How to Give Powerful Feedback #LikeABuilder

School Leadership Reimagined - A podcast by Robyn Jackson - Wednesdays

I hate to break it to you, but most of what you think you know about feedback is wrong. In fact, if you are giving feedback to teachers the way you were probably trained to do, you may be unintentionally shutting down real reflection, sparking defensiveness, and killing teachers' desire to improve.  That's because how we were taught to give feedback relies on checklists of "best practices," scripted questions, and post-observation conversations with hidden agendas instead of building teachers' capacity. All this results in push-back from teachers, or hurt feelings, or blank stares.  Builders use a different kind of feedback. They give feedback that 1. It points people to the ONE thing that is at the root of their practice. 2. It invites them to do things differently. 3. It shows them what will happen if they do it differently. In other words, you are inviting people into a better, more successful version of themselves. In this episode, learn 3 ways you may be unintentionally shutting down real reflection in your feedback conversations and discover 3 ways to make your feedback conversations more authentic, more meaningful, and more inspiring for teachers.