Questions to start conversations with coaches
A working deck. Pull one before your next 1:1. The right question can do more than an hour of advice.
§How do you show up the way you want to show up?
§If you were only able to work on one skill with this student, what would it be?
§What do you think is underneath the student's behavior?
§What is the student avoiding, and why might that avoidance make sense to them?
§What is one thing you can do to strengthen the relationship this week?
§What feedback have you been avoiding giving this student or parent?
§When was the last time you did something hard for yourself?
§Where are you on the burnout scale this week, 1 to 10?
Your 1:1 is in ten minutes. The coach you're meeting with has been competent but flat all month. You can pull one question from the deck. Which one?
Which question would land hardest in your next 1:1, and what does that tell you?
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Pull a question. Don't write a script.
- 1Open three 1:1s this week with a question from the deck instead of a status check.
- 2Notice which question your coaches dodge. That's the one to revisit.
A 1:1 that would have lasted 20 minutes goes 45 because the right question cracked it open.
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