Capacity Material

Reflective Teaching & Coaching Tools

Reflective teaching involves creating a culture of instructional improvement among staff, and providing consistent support for collaboration and reflective conversations around practice. The idea is to actively promote a cycle of goal setting, teaching with those goals in mind, collecting data from/about students, and reflecting on the outcomes. Many program leaders engage their staff in informal debriefs about “how the teaching went”, but don’t necessarily provide a systematic approach or enough time for making adjustments to specific teaching approaches and activities. These tools are intended to help program leaders create an environment that is conducive to growth, and supports instructors to take risks and stretch their abilities.

[Accordion of PDF’s. 3 Drop-Down Accordions of PDF’s. They have a title (in ALL CAPS), Short Description Text, then the PDF(s).]

REFLECTIVE TEACHING APPROACHES
A summary of why reflective teaching is important for supporting instructional improvement and suggestions for how to support staff in becoming more reflective about their practice.
[PDF LINK 1]
FOLLOW UP ON PROFESSIONAL LEARNING SESSIONS
[PDF LINK 2]
COACHING TOOLS
[PDF LINKS 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
INSTRUCTOR SUPPORT FOR GUIDING EXPLORATION
A list of suggested prompts for leading focused exploration activities and engaging students in discussion about their explorations of the natural world.
[PDF LINK 8]
INSTRUCTOR SUPPORT FOR LEADING MEANING-MAKING DISCUSSIONS
A list of suggested prompts for building students skills in participating in meaning-making discussions about the natural world.
[PDF LINK 9]
TEACHING OBSERVATION CHECKLIST
A modifiable sample for creating a quick checklist that can be used with instructors to capture their progress with select teaching practices.
[PDF LINK 10]