process supported the learners during the session?
- How did you feel at different stages of the session?
- What did you notice about the flow of energy in the session?
- Which moments in the session were highpoints for you and why?
- How could you have enhanced the planning or preparation process for this session?
- What surprised/pleased/challenged you about learners’ engagement during different activities?
- How did different learners respond to particular tasks/activities?
- Why did you group learners in certain ways and what was the effect?
- How did the pacing of the lesson seem to affect the learners? What showed you that effect?
- Which activities or tasks sparked a high level of thinking and discussion from learners?
- Were there any activities that you felt left some learners a little muddled or confused? How did you respond?
- If you could alter the plan/session delivery now, what would you change?
- What will show you the impact of the session on the learners?
- If the learners gave you feedback on the session, what would they say?
- What needs to happen next to consolidate or extend the learning?
- Which insights did you gather as a practitioner from planning and delivering that particular session for that group?
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