Make growth visible
Help students see evidence of collaboration, ownership, communication, and adaptability.
Guide
Coaching Student Agility Protocol
A practical coaching guide for helping students reflect on Agile learning behaviors, name evidence of growth, and choose one next step for becoming more self-directed.
Best for
- Classroom
- Student Ownership
- Coaching
- Reflection
- Continuous Improvement
Use During
- Check-In
- Review
- Retrospect
What it helps with
Coach without taking over
Give teachers a structure for asking better questions and supporting student agency.
Choose a next step
Turn reflection into one clear behavior students can practice in the next sprint.
Preview the guide
When to use it
- During conferences, check-ins, or coaching conversations.
- After students complete a sprint, project, or team challenge.
- When students need help naming evidence of growth.
- When a team is stuck and needs a more reflective next step.
- As part of Review or Retrospect when students are deciding what to improve.
How it works
Name the focus.
Choose one student agility behavior or skill to inspect.
Look for evidence.
Ask students to point to moments, artifacts, choices, or patterns that show what happened.
Reflect on impact.
Discuss how the behavior helped or limited learning, teamwork, or progress.
Choose one next step.
Keep the improvement small, visible, and practice-ready.
Follow up.
Return to the next step during a future Check-In, Review, or Retrospect.
Why the protocol works
Student agency grows through practice and coaching, not slogans. The protocol gives educators a way to help students notice their learning behaviors, connect those behaviors to evidence, and choose a manageable next move. It keeps coaching specific. Instead of telling students to "be more responsible" or "collaborate better," the conversation points to what actually happened and what can improve next.
Skills & Alignment
This resource supports self-management, communication, collaboration, reflection, and adaptive problem solving. These are suggested connections, not a formal standards alignment.
IB Learner Profile
- Reflective
- Communicators
- Thinkers
- Principled
IB Approaches to Learning
- Self-management skills
- Communication skills
- Social skills
- Thinking skills
21st Century Skills
- Self-direction
- Communication
- Collaboration
- Critical thinking
- Adaptability
Inquiry Practices
- Reflection
- Evidence use
- Goal setting
- Feedback
- Revision
What's included
- A downloadable coaching protocol with prompts and facilitation support for helping students identify evidence of growth and choose one practical next step.
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