Are you looking for ways to engage in conversation with your mentee or other colleagues around their instructional practice? Consider the following questions while watching this video from Mentor Modules.

• What did you notice about the coaching cycle?

• How did the mentor, Diane, decide what data to collect?

• What did you notice about the Elana’s biases? How did Diane address Elana’s bias?

• Elana struggles with “maintaining high expectations” and “looking at the data”. How can you help a new teacher achieve this balance between expectations and attending to data?

• What did you notice about the end of the post-observation conference? What is the mentor’s role here?