Tutor self-reflection form
Weekly, ~10 minutes · Feeds the coaching cycle — your coach reads this before the debrief, so the conversation starts where you already are.
Nothing here is graded or submitted anywhere. This form is for you (and your coach, if you choose to share it). Honest is more useful than impressive — “my tickets went unrecorded twice” is a coaching conversation; “everything went fine” is a dead end.
The five prompts (one per competency domain)
1 · Relationships — Which student did I address least this week, and what did I miss as a result? (If the answer is “they were fine,” look at the tracker: who has no flag, no note, no name-reference in your plans? Invisible is not fine.)
2 · Session structure — Which block did I steal from, and what did the stolen minutes buy? (Stealing from the exit ticket buys nothing but the data gap. Stealing from guided practice usually buys a session that felt productive.)
3 · Questions and errors — When did I last answer my own question? What was I afraid the silence would mean? (Then: one probing question I used this week that actually landed — what made it land?)
4 · Feedback and motivation — Whose success did I praise, and what exactly did I name? (If the answer is “good job, mostly,” pick one student for next week and write the specific sentence in advance.)
5 · Data use — What did this week’s tickets change in my next plans? If nothing — why am I collecting them?
The one-line habit
End by filling this sentence and keeping it where you’ll see it at your next session:
“Next session, the one thing I’m rehearsing is: ____________________.”
One thing. The coaching cycle works because it concentrates on a single focus move per observation — this line is your version of the same discipline. Bring it to every observation debrief.
For your coach
If you share this form (recommended, not required), your coach will:
- read it before the observation debrief,
- open the conversation with your strength first (conversation guide, section 2),
- pick the single focus move with you — which is usually already visible in your own “one thing I’m rehearsing” line,
- never quote your reflection in program metrics. Reflection is for learning; the measurement plan runs on observation and ticket data, not on what you worried about at 10 pm.
A worked example (fictional)
Diego’s reflection, week 3 (abridged): “Least addressed: Camila — she works so fast I forget her. Structure: guided practice again ate the hour. Questions: I answered my own question on the second problem — she’d barely read it. Feedback: praised Aaliyah’s speed, which I regret. Data: tickets changed nothing Tuesday because I forgot to bring them. Next session, rehearsing: the ‘two minutes left — land this one’ sentence, and ONE probing question written on the plan before I walk in.”
His coach’s debrief opens with the Camila win (“you noticed the fastest student needs a job — that’s real insight”), names the strength, and picks ONE focus move: the pre-written probing question. The hour-theft and the ticket lapse come back in Week 4, not Week 3. One focus at a time is why the cycle works.