Focus questions for discussion

 

1. How does deep support differ from the support currently provided for students?
2. How can students be involved in providing deep support for their peers?
3. How should we frame deep support for students who are at-risk?
4. How can the new technologies be harnessed to provide students with deep support?
5. What are the benefits of schools joining together to deliver deep support? What barriers may need to be overcome?
6. What impact might the provision of deep support have on the school's workforce?
7. What are the challenges for deepening support - the opportunities and the obstacles?
8. How might coaching and mentoring influence the learning relationships between teachers and students in the 21 st century?
9. What impact on responsibility and accountability for student achievement might coaching and mentoring have?
10. What skills and protocols need to be in place for an effective coaching and mentoring process?
11. How might coaching and mentoring develop creativity and critical thinking?
12. What are the implications of 'personalising learning', through coaching and mentoring, for curriculum planning and delivery?

The Discussion Forum on this Workshop Paper is now closed.