Heat Map

Objectives:

Help the teacher to realize when during the year, he/she had stressful time to better anticipate during the year after

Target:

Beginning teachers during their first years

When:

For coaching sessions, mid-year feedback or end-of-year feedback sessions

Methodology and timing

Questions that help to structure the session:

– What were factors of stress?

– What was a technical, what was an adaptive challenge?

– How has the person defined and solved the challenges, with which tools?

– What helps the person? Which resources does he/she have to rely on?

– What do he/she have to keep in mind to prevent negative stress?

Advices

Be as specific as possible – mostly in the good practices your school can use and benefit from
Make sure to build your partnership on trust and shared goals, not on formalized approach.