from the EEF in 2021 cited

instructional coaching as a

way to activate

fourteen mechanisms of

effective professional

development.

Explicitly teaching the Walkthru will prevent ambiguity around 'what we mean by' when we talk about a Walkthru strategy. For example, all teachers will 'know' how to Cold Call, but there may be variations and lethal mutations potentially impacting the quality of the strategy. Teaching it explicitly, so there is a common understanding, will support the impact of the strategy on teaching and learning in the classroom.

Over time, staff take over the 5Ps - identifying the Praise, Probe and Problem based on the videos they watch as part of the coaching session.  Coaches, at that point, will need to carefully select video examples that best capture what is being seen across the school.  To bridge this gap, additional slides can be added, to enable staff to practice watching the videos and drawing out the Praise/Probe and Problem against the steps, whilst the coaches pre populate a slide with the Praise/Probe and Problem to look at after.   This will support staff in taking more ownership of the coaching sessions and their own pedagogical progress.

Once the initial challenge has been identified, through schools monitoring procedures, the problem solution tool can suggest some Walkthrus that can be used to tackle the issue.