MTP Coaching Questions

(Please Note: The following lists are offered as drafts. Please use the comment function or email us with revision suggestions. What questions should we add? Which would benefit from revision for clarity or brevity or specificity? Which should be dumped? Please don't hesitate to share your insights, to offer your help. We need you.)

Question Categories:

1. Questions Coaches May Ask Presenters
2. Questions Presenters May Ask Coaches
3. Questions Presenters May Ask Themselves
   

Questions Coaches May Ask Presenters:

• Is there anything you particularly want me to address?
• What is the purpose of the workshop? The goal, the point?
• Who is your audience? WHY?
• What is the goal / value / applicability of the technology?
• How much time do you have?
• Is this a show-and-tell or a hands-on workshop?
• How much do you expect your audience to know already?
• Do you want the audience to have prepared anything in advance?
• What technology do you need? Do you have or need an assistant?
• What kind of instructions do you need to prepare? How much do you need to have posted ahead of time to the blog?
• How will you evaluate your workshop and/or yourself?
• What do you think you'll focus during your debriefing? Should the debriefing happen online or in person?

Questions Presenters May Ask Coaches:

• Can you tell what the purpose is?
• How's my timing/pacing?
• How's the variety of activities?
• Are my handouts clear?
• Are my explanations on my handouts clear?
• Is my agenda good?
• How am I acknowledging the expertise of the participants?
• Am I addressing adult learners?
• How are participants really participating?
• Can you suggest other resources?
• Is there too much or is this a manageable chunk?
• Do you think I'm integrating technology well?
• Is it purposeful?
• Is the show-and-tell portion(s) balanced well with the hands-on portion(s)?
• How can I communicate my expertise without bragging?
• Have I provided sufficient resources for my audience to continue past the workshop itself?
• How can I provide further support for my participants? Series? Support groups? Online resources?
• Now, how can I get compensated ($$$$$)??

Questions Presenters May Ask Themselves :

• What are the goals of my MTP?
  
• What technology/technologies will my MTP use? What challenges or limitations will these technologies present in a classroom/district?
  
• What is my MTP time line? Where will I begin?
  
• How does my MTP relate to curricular/technology standards?
  
• What type of support will I likely need as I develop my MTP?
  
• How will you evaluate/share the effectiveness of your MTP?
  
• What possible venues/formats might you use to share your work with other teachers?