“If you don’t question what your experiences mean and think actively about them on an on-going basis, the evidence shows you are unlikely to improve.” – Alexandra Spalding Using the Gibbs Reflection Cycle, Steve explores how a coach’s questions and observations can maximize a teacher’s reflection and thus learning. Teachers’ insights are empowering. View Spalding’s […]

Coaching conversations, where the teacher’s agenda emerges and develops over time, increase understanding, build trust, and promote vulnerability and risk-taking. The teacher’s agenda includes the beliefs, values, and thinking behind the teacher’s decision-making. A general guideline, I recommend, is that a coach wants to know what the teacher is thinking before sharing what the coach […]