Some Sample Coaching Questions

INITIAL QUESTIONS ? What would you like to tell me about yourself? ? Whats happening in this situation? ? Whats true for you in this situation? ? What would you like to change? ? Have you made any plans to start the changes you want to see? ? What kinds of supports do you need to make the change? Adapted from Stoltzfus,T. (2008) CONTENT AND PROCESS QUESTIONS Content Questions: ? Who, What Where When How Why ? What do you mean? ? Past, Present, Future ? Quantity ? Intentions ? Compare and Contrast ? Contradictions ? Inverting ? Value, Emotion, Reasons, Behavior ? Your own assumptions Process Questions ? Reactions ? Attitudes ? Motivation and Intention
Ellison (2009)

QUESTION RECIPES ? Tell us more about that ? How do you see this working with (your team, this student, in your classroom, etc.) ? What are some other ways of looking at this? ? What questions do you have about.? ? What leads you to believe? ? How do you feel about? ? What do you make of?
Knight (2000)

Ellison, S. (2009), Taking the War Out of Our Words, Wyatt-MacKenzie Publishing, Berkley, CA. Knight, J. (2000) , Partnership Learning Fieldbook, Kansas University Center for Research on Learning, Kansas University, Lawrence, KS, retrieved 9/2/2009 from http://www.kucrl.org/partnership Stoltzfus,T. (2008) Coaching Questions: A Coachs Guide to Powerful Asking Skills, Coach22, www.coach22.com

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